Ai THE DIITKRA BBACHTCEBA OK TASMANIA, 



with the first joint swollen, grey, with long black hairs, 

 about four times the length of the second ; second and 

 third joints black, the former very small, the latter 

 expanded at the base, and tapering towards the apex, 

 where it is terminated by a short style, the length being 

 about equal to that of the first- joint. Thorax brown, 

 with three dark brown longitudinal stripes, the middle 

 one narrow and always distinct, the outer ones broader 

 and sometimes indistinct. Abdomen black, dusted at tho 

 sides, base, and apex with grey, the whole covered with 

 white pubescence, which is short on dorsum, and long 

 on sides; when viewed from the side the second Begment 

 has a broad white border. Legs with the middle and pos- 

 terior femora and all tibia? reddish-yellow ; anterior femora 

 with the basal half or two-thirds, or occasionally the 

 whole, black, remaining portion reddish-yellow ; tarsi 

 black, the base of first joint yellow ; the tibia? bear Long 

 and abundant black bristles. Wings hyaline, with con- 

 spicuous yellow-brown veins, and a small and ill -defined 

 yellow stigma. 



Female resembles the male very closely, but the abdo- 

 men is longer and more pointed, and when viewed laterally 

 the second to seventh segments have a white hind-margin. 

 The colouring of the front varies from chest nut-brown to 

 black ; thorax, abdomen, legs, and wings as in the male. 



The colouring of this species is Bubjecl to considerable 

 variation. I possess a male which has the thorax pale 

 blue-grey, instead of the usual brown. Mosi specimens 

 seem to vary in the colouring of the front ; indeed foi 

 purposes of identification the colouring of the front, tho- 

 rax, and abdomen can be altogether ignored, the only 

 characters of importance being the colouring of the legs 

 and the widely-separated eyes. 



A. ealceatus is the commonest Tasmania*] species of Ana- 

 barrhynchus ; it occurs in the springtime. It is usually 

 met with settled on the ground in sandy places, and when 

 disturbed (lies on a little distance and then settles again; 

 it may also be found settled on the leaves of young gum 

 trees. My dates range from October A to November 16. 



AnABARBHYNCHUS MONT ANUS, Sp. now 



This species resembles A. ealceatus very closely, but is 

 distinguished by having the eyes less widely separated in 



both sexes, and by the yellower wings. 

 Length. Male, 10 mm.; female, 13 mm. 

 Hab. Mangalore. 

 Male. Head small, and less wide in proportion than in 



