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DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 
Ohs . — I have also taken one or two specimens of this during 
the month of May. 
146. Platyura Schineri, sp.n. 
— Length of antennae 0'055 inch ... 1;39 millimetres. 
Expanse of wings O’lSO x 0'070 ... 4‘56xL77 
Size of body 0'200 x 0'045 ... 5'08xl‘13 
Antennae slightly shorter than the thorax j joints of the scapus 
brown; flagellar joints black or very deep brown, the last joint 
with a very small nipple-shaped jjrojection. Hypostoma, pro- 
boscis and palpi brown. Front and vertex black. Thorax pale 
ochraceous with thi’ee prominent deep brown stripes, the lateral 
ones beginning a little below the humeri ; all coalescing at the 
scutellum, separated for the greater part of their length by a 
narrow line of the pale ochraceous ; densely covered with a short 
black pubescence, setaceous on the lateral margins about the 
humeri, the origin of the wings, and near the scutellum ; scutellum 
ochraceous, tinged with brownish anteriorly, fringed with black 
setaceous hairs. Pleurae and metathorax deep brown almost 
black. Halteres yellow, stem sparsely covered with very short 
bail’s, club with a microscopic pubescence. Abdomen deep brown, 
the second to the fifth segment deeply bordered posteriorly with 
ochraceous, the sixth and seventh segments indistinctly marked 
with ochraceous ; densely clothed with a black pubescence. Coxae 
pale ochraceous, the fore pair not setose, densely covered in front with 
a very short black pubescence, the intermediate and hind pairs 
more or less pubescent towards the apex ; femora dusky-ochraceous 
on account of their dense pubescence, the intermediate and hind 
pairs deep brown at the base ; tibiae and tai’si dusky, almost black. 
Tibial spurs black. In the fore-legs the tibiae somewhat larger 
than the metatar, sal joint. Wings rather shorter than the body, 
pellucid, with a greyish tint, somewhat smoky at the tip ; veins 
deep brown. Costal vein extending beyond the junction with the 
second longitudinal vein nearly one-third of the di.stance from that 
to the tip of the anterior branch of the third longitudinal ; 
