270 NOTES ON TASMANIAN DIPTEEA, ETC., 



sible to catch when active on the wing. The specimens 

 secured were taken between 10 and 11 a.m., when begin- 

 ning to fly. 



PelecopvHynchus fusconiger, Walk. 



Two' specimens in the Museum collection, in ba-l condi- 

 tion, and a further two specimens in the Agricultural De- 

 partment's collection bear a label "Ulverstone, Tas. ; Lea." 



THEREVID^. 



Anabarrhynchus, Macq. 



Under this genus, Mr. White described eiglit species 

 from Tasmania, adding the name of another as doubtfully 

 Tasmanian. 



There are three coastal species occurring on sana-dunes, 

 namely, pallidus, the doubtful Tasmanian species rufipes, 

 and a new species described below. 



The three can be readily distinguished from al other 

 species, except perhaps niontanus, by the wings, which are 

 tinged yellow or brown along the veins. This characteris- 

 tic is sometimes faint in pallidum,. My specimens of mon- 

 tanus (from Mt. Wellington") are all slightly tinged dark 

 along veins except one, but montanus will not be confused 

 in any way with the coastal species. 



Anabarrhynchus rufipes, Macq. 



Readily distinguished by the yellow-brown fern era and 

 tibise, the grey thorax with three brown stripes, and the 

 wings tinged yellow along the veins. 



Male. Head grey, front darker centrally, with black 

 hair, pro'boscis preeminent. Antenna^, first joint shorter 

 than the other two joints combined (in pallidus the first 

 joint is longer), the first two joints brownish, the third 

 joint black, basally brownish. Thorax grey, with three 

 parallel brown stripes, darkest down the centre ; the central 

 stripe is black down the centre, and is continued on the 

 scutellum. Abdomen black-brown, with the apical and 

 side margins of segments grey, except the three apical seg- 

 ments which are generally more or less uniformly light 

 yellowish-brown tinged. Legs yellowish-brown, coxae and 

 trochanters grey, the femora and tibiaj apically stained 

 black, the tarsi with the apical half of first, and whole of 

 the following segments black. Wings similar to pallnlu.^, 

 but veins black. 



Female differs from the male in having the front brown. 



Length. Male 9 mm., fern. 10.5 mm. 



