the Asilidre of Australasia. 147 



It is described as black, the fifth segment of abdomen 

 testaceous. Legs black. Wings with veins shaded brown. 

 Length 6 lines. ? . 



Saropogon antipodus, Schiner. 



Described as brown-red. Face golden yellow. Antennoi 

 black-brown. Thorax with goklen-yellow stripe and spots, 

 scutellum and breast-sides golden yellow. Abdomen shining 

 reddish, the first two segnaents partly black. Legs bright 

 rusty yellow, femora with black stripe, tarsi brownish. 

 Wings tinged very pale brownish yellow, with brown veins; 

 the second posterior cell very narrow at base, the fourth 

 narrowed a little at opening. 



Length 6 lines. 



Auckland. One female. 



Saropogon semirufus, Bigot. 



From Australia. 



A species described as red and black. Face with a shining 

 black stripe. Abdomen blackish, red at sides and apex. 

 Antenna fawn-coloured. IVings pale brown. 



Length 12 mm. 



Saropogon clarkii, Hutton. 



Co-type [S) iu Brit. Mus. Coll., presented by Capt. F. W. 

 Hutton, from New Zealand. 



A large black species. Face brownish, with whitish-grey 

 tomentum. IMoustache black, composed of stout bristles. 

 Forehead with bristly black hairs. Thorax with two grey 

 tomentose narrow stripes ; shoulders grey tomentose and 

 scutellum the same. Abdomen blue-black, shining ; genital 

 organs black, with black pubescence. Legs wholly black. 

 Wings hyaline, tinged brown on the fore b<n'der at base and 

 where the second vein has its origin. 



Length 16 mm. 



Saropogon fugienSy Hutton. 



Co-type ( J ) presented by Capt. F. W. Hutton, from New 

 Zealand ; males and females from same locality {Hudson, 

 Cochrane) . 



A blue-black species with golden tomentum on face, on 

 sides and dorsum of thorax, and on scutellum. Legs reddish, 

 the femora blackish above; tibite black at apices, largely so 



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