.1 Reci-ion of the A.siliilie </ Australasia. 585 



Plate XVII. 

 Kerkophorus leucospira, Pfr. Tongiiat. 



Fiij. 1. I'ait of the generative oiyan.*, X 4'o, showing the spermatlieca 



witli a sperniatophore within it, the heiuiaphrodite duct (Jul), 



Hlbiiineii-gland (fihj), oviduct (oy), ifec. 

 Fiij. 1 a. The male organ detacliod. X 4o. ^, fiagellum ; Jl' , accessory 



portion of llagelluni. 

 Fill, '1. SjX'rniatlieca and its duct much enlarged, to show the sperraato-» 



phore within it more clearly ; the latter is seen protruding, 



the wall of the sac having been ruptured. 

 Fi[/. 2 a. Terminal end of the fiuine (i'/(/<' left-hand side of fig. 2, where 



it is represented teruiinatiug abruptly and was indistinctly 



seen). 

 Fit/. 2 b. Portion of flume at about the middle of its length, to show the 



form of the spines (also vide right-haud side of fig. 2, where <t, 



very long whip-like part (iv) is given olFand is the last part to 



enter the spermatheca). jn ia the membranaceous wall of the 



sac in section. 

 Fii/. 3. Teeth of the radula at different parts of the row. x 368. 

 Fit/. 3 II. Outermost marginals, 05-79. 

 Fiff. 4. Jaw. X 12. 



LXIV. — A Revision of the Asilidse of Australasia, 

 By Gertrudp Ricardo, 



[Contijuied from p. 488,] 



Brachyrrhopola nitidus, Macq, 



Type seen in Paris, apparently a male, from Tasmania, is 

 no cioubt a spenies of tliis genus, though not recognized as 

 sueh by jNIacquait. 



A species with reddish abdomen and tegs and the wings 

 clear, slightly tinged dull yellowish on the fore border, with 

 black veins. 



Face with bright yellow tomentum, no tubercle; moustache 

 pale yellow. Fatpi red. AntenncB reddish, the third joint with 

 indistinct terminal spine. Thorax red with black markings. 

 Abdomen slender, narrower at base; the first segment blacky 

 the second purtly black, the others with very narrow darker 

 segmentations. Legs red, fore tibiae with the curved spine, 

 the femora not incrassate. Wings with the fourth posterior 

 cell a little narrower at border, anal cell not quite closed. 



The following is the original description : — 



Slender, shining, testaceous. Thorax with brown stripes. 

 Abdomen with black, side stripes on the anterior segments, 



Ann, cC- Mag. X. Hist, Ser. 8. Vol. ix. 39 



