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TABANIDAE FROM CAMDEN HAVEN DISTRICT, 



black. Proboscis hardly longer than the head, black. Palpi 

 black, 2nd joint long and thin, tapering to a point, club-shaped, 

 feebly concave at base; twice as long as 1st joint. Antennae 

 black, the first two joints moderately densely clothed with black 

 hair. Forehead parallel, black, clothed with black hair and two 

 tufts of dense pilose hair, one above the antennae, one a little 

 in front of the middle. Eyes hairy. Thorax black with a 

 faint greyish stripe on each side of the middle, and one at each 

 side, sides with long dense white hair extending from the an- 

 terior border to scutellum. The pleurae black with long dense 

 black hair. Abdomen oblongate, black, subnitid, moderately 

 densely clothed in parts with short depressed black hairs; sides 

 with a fringe composed of tufts of long black hair extending 

 from the third segment to the apex. 



Wings greyish, hyaline, veins black, stigma faint, yellowish, 

 first posterior cell open, almost closed at the apex; in one speci- 

 men the cell was closed; no appendix present. 



Legs black, pubescence black. 



This species has been placed in Erephopsis instead of Diato- 

 mineura, as the first posterior cell is narrowed towards the mar- 

 gin and actually closed in one specimen. In appearance it is 

 not unlike a small specimen of E. guttata but may be readily 

 distinguished by its more oblongate form, without spots on the 

 abdomen and by the clear wings. This was a rare fly at Ken- 

 dall. Dates of capture were from March 13th to March 29th, 

 and all the specimens were taken in thick bush. A single speci- 

 men was also taken at Milson Island on the 21st January, 1918. 



Erephopsis aureovestita, sp.n. 



A moderate sized golden-coloured species. 



Female. Length, 13 mm.; width across eyes, 5 mm.; wings, 

 12 mm. 



Head. Mars yellow ; face clothed with golden tomentum ; 

 cheeks with rather fine golden hairs, beard golden. Proboscis 

 short, about the length of the head. Palpi Mars yellow, second 

 joint long and moderately stout at base tapering to a fine point, 

 about three times the length of the first joint. Antennae Mars 

 yellow, the first two segments clothed with similarly coloured 

 hairs. Forehead sub-parallel, moderately broad, clothed with 

 golden tomentum, and with brownish hairs. Eyes clothed with 

 golden hair. 



