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grey, upper two-thirds brown, the whole bearing black 

 pubescence. Proboscis black, lying close against the face. 

 Antenna? with first joint grey, with black hairs, second 

 and third black. Thorax brown, with five black longi- 

 tudinal stripes, the middle and two outer ones being the 

 most distinct. Abdomen black, with hindmargins of seg- 

 ments, except the first, narrowly white. Legs with all 

 the femora a very light yellow-brown, the anterior pair 

 with a black streak above ; tibia? olive, with long black 

 bristles ; tarsi black, but base of first joint similarly 

 coloured to the tibia;. Wings hyaline, bright and glisten- 

 ing, the veins dark brown, but not very prominently 

 marked. 



This species bears a close general resemblance to several 

 others occurring in Tasmania, but may be distinguished 

 from all of these by the light brown femora and olive 

 tibia?. 



A. ■umhratilis is only known from, two specimens, which 

 were taken by Mr. Hardy at Wedge Bay in January, 

 1914. 



Anabarrhynchus calceatus, Schin. (Fig. 22). 



A large, robust species. Thorax brown or grey-brown, 

 with three brown stripes ; abdomen black, dusted with 

 grey on each side ; anterior femora with basal half or two- 

 thirds black, remaining portion, and all the middle and 

 posterior femora, reddish-yellow ; tibiae reddish-yellow ; 

 wings hvaline with veins vellow-brown. 



Length. Male, 9.5-11 mm.; female, 10-13 mm. 



Hab. Tasmania, (Also recorded from New South Wales. 

 and New Zealand.) 



Fi°\ 22. Wing of Anabarrhynchus calceatus. 

 Male. Face bare, white or grey. Front varying in 

 colour from drab to grey-black, with a pair of brown spots 

 touching the eye on either side, the whole covered with 

 long and dense black hairs. Proboscis black, short, and 

 thick, extending a little further than the base of the 

 antenna?. Palpi grey, with long white hairs. Antennae 



