720 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



parallel to one another for the greater part of their length, slightly 

 divergent at the tips, jg nearly 3 times the length of gh ; hi 

 somewhat shorter than Im. 



Hah. — Elizabeth Bay (Skuse). January. 



B. Halteres yellow or whitish. 



1. Palpi black or brown. 



B. Cross-vein situated at the middle of the first longitudinal 

 vein. 



c. Tip of the posterior branch of the fork nearer the apex of 

 the wing tlian tlte tip of the second longitudinal vein. 



135. SCIARA NOTATA, Sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennae 0095 inch ... 2-39 millimetres, 



Expanse of wings 0105 x 0-040 ... 267 x 1-01 



Size of body 0-100 x 0-017 ... 2-54x0-42 



Antennae slender, almost the length of the body, black, with a 

 short, dense brownish pubescence ; first joint of the scapus black, 

 second pitch-brown, sparsely haired ; flagellar joints with very 

 minute pedicels, the joints 3 to 6 times as long as broad, those 

 towards the tip being very slender. Head black. Eyes con- 

 tiguous above. Palpi brown. Thorax black, levigate, with three 

 longitudinal rows of golden yellow hairs, the intermediate row 

 single, not very distinct, extending a little beyond the middle of 

 the thorax, the lateral ones double, the hairs much longer than 

 those of the intermediate row, and very long just before the 

 scutellum ; also some golden-jellow pubescence and brown setie 

 on the lateral borders and on the scutellum. Halteres honey- 

 yellow. Abdomen not so wide as the thorax, black in the dorsal 

 segments, deep brown underneath, densely pubescent; forceps short, 

 robust, rather wider than the terminal segment. Coxse and femora 

 bright pitch-brown ; tibitB and tarsi dusky btown, the tips of the 

 tarsi fuliginous. In the fore-legs the tarsi about \ longer than the 



