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Fam. BOMBYLID-E, Leach. 

 Subfura. THEREVITES. 

 Genus THEREVA, Latr. 



Thereva innotata. 



Cinerea, vix pilosa ; caput et pectus albida ; scapulce fulvce ; abdomen 

 snbtus basi lateribusque canis ; pedes picei, gcnubus fulvis, tarsis 

 niyris ; alee cinerece. 



Cinereous, hardly pilose. Head, excepting the vertex, and pectus 

 whitish. Thorax with a few black bristles on each side; scapula 

 tawny. Abdomen hoary on each side and beneath towards the base. 

 Legs piceous ; knees tawuy ; tarsi black. Wings gray ; veins and hal- 

 teres brown. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



New Zealand. 



Fam. ASILID.E, Leach. 

 Genus DASYPOGON, Mcigen. 



Dasypogon subconxraotus, Mas. 



Aurato-fiavus ; antenncc rufo-fulvm ; articulus .3ms lanccolatus, pubcs- 

 cens, loet2o conjunctim longior ; thorax vitlis Iribus nigro-cinereis ; 

 abdomen nigrum, basim versus testaceum ; pedes rufo-fulvi ; aUe 

 ferruginece, areolarum discis sublimpidis. 



Gilded-yellow. Vertex piceous about the ocelli. Face flat. Mys- 

 tax with very few yellow bristles. Proboscis, palpi and antennae reddish 

 tawny. Third joint of the antenna- lanceolate, pubescent, longer than 

 the fust and the second together. Thorax with three grayish black 

 stripes. Abdomen black, shining, nearly twice the length of the thorax ; 

 first, second and third segments testaceous ; first with a piceous disk ; 



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