1386 
DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA. 
seen hundreds swarming on the inside of shop windows in Sydney. 
One specimen taken by me on May 9th, after being subjected to 
chloroform and gummed on card, deposited in a quarter of an 
hour about 250 eggs, almost in one continuous string. The eggs 
are white, shining, translucent, more than twice as long as wide, 
rather larger at one end, 0’007 long x 0’003 mm. wide. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 
Plate XXXIX. 
Fig. 
1, 
Wing of Simvlium furiomm, la palpus 
Fig. 
2. 
9) 
Bihio imitator ($)• 
Fig. 
3. 
Plecia amplijyennis ( ? ). 
Fig. 
4. 
99 
,, omaticornis ( <? ). 
Fig. 
5. 
99 
,, erebea{$). 
Fig. 
6. 
99 
,, dimidiata ( (J ). 
Fig. 
7. 
99 
Dilophus longirostris, ( ? ). 
Fig. 
S. 
99 
,, pictipes{$). 
Fig. 
9. 
99 
Scatopse longip>enim ( $ ). 
Fig. 
10. 
99 
,, fejiestralis ( ? ). 
