196 KtCORDS OK THE Al'STRAMAX MUSEUM. 



Hub. — Queensland ; the holotype from the National Park was taken 

 at the end of February, 1921. The paratype is fi-om Kuranda, and was 

 taken by Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



I'l/pes. — The holotype is in the Australian Mnsenm and tlie paratype 

 in Dr. B. W. Ferguson's collection. 



Note. — Where alternative colour characters are given in the above 

 description the first denotes that of the holotype and the secoud that of 

 the paratype. 



TABANID^. 



Pelecorhynchus fulvus Rir<(rdo. 



(Plate xxxvi., tig. 3.) 



P. fulvus Ricardo, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), v., 1910, p. 406. Id. Taylor, 

 Proc. Lin. Soc. N. S. Wales, xliv., 1919, p. 41. /-/. Hardy, Rec. 

 Anstr. Mus., xiii., 1920, p. 38. Id. Ferguson, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., 

 xxxiii., 1921, p. 2. 



Tiipe. — The allotype male, described by Dr. E. W. Ferguson, was 

 presented to the Australian Museum. This opportunity is taken to publish 

 a figure of the specimen ; the head is drawn in the position corresponding 

 to that of the specimen, and the shape of the proboscis is shown. 



Pelecorhvnchus peksonatds Walker. 



FeIecorhi/)ichug persoiiatus Ricardo, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), v., 1900, 

 p. .102. 



Amendment. — The above reference was omitted from my paper " Notes 

 on the genus FelecorhijitchHs,^'- where it should l)ave been inserted after the 

 reference to Dasybusis perso)n(tui< Walker. 



ASILID^. 



AsiLUS II.LINGWOIM'HI sp. imv. 



(Fig. 1) 



Descriptiou. — This species has the general appearance oi A. feiUKjitiei- 

 ve)itris Macquart, but in colour it has a slightly more reddisli tinge. 



5- Head black, with traces of yellowish tomentum on the front and 

 near tlie base of the antenna? ; the tomentum occurs on the tubercle and 

 covers the under side and rear of the head. Palpi black with black hairs. 

 Moustache pale yellow, with one or two black hairs above. A few pale 

 yellow hairs on the sides of the front and behind the head. Post-ocular 

 bristles yellow. Antenna^ reddish yellow, the third joint stained black on 

 the paratype male ; first joint longer than the second ; the third scarcely 

 as long as the two basal joints together; apical arista about as long as 

 the third joint. Proboscis black with a few black hairs. Thorax black, 



-' See Records of the Austialiau Miuseiini, vol. xiii., No. 1, 1920, p. 33. 



