716 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



I longer than the fifth. Wings pellucid with a greyish tint, the 

 costal and two first longitudinal veins umber-brown ; brilliant 

 opaline reflections. First longitudinal vein reaching the costa a 

 short distance before the base of the fork ; cross-vein distinct ; 

 third longitudinal vein very pale ; petiole scarcely visible, 

 longer than the anterior branch ; fork narrow, the branches 

 almost equally arcuated at the base, running parallel to one 

 another for the greater part of their length, a little divergent at 

 the tips, fc/ twice the length of gh ; kl somewhat shorter than Im. 



Hah. — Middle Harbour (Froggatt and Skuse). April. 



132. SCIARA SPECTABILIS, Sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennje 0070 inch ... 1*77 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-080 x 0-030 ... 2-0-2 x 0-7G 



Sizeof body 0080x0012 ... 2-02x0-30 



9- — Length of antennae 0-045 inch ... 1-13 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-095x0040 ... 2-39x1-01 



Sizeof body 0095x0-015 ... 2-39x0-38 



Antennae slender, nearly the length of the body, deep brown, 

 with a dense brownish-yellow pubescence ; joints of the scapus 

 sparingly haired, the first joint ochraceous, the second deep brown ; 

 flagellar joints sub-sessile, 2-^ to 4 times as long as broad, the 

 terminal joints very slender. Head black. Eyes contiguous above. 

 Palpi yellow. Thorax pitch-brown, levigate, with three darker 

 narrow longitudinal stripes, each with a single row of deep brown 

 hairs, the intermediate one stopping a short distance from the 

 scutellum, the lateral ones not coalescent, reaching the scutellum; 

 the lateral margins and scutellum setose. Halteres dusky-brown, 

 the base of the stem yellow, club sparingly covered with a short 

 pubescence. Abdomen brown on the donsal segments, whitish 

 underneath and between the segments ; densely pubescent ; forceps 

 brown, a little wider than the terminal segment. Coxae and 

 femora honey -yellow ; tibiae and tarsi almost cinereous. In the 

 fore-legs the tai-si ^ longer than the tibiae ; in the intermediate-legs 



