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THE DIPTERA-BRACHYCERA OF TASMANIA, 



Fig. 44. Wing of E iii pis scricatus. 



Female. Face and front brown. Proboscis a little more 

 than three times the height of head. Antennae black, the 

 first joint about twice the lengtli of tlie second, the third 

 three times as long as the first two together, and termin- 

 ated by a thin pointed style, which is about one-third 

 its length. Thorax orange, almost bare of pubescence, but 

 with very long, black, lateral, and posterior bristles; 

 scutellum with two long, black, marginal bristles ; meta- 

 pleural bristles black, fan-like. Abdomen dark brown, 

 wath ovipositor j^ellow-brown, almost bare, but basal seg- 

 ments with a few black lateral bristles. Legs simple, fem- 

 ora, tibia), and tarsi yellow, with apices: of all joints black- 

 ish, the whole almost bare of pubescence, but with num- 

 erous short black bristles. Wings tinged faintly with 

 brow^n, and with a very faint, yellow-brown stigma ; med- 

 iastinal vein short and inco-mplete ; cubital fork long, the 

 upper branch more than half the length of the lower; 

 discal cell short, truncate; anal vein indistinct, and not 

 quit© reaching the wing-margin ; halteres vellow. 



This species may be easily recognised by its orange 

 thorax. It occurred fairly commonly on low vegetation 

 in the garden of my house at Mangalore. My dates rang© 

 from October 11 to November 6. 



Empis aouilus, Sp. nov. 



Thorax black, with two brown median stripes, bordered 

 outwardly wath brown tomentum ; scutellum black, with 

 outer margin brown; abdoaiien black, with hindmargins 

 of segments brownish yellow ; femora brownish black ; 

 tibice and tarsi light brown ; wings absolutely hyaline, 

 without any sign of a stigma. 



Length. Male, 6 mm. 



ITab. Mangalore. 



Male. Face and front brown. Eyes widely separated. 

 Proboscis in length almo;3t three times the height of head. 

 Antennae black, the first joint about twice the length of 

 the second, the third about three times as long as the 

 first two together, and provided with a slender style. 



