106 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Sciara caudata, n. s., fern. Atra 9 abdomine longissimo, antennis 

 nigris, pedibus fusco-fulvis, alis subfuscis. 



Body black : chest shining : abdomen very long, tapering to- 

 wards the tip, full six times the length of the chest : feelers black, 

 longer than the chest : hips and thighs bright tawny ; trochanters, 

 shanks and feet brown : wings light brown ; veins brown ; poisers 

 tawny. Length of the body 3 lines : of the wings 4 lines. 



a. England. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



Sciara nigropicea, n. s., fern. Nigro-cinerea, thoracis lateribus 

 livido vittatis, abdomine, antennis pedibusque piceis, femoribus 

 fulvis, alis fuscis. 



Head and chest grayish black : a livid (?) line along each side 

 of the chest: abdomen piceous: feelers and legs piceous; thighs 

 dull dark tawny : wings brown ; fore border veins piceous, the rest 

 tawny ; poisers piceous. Length of the body If line ; of the wings 

 4 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Sciara punctata, n. s., fem. Nigro-picea, capite nigro, abdomine rufo 

 lateribus nigro maculatis, antennis piceis, pedibus fulvis, alis 

 cinereis. 



Head black : feelers piceous : chest very dark piceous : abdomen 

 dull red, with a row of black spots on each side : legs tawny : wings 

 gray; fore border veins dark brown, the rest as usual paler and 

 more slender ; poisers tawny. Length of the body 1 J line ; of the 

 wings 3 \ lines. 



a. North America. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Sciara lurida, n. s. Nigra, abdomine rufo-fusco, antennis nigris, 

 pedibus piceis, femoribus rufo-fuscis, alis fuscis. 



Body black : feelers black : abdomen reddish brown : legs pi- 

 ceous; thighs reddish brown: wings brown; the first and second 

 longitudinal veins dark brown, the rest pale brown ; poisers piceous. 

 Length of the body 1| lines ; of the wings 3 lines. 



a. Trenton Falls. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Sciara perpusilla, n. s. Picea, gracilis, antennis nigris, pedibus 

 fuscis, femoribus fulvis, alis subcinereis. 



Body piceous, small and slender : feelers black : legs brown ; 

 thighs tawny : wings slightly gray ; the costal veins dark brown, 



