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THE DIPTERA-BRACHYCEKA OF TASMANIA, 



Female resemlDles the male very closely, but the eyes are 

 widely separated, and the ground-colour of the abdomen 

 beneath the pubescence is black. 



Variation. This species varies extremely in size: 

 some specimens being twice the size of others. 



Tlie type of B. matiitiniis. Walk, in the British Museum 

 very probably belongs to this species, but it is in too bad 

 condition for absolute identification. 



B. fuscanus is a common species in the spring and early 

 summer. Mv dates range from October 26 to December 

 24. 



BOMBYI.TUS PALLIOLATUS, Sp. UOV. (Fig. 33). 



Fuscous-haired species ; abdomen with intermixed long, 

 dense, black hairs ; legs dark red or reddish-black ; wings 

 hyaline, with base and basal part of foremargin dark 

 brown; face in the male broad, nearly the width of the 

 two eyes together. 



Length. Male, 6.5 - 10 mm. ; length of proboscis 3 - 5 

 mm. 



Hab. Mane'alore. 



Fig. 33. 



Wing of Bomhylius 'paUiolatus. 



Male. Face fuscous, broad, nearly the width of the two 

 eyes together, and bearing long black hairs. Eyes sho^rt 

 and narrow Front deep brown, very short, but fairly 

 broad ; vertex with long black hairs. Proboscis black, 

 slender. Antennae black, the first joint three times the 

 length of the second, and bearing long black hairs, the 

 third strap-shaped, distinctly longer than the first two 

 joints together, and terminated by a minute pointed style. 

 Thorax drab, covered with very dense fuscous and black 

 furry pubescence, the black hairs being the longest; scutel- 

 lum similarly coloured, and bearing very long black hairs. 

 Abdomen very broad, clothed with very dense, long, furry, 

 fuscous and black pubescence. Legs dark red or reddish- 

 black; posterior femora with a row of long black bristles; 

 ail tibiae with strong, short bristles; first joint of posterior 

 tarsi distinctly fringed with bristles on the inner side. 

 Wings hyaline or tinged with brown, the base and basal 

 part of foremargin dark brown. 



