DIPTERA. 417 
Genus SCIOPHILA, Hoffinanseyg. 
Div. a, Ins. Brit. Dipt. iii. 36. 
ScropHILA DIVERSA. 
Nigra ; antenne thorace multo longiores ; thorax vittis tribus cinereis, 
antice fulvo bimaculatus ; pedes ful, tarsis nigris; ale sub- 
cineree ; halteres testacei. 
~ Black. Antenne very much longer than the thorax. Thorax with 
three very slender cinereous dorsal stripes, and with a tawny spot on each 
side in front. Legs tawny, long, slender; tarsi black; hind tibie with 
afew very minute spurs. Wings slightly grayish ; veins brown, tes- 
taceous at the base; subcostal vein terminating opposite the interior 
end of the first cubital areolet, which is full thrice longer than broad, 
and is opposite the fork of the subapical vein. Halteres testaceous. 
Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
‘Interlacken, Switzerland. 
Div.a,b bbb. Ins. Brit. Dipt. iii. 36. 
Scropuina rar, Mas. 
Fusca ; antenne nigra, basi testacee ; thoracis fascie due, latera pec- 
tusque testacea ; abdominis segmenta marginibus posticis apiceque 
testaceis ; pedes testacei, tibiis obscurioribus, tarsis nigricantibus ; 
ale subhyaline apice subcineree, areola cubitali 1a et vene sub- 
apicalis furca infuscatis, venis nigris ; halteres testacei. 
Brown. Palpi, two stripes on the thorax, sides, pectus, tip of the ab- 
domen and hind borders of the segments testaceous. Antenne black, 
testaceous at the base. Tibiw dark testaceous ; tarsi blackish. Wings 
nearly hyaline, grayish at the tips ; first cubital areolet and fork of the 
Subapical vein clouded with brown; subcostal veinlet opposite the 
middle of the first cubital areolet, which is of moderate size and about 
twice longer than broad; veins black. Hialteres testaceous. Length of 
the hody 2 lines; of the wings 4 lines. 
Van Dieman’s Land. 
