32 DIPTERA 



Wings yellowish^ the exterior border brown ; marginal and tbe two 

 submarginal cells closed ; tlie second submarginal with a long peti- 

 ole ; five posterior cells. 



Lengthy 6 lines. 



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

 'Novara' "). 



Pamily — Therevidje. 



Tarsus with two pnlvilli ; proboscis short ; pnpa spiny ; style of 

 the antennae apical. 



Genus-THEEEVA. 

 LatreiUe. 



Palpi cylindrical, terminated by a rounded swelling. First joint 

 of the antennae elongated, cylindrical ; the third conical, a little 

 swollen in the middle; style short, tAvo-jointed. 



T. BiLiNEATA. FabHcius, Syst. Ent. {1775), p. 757 (Bibio). 



Head black ; antenme approximated. Thorax liairj^, black, with 

 two white longitudinal lines. Abdomen subconical, elongated, black. 

 Wings white, the exterior margin black. Legs black, the bases of 

 the tibiae ferruginous. 



New Zealand (Sir J. Banks). 



Genns-ANABARYNCHUS. 



Macquart. 



Head hemispherial. Proboscis salient, elevated above the face 

 and reaching the base of the antennae; terminal lips thick. Palpi 

 hidden. Face short, nearly naked. Front of female elongated, 

 narrow, no callosities. Antennae inserted towards the lower part of 

 the head, inclined, not quite so long as the head ; first joint rather 

 elongated, cylindrical ; second short, cyathiform ; third less elongated 

 than the first, thick, terminated by a point ; style short. Eyes naked. 

 Abdomen conical. Legs slender, thighs without bristles ; the pos- 

 terior furnished with a single one near the extremity. Wing- veins 

 as in Thereva. 



A. LURiDUs. Sckiner, I.e., p. 148 (1868). 



Male. Erown, dusted with yellow. Thorax with darkish longi- 

 tudinal streaks ; the middle one line-like, and outside it another 

 rather broad streak, interrupted on the suture, and a small brown 

 streak which does not reach the suture ; sides of the chest greyish ; 



