the Asilidse of Australasia. 587 



genus founrlcd by him in 1846 three years earlier, and from 

 the description of B. vicfori(B there is no doubt lloder was 

 redescribing a specimen of C. jenestrata. 



Type in Paris Museum seen by me, a male. 



A small black species with yellow bands on the second, 

 third, sixth, and seventh segments of the club-shaped 

 abdomen. 



/^ace broad, with yellowish-grey tomentum at sides, leaving 

 a black stripe in the centre. Moustache of yellow hairs. 

 Antenna reddish (not black, as Macquart says) ; the third 

 joint long, with indistinct style and minute spine. Head 

 excised behind a little, with black incurved hairs. Legs 

 long and slender, black ; apical half of femora red ; tibiae red, 

 black at apices, bristles white and black. Wings brownish, 

 all posterior cells open. There are no signs of stripes on 

 the thorax, as given in Macquart's figure of this insect. 

 Scutellum is red with whitish hairs. The curved spine on 

 the fore tibiae is present, in spite of Macquart describing it 

 as absent. 



His description is as follows : — 



Black. Abdomen white at apex, segments 2 and 3 with 

 red margins. Legs red. Wings brown with clear spaces. 



Length 3 lines, <J . Face shining black; moustache white. 

 Forehead and antennae black. Thorax with two small indis- 

 tinct grey tomentose stripes. Abdomen shining ; posterior 

 border of second and third segments fawn-coloured ; sixth 

 and seventh yellowish white on posterior borders. Legs 

 fawn-coloured; coxae black, femora on anterior half black; 

 fore legs Avith no spines at apex (this is an error) ; tarsi 

 black ; first joint of posterior pair fawn-coloured, black at 

 apex. Wings a little brownish, discal cell and base of first 

 posterior white ; base of wing clear. 



From Tasmania. 



Brachyrrhopola maculata, lloder. 



Described as from New South Wales. 



Length, $ 15 mm., $ 20 mm. 



^ . Antennae golden yellow. Face and moustache yellow. 

 Thorax golden yellow with black stripes. Scutellum ochra- 

 ceous. Abdomen club-shaped, ochre-yellow, the first segment 

 somewhat dark, second one with two separated black spots, 

 which are also present on the third, the fourth wholly 

 black, the fifth black at sides. Legs ochre-yellow. Wings 

 tinged golden yellow at base on fore border, darker towards 

 apex, hyaline on posterior border. All cells open. 



The female has the wings more golden yellow. 



