the Asilidte of Australasia. 145 



Length 1.2-14 mm. 



Face black, covered with grey tomentum. Moustache o£ 

 long black bristles. Palpi black, with black hairs. Aa- 

 fennee with many black hairs on the fii'st two joints ; the third 

 joint bare, not much longer than the first two joints together. 

 Forehead with black hairs. Thorax brownish black, with 

 grey tomentose stripes ; sides and breast black, with grey 

 tomentum, which is more silvery white on the sides of 

 breast. ScuteUum with some grey tomentum. Abdomen 

 black, somewhat shining, small silvery white spots appear on 

 the sides usually from the second segment onwards. Legs 

 black, with black bristles and hairs. Wings large, veins 

 brown, apex tinged brown, small transverse vein beyond the 

 middle ot" discal cell. 



The co-type of Saropogon clarkii in Brit. Mus. Coll. is 

 almost identical with the above type and specimens, also 

 from New Zealand ; the only difference apparent is the 

 position of the small transverse vein of loing, which in 

 Hutton's co-type is at or bdoiv the middle of discal cell and. 

 is clouded with brown, fore border tinged brown, not ex- 

 tending beyond the first submarginal cell. Abdomen more 

 blue-black, with the white tomentose spots at side more 

 apparent. 



Saropogon discus, Walker. 

 Saropogon hiidso?ii, Iluttou. 



Type ( ? ) and another from New Zealand, and a co-type 

 of Saropogon hudsoni. 



A black robust species with a broad black abdomeii, red at 

 apex. Legs red, tarsi blackish. Wings clear. 



Length 12 mm. 



Face covered with pale yellowish tomentum. Moustache 

 of pale yellow bristles. Palpi black, with pale hairs. An- 

 tenncB black, the first two joints with black hairs and bristles, 

 the third joint nearly once and a half as long as the first 

 two joints together, the usual style present. Forehead 

 blackish, with some long black hairs at sides. Hind part of 

 head with black bristly hairs. Thorax blackish, with some 

 tawny tomentum and indistinct black stripes ; sides and 

 breast with greyish tomentum. ScuteUum black, covered 

 with tawny tomentum. Abdomen black, sides and apex bright 

 testaceous, the fifth and sixth segments being so on their 

 posterior borders, and the last two segments entirely so. 

 Underside reddish yellow. Legs reddish yellow ; the tarsi 



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