116 Miss G. Ricardo on the Pangonin^e 



so conspicuous in the female and sometimes resolve themselves 

 into faint bands of white or yellow hairs. 

 JIab. New Zealand. 



Erej)Jirosis quadriniacula, ? , Walker^ List Dipt. pt. i. p. 138 

 (1848). 



The palpi have the second joint more than double as long 

 as the first, large and wide, tapering to a point. Wings have 

 no appendix. 



Jiab. Australia. 



Erephrosis contigua^ ? , AValker, List Dipt. pt. i. p. 138 

 (1848). 



The palpi have the second joint large and wide, concave, 

 tapering to a point. The first and second segments of abdomen 

 ferruginous, the transverse spots on them more black than 

 grey. In the male the spot on first segment is not so con- 

 spicuous as in female, and that on the third segment is broken 

 up into two round black spots : the sides of segmc nts are 

 fringed with hairs — on first and second yellow and black 

 mixed, on third and fourth wholly black, on fifth and sixth 

 yellow, the third segment almost wholly ferruginous ; there 

 are traces of white hairs on the middle of the posterior borders 

 of segments. 



Hah. Australia. 



'i cvntigua, var.. Walker. — There are two males almost 

 similar to above, but the yellow hairs on sides of abdomen 

 are here white and conspicuous only on the last segment, the 

 dorsal stripe on the first two segments is distinct. The legs 

 are much darker, all the femora black, aud the hind legs 

 entirely black. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Erephrosis aureohirta, ? , sp. n. (PI. L fig. 10.) 



Black. Face brown with greyish pubescence, black stripe 

 on forehead. Beard yellow. Antennae ferruginous ; first and 

 second joints grey, the latter with some black hairs. Palpi 

 ferruginous, with the second joint large and broad, concave, 

 ending in a point, with some black hairs on margins and tip. 

 Proboscis as long as head and thorax together. Thorax 

 with golden pubescence on the sides. Abdomen with the 

 first three segments reddish brown, clothed with thin golden 

 pubescence, thicker on the posterior margins j the remaining 



