OF NEW ZEALAND. 45 



P. FASCiATA. Macquart, I.e., Supp. 4, p. 157, tab. 14,/. 15 (1850). 



Male. Face shining-black, with green reflections ; the projection 

 but little salient. Front linear, in front black with green reflections. 

 Antennae black. Thorax and scutellum deep green. Abdomen dull 

 black; the second and third segments with a fulvous-yellow band 

 extending from the anterior nearly to the posterior border, spreading 

 to the sides, but interrupted in the middle, where it is a little rounded ; 

 fourth and fifth with the exterior border yellow ; the fifth has the 

 anterior border shining. Legs yellow ; the posterior pair black, the 

 thighs yellow on the anterior half, the shanks with a yellow ring in 

 the middle. Poisers yellow. Wings clear ; the stigma yellowish. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Akaroa. 



Family — Muscid^, 



Proboscis distinct, with two bristles ; antennae three-jointed, the 

 last simple and with a dorsal style ; three posterior marginal cells. 



Section— MUSCIDiE-CALTPTEE^. 



Style of the antennae generally two- or three-jointed ; first posterior 

 marginal cell closed, or slightly open ; scales well developed. 



Sub-Family — Tachinaei^. 



Style of the antennae naked or tomentose. Abdomen oval or 

 conical, furnished with bristles ; first segment short."^ 



Genus-HYSTEICIA. 



Macquart. 



Body broad. Head rather small ; face oblique, bordered with 

 bristles above and below, naked in the middle ; epistome salient ; 

 front narrowing posteriorly in the male. Antennae obliquely inclined, 

 not reaching the epistome ; the second joint rather elongated, sub- 

 conical ; the third double the second, straight above and below, a little 

 rounded at the extremity ; the second joint of the style elongated. 

 Eyes hairy. Thorax broader than the head ; scutellum provided with 

 strong bristles. Abdomen broader than the thorax, almost round, 

 provided with strong bristles. First posterior cell slightly open a 

 little in advance of the end of the exterior margin. 



* Nowicki mentions a Tachina hipina (Swed.) from New Zealand. I can find no de- 

 scription of it. 



