BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 683 



the hind-legs the tibise ai-e a very little longer than the tarsi. 

 First tarsal joint nearly 2^ times longer than the second, the 

 second joint ^ longer than the third, and as long as the fourth 

 and fifth together. Wings cinereous, with brilliant pale green 

 and rosy reflections. First longitudinal joining the costa immedi- 

 ately before the base of the fork of the third longitudinal vein ; 

 ))etiole much paler thaa the fork, and considerably shorter than 

 the anterior branch ; branches slightly divergent at the tips, fg | 

 longer than gh ; hi somewhat shorter than Im. 



Hah. — Sydney (Skuse). February. 



b. Ti}) of the second longitudinal vein and tip of the i^osterior 

 branch of the fork equally near the apex of the loing. 



105. SCIARA DOLOSA, sp.n. 



^. — Length of antennae 0*045 inch ... 1 "13 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-110 x 0-045 ... 2-79x1-13 



Size of body 0-100 x 0-020 ... 2-54x0-50 



Antennae pitch-brown, with a yellow pubescence ; rather slender, 

 about half the length of the body ; basal joints pitch-brown, with 

 a very sparse pubescence ; flagellar joints sub-sessile, all but the 

 tei-minal joint twice as long as broad, the latter one half longer 

 than the preceding. Head black. Eyes almost contiguous above. 

 Palpi dusky-bi'own. Thorax black, levigate, with three longi- 

 tudinal rows of short brown hairs from the collare to the 

 scutellum, also a patch of long hairs between the wings and 

 the humeri ; scutellum with a somewhat sparse minute pubes- 

 cence. Halteres dull pitch -brown, the base of the stem sordid 

 ochraceous. Abdomen black on the dorsal segments, underneath 

 umber-brown, sparsely pubescent ; in the middle about as broad 

 as the thox'ax ; the lamellae of the ovipositor black, oblong. 

 Coxae and femora testaceous, both darker on the upper side on 

 account of their pubescence. Tibiae and tarsi pitch-brown, the 

 latter somewhat darker than the former, with a dense pubescence. 



