714 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



130. SCIARA LUCIDIPENNIS, Sp.n. 



Q. — Length of antennae 030 inch ... 076 millicaetre. 



Expanse of wings 0070x0 025 ... 1-77 x 062 



Size of body 0070 x 0-015 ... 1-77 x 0-38 



Antennte deep brown, with a minute pale pubescence ; slender, 

 not half the length of the body; joints of the .scapus rather 

 paler brown than those of the flagellum, with very little 

 pubescence ; flagellar joints sub-sessile, 2 to 2^ times as long 

 as broad, densely haired. Head black, levigate. Eyes con- 

 tiguous above. Palpi yellow. Thorax obscure reddish-black, 

 with three longitudinal double I'ows of minute yellowish-brown 

 hairs from the coHare to the scutellum, also a few long hairs 

 on the lateral margins between the origin of the wings and the 

 humeri, and on the scutellum ; pleurae obscure reddish-brown. 

 Halteres obscure olivaceous, with a few very minute hairs on the 

 apex, stem yellow. Abdomen broader than the thorax, olivaceous, 

 paler between the segment and on the underside, rather sparsely 

 clothed with a minute pubescence; lamellae of the ovipositor minute, 

 elliptical, rather densely pubescent. Legs greyish-octiiaceous, the 

 front of the femora, and the tibiae and tarsi considerably darker 

 than the rest. Coxae with tolerably long hairs on the front. 

 Femora, tibiae and tarsi with a minute pubescence, much less 

 dense on the femora. In the fore- and intermediate-legs the tarsi 

 a little longer than the tibiae ; in the hind-legs the tibiae and tarsi 

 of about equal length. First joint of the tarsi shorter than the 

 four following combined, and 2^ times the length of the second ; 

 second joint about \ longer than the third and shorter than the 

 fourth and fiftli together ; fourth joint somewhat shorter than the 

 fifth. Wings almost hyaline, with a very pale brownish tint; the 

 costal and two first longitudinal veins obscure yellowish-brown ; 

 tip and posterior margin with brilliant cupreous reflections, the 

 anterior portion violaceous and V^right teneous. First longitudinal 

 vein reaching the costa considerably before the base of the fork 

 and opposite to the tip of the posterior branch of the fourth 



