296 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



Bright rust-yellow ; thorax nitidons. Abdomen dull, apex 

 clubbed and rather densely haired. Head yellow. Eyes black, 

 contiguous in front. Antennae bright yellow at base, flagellar 

 joints brownish. Proboscis almost the length of head. Palpi 

 yellow. Legs uniformly pale yellow, tarsi scarcely darker towards 

 their extremity. Wings almost hyaline, distinctly haired ; veins 

 exactly as with Cerato'pogon rostratus, Wtz. (Linn. Entom. VI. 

 p. 31,"taf. IV. fig. 23b). 1J°^. 



Hah. — Sydney (Frauenfeld). Three specimens of 9. 



Qljg^ — I have a large series of specimens (strange to say all are 

 of the 5) of a species which is generally distributed in N.S.W., 

 and which I take to be C. rhyncliops, Sch. None, however, quite 

 agree in the colouring mentioned in Schiner's description translated 

 above ; there appear to be four varieties amongst the specimens 

 before me. 



Var. (3. Head black. Thorax, pleurae, pectus, scutellum, and 

 metanotum brown, sub-levigate. Abdomen brown, darker than 

 thorax. 



Sab. — Sydney, &c. (Masters and Skuse). Several specimens. 



Var. y. Head, thorax, pleurae, pectus, scutellum, and meta- 

 notum black, sub-nitidous. Abdomen brown, also sub-uitidous. 



Bab. — Sydney (Masters). One specimen. 



Var. 8. Antennae entirely dusky brown. Head, thorax, pleurae, 

 pectus, and metanotum black, levigate. Scutellum ocbreous or 

 ochreous-brown. Abdomen brown. 



Hab. — Glenbrook, Blue Mountains (Masters), Several speci- 

 mens. 



Var. e. Antennae entirely dusky brown. Head, thorax, pectus, 

 scutellum, and metanotum black, levigate or sub-nitidous. Abdo- 

 men deep brown. 



Hab. — Berowra, Como, &c., N.S.W. (Masters and Skuse). 

 Several specimens. 



