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Noteson theTypesof twoTipulidae
in theCanterbury(Diptera)
Museurn
By CHenresP. .\ra-x.cvoc,n,A:iuensr, M-lss.,U.S.A.

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BY THE cHRlsTcHU.RcH,"*N_2.:
PR€SS.
coMFAi\tY.LIMiTEp:'NOTESON.THE TYPES OF TWO TIPULIDAE
IN THE CANTERBURYMUSEUM(DTPTERA).
By Cuanlrs F, Arox.+NuBR, Ma.ssachusettsr\gricrrltural College,Amheistr l{assachusetts, U.S.A,,Through the kindness of I,[r'. R. Speight the rvriter has beerr.piinile$ed to examine the types o{,,trvo species bf Nerv Zealandcrane flies (Tifulidae), described by the late Captain Hutton. :Oheof these is the very rafe and remarka,ble Iinemyia m.argaritifera, a.
speCiesthat has not yet been sufficientlv clesciibed. The seconcl
species is Huttonls Lrynophila wwtblosa,,, Ti.nemStiarnargar,i;tiferaHurroN,':..
1900-Titrernyia margaritilera Hntton; -frans. N.Z. Inst ., vol. 32,
p. 44, pl. 4, figs. 17 a. b,1923--TinentyiamargaritileraEdwarrls; lbitl.; rrol. 54, ir. 304, pl.
,, ,,' ,,' , '' 29,,'fi8'50,'pl, 33,,fig,,144,(19:23).,:
The type is a female,bearing Hudson's No, 139.
FrlrnrB.-Length,excluding rostrrrnr, 14 mn. ; w-ing, 12.5r, .r:,.: :ntm,; i o s t ium : about 6 ,5 frd ,,,r; 'f{65{11111
nearly'half as:long ai tlre bocly ; palpi short, borne:subequal,,\rertex beiween
at ape1,ofrostrurn, the s€$rnents,short;
at its narrowest point less than the *'idth of the basal
e"ve$:narroi\',segment o{ scape. Antennae elongaLe. filiform, the scapal segnrents conspicrrotrslywider than the filiform flagellirnr; l6-segnrented,the segmentsrvitlr scattered verticillate setae. Legs longand slender; tibial spurs distinct ; empotliamicroscopicor lacking ;cla'"r'ssmooth. Venation: Sc lorig, extending to a short distanie,be5rondthe {ork,of,R, + 5c1'at the tip of Sc1,and subequal to it ;",Rs long,,:iquare and.short'sprirrecl:at origin, iir alignnient, rvitlr
Rr + i i R1:* s, a little less than .twice the basal rleflection 'ot Crt.,;i about, its lerigth from the tip of Rr, and b€yond micl-length oi
Ri ; distal section of Rr gently sinuous ; inner ends of cells R", R.
and lstM. in oblique alignmelt; cell lsf ,M, gently rvidenedclisl
tally j ntwith a slight spur jutting into cell lst hIz I nr and outerrleflectionof M"srrbeqrral; cell M rlong.aborrtone-thirrllongerthan
its petiole,; ,basal,cleflectionof Ca, nearlyrone-half its.length beyoncl
the,{orkof M;:,arrterior ar'culusIacking, Ovipositor u,ith the ter$a1
va l ve Ere 1at iv el5; s lio i t.l l u ts l e n d e r.First scapal segmerttbla.ck,{he secolrclsegnrentlrroun ; thebaseand apex of the first flagellal segment,a.ntlthe apices of segrnents two,to flve yellolvish, gradualllr becoming obicnred ; teiminal
half bf the last segrnent orange; Legs dark broWn, the femoral
bases..paler; .joint of the, femur-tiliia pale. Halteres obscurb:

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Wings y.ellowish' thebrownisir yellow, tile knobs darker brown' ocellate pattern'
brown
heavv
abyaimost obscured ;;;;;:;;i;iblack' Generalbrownish
veins
so[a;
ocellithe centers ot tneo{ praescltum
regionaotl brown, the-humerali"itit'"fir.oi."
prulnosesparsely
presumably
btack,
atmosL
He"d;;.;;;;"li;;.

ilr" *uit, retainingtracesof thiscolour. Abdoi;i;;iiJ;,;tr"Liindistinctlvpaler'oi tlie segments;h;;;"41";;gi"tffi;;;#,
PolYmoria marsloalli (I{urroN)'
Trans' N'Z' Inst"
1900-Li,mnobhil,a tnarshalli Hutton ;vol' 32'"'-;. "4";,';.i'.'{si6 (le00i, r..ry'is\(!iEdwards; Ibid"vol'54'(re23)'
15e
frg'
pi'
35,5zii. iibipt. zglfie. ;vol' 32' p' a3 (1900);lXX}-Li*niobhita umbrosaHutton ; Ibid"^"""t.-uibroiaEdwarrls;
Ibid', vol' 54' p'372 (1923)'
ot Limnopbil'a umbrosa,.l i:T'l:: -!tl:itr" typ"
I:*:l= rn"itweli with Hutton'slrief diagnosrs'.except
No. 144e.
orinstead
1l'5mm'"gtu"t(1b9ut
iir" r"ln"uttg i""gara.::Mn; shorteryellowish
head
cord
theof;
levelU"i*Jtft"
12'l: Sc, lies distinctlyoi utsit flagellarsegmentspale'g*ipatterned matwould considerthis as being only a.heavilv
I'"t;'.i;;eifhesemi-circularioliection'i;-*;.
shalli. matched byil cell M' which
point"iil;tlowe-st
its
reatn"Jtii""
nui
a*il a"."liil"J
By Edwardg'k9y^(Ibid''p',306)thethus includesa dark ;;;i.i;g'12instead of 13' The statement
toitplttitooi,or,iiv *."1a iho,
spgts a-t Sc'.and.Sc" are uniteda"t"tlptio"ir'*t'ttt"
il }i;il";;thl
blotches'thesebeingseparatecl
f;ilg
po.t"ri"ot:*refersonly to"fareain cils c, sc" and lst R'';;;;;;;it-.oloured"' -e.-i"ii""leapapers,it seemsthat thelv the""i writer in other wilh the anterior arculess'l'rlii'9pnaa'
New Zealand species
iete' r ea t o Pbtltmori a Phi lippi'
i;;; ;s;$;J'ue