Hutton. — On the Diptera brachycera of Neic Zealand. 19 



Bristles of the epistome yellowish-white. 

 Legs brown. 



Abdomen reddish-brosn below .. .. S. discus. 



Abdomen black below. 



Thorax black . . . . S. proximus. 



Thorax golden .. .. .. S.fugiens. 



Legs ferruginous. 



Tip of the wing clouded . . . . . . S. antipodus. 



Tip of the wing clear . . . . . . S. hudsoni. 



Saropogon viduus. 



Dasypogon viduus, "Walker, Cat. Dipt, in Brit. Mus., p. 354 

 (1849). Saropogon viduus, Hutton, Cat. Dipt. N.Z., p. 25. 



Black. Face yellowish-white ; the bristles of the epistome 

 black, tipped with fulvous. Sides of the thorax silvery. Hal- 

 teres pale-brown. Wings with a greyish tinge, darker at the 

 tips ; the costal cells, as well as the base of the marginal 

 cell, pale-brown. Length, $ 14 mm. ; wing, 13 mm. 



Hab. North Island (Colenso) ; Great Barrier Island 

 (Suter). 



Saropogon clarkii, sp. nov. 



Black. Face and sides of the thorax silvery. Bristles of 

 the epistome black. Halteres pale-brown. Wings hyaline, 

 the first costal and interior basal cells brown ; veins pitch- 

 brown. Length, 3 12mm., $ 13 mm.; wing, $ 10 mm.., 

 $ 12 mm. 



Hab. Taranaki (Clark). 



Saropogon discus. 



Dasypogon discus, Walker, Cat. Dipt, in Brit. Mus., p. 358 

 (1849). Saropogon discus, Hutton, Cat. Dipt. N.Z., p. 26. 



Purplish-black above and reddish-brown below. Thorax 

 above with two stripes of yellowish tomentum. Bristles of 

 the epistome yellowish-white. Halteres yellow. Legs brown, 

 the outer joints of the tarsi blackish in the female ; in the 

 male the whole of the legs are blackish above. Wings 

 slightly tinged with brownish. Length, ^ 10 mm., J 11mm.; 

 wing, $ 9 mm., ? 10 mm. 



Hab. Taranaki (Clark). 



Saropogon proximus, sp. nov. 



Female. — Face black ; the bristles of the epistome yel- 

 lowish-white. Thorax black, with black hairs above and 

 yellowish hairs below, but no silvery tomentum. Abdomen 

 purplish-black, both above and below. Halteres pitch-brown. 

 Legs reddish-brown, the femora blackish above ; the tarsi 

 blackish. Wings slightly tinged with brown. Length, 

 12mm. ; wing, 11 mm. 



