BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSB. 693 



a few moderately long, golden-yellow hairs. Halteres almost 

 fuscous with the stem pitch-brown, with no visible pubescence. 

 Abdomen umber-brown, appearing almost black in a certain light, 

 with a very short pubescence ; lamellae of the ovipositor umber- 

 brown, elliptical. Legs pitch-brown. In the fore-legs the tarsi 

 almost imperceptibly longer than the tibiae ; in the intermediate 

 legs the tibi« a little longer than the tarsi ; in the hind-legs the 

 tibiae 5 longer than the tarsi. Spurs yellowish, equal in length to 

 the fourth tarsal joint. First joint of the tarsi 3 times the length 

 of the second ; second joint -| longer than the third and shorter 

 than the fourth and fifth combined ; third and fifth joints about 

 the same length and ^ longer than the fourth. Wings pellucid, 

 with a pale greyish -brown tint with brilliant roseous and smaragdine 

 reflections. Costal and first two longitudinal veins somewhat 

 reddish-brown. Cross-vein vei-y distinct, narrower than the 

 second longitudinal. First longitudinal vein joining the costa 

 almost opposite the base of the fork of the third longitu- 

 dinal vein ; petiole paler than the fork, and shorter than 

 than its posterior branch ; posterior branch less arcuated at the 

 base than the anterior one ; branches running almost parallel, 

 slightly divergent at their tips ; tip of the posterior branch very 

 little nearer the apex of the wing than the tip of the second 

 longitudinal vein, /g twice the length of gh ; kl about * the 

 length of Im. 



Hah. — Glenbrook (Masters). November. 



Obs. — I have only seen two specimens. 



113. SCIARA AUDAX, SJ^.n. 



$. — Length of antennae 0-050 inch ... 1-27 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-110 x 0-040 ... 2-79 x 1-01 



Sizeofbody 0-110x0-020 ... 2-79 x 0-50' 



Antennae slender, nearly half the length of the body, black, 

 with a minute pale pubescence ; joints of the scapus black, 

 sparsely pubescent ; flagellar joints sub-sessile, about 2^ times 



