BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 685 



with a tew minute hairs about the basal portion of the club. 

 Abdomen somewhat dull castaneous, with a short pubescence ; 

 broader at the base and middle than the thorax ; lamellte of the 

 ovipositor pitch-brown, elliptical. Legs pitch-brown. In the 

 fore- legs the tarsi J longer than the tibiae ; in the intermediate- 

 legs the tarsi J longer than the tibise; in the hind-legs the tibise 

 somewhat longer than the tarsi. Spurs the same length as the 

 last tarsal joint. First joint of the tarsi 2|^ times as long as the 

 second, rather longer in the fore tarsi ; second joint \ longer than 

 the third and almost as long as the fourth and fifth joints together; 

 two last joints of equal length. Wings pellucid, with a very pale 

 greyish-brown tint, and having brilliant azure reflections when 

 viewed at a certain obliquity. Veins pale yellowish brown. First 

 longitudinal vein reaching the costa a short distance before the 

 base of the fork ; cross-vein somewhat ill-defined, slender ; petiole 

 most indistinct, and longer than the anterior branch of the fork ;, 

 branches directed downwards, their tips slightly divergent ; the 

 posterior branch considerably shorter than the anterior, fg about 

 ^ longer than gh; kl almost the same as Im. 



Hah. — -Sydney (Masters and Skuse). 



c. T'qJ of the jjosterior branch of the fork nearer the apex of the 

 wing than the tip of the second longitudinal veiyi. 



t Thorax with two longitudinal rows of hairs. 



107. SCIARA PERNITIDA, Sp.n. 



^. — Length of antennae O"! 00 inch ... 2*54 millirafetres. 



Expanse of wings O-lOOxO-035 ... 2 54x0-88 



Size of body 0-100 x 0-015 ... 2-54x0-38 



<^. — Length of antennae 0-060 inch ... 1-54 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-140x0-045 ... 3-55x1-13 



Sizeofbody 120 x 0-025 ... 3-04x0-62 



(J. — AntenntTj slender, as long as the body, dark reddish-brown, 

 with a minute pale pubescence ; basal joints with very little 

 pubescence ; flagellar joints sub^sessile, 4 to 6 times as long as 



