24 DIPTEBA 



Family — Bombiliid^. 

 Antennae long, three-jointed, sometimes far apart ; eyes large^ 

 connivent in the^males ; proboscis sometimes as long as the body, with 

 bristle-like piercers ; abdomen often woolly, with six or seven segments. 

 Larvae parasitic on other insects in whose nests they live ; pupae with 

 hook-like bristles. 



aenus-COMPTOSIA. 



Macquart. 



Proboscis rather elongated and generally obliquely elevated between 

 the antennae. Face oblique, rather protruding above. Front linear, 

 the anterior portion triangular. Antennae approximated, the third 

 joint conical, the style as long as the joint. Abdominal segments 

 bordered with little bristles. Wings rather narrow. 



C. BicoLOR. Macquart, Dipt. Ewot., Supp. 4^, p, 114 (1850). 



Female. Sides of the face testaceous. Front black, without down, 

 but with little black hairs. Antennae black. Thorax black (rubbed), 

 humeral spots testaceous, another spot of the same colour on each side 

 of the posterior margin ; sides testaceous with black spots. Abdomen 

 bluish-black (rubbed) below, and legs testaceous ; the two last joints of 

 the tarsi black. Wings greyish, the exterior margin brownish ; two 

 cubital cells, the second apper^diculate. 



Length, 5| lines. 



East coast of Australia (Macquart) ; New Zealand (" Raise der 

 ^Novara'"). 



C. FAsciATA. Fabricius, Sy sterna Antiliatorum, p. 118 f Anthrax), 

 (1805). 



Body black, hairy. Wings black, with a small white band near 

 the apex. 



Islaiids 01 the Pacific Ocean (Fabr.) ; New Zealand (" Reise der 



'Novara'")- 



Family — Inflate . 



Head bent down, small, entirely occupied by the eyes ; thorax and 



six-segmented abdomen large, inflated ; proboscis variable, sometimes 



longer than the body and turned under the thorax, or absent ; bristles 



four; palpi rudimentary. 



(}enus-HENOPS. 



Illiger, 

 Proboscis not apparent. Antennae inserted on the lower part of 

 the head, very small, two-jointed; the first tuberculiform ; the last 



