BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 711 



Abdomen about as wide as the thorax, black oi- very deep brown 

 on the dorsal segments, pale underneath, densely clothed with a 

 short pubescence ; forceps not so wide as the thorax, densely 

 pubescent. Coxec and femora honey -yellow, tibiae and tarsi pale 

 pitch-brown. In the fore-legs the tarsi 5 longer than the tibiae • 

 in the intermediate-legs the tarsi somewhat longer than the tibise ; 

 in the hind-legs the tibiae a little longer than the tarsi. Spurs 

 honey-yellow, about as long as the fourth tarsal joint. First joint 

 of the tarsi twice the length of the second ; second joint ^ longer 

 than the third and longer than the fourth and fifth together • 

 third joint 3- longer than the fourth ; fourth joint rather longer 

 than the fifth. Wings hyaline, the costal and two first longi- 

 tudinal veins brown, the rest very pale ; brilliant yellow-green 

 and roseous reflections. First longitudinal vein reaching the 

 costa a short distance before the base of the fork ; cross- vein 

 rather pale ; petiole almost invisible, longer than the anterior 

 branch of the fork ; both branches very indistinct at the base? 

 running almost parallel for the greater part of their length, a 

 little divergent at the tips ; the posterior branch only very slightly 

 arcuated at the base, fg twice the length of gh ; kl rather shorter 

 than hn. 



Hah. — Glenbrook (Masters) ; Berowra and Knapsack (jrully 

 (Masters and Skuse). August to November. 



128. SCIARA ORNATULA, Sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennje 0-055 inch ... 1-89 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0'06.5 x 025 ... I"66x0'62 



Size of body 0-065 x 0010 ... 1-66 x 0-25 



Antennae slender, not quite the length of the body, deep brown, 

 with a dense pale yellowish pubescence ; joints of the scapus deep 

 V)rown, very sparsely jmbescent ; flagellar joints 2^ to i\ times as 

 long as Vjroad, with very short pale pedicels, the terminal joints 

 very slender. Head Vjlack. Eyes contiguous above. Palpi 

 yellow. Thorax light ferruginous-brown, levigate, with three 



