BY ARTHUR WHITE. 161 



Table of the Taamanian Species of Bathypogon. 



1. Moustache yellow; antennae entirely black; 



bristles of thorax, scutellum, and tibiae yellow. 



Brachypterus, Macq. 



2. Moustache white ; first joint of antennae red ; 



bristles of thorax, scutellum, and tibiae black. (A 

 blacker and more slender species.) 



NiGRiNUS, Ricardo.. 



Bathypogon brachypterus, Macq. 



Moustache yellow ; antennae entirely black ; thorax 

 deep brown, whitish at sides ; abdomen deep brown, with 

 bright golden-yellow pubescence ; femora black above, red 

 beneath ; tibiae black or red ; bristles of thorax, scutellum,. 

 and tibia3. yellow. 



Length. Male and female, 18-20 mm. 



Hab. Mangalore. (Probably generally distributed.) 



Fig 27. Wing of Bathypogon brachypterus. 



Male and female. Face and front yellowish-grey; 

 moustache either wholly yellow or black above and yellow 

 below. Antennae black. Thorax deep brown, with one 

 broad or two narrow anterior dark brown stripes; sides 

 and two short posterior stripes yellowish-white ; posterior 

 bristles long, yellow ; bristles of scutellum yellow. Abdo- 

 men deep brown, with golden-yellow pubescence, which is 

 longest on the posterior outer margins of each segment. 

 Legs with femora black above, red beneath, covered with 

 dense, long, yellowish-white ha.'rs; tibiae red or black, 

 covered with yellowish pubescence, and bearing long yel- 

 low bristles. Wings varying in tint from light grey to- 

 yellow-brown. 



This species somewhat resembles B. nigriniis, but is a 

 more i-obust and more brightly coloured species; the 

 moustache is bright yellow instead of white, and the bristles 

 on the thorax, scutellum, and tibiae are yellow instead of 

 black. 



B, brachypterus occurs commonly at Mangalore, and 

 though apparently local, is probably widely distributed in 

 Tasmania. It also occurs in Victoria, New South Wales, 



