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REVISIOX OF GKXERA BKLOXIiING TO DIPTERA IIRAOIITCERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



Of this species Major Austen writes. — "Tiie forceps in the type are much less 

 elongate than they appear in figure 11; they are not attenuated towards the 

 distal extremity as in the figure." 



Evidently my identification of White's species is incorrect and it is neces- 

 sary to give a new name to the species I previously described under White's 

 name. 



Genus A s i l u s Linnaeus. 



Type, Asiliis crahroniformis Linnaeus. Europe. 



Characters. — The abdomen is cylindrical and in the female the apical seg- 

 ments do not differ in any respect from the basal segments. The wings have the 

 normal venation with two submarginal cells. 



Text-figs. 9-12. The male genitalia of various species belonging to the genus 

 Blepharotes. 9. I!. p7tnctatits, n. sp. ; 10. B. hrisbaiiensis, n. sp.; 

 11. A species from Perth, Western Australia, which has a yellow 

 abdomen, and an apicalprocess on the lower forceps; 12. A species 

 from Perth with a yellowish-red abdomen and comparatively .=mall 

 genitalia unique in having no prominent characters 



Text-figs. 13-16. Parts of the head of various species belonging to the genus Apiocera. 

 13. Head of a male specimen from Perth, Western Australia, which, 

 specimen has very long antennae, palpi and proboscis; 14. The 

 head of a male from Sydney in which the head appendages are 

 short; 15. The palpi and proboscis of a species from Perth which 

 has the colour pattern of A. moerens, as illustrated by Westwood; 

 16. The palpi and proboscis of a male specimen from Sydney. 



Note. — The subgenus Ncaaratus is formed for a species that differs from 

 the others by having part of the costa produced forward. 



Genus O M sr A T 1 U s Wiedemann. 



Type, Asiliis rrMrgineUus Eabricius. North America. 



Characters. — The antennae have the arista pectinate and in tins respect the 

 genus differs from all the others. The abdomen has the apical segments similar 

 to the basal ones. Tlie wings have the normal venation with two submarginal 

 cells. 



