BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 701 



the base of the stalk yellowish, sprinkled with a few short hairs 

 on the club. Abdomen faded olivaceous-brown on the dorsal 

 segments, paler between the segments and underneath, sparsely 

 clothed with a short pubescence ; ovipositor dusky-brown, the 

 lamellae small, elliptical. Legs faded olivaceous-brown. In the 

 fore-legs the tibiae and tarsi are very short, the tarsi a little longer 

 than the tibiae ; in both the intermediate- and hind-legs the tarsi 

 somewhat longer than the tibiae. Spurs very minute. First joint 

 of the tarsi twice the length of the second ; second joint some- 

 what longer than the third ; third and fifth joints of equal length, 

 each about ^ longer than the fourth. Wings hyaline, the veins 

 tinted with pale brownish ; cupreous reflections when viewed at a 

 certain obliquity. First longitudinal vein reaching the costa some 

 distance before the base of the fork, and opposite to the tip of the 

 posterior branch of the fourth longitudinal fork ; cross-vein 

 indistinct ; third longitudinal vein, with its fork, indistinct ; the 

 petiole longer than the fork ; fork very angular at the base, 

 gradually widening to the margin of the wing, tips somewhat 

 divergent ; in some specimens the fork is most indistinct at the 

 base ; bi-anches of the fourth longitudinal vein more distinct 

 than the third longitudinal, fy rather more than twice the length 

 of gh ; hi somewhat shorter than Im. 



Hah. — Elizabeth Bay (Skuse). January to May. 



120. SCIARA DIVERSA, Sp.n. 



5. — Length of antennae 0*025 inch ... 0'62 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-060 x 0-02o ... 1-54 x 062 



Sizeof body 0-060xO-015 ... l-54x0-38 



Anteijnae very slender, nearly half the length of the body, deep 

 umber-brown, with a short dense yellowish pubescence ; joints of 

 the scapus with a very short sparse pubescence ; flagellar joints 

 sub-sessile, near the tip about \ longer than broad, the terminal joint 

 rather more than twice as long as broad. Head black. Eyes almost 

 contiguous above. Palpi brown. Thorax black, sulj-nitidous, with 



