From the Annals and MAaAziNn of NArciiAt, Mcsroisv, 

 Ser. 8, Vol. ix., May 1912. 



A Revision of the Asilidse of Australasia^ 

 By Gertrude Ricardo. 



[Continued from p. 488.] 



Brachyrrhopola nitidus, Macq. 



Type seen in Paris, apparently a male, from Tasmania, is 

 no doubt a species of this genus, though not recognized as 

 such by Macquart. 



A species with rQddish abdomen and legs and the wings 

 clear, slightly tinged dull yellowish on the fore border, with 

 black veins. 



Face with bright yellow tomentum, no tubercle; moustache 

 pale yellow. Pa/pi red. Antenna reddisb, the third joint with 

 indistinct terminal spine. Thorax red with black markings. 

 Abdomen slender, narrower at base; the first segment black, 

 the second partly black, the others with very narrow darker 

 segmentations. Legs red, fore tibise with the curved spine, 

 the femora not incrassate. Wings with the fourth posterior 

 cell a little narrower at border, anal cell not quite closed. 



The following is the original description : — 



Slender^ shining, testaceous. Thorax with brown stripes. 

 Abdomen with black side stripes on the anterior segments. 



