BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 709 



vein somewhat nearer the apex of the wing than the tip of the 

 posterior branch, /y twice the length of gh ; Tel almost as long 

 as Im. 



Hah. — Gosford (Skuse). February. 



b. Tip of the second longitudinal vein and tip of the i^osterior 

 branch of the fork eqimlly near the apex of the wing. 



126. SCIARA WiNNERTZI, sp.n. 



^. — Length of antennae O'llO inch ... 2 "79 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings OlOO x 0-040 ... 2-54 x 1-01 



Size of body O'llOx 0-015 ... 2-79x0-38 



Antennae slender, black, with a dense pale pubescence ; 

 loints of the scapus obscure pitch-brown, with very few hairs ; 

 flagellar joints sub-sessile, three to five times as long as broad, 

 the terminal joint considerably longer ; pedicels very short. 

 Head lilack. Eyes contiguous above. Palpi honey-yellow. 

 Thorax obscure pitch-brown, levigate with thi^ee longitudinal 

 double rows of pale brownish hairs, the intermediate one run- 

 ning about two-thii-ds of the distance to the scutellum, the 

 lateral ones a little convergent, reaching almost to the scutellum ; 

 also some setaceous hairs between the origin of the wings and the 

 humeri ; humeri tipped with ochraceous-brown ; scutellum pitch- 

 brown, with a few setaceous hairs. Halteres light pitch-brown, 

 with a few short hairs, the stalk honey-yellow. Abdomen slender, 

 dorsal segments deep brown, between the segments and under- 

 neath honey-yellow ; densely clothed with a moderately long pale 

 brownish pubescence ; forceps pitch-brown, wider than the last 

 two segments, densely pubescent. Coxte and femora honey-yellow, 

 the former with a somewhat reddish tinge, and long hairs on 

 the front. Tibiae pitch-brown. Tarsi almost black, on account 

 of their dense pubescence ; the metatarsal joint brownish at the 

 base. In the foie-legs the tar.si somewhat longer than the 

 tiVjisej in the intermediate-legs the tibite and tarsi of about equal 



