Talj;iiii<lie '^ //i'' Au.slralian Ilfjivu. 'l'i'.\ 



liiive l)luck liuirs. Forthend parallel, aliout li\c times as 

 Ion;; as it is wiilc nntcrioily, same colour as face witli 

 wliitish hairs ; frontal callus r( ddisli yillow, pcar-sliaped, 

 not reaching fvi-s, with a short lineal extension. Thorax 

 (denuded) reddish, with three narrow ^rcy toinentose stripes. 

 Scuteiiain iilentieal. Abdovn-n hroad, short, the spots arc 

 triangular, covered with whitish tonicntuni, commencing 

 from the second segment ; underside hlaekish with grey- 

 haiied segmentations. Lcrjs : femora reddish hrown ; tibia.* 

 pale whitish yellow ; tarsi a liltlc darker, lliiiya large, no 

 ap|>endi\. 



Tubulins ijriPi'Osihis, Walker, List Dipt. i. p. liJ^S (18 IS). 



Typo (female) and another female from Port Essington, 

 and a female from locality not specific d. 



The varieties 15. and Y. meiiti(Kicd by \Valker do not 

 appear to he in the IJrit. Mus. Coll. 



A reddish-yellow species with indistinct black spots on the 

 abdomen, |)alpi very pale, stout at ])iise, ending in a long 

 point. Antennie and legs reddish yellow. 



Length, tyj)e, LS mm. 



Face covered with pale greyish-yellow tomcntuni, hairs 

 pale yellow. J'alpi very stout on basal half, the apical ])art 

 al)Out the same in length as tlie basal part, pubescence con- 

 sists of a few black hairs and some yellow ones at base, 

 lieard yellowish. Auteuuce reddish, the basal joints jialc 

 yellow- with black pubescence. Forthtad almost parallel, 

 tlie same colour as face, about six times as long as it is wide 

 anteriorly ; frontal callus dark brown, oblong, not reaching 

 the eyes, with a lineal extension. Thorax blackish, covered 

 with grey tomcntuni, pubescence chiefly black, shoulders 

 jtale reddish. Sculil/tim identical. Abdnmcn tawny, a dull 

 black median triangular sp(jt on the second segment, in the 

 two other femahs there is a simihir one on the second seg- 

 ment, and another on the third segment in type and other 

 females, the remaining segments with larger more band-like 

 sj)ots on the anterior borders, pubescence consists of sliort 

 yellow and black hairs ; underside pale reddish yellow with 

 grey tomcntuni. Lr(f!t uniformly reddish yellow. U ini/s 

 clear with reddish-yellow stigma and veins, no a])i)en{|ix 

 present. 



Tubanus innotabUis, Walker, List Dii)f. i. j^ 177 (18 1^"), 

 Tahanus dvrsoiimainhtus, .Miicq Mpt. K.\ot., .^uj j.!. iv. p. liij (ISoO). 

 Tvpc '"f 7*. iii)iidtJji/is) Mild ;nK)fliir female in Brit. Mns. 



