20 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Hab. Mount Peel, Nelson (Hudson). 

 I have not seen the male. 



Saropogon fugiens, sp. nov. 



Face golden ; the bristles of the epistome white. Thorax 

 blackish, with golden hairs above on the shoulders, on two 

 longitudinal bands, on the sides, and on the scutellurn. 

 Abdomen purplish-brown, both above and below. Halteres 

 brown. Wings slightly tinged with brown, the veins pitch- 

 brown. Coxae with silvery tomentum ; femora and tibiae 

 reddish-brown, the femora and hind tibiae darker above. 

 Length, $ 10mm., ? 12mm.; wing, 3 9mm., ? 11mm. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson). 



Saropogon antipodus. 



S. antiiiodus, Schiner, Eeise der " Novara," Dipt., p. 166 

 (1868) ; Hutton, Cat. Dipt. N.Z., p. 27. 



Brownish-red, the thorax with golden tomentum. Bristles 

 of the epistome yellowish-white. Legs dull-red; the tarsi, 

 ■except the first joint, blackish-brown. In the male the first 

 joint of the hind tarsi is blackish-brown, and the wings are 

 nearly hyaline, but clouded at the tip, as in the female. 

 Length, $ 14 mm., ? 15 mm. ; wing, J 10 mm., $ 12 mm. 



Hab. Auckland (" Novara " expedition) ; Wellington (Hud- 

 son) ; Taranaki (Clark). 



Saropogon hudsoni, sp. nov. 



Brownish-black, with golden tomentum on the thorax. 

 Bristles of the epistome pale -yellowish. Halteres brown. 

 Wings slightly tinged with brown, no darker cloud at the tip ; 

 the veins piceous, except at the base, where they are fer- 

 ruginous. Legs ferruginous, the four last joints of the tarsi 

 blackish. Length, $ 12 mm., 5 14 mm.; wing, $ 10 mm., 

 $ 11 mm. 



Hab. Mount Peel, Nelson (Hudson). 



Saropogon chathamensis, sp. nov. 



Female. — Purplish-brown, the thorax probably with golden 

 tomentum. Bristles of the epistome black. Halteres brown. 

 Wings tinged with brownish ; the veins pitch-brown, except 

 near the base, where they are ferruginous. Coxae purplish- 

 black ; the rest of the legs, except the two last joints of the 

 tarsi, ferruginous. Length, 10 mm. ; wing, 10 mm. 



Hab. Chatham Islands (Fougere). 



I have not seen the male. The specimens have been in 

 spirit. 



