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Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : Head and body 95 mm. ; tail 170; hind foot 58;
ear 23.
Skull: incisor-bulla length 34"1; condyle-incisive length
30 ; width between outer corners of anteorbital foramina 16"2 ;bimeatal width 23"8; length of bulla 14"3; upper molar
series 5.
Hub. Syrian desert. Type from Karyatein, about 34P N.,
38 ° E. Other specimens from the Syrian desert east of the
Dead Sea.
Type. Old female. B.]~[. no. 5. 7.2. 14. Original number 8~. Collected 27th Maret b 1905, by Douglas Carrathers.
:Five specimens examined.
When writing recently -~ about the ]~/Iuscat jerbo% I erroneously referred to the Karyateiu form as or. lo]tusi, but thatspecies is decidedly smaller~ the incisor-bulla length being
31'7 ram. in a Baghdad example and 31"5 mm. in the type.
Tim drabby instead of buffy colour of this jerboa would
seem to distinguish it sufficiently from the Egyptian jaculus.

X X X V I I I . - - N e w or little-known Tipulid~e (Diptera).--IX. Australasian Species. By CnAaLES P. ALEXXNDER,
Ph.D., F.E.S., Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.
THE present instalment considers only species from New
Zealand, supplementary to Mr. Edwards's monographic
review and to papers by the writer now in press. The
material described herein was received almost entirely fromDr. Campbell, Mr. Harris, and Mr. Watt~ one species
being from Dr. Tillyard and Mr. Philpott. I am deeply
indebted to all of the above gentlemen for their kind interestin making known the remarkable crane-fly fauna of New
Zealand. Except where stated to the contrary, the types
are preserved in the writer's collection.
Molophilus macrocerus, sp. n.
General coloration pale brown ; male antcnnm longer thanthe body; halteres elongate; wings whitish subhyaline,
veins pale ; petiole of cell R, very long ; basal pleural appendage of the male hypopygium bifid, one arm bearing a brushof tawny hairs before the tip.
* Ann. & Mas.. Nat. tIist. (9) viii. p. 440 (1921).
Ann. & Mug. IV. HL~t. Scr. 9. Vol. ix.
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Male.--Length 3"3-3"6 ram. ; wing 4"5-5 mm.
Rostrum and palpi pale brown. 2kntennm of the male
about one-fourth longer than the body, pale brown ; flagellar
segments elongate-fusiform, with abundant, delicate~ erect
setm. Head dark.
Pronotum pale testaceous, the scutellum obscure yellow.
Mesonotum uniformly brown, the surface shiny with few
conspicuous setm.
Pleura pale yellowish testaceous.
Halteres very long and slender, pale brown. Legs withcox~e brownish testaceous; remainder of the legs pale
brownish testaceous, the terminal tarsal segments a little
darker. Wings whitish subhyaline, the macrotrichim long
but very delicate, pale brown; veins almost white; thefringe of macrotrichi~e along the posterior and anal margins
very elongate. Venation : Sc short, ending just before thefork of Rs ; petiole of cell R4 very long, from one-third tonearly one-half Rs ; r short, on R,+3 a short distance beyond
the fork of Rs ; basal deflection of CUl on M~+~ from onethird to two-thirds its length beyond the fork.
Abdomen brown. Male hypopygium with the basal
pleural appendage appearing as a slender chitinized arm,
deeply split near mid-length, the two arms but feebly divergent, one arm, immediately beibre the tip, bearing a densebrush of tawny hairs ; apical spine blackened ; apical appendage small, black, slightly curved, the apex feebly
notched. 1)enis-guard very long and slender, straight.
Hub. New Zeaiand (North Island).
Holotype, c~, Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet~ September 14~
1921 (T. R. Harris).
Paratopotype, 1 (~, with the type; 1 ~ , October 15,
1921.
Molophilus tanypus, sp. n.
Genei'al coloration pale brown ; antennae short ; legs very
long and slender ; wings whitish subhyaline, variegated withpatches of dark macrotrichim ; basal deflection of Cul beyond
the fork of 31; abdomen pale brown, with dark brownlateral spots; male hypopygium with the mesal face of
pleurite at apex bearing dense brushes of dark hairs.
Male.~Length 3-3"3 ram. ; wing 5-5'5 ram.
Rostrum and palpi pale brownish testaceous. Antennae
short, pale brown, the scapal segments a little paler ; flageltar
segments cylindrical. Head dark, sparsely pruinose.
Mesonotal pra~scutum pale brownish testaceous, fading
into yellowish laterally; posterior sclerites darker brown.
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Halteres elongate, testaceous, the knobs large, almost white.
Legs very long and slender for an Eriopterine crane-fly,especially the posterior legs which measure approximately
12"5 ram. in total length; coxae and troehanters obscureyellow; remainder of the legs dark brown. Wings whitish
subhyaline, variegated with conspicuous patches of dark
macrotrichiae, giving to the wings a somewhat nebulous
appearance ; the more conspicuous of these blotches occupy
the stigmal area, extending to the fork of Rs ; interrupted
areas at r-m, fork of M, and along vein Ma near the base of
the distal section; veins pale with dark macrotrichiae.
Venation : basal deflection of C'ul on Ma immediately beyond
tim fork of M.
Abdomen pale brown, with a serks of five dark browu
lateral spots. Male hypopygium with the mcsal face of thepleurites at apex provided with a dense brush of long darkhairs. Two pleural appendages, both basal in position : one
chitinized, elongate, terminating in a clavate lobe, at the baseof the lobe with a conspicuous shoulder that is microscopicallydentieulate ; second appendage large, produced caudad intoa flattened blackish lobe, the mesal portion very extensive,extending as a thin sheet almost to the penis-guard. Penisguard very long, straight, tapering very gradually to theapex, subtended on either side at the base by the small
inconspicuous apophyse.
Hab. New Zealand (Both I~lands).
Holotype, (~, Ohakune~ altitude 2060 feet~ September 23,
1921 (T. R. Harl~s).
Paratype, (~, Greymouth, sea-level, September 7, 1921
( T. R. Harris).

Molophilus quadrifidus, sp. n.
General coloration brown ; legs unbanded ; wings grey ;male hypopygium with the basal pleural appendage large,
complicate(i, black, terminating in four arms.
Male.--Length 5 mm. ; wing 6 ram.
Rostrum and palpi brown. Antennm elongate, about
three-fourths the length of the body; scapal segments
obscure yellow, the flagellum dark brown; flagellar segments enlarged basally, attenuate apically. Head darkbrown.
iVIesonotal prmscutum brown, with three dark brown
stripes; remainder of mesonotum and the pleura darkbrown. Halteres pale. Legs with the cox~e and trochantcrs
pale ; femora and tibiae pale brown, the tarsi passing into
dark brown. Wings grey, the veins brown. Venation: the
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iu the Pedieiine crane-flies) opposite the basal deflection of
R~ ; basal deflection of CUl about one-third its length beyond
the fork of M.
Abdomen brown. Male hypopygium with the basal
pleural appendage large and complicated in structure, black,produced into ibur arms ; a blunt basal arm on the mesal
face, its angle densely filled with erect yellow set,e; apowerful apical arm that is suddenly narrowed to the acutetip, the outer edge of which is microscopically denticulate ;between the two arms described arises a third arm which
is deeply split into two slender points, one a iittte stouter
than the other. Apical hook of the pleurit¢ short, strongly
curved.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Hololype, c~ ; in alcohol, Governor's Bay, Banks Peninsula,
Canterbury, September 9, 1921 (J. 14I. Campbell).
Paratopolypes, 2 broken ~ ~ , alcoholic ; paratypes, 2 c~ ~,]~1t. Grey, Canterbury, November 27, 1921 (Campbell 3~
Lyndsay) ; 1 c~, Dunedin~ November 26, 1921 (G. Howes).

Molophilus tillyardi, sp. n.
General coloration reddish brown ; head grey ; antennae
short ; legs unbanded ; wings tiuged with brown ; abdomen
dark brown ; basal pleural appendage slender, bifid at apex.
Male.--Length 4"2 ram.; wing 5"5-5"8 ram.
Female.--Length 5"8 ram. ; wing 5-5"3 ram.
Rostrum obscure brownish yelJow; palpi dark brown.
Antennm short; seapal segments obscure brownish yellow ;flagellar segments dark brown, densely clothed with whitehairs. Head light grey.
Mesonotal prmscutum reddish yellow, the median areadarker brown; remainder of mesonotum reddish brown.
Pleura dark brown. Halteres brownish yellow, the knobs
dark brown. Legs with coxm and trochanters obscureyellow; femora brownish yellow ; tibiae and tarsi brown.
Wings with a faint brown tinge, the macrotrichim darkbrown; veins darker brown. Venation: basal deflection of
Cul at or close to the fork of M.
Abdomen dark brown, including the hypopygium. Male
hypopygium with the basal pleural appendage slender,.terminating in an acicular black rod with a microscopic spur
belore tip on the lateral face ; apical appendage a powerfulcurved hook, the apex bifid, with a large black spine. Apexof pleurite slender, terminating in a slender black tubercle ;new or little-known Tipulid~e.

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another tubercle on lateral face before apex; a third o~mesal face, more basad in positio~l ; immediately basad of
this a small blackened lobe with the margi,l microscopicallydenticulate.
Hub. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ov~ Nelson, December 7, 1920 (R. J. Tillyard).
Allotype, ?, Dun Mr., January 24, 1921 (A. Philpott).
Paratypes. I c~, 1 ~, Dun Mr., altitude 2000 feet,
December 15, 1920 ; 1 c~, 1 sex ?~ December 2, 1920; 1 ? ,Dun Mt., altitude 2000 feet, January 24, 1921 (A. Philpott) ;Dunedin, 1 c~, 2 ~ ? , November 26, 1921 (G. Howes).
Type in the collection of the Cawthron Institute.

Molophilus plagiatus, sp. n.
General coloration yellow ; antennae short, Tale in colour ;mesonotal prmscutum uniform in colour ; dorsal plenrites
dark brown, bordered ventrally by a silvery line ; fore femora
black ; wings pale yellow, with a large area of black macrotrichi~e along the cord; less distinct seams along veins
Cu and Cu~ ; basal pleural appendage of mal~ hypopygium
a straight rod bearing at and before the tip on the outerface two long acute spines that are perpendicular to theappendage.
Male.--Length 3"5 ram. ; wing 4"6 mm.
iVemale.--Length about 4 mm. ; wing 5 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antenn~ short, pale
brownish testaceous. Head yellow, infuscated posteriorly.
Mesonotal pr~escutum, scutum, and scutellum uniformly
pale brownish yellow, the postnotum dark brown. Pleura withall the dorsal sclerites dark brown, the ventral margin sharply
delimited, extending from the fore coxee to the base of theabdomen, passing beneath the root of the halteres ; ventral
scleritcs of pleura and the sternum pale with a microscopic
silvery pubescence adjoining the dark margin, on the sterhires passing into yellow. Halteres densely covered withbrown and golden set~e. Legs with the coxm and trochantersobscure yellow; fore femora covered with long black setm,
only the extreme bases narrowly paler ; other femora yellow ;tibim yellow, on the fore tibiae the tips and an indistinct
subbasal ring blackish ; other tibiae uniformly yellow, thetips weakly infuscated ; metatarsi obscure yellow, the tips
blackened ; remainder of tarsi black. Wings pale yellow,
with principally yellow macrotrichi~e ; a large area of black
macrotrichim along the cord; veins Cu and Cu~ faintly
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near the base. Venation : basal deflection of Cul in alignment with the basal deflection of M3.
Abdomen (lark brown, including the hypopygium ; lateralline narrowly darker brown ; sternites paler, except laterally.
Male hypopygium with the pleurites terminating in small,
black~ apical hooks; basal pleural appendage a straight
black rod~ the outer face at and before the tip with two
perpendicular acute spines, with smaller denticles filling thespace between; distal pleural appendage single, a straightrod that is rather deeply bifid at apex, the outer arm stouter
than the slender, weakly arcuate inner or mesal arm.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, c~, Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, October 15,
1921 (~1: R. Harris).
Allotopotype, ? , October 7, 1921.
Paratopotypes, 5 c~ ~', October 7, 1921 ; 1 c~, October 14,
1921 ; 3 d c~, October 17, 1921 ; 3 c~ c~, October 19, 1921 ;5 ~ c~, 1 ? , October 27, 192l.
Molophilus ~)lagiatus is related to M. cruciferus, Alexander,
and M. pulcherrimus, Edwards, but is a very distinct species.

~llolophilus sublateralis, sp. n.
~[ale.---Length about 3 mm. ; wing 3"3 ram.
Female.--Length about 4"5 mm. ; wing 4"4 mm.
Generally similar to M. plagiatus~ sp. n., differing asfollows : - Antennal scape dark brown, the flagellum very pale testaceous yellow. Head dark brown. Mesonotal praescutum
obscure yellow medially, the anterior margin broadly darkbrown, this area sending eaudad two conspicuous, sublateral,brown stripes that cross the .~uture and suffuse the centresof the ~ u m l lobes, the extreme anterior lateral margin of
the pr~escutum likewise darkened, the space between thisand the sublateral brown stripe obscure testaceous yellow ;p~stnotum pale, a little infuscated near tile root of thehalteres. Pleura with the dark brown stripe narrower, thedorsal portion being much paler than the deep brown ventral
portion, this latter passing immediately beneath the rootof the halteres ; ve~,tral pleurites and the sternites silvery
white. ~'ore femora covered with dense black setm as inplagiatus; tore tibiae and tarsi likewise dark-coloured.
Wings grey, the costal margiu broadly and conspicuously
light yellow ; small dark patches of macrotrichim much moreabu,(la~t arid more clearly defined than in plafiatus, thesenero or llttle-known Tipulidm.

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dark areas as follows :--At origin of Rs ; at stigma, continued caudad along cord ; conspicuous seams on veins Cu,
1st tt, and 2nd .4, except at the tips, which are broadly white ;other areas along M near the fork ; on R~+a before the tip ;on R4 beyond mid-length ; scattered along most of the lengthof Rn ; on MI+~ near mid-length ; on Ma near two-thirds thelength, and on the distal section of Cul near mid-length ; tipsof all the longitudinal veins pale except Rs, where the dark
set~e continue to the margin. Male hypopygium with thebasal pleural appendage on outer face before tip bearing
three powerful spines, the more apical one smallest~ themore basal spine largest, these spines nearly perpendicular
to the appendage ; apical pleural appendage sinuous, rather
deeply bifid at tip, the arms divergent, the lateral arm longer
but of about the same diameter as the mesal or inner arm.
Hub. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, c~,Ohakuue, altitude 2060 feet, October 7,
1921 (T. R. Harris).
.4llotopotype, ?, October 15, 1921.

.4mphineurus molophilinus, sp. n.
General coloration dark, the entire body very densely
covered with long, whitish, somewhat flattened set~e ; maleantennae about one-half the length of the body; wings
rufous brown, spotted with darker brown ; cell R2 sessile asin Molophilus ; cell 1st M2 closed.
Male.--Length 6 mm. ; wing 7"4 mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae moderately elongate 7
approximately one-half as long as the body ; scape obscureyellowish brown; flagellum bl~ck, the segments with anabundant erect pubescence. Head dark grey, provided with
abundant whitish set~e.
lVIesonotal pr~escutum light brown, with three darker
brown stripes; entire surface except the broad medianstripe almost concealed by abundant white appressed set~e ;remainder of mesonotum blackish, sparsely pruinose.
Pleura dark, the colour practically concealed by abundant,
whit% appressed set,e; remainder of mesonotum blackish,sparsely pruinose. Pleura dark, the colour practically concealed by a great abundance of long white set~e on all thesclerites. Halteres pale. Legs with the trochanters concolorous with the pleura; remainder of the legs brownish
blackj the femoral bases narrowly and indistinctly paler.
Wings with a strong rufous-brown tinge~ spotted along theveins with dark brown, including areas at the origin of Rs,

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30galong the cord and outer end of cell 1st M~, and along thewing-margin at the ends of all the veins; veins brown,darker in the infuscated areas; the colour is produced byvery abundant macrotrichim that cover the entire wing.
Venation : Rs ending in cell R~ as in Molophilus ; r on R~
about its own length beyond the fork of Rs ; cell 1st M2
closed ; basal deflection of Cul one-third its length or lessbefore the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites dark, the colour almost concealed bydense white setee ; sternites similar, but the apical marginsof the segments appear broadly whitish, due to the greater
abundance of set~e. Male hypopygium with a mediandorsal (the apparent ventral) style ; on either side of this adeeply bifid, slender appendage, the lateral arm shorter,
sinuous, the apex acutely pointed ; mesal arm longer, decussate across the mid-line, dilated near the ends, the extreme
tips of each produced into an acute black spine.
Hub. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, c~, Dunedin (Opoho), Otago, October 24, 1921

( M. N. Watt).
Paratopotypes, 1 g', November 8, 1921 ; 1 ~', November
20, 1921 (M. N. Watt); 3 ~ ~', ]?lagstaff Hill, Dunedin~
open country, December 9-10, 1921 (G. Howes).
" I n scrub."Mmphineurus moloThilinus is a very distinct fly that suggests in several respects a species of Molophilus, but has thewing-membrane densely covered with macrotrichim and is tobe placed in Amphineurus.
Amphineurus harrisi, sp. n.
Antennae of male elongate; wings subhyaline; cell R~
petiolate ; cell 1st M~ open ; cell M3 sessile or nearly so ;male hypopygium with the ninth tergite terminating in twoparallel spines; basal p]eural appendage branched beyond
told-length ; penis-guard terminating in a long slenderspine.
Male.--Length about 4"5 ram. ; wing 6"5 ram.
Rostrum light brown; palpi dark brown. Antennm
elongate, a little shorter than the body ; flagellum appearing
subnodose as in the insulsus group of species ; flagellum
segments elongate-fusiform, except at the distal end with
abundant erect setm ; scapal segments brownish testaceous ;basal flagellar segments indistinctly bicolorous~ dark brown,
the apex narrowly pale; terminal flagellar segments uniformly brownish black. Head grey.

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Mesonotum rather uniform light brown, the prmscutum
pale laterally, but without distinct markings. Pleura
whitish testaeeous; set~e on body delicate, black, not abundant.
Halteres pale brown. Legs with the eox~e andtroehanters eoncolorous with pleura ; remainder of the legs
uniformly brown, the tarsal segments darker. Wings subhyaline ; a faint brown cloud at r ; membrane and veins withrather numerous maerotriehi~e, congregated into a more
dense patch at the fork of M; veins brown. Venation:
cell R~ petiolate ; r on R2 about two and one-half times its
length beyond the fork; cell 1st M2 open by the atrophyof m ; cell Ms very short-petiolate to subsessile, the petiole
much shorter than r-re.
Abdomen uniform light brown. Male hypopygium with
the ninth tergite small, chitinized, with a V-shaped notch,
the lobes acute, parallel, directed eaudad; basal pleuralappendage slender, the tip gently curved, a small blunt lobe
just beyond mid-length; distal appendage mitten-shaped,
deeply cleft at apex, the lateral spine (thumb) acute. Penisguard dilated at base, the dorsal margin weakly spinous,
the apex produced dorsad into a very long slender spine,
the acute tip blackened. Apex of pleurite terminating ina small, spinulose, blackened knob.
H a b . New Zealand (North Island).
I-lolotype, d', Ohakun% altitude 2060 feet, October 10,
1921 (T. R. Harris).
Amphineurus harrisi is named in honour of the collector,
Mr. T. R. Harris, to whom I am very greatly indebted formany crane-flies from New Zealand. It belongs to thegroup of A . insulsus (Hutton), as does A. horni, Edwards, andthe two species next described. A . horni has a wide range
in New Zealand, from Ohakune in the North Island to
Dunedin in the southern part of the South Island.
Amphineurus recurvans, 8p. n.
M a l e . - - L e n g t h about 4"2 mm.; wing 6"3-6"5 mm.
Generally similar to A. har~si, differing as follows : -Size of body slightly smaller. Pronotal scutellum lightyellow. Wings with cell Ms petiolate, the petiole a little
more than one-half the basal deflection of Cu 1. The holotype has the wing narrower and more greyish than the Otira
paratype. In the latter specimen, the wings are tinged withpale brown. Male hypopygium with the ninth tergite
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only by a deep and narrow U-shaped notch. Basal pleuralappendage elongate, the tips very stl'ongly recurred to appear
like a shepherd's crook; distal pleural appendages two in
number, one a flattened black blade that bears on its lateralangle a long, divergent, black spine (thumb); the second
apical appendage is a slender pale rod that is feebly bent
near mid-length. Gonapophyses appearing as two parallel
blades that suggest in appearance a bird~ the beak being theterminal black spine, the dorsal margin or back being microscopically toothed.
Hub. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, c~, Greymouth, sea-level, September 7~ 1921

( T. R. Harris).
Paratype, 1 (~, alcoholic, Otira Gorge, January 10~ 1920
(J. IV. Uampbell) ; 1 (~, Kaituna, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, September 11, 1921 (d. W. Campbell) ; 2 c~ (~, Charteris Bay, Canterbury, November 12, 1921 (J. IF. Campbell).
Amphineurus otagensis, sp. n.
Male.--Length 3"8-4 ram. ; wing 6-6"5 mm.
Generally similar to A. harrisi, differing as follows : Average size of body a little smaller. Antennae of maleconsiderably longer than the body. Basal deflection of Cu1
before the fork of M~ the distance a little greater than thebasal deflection of Mx+~ ; cell 3/3 petiolate, the petiole only
a little shorter than the basal deflection of Uul. Male hypopygium with the ninth tergite somewhat as in .4. recurvans,consisting of two straight rods that arc feebly divergent ;these rods are relatively very long and slender, the tips subacute ; space separating the rods U-shaped. Pleurites produced into elongate, ~etiferous, digitiform lobes as in thegenus. Basal pleural appendage a long, slender, acieularrod, very gently curved, tapering gradually to the acuteblackened apex ; apical pleural appendages two, one slender,
rod-like, weakly sinuous, the second a large flattened bladethat bears the usual lateral divergent spine (thumb), and,in addition, a smaller, more obtuse spit, e near the middistance to the apex, lying in the angle of the thumb; apexof this blade acute, blackened. Gonapophyses a little shorter
than the penis-guard, tapering to the acute blackened tips,
guard relatively slender, straight, on either side produced
into a somewhat flaring wing.
Hub. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ~, Dunedin (Waitati)~ Otago, October 24, 1921

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Paratopotypes, 2 c~ c~ ; 3 c~ d , 1 ?, November 5, 1921 ;2 d' ~ , 3 ? ~, one pair in copula, November 26, 1921 (G.
Howes); paratype, 1 ~ ~ Waipori, December 5, 1921 (G.
Howes).
" Beaten from fern near stream." Types associated with
A. horni, Edwards.
Gnophomyia triton, sp. n.
Gestural coloration grey; anteunm black; mesonotal
prmseutnm with three plumbeous-grey stripes, the medianstripe divided ; legs dark brown, the cox~e, troehanters, andfemoral bases obscure yellow ; tips of the femora and tibia~
black; wings with a blackish suffusion ill the apical andposterior cells ; r on R~ close to the fork; male hypopygiumwith the pleural appendage elongate, tapering gradually tothe simple acute apex.
Male.--Length 5"8-6 ram.; wing 7"2-7"3 ram.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennm black ; basal flagellar
segments cylindrical, subterminal segments more oval; last
segment abruptly smaller.
Head grey, lighter-eoloured
adjoining the inner margins of the eyes.
Mesonotal prmscutum grey, very light grey laterally;
three darker plumbeous-grey stripes, the median stripe
indistinctly divided by a darker line; remainder of themesonotum grey. Pleura and sternum clear grey. Halteres pale. Legs with the coxm and trochanters obscureyellow; femora brown, yellow basally, the apices narrowly
blackened; tibia~ brown, the tips black; tarsi black. Wings
with a faint blackish suffusion in tile cells distad of the cordand eaudad of vein Cu; a still darker suffusion along thecord; stigma conspicuous but small, elongate, blackish;veins dark brownish black.
Venation: SCl ending justbefore the end of Rs, Sc~ longer than Se~ and located at its
tip; r on R~ immediately beyond tim fork; basal deflectionof Cul just beyond the fork of M.
Abdomen brownish grey; sternites clearer grey, in somecases the sternum obscure yellow, the caudal margin ringed
with paler. Male hypopygium with tlle pleural appendage
elongate, tapering gradually to the simple acute apex,
unarmed at base. Penis-guard trifid, before the apex being
split into two needle-like divergent horns, from the centreof which projects the subequal apex of the guard. Gonapophyses flattened, projecting beyond the guard, the apex
with a deep V-shaped notch, the lobes formed being
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Hab. Ne~v Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, c~, Greymouth, sea-level, September 7, 1921
( T. R. Harris).
Paratopotypes, 4 c~ c~, 1 teneral.
Gnophornyia triton belongs to the same group as G.flavopygialls, Alex. (see discussion, Ann. & NIag. Nat. Hist. set. 9,
vol. ix. p. 150~ 1922).

Atarba ( Atarba) viridicolor, sp. n.
General coloration yellowish green; antennm elongate;wings greenish yellow; Sc long; basal deflection of Cut near
mid-length of cell 1st M:.
Female.--Length 7"5 ram.; wing 7"2 ram.
ttostrum pale greenish yellow; palpi pale brown, thebase greenish. Antennm elongate, if bent backward extending about to the base of the third abdominal segment;
scapal segments teataceous, tinged with green; basal flagellar
segment testaceous; remaining flagellar segments black.
Head pale greenish testaceous.
Mesouotum pale fawn-yellow, tinted with green, especiallynear the wing-root. Pleura similar to the notum, but very
deeply tinged with light green--this colour undoubtedly
very intense in fresh specimens. Halteres with the stem
green, the knobs paler. Legs with the coxm and trochanterslight green; femora and tibiae brownish yellow, the former
tinged with green near base; tarsi gradually darkening tobrownish black. Wings pale greenish yellow subhyaline;
stigma faintly indicated; veins brown, tinged with green,
deepest along costa. Venation: Sc long, Scl ending a shortdistance before the fork of Rs, Sc: some distance from its tip,
Scl alone about two-thirds the basal deflection of Cul; cell
1st Ms elongate-pentagonal, gently widened distally, theveins beyond it rather long and slender; basal deflectionof Cul at or just beyond mid-length of the caudal face ofthe cell.
Abdomen pale brownish green, including the base of theovipositor. Elongate tergal valves of the ovipositor straight,
gently upcurved at their tips, green at base, passing into
dark horn-colour.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ?, Ohakune~ altitude 2060 feet, October 11,
1921 (T. R. Harris).
Paratopotype~ ?, October 23, 1921.

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Limnophila maoriea~ sp. n.
General coloration reddish brown; antennae of male nearly
as long as body; wings with a faint brown tinge; stigma anda faint seam along r-m darker brown; r near tip of R1;]~+a short; basal deflection of Cu1 near one-fourth thelength of cell 1st M~; male hypopygium with a long slenderspine at base of dorsal face of pleurite.
Male.--Length 4"6-5 ram.; wing 6"8-6"5 ram.
Female.--Length 6"3 ram.; wing 7"3 ram.
Rostrum obscure yellow; palpi brownish black. Antennaeof the male elongated, only a little shorter than the body;scapal segments obscure brownish yellow; flagellum black,the segments elongate-cylindrical. Head dark brown, theoeciput and genae more rufous.
Mesonotum uniform reddish brown, the praeseutal interspaces with a few erect black setae.
Pleura obscurebrownish yellow. Halteres elongate, dark brown. Legs
with the eoxse and trochanters obscure brownish yellow;
femora dark brown, the bases testaceous; remainder of thelegs brownish black; tibial spurs small, reddish.
Wingswith a very faint brown tinge; stigma oval, pale brown; apale brown seam along r-m and the deflection of R4+s ; veinsdark brown with abundant macrotriehiae; a shiny black
callus on the wing-root. Venation: Sc long, Scl ending
beyond the fork of R~+2, 8c~ about one and one-half times
its length from tip; Bs long, strongly angulated at origin ;R2+3 short, approximately equal to the deflection of R~+5,
this length somewhat variable ; r about its own length fromthe tip of R1; inner ends of cells R3, R~, and 1st M~ in obliquealignment; petiole of cell M~ about equal to or longer than
the second section of M~+2 ; m with macrotrichi~e, arcuated,usually about one-half longer than the outer deflection of
Ma; cell 1st M~ elongate; basal deflection of Cu~ near onefourth the lower face of cell 1st M2; arcutus broken.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, the basal half or lessin.dktinctly paler; sternites obscure brownish yellow, theapices narrowly darker; hypopygium obscure yellow. Male
hypopygium with the pleurites slender, the apex of eachproduced into a small chitinized point; two apical pleuralappendages, the outer terminating in a slender chitinizcd
point ; at the base of the pleurites on the dorsal face a conspicuous chitinized rod that extends caudad into an acicular,
feebly curved point. Penis-guard and gonapophyses fused
into a conspicuous median structure. Anal tube distinct.
Ovipositor with the valves elongate, the tergal valves acieular.

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Hab. New Zealand (Both Islands).
Holo(~lpe, ~, Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, October l, 1921
(7: R. Harris).
Allotype, ?, Greymouth, sea-level, September 7, 1921
(7: R. Hm~ris).
Paratopotypes, 10 ~ c~, September 21 to October 11,1921 ;paratype, 1 ~ , with tile allotype; 3 c~, 1 ? , Dunedin, November 26, 1921 (G. Howes).
In its general appearance, Limnophi'a maorica somewhat
suggests L. delicatula, Hutton, a very different fly.
Limnophila maorica bispina, subsp, n.
Very similar to the typical form, but tile basal pleuralappendage of the male hypopygiam, instead of beiuga simple,
very elongate rod, is shorter, stouter, at the tip split into two
branches~ the lateral branch short and straight, tile mesaliydirected spine nearly four times the lateral spine, gradually
narrowed to the acute apex where it is strongly curved.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ¢~, Greymouth, sea-level, September 7, 1921

( ~l: R. Harris).
Limnophila mirifica, sp. n.
General coloration light brown; mesonotal prmseutumwith three darker brown stripes; femora with conspicuous
erect setm on ventral face; wings with a pale brown tinge;
stigma elongate, darker brown; cell ME present, small; malehypopygium comparatively large and complicated in structure;eighth sternite terminating in a comb of blackened teeth.
Male.~Length about 4~8 mm.; wing 6"2 ram.
Rostrum dark grey-pruinose; palpi black. Antennae
broken. Head black with a sparse grey pubescence anteriorly, on the posterior part of the vertex more yellowish.
Pronotum almost white. Mesonotal pr~escutum lightbrown with three darker browIt stripes; remainder ofmesonotum badly crushed, the postnotum grey-pruinose.
Pleura with a pale pollen, more prninose posteriorly.
Halteres pale. Legs with the coxae yellow, the fore coxae
infuscated ; trochanters pale ; femora light brown, with long,conspicuous, erect setm on the ventral face ; tibim and tarsi
brown. Wings with a pale brown tinge, the stigma elongate,
darker brown; veins black. Venation: Sc long, Sc~ much
longer than Sci and ending opposite the fork of Rm; r faint,
on R~ about one and one-half times its length beyond thefork; Rs in alignment with R~+a; R~+a a little longer thannew or llttle-known Tipulid~e.

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the deflection el R4+~; veins R~ and Ra generally parallel tothe margin ; inner ends of cells R3, R~, and Ist M.2 in alignment; r-ra gently areuate; cell Ml small, less than one-half
its petiole; cell 1st M~ relatively small, the basal deflectionof Cu 1 near three-fifths its length; arculus unbroken.
Abdomen dark brown, the sternitcs a little paler ; hypopygium obscure yellow. Male hypopygium unusually large
and complicated in structure for a member of this genus.
~linth tergite terminating in two slender straight roc|s thatlie parallel to one another. Pleurites produced caudad
into slender black rods that are expanded at their tips
and here weakly hairy; dorsad of these rods on eitherside arises a very long, pale, curved appendage, directedeaudad, the tips mesad, the extreme apices blackened.
Ninth sternite appearing as two subglobular setiferous
lobes. Eighth sternite tapering to the apex, which bears aconspicuous comb of blackened teeth.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Halotype, ~ , Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, October 10,
1921 (1:/¢. Harris).
Gynoplistia concava, sp. n.

General coloration grey-pruinose, the pr~escutum withthree brown stripes; antennae 17-segmented i femora yellowiah-brown with a narrow, dark brown, subterminal ring;wings with a strong yellow tinge and conspicuous darkbrown seams along tim cord and at the origin of Bs;
abdominal tergites brown, the eighth tergite blackened; malehypopygium with the ninth tergite bearing a broad median
lobe whose margin is gently concave.
M a l e . - - L e n g t h 14"5-15 ram.; wing 12"5-13"4 ram.
• "emale.--Length 18 ram. ; wing 14"5 ram.
Rostrum brown, sparsely pruinose; palpi dark brown.
A_ntenn~e 17-segmented, the formula being 2 + 2 + 7 + 6 orin cases 2 + 2 + 8 + 5, the tenth flagellar segment sometimes
being peetinate; scapal segments reddish brown; basal segments of flagellum pale, the remainder dark brown, thepeetinations black; terminal flagellar segment elongate~approximately twice as long as the subterminal segment;
longest pectination (segment 8 ) a b o u t two and threefourths the segment, tIead dark-eoloured, dull greypruinose.
Mesonota] pr~escutum grey with three brown stripes, thelateral stripes brighter brown and more distinct than the
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remainder of mesonotum grey-pruinose. Halteres pale.
Legs with the coxm brown, sparsely pruinose; trochantersobscure yellow; femora light yellowish brown with a narrow
but distinct dark brown subterminal ring ; tibiae and metatarsi pale brown~ the tips blackened; remainder of the tarsi
black. Wings with a strong yellow tinge, cells C and £~more brownish yellow; a conspicuous dark brown pattert~
distributed as follows: a quadrate blotch at origin of Rs,
not attaining M; stigmal area oval with a conspicuous
caudal extension along the cord to cell ]st M2; brown seauls
at m and on the basal deflection of Cul; a brown spot onvein 1st .4 near two-thirds the length ; wing-tip very faintly
darkened; no dark mark at fork of MI+~; veins black.
Venation: Rs very long, spurred at origin; r on R~ fromjust beyond mid-length to two-thirds the length ; petiole ofcell M1 longer than the second section of M1+2; basal
deflection of Cul near two-third~ the length of cell 1st Ms.
Abdomen uniformly brown; eighth segment blackened;hypopygium obscure brownish yellow. Male hypopygium
similar to that of G. subfasciata Walker, differing as follows:
ninth tergite with a low broad median lobe, the caudal
margin of which is gently concave. Black spinulose arms
on mesal face of pleurites not so regularly globose, the small
spinulose lobe near its base larger. Outer pleural appendage
with the apex and subterminal spine shorter, the apex withmore distinct denticles; inner pleural appendage with theelongate apex much more slender, tapering gradually tothe subacute apex.
The female is full-winged; abdominal tergites brownish
grey; ovipositor with the valves elongate.
Hub. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ~ , Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, October 3,
1921 (T..R. Harris).
`4llolype, ?, Taihape, October 12, 1921 (T. R. Harris).
Paratypes, ~, with the allotype; 4 ? ? , October 22,
1921.
Allied to G. subfasciata, Walker, but very distinct in the
structure of the hypopygium and the dark brown subterminal rings on the femora.

Gynoplistia nebulipennis, sp. n.
General coloration deep reddish brown; antennm 16-segmentedl head black; pleura very heavily and extensively
silvery-white; halteres pale yellow; wings subhyaline witha very heavy~ dark brown pattern, the apex broadly suffusednew or l(ttle-known Tipulid~e.

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pleurite produced into a short blade; inner pleural appendage feebly bifid at apex.
~[ale.--Length 8"6-9 ram. ; wing 8"5-9"4 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. AntennFe black ; 16-segmented, the formula being 2 + 2 + 9 + 3; pectination of thethird flagellar segment inserted at a slightly different planefrom that of the basal two and the distal flagellar segments;
flagellar pectinations of moderate length.
Head black,sparsely brownish-grey pruinose anteriorly.
Mesonotal pr~escutum deep reddish brown with three indistinct darker brown stripes, the surface subshiny though
covered with a sparse microscopic pubescence; scutum brown,
the cephalic margin of the lobes blackened; scutellum andpostnotum obscure yellowish brown, somewhat shiny. Pleurawith a very heavy silvery-white microscopic pubescence thatappears like a bloom; propleura dark brown, sending anarrow longitudinal stripe caudad on to the mesepisternum ;mesosternum dark; a narrow, longitudinal, brown line onsides of mesosternum immediately dorsad of mid-coxm.
Halteres pale yellow. Legs with the coxve coneolorous withthe pleura; trochanters brownish yellow; femora dark brown,
the bases more reddish, more extensivo on the middle andposterior femora; tibive and tarsi black, the posterior tibive
paler @ith black tips. Wings subhyaline, the base and cells
C and Sc brownish yellow; a very heavy dark brown patterncovers approximately one-half the wing-surface, including
the following general areas : a large blotch at origin of Rs
not attaining vein M; stigmal blotch sending a broad seamalong the cord, interrupted only in the centre of cell 1st M~;
wing-apex broadly darkened leaving pale areas only in the
mid-third of cell R2, the second quarter of Rs, and indistinct
pale blotches in the centres of cells R~, 2nd M~, and Ms,
the two latter more extensive; cell M is largely suffused
because of the unusually broad dark seams along veins
M, Cu, and Cu~; a large dusky suffusion before mid-length ofcell Cu and near the outer end of cell 1st A; other veins moreor less seamed with dusky; veins dark. Venation: cell 2nd
Rl very small, r being at tip of R1 and about three times its
length from the tip of R2; petiole of cell M1 about threetimes m; basal deflection of C~ near two-thirds the lengthof the lower face of cell 1st M2. The right wing of the typeshows a remarkable malformation of the veins, R~+5 bending
caudad and fusing with the third section of MI+~ (petiole ofcell M1) for almost the entire length of the latter.
Abdominal tergitcs dark brown, the intermediate segments
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with an obscure yellow area at base on either side of themedian line; hypopygium shiny yellow; sternites obscureyellowish brown, the subterminal segments faintly darker.
Male hypopygium with the pleurites stout, the apical angle
produced eaudad into a conspicuous pale blade. The mesal
apical angle of the pleurite also produced into a triangularpoint; two pleural appendages, the inner one slender, curved
at the apex which is feebly bifid and blackened. Gonapophyses appearing as slender blades that are directed caudad,
the tips slightly mesad.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, c~, Greymouth, sea-level, September 6, 1921
(T. R. Hat, is).
Paratopolype, c~.

Macromasli~ atridorsum, sp. n.
General coloration obscure yellow; dorsum of praescutum
black with four greyish-plumbeous stripes; antennae short;wings subhyaline; stigma pale brown; veins Sc and R subcoalescent distally; r lacking; basal deflection of Ca1 close
to inner end of cell 1st Ms; abdominal tergites black, thebasal sternites obscure yellow.
Male.-~Length about 8 mm.; wings 10 mm.
Frontal prolongation of the head brown; nasus lacking;palpi brownish black. Antenqae short, black, the basal
scapal segment brownish testaceous. Front yellowish pollinose ; remainder of dorsum brownish grey.
Pronotum brown. Mesonotal praescutum black with four
dark grey-plumbeous stripes, the extreme lateral margins,
humeral region and centre of the V-shaped suture obscureyellowish; scutal lobes black, the posterior and lateral
margins fading into obscure yellow; scutellum and postnotum obscure yellow, the posterior margin of the latter
narrowly infuscated. Thorax glabrous. Pleura obscureyellow; mesosternum infuscated. Halteres brown, the extreme base of the stem yellow. Legs with the coxae yellow,
tim base of the fore coxa infuscated; trochanters yellow;
femora dark brown, the bases obscure yellow; remainder ofthe legs brownish black; legs long and slender. Wings
subhyaline ; stigma p.ale brown, filling cell Scl and the distal
half of cell R1; veins brownish black. Venation: Sclpresent; veins Sc and R almost completely coalesced on
their distal half; Rs feebly angulate before mid-length;
r completely lacking; cell 1st M2 almost quadrangular,

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widest basally ; m-ca immediately beyond the fork of M, so
the basal section of Ma is almost lacking; petiole of cell M1
equal to or a little shorter than the second section of MI+2
and iu alignment with it; cell 2 n d A broad.
Abdomen with the basal tergite dark brown ; remaining
tergites black; sternites obscure yellow, segments 6 to 9
and the caudal margin of 5 infuscated. Male hypopygium
inverted as in the genus, the ninth tergite occupying aventral position, consisting of two rounded black lobes tha*,
are separated by a deep U-shaped notch.
Hub. :New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ~ , Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, October 10,
1921 (T. R. Harris).

X X X I X . ~ T w o new Jerboa-rats (Notomys),:By (.)LDF1ELDTHOMAS..
(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.)
AMONG tim mammals collected by the late Mr. W. Stalker
in the ncighbom'hood of Alexandria~ Northern Territory or:Australia~ is a nice series of a jerboa-rat from Alroy, which
bl my account of the collection was recorded as Notomys~dtchelli ~¢--a determination which was accepted in my recent
notes on the genus Notomys T.
There appeared~ however, to he some doubt as to what thetrue Notomys mitchelli of the Lower Murray River was, andI appealed to Mr. Troughton at Sydney for information
about the type, while in the meantime ~he characters of thespecies were drawn up from the Alroy series.
Mr. Troughton now tells me that he has examined theincisors of the original specimens of tt JDipas mitc]~elli," andiliads that they are distinctly orthodont, not opisthodout asiu our northern specimens and as stated in my description of
the species.
Since writing the paper on 2Yotom3/s, I have had lent meby the Liverpool Museum a number of Australian Murid~e
received by them from Mr. Gould, a~ld amol,g these there
are two jerboa-rats (nos. 246 and 246a) from the Gawler* P. Z. S. 1906,p. 539.
t Ann. & Mug. Nat. Hist. (9) viii. p. 536 (1921).
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