OF NEW ZEALAND. 47 



vein with two slight curves, the lower inward^ the other outward. 

 Scales yellow, with dark borders. , 



Length, 7 lines. 



New Zealand (Dr. Sinclair). 



H. PACHYPRocTA. NowicM, l.c, p. 25 (1875) . 



Male. Head dusted-pale ; antennae and frontal stripe black ; palpi 

 luteons ; thorax dusted-pale, cloudy ; dorsal stripes black ; scutellum 

 luteous; abdomen ochraceons, ornamented with a broad black vitta 

 which is serrated on each side, and much dilated behind, so that the 

 apex of the abdomen is altogether black ; wings rather fuscous ; setse 

 all over the body black; hairs generally pale luteous, the others 

 black. 



Length, 5—6 lines ; wing, 5 i lines. 



New Zealand (Edwards). 



Genus-DEMOTICUS. 



Macquart. 



Body oblong. Head hemispherical. Face inclined, naked, a little 

 convex ; epistome a little prominent. Front prominent, broad (male 

 and female) . Antennae inclined ; second joint a little elongated ; 

 third widening towards the extremity, twice as long as the second; 

 style three-jointed, first short, second a little elongated, third swollen 

 to the third fourth. Eyes naked. Abdomen elliptical ; some setae 

 at the middle of the second and third segments. Feet with small 

 hooks and pads. Wings : first posterior cell projecting nearly to the 

 extremity. 



D. AusTRALiENsis. Schinev, I.e., p. 325 (1868), 



Male. Thorax brown, closely dusted with white on the sides ; 

 the middle with three darkish long streaks, passing behind into 

 whitish-yellow dusting ; shoulders, a patch at the root of the wings, 

 sides of the breast, and scutellum, rust-yellow dusted with white. 

 Abdomen rust-yellow with an indistinct darkish back streak, with 

 whitish-yellow opaline spots. Macrochettes only on the rim of the 

 segments, the last with many bristles. The hair-covering of the 

 abdomen scattered, and the bristles black. Head rust-yellow, almost 

 quadrangular ; cheeks broad, Avhite, shining with black-grey, and 

 rust-red reflections ; front bristles less numerous ; front streak broad, 

 red. Antennae bent down, brown ; second joint lengthened, the third 

 22 times as long as the second ; bristles thick, second joint long. 



