STrniES IN AUSTRALIAN TAi:ANIh.f. TAYLOR. 67 



Taranus circc.mdatus, ]V<tlLfr. 



List. Dipt., i. (1S48), p. 181 ; Ricardo, Ann. Ma^. Nat. Hist. (8), xvi. 



(1915), p. 280. 



0//.S'. — The West Austialian speciniens evidently belong to this vari- 

 able species. When compared witli a, specimen kindly deteiinined for the 

 wiiter by Mr. Austen by compaiison with the type, the only nftticable 

 ditVeiences ai'e that the eyes are moi-e hair}' atid the legs palei. 



Hah. — Jindabyne and Mooiibar, New 8onth Wales. (Collector. — R. 

 Helms) ; King Geoige Sound, Westeiii Anstialia. (Collector. — G. 

 Masters). 



TaIUNUS VETtlSTDS, Wdll.i'r. 



List. Dipt., i. (1848), p. 179 ; Ricardo, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), xvi. 



(1915), p. 277. 



Huh. — King George Sound, Western Australia. (Collector. — 

 G. Mastei-s). 



Taiunds antecedens, W(<Jl-er. 



List. Dipt., i. (1848), p. 178; Ricardo, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), xvi. 



(1915), p. 279. 



H«^.— Wentwortb Falls, New South Wales. (Collector.— A. 



Masgrave). 



Tabands edenthlus, ]\Fi(('qit(irt. 



Dipt. Exot., Suppl., i. (1846), p. 34; Ricardo, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), 

 xvi. (1915), p. 281 ; White, Papers and Proc. Royal Soc. Tasmania 

 (1915), p. 10. 

 Hnh. — Hobart, Tasmania. (Collector. — G. H. Hardy). 



Tahanus horartiensis. White. 

 Papers and Proc. Royal Soc. Tasmania (1915), p. 13. 



Ohs. — Represented by a single specimen which does not A^ery well 

 agree with this species, but till furthei- material is available it is considered 

 better to leave it under the above name. 



//((//. — Tasmania. 



Taranus neobasalis, 7'<(///or. 



TdhiDiii.f hnsiilig, Walker, 9, List. Dipt., i. (1848), p. 182, ihviieii his 

 hctam ; Ricardo, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), xvi. (1915), p. 282. 



Ohs. — A change of name becomes necessary for this species as hiisalis 

 was previously used by Macquart^. 



Taranus gentilis, Erichsnu. 

 Archiv. f. Naturgesch., viii. (1842), p. 271 ; Ricardo, Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (8), xvi. (1915), p. 286. 



OZy.s'. — The specimen from Bariingtoii Tops has the apex of the anal 

 cell slightly shaded blown, but not the stem. It is quite typical in other 

 respects. 



H((//.— BaiTington Tops, 4,600 ft.. New South Wales ; (Collector and 

 donor. — A. Musgi'ave) : King George Sound, Westei'n Australia. (Col- 

 lector. — G. Mastei's). 



1 Macquart— Dipt. Exot., i. (1) (1838), p. 130, for a different species belonging 

 to Group vi. from East India. 



