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V I . - - N e w or liltle-known Tipulidae (Diptera).--XV. Australasian Species. By C~ARLES P. ALnX~_NnE~, Ph.D.,
F.E.S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst,
Massachusetts~ U.S.A.
ThE new species of crane-flies described at this time arefrom New Zealand, and were collected by my friends
Messrs. Campbell, Harris, Oliver, and Tapley, to whom I
am indebted for many favours. The types are retained in
the author's collection.
In this paper and others to be published under this title,
the author has adopted the terminology of the male hypopygium proposed by Dr. G. C. Crampton in a recent paper("The Genitalia of Male Diptera and Mecoptera," Trans.
Amer. Eut. Soc.xlviii. pp. 207-225, 1923). The parts involved
are the f,,llowing: Tim so-called pleurites of earlier papers
are the basistyles ; the pleural appendages the dististyles;
detache~i dorsal portions of basis~yles occurring in certain
Hexatomini, as Epiphragma and other groups, ~re the inter.
bases ; the penis-guard the ~edeagus.

Dicranomyia fulvinota, sp. n.
General coloration of the thorax fulvous; head darkbrown, yellowish anteriorly; halteres dark brown; wings
with a strong brownish tinge, the stigma feebly indicated ;Sc short, Rs aud the ba~al deflection of R4+~ subequal ; cell
1st Ms rectangular; ventral dististyles of male hypopygiumwith a bispinous rostrum.
3'[ale.--Length about 4"6 ram. ; wing 6-6"5 mm.
/¢ostrum short, pale ochreous; palpi small, brownish
black. Antennae black throughout, the basal flagellar
segments subglobular, soon passing into oval. Front andanterior part of vertex pale yellow, tile remainder of thehead dark brown, very sparsely dusted with pate brown.
Pronotum obscure fulvous yellow posteriorly. Mesonotal
prae~eutum fulvou% brightest laterally, with faint indications of three fulvous-brown stripes; remainder of mesonotum fulvous, only the scutal lobes fulvous brown. ]?let~rafulvous or brownish ~ulvous. Halteres dark brown, thebase of the stem pale. Legs with the coxae and trochantersobscure yellow; remainder of the legs brownish black~ thefemoral bases rather narrowly pale. Wi~lgs with a strong
brownish tinge, the stigma slightly darker brown, disti~mt
but pale; veins dark brown. Venation : Sc short as in the• A~n. & Maj. N. lIist. Set. 9. Vol. xii.
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98~nonilicornis group, Sea ending a distance before the originof Rs that is about equal to Set alone; Rs equal to or
shorter than the basal deflection of R,~+.~,feebly angulated
near mid-length ; cell 1st M2 rectangular ; basal deflectionof Cut before to just beyond the fork of M.
Abdominal tergit,,s dark brown, the sternites pale; hypopygium obscure yellow. Male hypopygium very different
in structure from that of D. gracilis, Edwards, or D. weschei,
Edwards, approaching the typical form of the genus ; basistyles with the mesa| face produced into a very conspicuous
lobe; ventral dististyle with a rostrum that is armed with
two subequal spines near mid-length; dorsal dististyle ustrongly curved acute spine. Gonapophyses with mesal
apical angle produced into a slender, slightly curved rod,the apex blackened. ~deagus divarieate at apex.
Hub. New Zealand (South Island).
Hololype, ~, White ttoek, Mr. Thomas, Canterbury, altitude 800 feet, November 26, 1922 (J. W. Carol)bell).
Paratopotype, sex 9
The present species is very distinct from D. monilicorzds,
Hutton, a paratype of which is in nay collection throughthe kindness of Mr. Speight.

Dicranomyia punetipennis maoriensis, subsp, n.
Male.--Length 5-5"6 ram. ; wing 7"5-8 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brownish black. Antennm black~the flagellar segments oval. Head grey.
Mesonotum dull light grey, the pr~escutal stripes andmarkings on the scutal lobes ill-delimited, brown. Pleurainihscated. Legs dark brown, the femoral bases narrowly
and obscurely pale yellow. Wings with a faint greyishyellow tinge; wing-markings very small, including thestigmal spot.
ttab. New Zealand (North Island).
Hololype, ~, Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, October 10,
1922 (T. R. Harris).
ParatoTolypes ~ 2 (~ (~, November 6-13, 1921; paralype,(~, Taihape, October 18, 1922 (T. R. Harris).
This is very closely related to tile Australian D. pu,clipennis~ Skuse, and is best considered as being a geographicalrace,

2Dicranomyia pictitSorax, sp. n.
General coloration ochreous, the thoracic prmucutum withthree widely separated~ dark brown stripes; pleura with anew or little-known Tipulida~.

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narrow dark brown stripe ; rostrum as long as head; tarsi
dark brown ; wings narrowed basally ; Sc~ very long, nearly
as long as Rs.
Male.--Length 3"3-8"5 ram. ; wing 4"4-4"6 ram.
Female.qLength 3"6-8"8 mm. ; wing 4"8-5"2 mm.
Rostrum as long as the head, dark brown ; palpi foursegmented~ inserted near mid-length of the rostrum.
Antennae dark brown throughout. Head dark brown.
Pronotum dark brown. Mesonotal prmscutum gibbous,ochreous, with three conspicuous dark brown stripes, tile
median stripe broader, tile lateral stripes, including thelateral margins of the sclerite, about equal in width to thepale interspaces ; scuturn ochreous, each lobe with the mesal
and lateral margins dark brown, these being caudal elo~gations of the pr~escutal stripes ; scutellum ochreous with two
small brown spots; postnotum ochreous, the basal lateral
portions dark brown, representing the caudal end of thepleural stripe. Pleura ochreous yellow, with a narrow,dark brown, longitudinal stripe extending from the forecoxm to the postnotum. Italteres elongate, dark brown,
the extreme base pale. Legs with the fore coxze andtrochanters dark brown ; remaining coxm and trochanters ochreous; femora light brown; tibia~ and tarsi
dark brown. Wings with a faint greyish tinge; stigma
very pale brown; veins dark brown. Wings strongly
narrowed basally. Venation : Sclending opposite or before
the origin of t~s, Sc~ far from the tip of Sc~, the latter aboutfour-fifths the length of the relatively long Rs ; Rs about
twice the basal deflection of R~+~ ; r very faint ; cell lsl M~
closed, the inner end arcuated so r-m is just before to jus~beyond mid-length of the cell; basal deflection of Ca,
just beyond the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, the s{ernites paler. In
the female the subgenital segment is yellow, the base of
the ovipositor dark brownish black.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, d', Taumarunui, October 1, 1922 (T. R. Harris).
Allolopotype~ ~-.
f'aratoyolypes~ 1 ~ , 1 ~ .

Dicranomfia cuneipennis, sp. n.
Male.--Length 3'3-3"5 ram. ; wing 45-4"6 ram.
Very similar to D. pictithorax, sp. n., from which it
differs as follows : - Mesonotum slightly less gibbous, the dorsum uniformly
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tile stigma nearly concolorous with the remainder of thewing. Wing narrowed basally, the anal angle little evident.
Venation: /~s longer, Scl ending a short distance beyo~ld
its origin; SCl much shorter, less titan one-half of thelc,gth of Rs.
Hub. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ~ , Taumarunui, October 1, 1922 (T. R. Harris).
dllotopotype, ?.
Paratopotypes, 1 ~ , 1 ? ; paratype, sex ?, Ohakunc,
altitude 2060 feet, November 16, 1922 (T. R. Harris).

AMPnINEVaUS~ Skuse.
NOT~O~OSIA~subgen, nov.
Antennm of the male elongate, approximately as long as
the body, the flagellar segments elongate-cylindrical, provided with abundant erect setm in addition to the shortbasal vertieils. Wings with cell 1~ petiolate, the petiole
subequal to r - m ; cell 1st M: open by the atrophy of m;basal deflection of Cut before the fork of M, the fusion being
with M and M~. Male hypopygium with the ninth tergite
chitinized; baslstyle produced caudad into a fleshy lobe;
dististyles two in number, symmetrical.
Type of the subgenus, Amphineurus insulsus (Hutton)(Maorian Subregion).
Other included species are : A. harrisi, Alexander, A.horui,:Edwards, A. gracilisentis, Alexander, A. otagensis, Alexander,
and A. recurvans, Alexander.
N~SO~MOSlA,subg'en,nov,
Antennm short in both sexes~ the flagellar segments withvertieils that are slightly longer than the segments. Wings
with cell R2 petiolate, the petiole subequal to r-m ; cell
1st M2 open by the atrophy of m ; basal deflection of Cu~
close to the fork of M, the fusion being with M a. Male
hypopygium asymmetrical, the dististyles of the two sides
differently constructed.
Type of the subgenus, dm2hineurus fatuus (Hutton)(Maorian Subregion).
dmphiueurus subfatuus, Alexander, is also a member ofthis group.

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Amphlneurus ly~qformis, sp. n.
Male.--Length about 4 ram. ; wing 4"8 ram.
Allied to A. senex, Alexander, differing as follows : - Mesonotal pr~escutum more testaceous brown, the median
lobe of the scutellum and a broad median stripe ca thepostnotum dark brown. Knobs of the halteres brighter
yellow. Wings paler, the dark pattern almost obsolete.
Male hypopygium with the apical lobes of the basistyleabout intermediate in length between those of z/. senex and
A. campbelli. Dististyles two, the outermost a straightchitinized rod with a conspicuous lobe on the mesal facenear mid-length; inner style areuate, the apex feebly serrulate ; the so-called basal dististyle, which from its positioit
would seem to be an interbase~ is a heavily ehitinized,
sinuous rod, the base dilated, thence narrowed into a neck,beyond mid-length slightly enlarged and gradually narrowed
to an acute point. Gonapophyses slender, the two together
appearing lyriform~ approximated at base, each gradually
narrowed to the long attenuate point, at about two-thirds
the length bent strongly mesad~ their outline thus followingthat of the above-described basal dististyle.
Hub. ~qew Zealand (North Island).
Itolotype~ ~ , Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, December 1,
1922 (T. R. Harris).
,4mphineurus submolophilinus~ sp. n.
Male.--Length about 5"5 mm. ; whig 7"5 ram.
Generally similar to A. molophilinus, Alexander.
Mesonotal pr~eseutum reddish brown, the remainder ofthe mesonotum darker brown. Pleura brownish black,clothed with conspicuous white set~e. Halteres obscureyellow. Legs obscure yellow, clothed with abundant, black,appressed setse. Wings with a strong yellowish tinge, themembrane with abundant brown trichise; veins brown.
Venation: Rs elongate; cell R2 very short-petiolat% thebasal section of R~ perpendicular, with a short spur; cell
1st M: small, the veins issuing from it correspondingly
ehmgate.
Male hypopygium differing in details of structure fromthat of A. molophilinus. Distal ends of the basistyles notproduced into slender attenuate lobes. Outer dististyle
dilated apically, the lateral angle extended into a long
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greatly twisted upon itself, the distal section an acute,nearly straight spine, directed caudad and mesad. Iu
A. molophilinus the distal ends of the basistyles are produced into slender lobes ; outer dististyle obliquely truncate,
the lateral angle a moderately long and rather straightpoint. Interhase a long, gently sinuose rod with conspmuous erect spines before tile tip and a linear row nearbase. Gonapophyses lyrifbrm, each appearing as a stout
horn, directed laterad, thence caudad, and finally mesad andcandad.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
H,,Iotype, c~, Governor's Bay, Canterbury, altitude 80 feet,
October 29, 1922 (,L F. Tapley)," Sweeping near stream."

Molophilus multispinosus, sp. n.
General coloration pale brownish yellow ; antenna] scapelight yellow; halteres dark brown, the base of the stem
paler; wings strongly tinged with yellow ; male hypopyginm
with basistvle unarmed at apex ; inner dististyle terminating
in a slender black rod that is provided with many erectspines ; lateral style roughly triangular in outline, apex
truncated, produced into a flattened ear-like lobe.
,~ale.--Length about 3"8 mm.; wilig 4"6 mm.
Rostrum and palpi brownish black. Antennal scape conspicuously light yellow; basal segment of flagellum pale
brown; remainder of lhe organ broken. Head grey, paler
adjoining the inner margin of tile eye.
Pr(motum and mesonotum pale brownish yellow. Propleura and mesoplcura] episternum infuscated. Halteresdark brown, the basal half of the stem yellowish. Legs
~vith the coxee and trochanters light yellow, the outer faceof the fore coxa infuscated; femora obscure yellow; tibim
and tarsi brown. Wings with a strong yellowish tinge, thebase and costal region brighter; veins yellow. Venation:basal section of R4+z nearly twice r-m; petiole of cell M3
about twice tile basal deflection of Cul; vein 2nd.4 long,extending to beyond mid-length of the petiole of cell M~.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, the sternites a little
paler; hypopygium obscure brownish yellow. Male hypopygium complex, very distinct in structure from any speciesof tire genus so far made known. Basistyles short andstout,/he lateral apical angle produced caudad into a stout
lobe that is setiferous but otherwise unarmed; dististy]es
two, oit mesa] face of basistyle near mid-length, the inner

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style stout at base, the apex narrowed into a slender,
curved, black rod that is provided, except at its base,with many conspicuous erect spines; lateral style a stout
blackened blad% the base short and stout, gradually triangularly dilated, with a truncate apex ; at the base of this
apex produced laterad into a slender black rod ; the apex
bearing a large, ear-shaped, black lobe that is subacuteat apex.
Hub. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ,~, White Rock, Mt. Thomas, Canterbury,
altitude 800 feet, November 26~ 1922 (J. /f. Campbell).
Molophilus repan&ts, sp. n.
General coloration brownish yellow; antennm short;wings tinged with yellow; male hypopygium stout, withthe ba~istylcs produced caudad into au erect lobe, the mesal
face blackened, spiaulose; outer dististyle with a long
slender rod at base.
Male.mLength about 3'2 ram. ; wing 4"2-4"3 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennm short, darkbrown, the scapal segments a little paler. Head dark grey.
Mesonotum uniform obscure brownish yellow, the scutum
and scutellum a little more testaceous. Pleura concolorous,
the dorsal pleuritcs weakly infuscated. Halteres testaceous,the knobs slightly darkened. Legs with the coxm and trochanters obscure brownish yellow ; femora light brown, thetibiae and tarsi gradually darkened into brown. Wings witha strong yellowish tinge; veins brownish yellow; macrotrichim brown. Venation: vein 2nd A elongat% ending
about opposite mid-length of tile petiole of cell M~.
Abdominal tergites pale brown, the sternites and hypopygium obscure brownish yellow. Male hypopygium stout,
tile hasistyles broad basally, the apex of each produced
caudad into an elongate lobe that culminates in an acuteblack tooth; on the mesM face, extending basad from thistooth, are two gently divergent blackened ridges, the ventral
ridge weakly spinulose, the other ridge nearly smooth;these ridges extend almost to mid-length of the style.
Dististyles two, on the mesal face of the basistyle, the innerstyle a straight rod with the apex obtuse, blackened~ andvery feebly serrulate; outer style a shorter blackened
blade, the apex microscopically serrulate ; at the base produced into a long, slender, blackened rod that is directed
mesad and caudad ; on the margin of the blade, immediately
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Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, c~, Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, November 14,
1922 (T. R. Harris).
Paratopotypes, 5 ~ ~ , November 14-16, 1922.
Molophilus tenuistylus, sp. n.
Alliod to hi. howesi, Alexander ; general coloration black ;antennae short; head dark grey; male hypopygium with thedististyles slender, acutely pointed, their margins smooth.
Male.--Length 2*3-2"5 ram. ; wing 3"5-3"6 mm.
Female.--Length 2"7-3 mm. ; wing 4"1-4"3 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antenme short, brown,
the scapal segments obscure testaceous. Head dark grey.
Mesonotum dark brownish black, the humeral anglesof the pr~escutum paler; lateral margin of the praescutum
narrowly sulphur-yellow. Pleura brownish black. Halteres
pale yellow, the knobs bright sulphur-yellow. Legs withthe cox~e obscure testaceous yellow, the fore coxm darker ;trochanters yellow; femora brown, the tibiae and tarsi
passing into dark brownish black. Wings with a strong
blackish tinge ; veins darker brown. Venation : petiole ofcell )Yla nearly three times the basal deflection of Cu~; vein
2ad A ending about opposite one-third the length of thepetiole of cell M a.
Abdomen brownish black, inch~ling the hypopygium.
Male hypopygium of the type of M. terminans, and mostsimilar to that of M. howesi among the described species,
but tt~e dististyles even more slender; outer dististyle astrongly curved, flattened blade, gradually narrowed to anacute point, beyond.mid-length bearing a conspicuous, acute,marginal spine; tuner dististyle shorter, sickle-shaped,
acutely pointed~ the margins smooth~ the surface near midlength bearing 6-9 conical spinulae.
Hub. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, d', Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet~ November 14,
1922 (7: R. Harris).
Allotopotype, ?.
Paratopotypes~ 18 c~ ? , November 14-22, 1922.
MoloThilus morosus, sp. n.
General coloration brown, the postnotum and pleura darkbrown ; antennae short ; halteres with sulphur-yellow knobs ;legs yellow ; wings faintly tinged with grey~ the costal andstigmal areas yellowish.
Male.--Le~)gth about 4 mm. ; wing 5"3 ram.

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Rostrum and palpi brownish black. Autennm short, darkbrown throughout, the segments with conspicuous erect
white pubescence. Head light brown.
Pronotum light yellow. 1Y[esonotal pr~escutum brown,
the lateral margins indistinctly paler, the humeral triangles
obscure yellow; scutum brown; scutellum reddish brown ;postnotum dark brown. Pleura dark brown. Halterespale, the knobs light sulphur-yellow. Legs with the coxm
yellow, the fore and middle coxm dark brown; trochantersobscure yellow; remainder of legs yellow, the terminal
tarsal segments infuscated. Wings with a faint greyish
tinge, the base and costal region distinctly yellowish, including the stigmal area; veins and macrotrichim pale
brown. Venation : vein 2nd_4 long, ending about opposite
four-fi[ths the length of the petiole of cell M~.
Abdomen dark brown, the sternites very slightly paler.
Male hypopygium with each basistyle produced into aslender chitinized spine at apex, these directed strongly
cephalad. Outer dististyle bifid at apex, the lateral arm
much larger than the mesal arm, its apex truncated, thecaudo-lateral angle weakly serrulate; mesal arm a stout
chitiMzed spine. Basal dististyle a long rod, the apicalthird blackened and gently curved, this blackened apex
bearing numerous small appressed spinules and terminating
in about three longer slender spines.
Hub. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ¢~, Glenorchy, Otago, altitude 1200 feet~
December 30, 1922 (F. S. Oliver).

Molophilus flavoma~yinalis, sp. n.
General coloration dark brown ; head and lateral marginof pr~escutum sulphur-yellow; halteres with the knobs
sulphur-yellow; wings broad, faintly tinged with brown;
male hypopygium with the inner dististyle a simple, feebly
chitinized, straight rod.
Male.--Length about 2 mm. ; wing 2"9 ram.
Allied to Molophi~us pict~leura, Alexander.
Rostrum and palpi brownish black. Antennae with thefirst scapal segment pale brown, the second segment darkbrown; flagellum broken. Head sulphur-yellow above,
passing into brown on the genre and beneath.
Pronotum sulphur-yellow. Mesono~um dark brown, themargin of the prmscutum conspicuously sulphur-ycllo%
this colour co~tinued caudad to the wing-root ; scutel]um
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testaeeous, the knobs conspicuously sulphur-yellow. Legs
with the coxm concolorous with the pleura; troehantersobscure brownish yellow; remainder of tile legs broken.
Wings broad, faintly tinged with brown, the base andceils C and Sc more yellowish ; veins pale brown. Venation :petiole of eell Ma about twice tile basal deflection of Cuj;
vein 2nd A ending a little beyond the origin of tile petiole ofcell Ms.
Abdomen dark brown, the hypopygium obscure yellow.
Male hypopyginm with the basistyIes produced apically intoa mesally direeted, slender, ehitinized spine; immediately
before this spine, the style is clothed with abundant setm.
Dististytes two, situated at base of mesal face of basistyle ;outer style bifid at apex, the two arms subequal in length,
mesal arm a black spine, lateral arm a flattened truncate
blade; inner or eephalie style a simple straight rod, only
feebly ehitiHized, tapering to the aeate apex, the surface
sparsely provided with small appressed spinula~ or tubercles.
A conspicuous plate, shaped somewhat like an hour-glass, atbase of mdeagus.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Hblotype, ~ , Ohakune, altitude 2060feet, November 14,,
1922 ( T. R. Harris).
Molophilus aucklandicus, sp. n.
General coloration pale yellowish brown, the margins of
the prmscntum brighter yellow; head dark grey; knobsof the halteres dark brown ; wings greyish subhyaline ; vein
2nd A short ; male hypopygium with the basal dististyle along, straight, chitinized rod that tapers gradually to a longchitinized spine, the surface of the style with eonspicuous
appressed spinules.
Male.--Length about 2"5 ram. ; wing 3"5 mm.
Female.--Length about 3-3"2 ram. ; wing 3"6-3"8 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antem'~m short, darkbrown. Head dark grey.
Mesonotum shiny pale yellowish brown, the lateral
margins of the prmseutum brighter yellow. Pleura yellowish
testaeeous~ the dorsal region indistinctly darker. Halteres
pale brown, the knobs conspicuously dark brown. Legs
with the coxm and trochanters yellowish testaeeous ; remainder of the legs pale brown, the terminal tarsal segments
darker. Wings greyish subhyaline, the macrotrichim darkbrown, veins pale brown. Venation: vein 2nd A short, asin M. parvulus, Alexander~ ending before the level of thefork of Cu.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, the hypopygium obscurenew or llttle-kno~vn Tipulid~e.

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produced into a slender, heavily chitinized spine that islonger and more conspicuous than in related species ; outerdististyle chitinized throughout its length, hifid at apex, thelateral arm expanded into a flattened blade with the apex
truncate but distinctly serrate on the caudo-lateral angle;
mesal arm approximately as long~ the apex subacute,
blackened; basal dististyle a long, straight, chitinized rod
tbat tapers gradually to a long ehitinized spine, the surfaceof the rod covered with conspicuous oppressed spinutes.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Hololype, ~ , Auckland, June 26~ 1922 (T. R. Harris).
Allotype, ?, guapehu, altitude 4500 feet, February 27,
1922 (T. R. Harris).
Paratopotype, (~ ; paratypes, 11 3 ? , Ohakune to camp
on lluapehu, altitude 2060-4000 feet, February 26, 1922
(7. R. Harris); 4 c~ ?, Ruapehu, at camp, altitude4500 feet, February 27~ 1922 (7. R. Harris).

Limnophila (~]fetalimnophila) nemocera, sp. n.
Antennm of the male approximately as long as the body;tips of the femora not darkened ; wings pale yellow, thestigma conspicuous, brown ; veins pale ; cell 1st M~ small;cell 1st A narrow.
Male.--Leugtb about 5"2 ram. ; wing 5"5 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennm exceedingly
long and slender for a member of this group, the longest of
any member of the subgenus so far described, being approximately as long as the entire body, dark brown throughout.
H cad dark greyish brown.
Mesonotum uniform light reddish brown. Pleura concolorous, with a conspicuous dorsal fnscous stripe, passing
immediately beneath the base of the halteres. Haltereslong and slender, pale throughout. Legs with the coxm~
trochanters, and femora pale brown, the latter not darkened
apieally ; tibim and tarsi dark brown. Wings uniform lightyellow, with a conspicuous, oval, dark brown stigma ; veinsvery pale, only a little darker than the ground-co]our.
Venation : Sc~ ending just l)efb~'e the fork of Rs, the longer
Sc~ at its extreme tip but faint ; Rs relatively short, areuatedat origin; r faint, immediately before mid-length of thestigma and about twice its length from the tip of R1 ; cell
1st M2 very sma]l~ the elements closing it very faint andwithout maerotrichi~ ; cell M~ about two thirds the le.gthof its petiole; basal deflection of Cu~ about one-third its
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Abdominal tergites dark brown, the sternites a little paler.
Male hypopygium with the distal prolongation of the basistyle relatively long, the apex feebly notched; dististyles
two, the outer slender, the apex very slightly bifid ; innerstyle shorter, broad-based, narrowed to the slender apex, thewhole appearing more or less bottle-shaped.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ~ , Ohakune~ altitude 2060 feet~ September 17,
1922 ( T. R. Harris).

Limnophila oliveri, sp. n.
General coloration clear light grey; antennae short,
black; mesonotal prmscutum with five brown stripes;
femora black except basally ; wings with a yellowish tinge,
cells C and Sc brownish yellow ; small brown spots on the
cross-veins and deflections; distal half of cell /~5 cloudedwith brown.
Male.--Length 8 ram. ; wing 8"7 ram.
Female.--Length 10 mm. ; wing 10 mm.
gostrum and palpi black. Antenum short in both sexes,
black, the elongate first segment grey-pruinose. Head hght
grey, with an indistinct brown median line ; head somewhat
narrowed posteriorly.
!Yfesonotal pra~scutum dull grey ~vith five brown stripes,
the median stripe broad and further divided by a capillarydark brown vitta that continues cephalad on to the pronotum; sublateral stripes two on either side, relatively
indistinct ; pseudosutural fovem very distinct, black ; scutum
and scutellum grey; a small impressed area on either sideof median lobe of scutellum at base; postnotum grey,
infuscated posteriorly, l~leura light grey-pruinose. Halteres obscure yellow, the knobs dark brown. Legs withthe coxm brown, light grey-pruinose ; trochanters obscureyellow ; femora black, the basal third obscure yellow; tibiae
light brown, the narrow base and broader apex black ; basitarsi brown, the tips and remainder of the tarsi black.
Wings with a yellowish tinge ; cells C and Sc brownish
yellow; stigma oval, dark brown; small brown spots atorigin of 1is, Sc:, along the cord and outer end of cell]st M~ ; tip o f / ~ ; fork o f Ma+~ ; faint brown clouds along
Cu and in the distal half o£ cell Rs ; veins brownish yellow,
darker in the infuscated areas. Yenation : S c l ending justbefore the fork of ~ s ; r about twice its length from the tipof R~ and a little less than this distance beyond the base of
R~ ; basal deflection of Cul only a short distance beyond thefork of M ; arculus complete.

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Abdominal tergites dark brown, pruinose, the sternites
more sparsely so.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ~ , Gleuorchy, Otago, altitude 1200 feet,
December 23, 1922 (F. S. Oliver).
Allotopotype, ?.
_Paratopotype, ~.
This interesting species is most closely related to
L. indecora, Alexander (Australia). It is named in honourof the collector, Mr. F. S. Oliver, to whom I am indebted
for many Tipulidm from Lake Wakatipu.

Limnophila qu~sita, sp. n.
Antennm short; general coloration brownish black;wings uniformly tinged with pale brown, the stigma darker;
cell M1 lacking ; male hypopygium with the outer dististyle
toothed at apex.
Male.--Length 4"8-5 ram. ; wing 6"2-7"2 m y .
Female.--Length 5"6 ram. ; wing 5"8 m y .
Rostrum and pulp; brownish black. Antennm short,
black, the flagellar segments short-oval. Head dull leadengrey.
:Mesonotum dark, with a sparse brown pollen, subshiny,
the humeral angles of the prsescutum a little brighter;scutellum and postnotum more pruinose. Pleura grey, withindications of a dorsal darker longitudinal stripe. Halterespale, the knobs brown. Legs with the basal portions of thecox~e concolorous with the pleura, the apices paler ; middle
and posterior coxm long; trochanters obscure yellow;
remainder of the legs dark brown ; tibial spurs conspicuous ;nngues small, simple. Wings uniformly tinged with pale
brown, cells C and Sc a trifle more yellowish ; stigma oval,
brown; veins dark brown, conspicuous. Venation: Scl
ending opposite the fork of Rs, Sc2 a very little shorter thart
Scl; Rs long, gently arcuated; r very faint, nearly threetimes its length from the tip of R1 ; R~+8 about equal to thebasal deflection of Cu~; inner ends of cells R~, Rs, and
1st M~ in alignment; cell M1 lacking ; cell 1st Mp. relatively small, rectangular ; basal deflection of CuI more thanhalf" its length beyond the fork of M; vein 2z~dA elongate,
ending just before the level of the origin of /~s ; anterior
arculus present.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, including the hypop y g i u y ; basal sternites a little paler. Male hypopygiumwith the bus;styles relatively long ; dististyles two, the outerheavily chitin;zeal throughout, slender, narrowed to the

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subacute apex, immediately before the tip with a tiny curved
spine so the apex appears weakly toothed ; inner style verysmall, fleshy, tapering to the blunt apex. JEdeagus slender.
Gonapophyses very inconspicuous.
Hub. New Zealand (North Island).
Hololype, c~, Taumarunui, October 1, 1922 ( T. R. Harris).
Allotype, ~, Ohakune, altitude 2060feet, November 8,
1922 ( T. R. Harris).
Paratopotype, c~; parat!/pes, 2 c~ ~ , with the allotype.
The female is generally similar to tile male, but thegeneral coloration is much brighter brown, especially thewings which are suffused with yellowish, tile stigma oval,
brown; petiole of cell R~ equal to the bas~tl deflection of]~4+~. This is a very distinct crane-fly and has no close allyamong the described species of the genus.

Gynol)listia hyalinala, sp. n.
Size verysmall (wing, d', under 5mm.); general eotoratlon shiny black; antennm with eight branched segments;
legs blaek, the femoral bases very broadly yellow ; wings
nearly hyaline, the stigma pale brown ; cell M1 present.
l$Iale.--.Length about 3"3 ram. ; wing 4~'6ram.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antelmm black, probably
15-segmented, the terminal flagellar segments broken, theformula being 2 + 2 + 6 + ?; the longest itabellation is six orseven times as long as the segment that bears it. Headshiny black.
Mesonotum entirely shiny black. Pleura black, with asparse longitudinal row of silvery appressed pubescenceoccupying the dorsal pleurites and tile mesepime~'on.
Haheres dirty white, the knobs dark br~wn. Legs wi~h thecoxm shiny black, the apices paler; trochante, s obscurebrownish yellow ; femora obscure yellow, the apices dilated,black ; tibire and tarsi er~tirely black. Wings nearly hyaline;
stigma large, pale brown ; a very faint brown cloud at thefork of Rs ; veins dark brown. Venation : Sc rather short,
Sc2 at the extreme tip of Sc~, ending just before mid-lengthof the short arcuated sector ; r about twice its length irom
the tip of ~1 and less than its length beyond tim fbrk of
Jg~+3 ; cell M1 equal to, or shorter than, its petiole ; basal
deflection of Ca1 near two-fifths the length of cell 1st M~.
Abdomen shiny black throughout.
Hub. New Zealand (South island).
Holotype, c~, White Rock, Mt. Thomas, Canterbury,
altitude 800 feet, :November 26, 1922 (J. VY. Campbell).
Gynol)listia hyalinala is the smallest species of the genus so
far described.

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Gynoplistia ocellifera, sp. n.
General coloration rich brown, the mcsonotal prmscutumwith three greyish-brown stripes that are narrowly borderedwith dark brown ; antennm 20-segmented, the basal twelve
tlageltar segments shor~ pectinate ; wings greyish subhyalinewith a heavy ocellate pattern of light and dark brown.
Male.--Length !9 ram. ; wing 20 ram.
Rostrum brown ; palpi dark brown. Antennm relatively
small, dark brown, only the second scapal segment paler
apieally; antennm 20-segmentea, the formula being 2 + 12 + 6;
the longest branch is a little more than four times thelength of the segment that bears it ; the basal pectinations:lie in about the same plane as those that follow; thethirteenth flagellar segment is fcebly enlarged basally, but is
scarcely produced; terminal segment abeut twice as longas the penultimate. Head rich chestnut-brown, brightest
on the vertex behind the antennal bases.
Mesonotal pr~escutum dark brown, with three greyishbrown stripes that are narrowly bordered with dark brown,
the median stripe feebly divided by a capillary dark vitta,
tile humeral region a much warmer brown ; pseudosuturai
fovem conspicuous, elongate, light buffy in colour ; seutal
lobes dark brown, each with a greyish-brown centre, narrowly bordered by paler; median area of scutum greyish
white, the colour produced eaudad on to the median lobe oftile seutellum; postnotum rather bright brown. Pleura
dark brown, variegated with grey-pruinose areas. Haltercs
dull yellow. Legs with the coxm and troehanters brightbrown, more or less pruinose; femora obscure yellow, thetips dark brown ; tibiae brownish yellow, the tips indistinctly
infuscated ; tarsi light brown, the apical segments darker.
Wings greyish subhyaline, with a very heavy yellow andbrown pattern that is in part ocellate ; cells C and Sc
brownish yellow, the wing-base clearer yellow; ocellate
areas in cells /~ and M at the base ; near mid-length, withthe origin of _Rs as a centre ; more diffusely along tile cord ;other circular areas in cell lsl A, one basal, the other subapical ; small ocellate rings at the tips of veins Rt, R~, Jr~3,
M~, ~I~, Ca1, and the tbrk of MI+~; the ground-colour isconfined to the cells/2, 1st R,, Ca, 1st A, and the distal cells ;veins brown, narrowly bordered by yellow. "Venation. r at
tip of R1 and just betbre mid-length of R~; r-m very short;petiole of cell ill 1 about two to two and one-half times mbasal deflection of Cu~ at near four-fifths the length of thelower face of cell 1st M,~, the fusion of M and Cu being
relatively short.

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Abdomen with the basal tergite brown; remaining tergites
brownish yellow, tile posterior segments narrowly ringed
caudally with dark brown ; sternites dark brown.
Hub. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, 6 , l~aurimu, June 7, 1922 (T. R. Harris).

Macromastix submanca, sp. n.
General coloration light grey, the proescutum wi~h four
black or brownish-black stripes; antenna~ short; thoracic
vestiture long and pale ; wings with cell M1 lacking ; abdominal tergites brownish grey with a conspicuous brownishblack median line, the basal segments brightened laterally.
Male.--Length about 7"5 ram. ; wing 13 mm.
Female.--Length about l0 ram. ; wing 15 mm.
Frontal prolongation of the hea',t pale brown, greyer
laterally; nasus distinct, simple; palpi and mouth-parts
dark brown. Antennm short, pale brown, the second segment paler apically; antenme apparently only 12-segmented,
the terminal segment microscopic. Head greyish brown,
the median area slightly darker.
Pronotum greyish brown, darker brown mcdially. Mesonotum light grey, the pr~escutum with four black ( ? ) or
dark brown ((~) stripes, the intermediate pair separated
from one another only by a capillary pale line; scutum
dark grey, the lobes with dark centres, the posterior lateralangles and the median area of the scutellum reddish
ochreous ; postnotum brown. Yestiture of body consistingof elongate, erect, pale set~e. Pleura grey, the sternopteura
darker grey ; dorso-pleural membrane dark brown, l=[alteresbrown, the base of the stem paler brown. Legs with thecox~e light grey; trochanters pale brown; femora brown,
the bases obscure yellow; remainder of the legs black.
Wings with a strong greyish tinge, the base, ceils U, Sc, andR~ tinged with brown; stigma oval, darker brown; veins(h~rk brownish black. Venation: Rs equal to or longer
than R~+a ; cell M1 totally lacking ; cell 2ad A very narrowin the ~', somewhat broader in the ~.
Abdominal tergites brownish ochreous, grey-pruinose;
first and second tergites light orange laterally; all tergites
with a zonspicuous, brownish-black, median stripe that
includes the hypopyginm; sternites yellowish grey, thebasal s~ernites clearer yellow.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ~, Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, October 19,
1922 (7: R. Harris).
Allotopolype, ~.