Hutton. — On the Diptera brachycera of New Zealand. 27 



Anabarhynchus micans, sp. nov. 



Dark castaneous, with two silver bands on the thorax 

 and a longitudinal silver band along the dorsum of the 

 abdornen from the scutellum to the fifth segment. Face 

 with golden tomentum ; no bristles on the lower surface 

 of the head ; hypostoma without hairs. Abdomen linear. 

 Wings clear, except the tip and the costal cell, which 

 are dusky, and with dusky clouds at the fork of the third 

 longitudinal, at the base of the first posterior, and at the 

 outer end of the discal cells ; posterior cross- vein bordered 

 with dusky. Legs yellow, except the tips of the femora, tibiae, 

 and metatarsi, as well as the other joints of the tarsi, which 

 are fuscous. Length, $ and J 10 mm.; wing, $ 9 mm., 

 ? 8 mm. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson). 



Anabarhynchus cupreus, sp. nov. 



Dark reddish- browu, sparingly covered below with short 

 white tomentum. Occiput white, the face piceous. Hypo- 

 stoma without hairs. Antennae piceous, the first joint elon- 

 gated ; the third sublinear, shorter than the first ; the basal 

 half covered with stiff hairs. Thorax with three white bands, 

 the median one narrow, the outer pair much broader. Abdo- 

 men linear, shining. Wings clear, except the apex and a band 

 from the stigma to the discal cell, which are fuscous; veins 

 nearly black. Legs paler than the body, the base of the 

 metatarsus paler than the rest. Length, 9 mm. ; wing, 6 mm. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson). 



Family CYETIDiF. 



" Thorax and abdomen inflated. Eyes occupying the 

 greatest part of the head. Tegulae vaulted, exceedingly large. 

 Wings naked, with variable neuration, sometimes very intri- 

 cate, sometimes very incomplete ; the basal cells, when present, 

 are of considerable length. Terminal joint of the antennae 

 simple. Tibiae without spurs ; empodium much developed, 

 pulvilliform " (Loew). 



Key to the Genera. 



Veins of the wing strong ; proboscis long. 



Abdomen subcircular ; eyes hairy " . . . . . . Apsoma, 



Abdomen oblong ; eyes bare . . . . . . . . Helle. 



Posterior veins of the wing weak ; proboscis short . . . . Henops. 



Genus Apsoma, Westwood (1876). 



Head roundly tranverse, eyes contiguous in front, hairy. 



Ocelli 3. Antennae inserted in the middle of the face; first 



joint small, the second elongato-ovate at the base and pro- 



duced into a long seta. Proboscis elongated, as long as the 



