BY FEEDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 715 



Antennae slender, rather more than half the length of the body, 

 black, densely covered with a very short pale pubescence ; joints 

 of the scapus black, sparsely haired ; flagellar joints sub-sessile, 

 2 to 3 times as long as broad, becoming very slender towards the 

 tip; Head black. Eyes contiguous above. Palpi yellow. Thorax 

 black, sub-nitidous, with three longitudinal double I'ows of short 

 yellowish-brown hairs, the intermediate row extending for about 

 three-fourths of the distance to the scutellum, the lateral ones 

 almost reaching the scutellum, not coalescent; some short yellowish- 

 brown hairs, interspersed with long brown setse, on the lateral 

 margins between the origin of the wings and the humeri, 

 and on the scutellum. Halteres dusky-brown, with a sprinkling 

 of very short hairs, the base of the stem brownish-ochraceous. 

 Abdomen as wide as the thorax, deep brown, appearing almost 

 black, densely clothed with a moderately long brownish pubescence; 

 forceps deep brown, broader than the terminal abdominal segment. 

 Coxse ferruginous-ochiaceous ; femora, tibiaj and tarsi dusky pitch- 

 brown, the last thi'ee joints of the tarsi nearly black. In the 

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

 legs the tarsi about -| longer than the tibiai ; in the hind-legs the 

 tibiae and tarsi of equal length. Spurs shorter than the last tarsal 

 joint. First joint of the tarsi twice the length of the second ; 

 second joint } longer than the third and equal to the fourth and 

 fifth together ; third joint about l longer than the fourth ; fourth 

 joint somewhat longer than the fifth. Wings almost hyaline, but 

 having a faint greyish tint, the costal and two first longitudinal 

 veins brown, the rest of the veins greyish ; violaceous and 

 pur|mreous reflections. First longitudinal vein reaching the costa 

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

 indistinct ; petiole hardly visible, a very little longer than the 

 anterior branch of the fork ; both branches distinct, the posterior 

 branch less arcuated at the base than the anterior one, running 

 almost parallel to one another for tin greater part of their length, 

 the tips considerably divergent ; fourth longitudinal vein distinct. 

 f(/ about I longer than gh ; kl somewhat shorter than Im. 

 Hoh. — Sydney (Masters and Sku.se). September. 



