1736 
DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 
and 5. — Aiitennee in the ^ light ochreous-brown, sericeous, 
about I the length of the palpi ; first joint of the scapus dusky- 
brown ; in the 9 dusky-brown, nearly the length of the proboscis ; 
both joints of the scapus ochraceous-brown. Head densely 
covered with pale golden-yellow scales. Proboscis^ dusky-brown, 
sometimes pale ochi’e-yellow towards the middle ; in the ^ some- 
what shorter than the palj)i ; in the 9 about six times the length 
of the palpi. Palpi dusky-brown ; in the ^ the fifth joint with 
an indistinct narrow ring of white at the base, in the 9 the 
terminal joint white Thorax reddish-brown (when denuded), 
densely covered with pale golden-yellow scales ; pleurie reddish- 
bi'own, spotted with several small patches of white scales ; 
.scutellura densely covered with pale golden-yellow scales and 
setaceous hairs ; inetanotum light reddish- or testaceous-brown. 
Halteres with the stem pale ochraceous and the club somewhat 
inf u seated. Abdomen twice the length of the thoi’ax, covered 
with violet-black scales, each segment bordered anteriorly with a 
narrow band of white, densely fringed with golden-yellow hairs ; 
venter covered with white scales ; ^ forceps deeji brown, with 
dense long golden-yellow hairs ; lamellae of the 9 ovipositor deep 
brown. Coxae pale reddish-brown or testaceous, with white 
scales. Femora covered with violet-black or violet-brown scales 
above at the apex, thickly powdered with white scales, white or 
pale ochre-yellow beneath ; genua bright yellow. Tibiae and 
tarsi violet-black or violet-bi’own, the tibiae and metatarsi more 
<Jr less covered with whitish or pale ochi’e-yellow scales beneath, 
and all the joints of the tarsi (indistinctly in the fore and inter- 
mediate pairs) I’inged with the same at the base. In the hind-legs 
the tibiae about i longer than the metatarsus. Wings longer than 
the abdomen, pellucid, almost hyaline, with an almost imper- 
cejjtible brownish tint, darker at the stigmatic region, the veins 
densely covered with violet-brown scales spai’ingly intermixed 
with yellowish scales, cilia brownish-grey. Auxiliary vein 
*In one specimen the proboscis is almo.st wholly of a pale ochre-yellow 
colour. 
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