Hutton. — On the Diptera brachycera of New Zealand. 25 



black ; antennae and proboscis piceous ; white hairs on the 

 lower surface of the head and black on the crown. Thorax 

 brownish-black, with two brownish-white conspicuous longi- 

 tudinal bands, which do not pass on to the scutellum. 

 Abdomen shining-black, with white tomentum below. Hal- 

 teres black. "Wings hyaline, the veins dark-brown. Legs 

 black, except the tibiae, which are yellowish-red with black 

 apices. Length, 16 mm. ; wings, 12-| mm. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson) ; Christchurch (H. Clark) ; 

 Dunedin (F. W. H.). 



This species appears to be rare. 



Anabarhynchus maori, sp. nov. 



Head with white hairs below, black on the crown ; face 

 black ; first and second joints of antennae black, the third joint 

 piceous ; proboscis black. Thorax black, with greyish to- 

 mentum and short black hairs ; four darker longitudinal lines. 

 Abdomen black, rather shining, covered on the sides and 

 below with white hairs. Wings hyaline, the veins piceous. 

 Legs black. Length, <? 10mm., $ 12 mm.; wing, $ 9mm,, 

 ? 10 mm. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson) ; Christchurch (H. Clark). 



Anabarhynchus innotatus. 



Thereva innotata, Walker, Insecta Saundersiana, vol. 1, 



p. 455 (1856). 



" Cinereous, hardly pilose. Head, excepting the vertex, and 

 pectus whitish. Thorax with a few black bristles on each 

 side ; scapulae tawny. Abdomen hoary on each side and 

 beneath towards the base. Legs piceous ; knees tawny ; 

 tarsi black. Wings grey ; veins and halteres brown. Length 

 of the body, 5 lines (11 mm.) ; expanse of the wings, 8 lines 

 (17 mm.)" (Walker). 



Hab. Christchurch (F. W. H.) ; Ashburton (Smith). 



I should call this species brownish-black or brown, but 

 sometimes the abdomen is cinereous, owing to its being 

 covered with grey tomentum. Length, $ 10mm., 2 14mm.; 

 wing, $ 8 mm., $ 10 mm. 



Anabarhynchus luridus. 



Anabarhynchus luridus, Schiner, Eeise der " Novara," Dipt., 



p. 148 (1868) ; Hutton, Cat. Dipt. N.Z., p. 32. 



General colour brown, the thorax with darker streaks. 

 Abdomen ofteu cinereous, with grey tomentum. Legs tawny, 

 the femora fuscous in the male but not in the female. 

 Length, g- 10 mm., $ 10-13 mm. ; wing, $ and $ 9 mm. 



Bdb. Christchurch (F. W. H.) ; Ashburton (Smith). 



This, which is our commonest species, feeds on pollen. It 



