0~ new ov little-k~wwn Tipuiidze.

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V L - - N e w or little-known Tipulidte ( D i p t e r a ) . - - X X I X .
Australasian Species. By CrIARLESP. AL~XAUn~R,Ph.D.,
F.E.S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst,
Massachusetts, U.S.A.
ThE crane-flies described at this time are from New Zealand,
and are based largely ou the important collectious madeby M. Andrd Tonnoir. Additional species were collected by
Messrs. Campbell and Harris. I am greatly indebted tothese gentlemen for tile privilege of studying this importantmaterial. The Tonnoir material has been returned to
New Zealand for incorporation in the collection of theCawthrou Institute and other collections. The other specimens are preserved in the writer's collection.
Dicranomyia nelsoniana, sp. n.
Male.--Length about 4 ram. ; wing 5"2 ram.
Most closely allied to D. semicuneuta, Alexander (North
Islantl). Mesonotmn shi~y dark brown, unmarked. Pleura
testaceous-brown with a broad, blackish, longitudinal stripe
extendit,g from the proplcura to the base of the abdomen.
Wings about as in semicuneata. Venation: Scl ending
opposite the origin of Rs~ Sc~ longer than m-cu; r at tipof R~; Rs elongate, arcuated at origin, in alignment with
R2+3; r-m at or near mid-length of cell 1st M~, the proximal
end of the latter strongly pointed; m-cu not far beyond
the fork uf M. Male hypopygium with the rostriform
appendage of the ventral dististyle stouter, the apex obtuse,
with several curved setze; spines of this appendage subequal,
but arising from very unequal papillae, placed longitudinallyin an owd pale area, the outer spine arising from anenlarged base that is a little more than one-fourth the total
length; the inner or more proximal spine arises from anelongate thickened base that is about two-fifths the total
length. Dorsal (iististyle moderately curved, the al~ex acute.
(~omq)ophyses with the mesal apical angle long at~d slender,
the margins smooth.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holot~pe, c~, Mr. Arthur Table]and~ Nelson, 4500 feet,
December 22, 1921 (A. lbnnoir) ; collector's number 102.
Dieranomyia plurispina, sp. n.
Belongs to the multispina group; thorax fulvous-yellow,
the scutal lobes and postnotal medioter~ite blackened;
Ann. & May..~7. Ili~t. Set. 9. ~ ' . xvi.
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Dr. C. P. Alexauder ontips of femora blackened ; wings ti~ ged ~ith yellow, conspicuously marked with brown; abdominal segments conspicuously annulated yellow and black; spines on rostrumof male hy~,opygium about l 1 in number.
Maie.--Lel~gtb ab,ut 7 ram. ; wing 7"8 ram.
Female.--Le,gth 6'5 ram. ; wing 7"4 ram.
Rostrum relatively short, brownish ochreous, the palpi
beyond the basal segmeut dark brown. Antennae short,the b,~al segment ot scape yellowish ochre(ms, the flagellars~,gments dark brown, oval. Head obscure yellow behind,the centre of the vertex more infuscated ; vertex at narrowest
point about one-third the diarheter of one eye.
Pronotum obscure yellow. Mesonotal praeseutum obscurefulvous-yellow, with a brown median vitta that begins about
opposite the level of the pseudosutural f()vere, becoming
wider near the suture ; lateral margins of praes(;tm~m broadly
but less distinctly iufuscated; scutum testaceous, the centreo[ each lobe occupied by a large blackish area ; scutellum
testaceous; postnotal mediotergite blackened, a trifle paler
behimt. Pleura and postnotal pleurotergite dull reddish
brown, a little darker dorsally. Halteres pLle brown, theextreme base of the stem paler. Legs with the coxa~ andtrochanters testaceous with faint greenish tints; femora
yellow, the tips broadly and conspicuously blackened; tibiae
yellowish brown, the extreme tips narrowly darkened ; tarsi
dark brown. Wings with a slrong yellow titlg% conspicuously va,'iegated wittl brown, including a cloud at
a t t a i n s ; a large one at tip of Sc and origin of Rs; theconspmuous oval stigma; broad seams along the cord andouter end of cell 1st M~; wing-margin very faintly infuscated; veins dark brown. Macrotrichiae relatively longand conspicuous. Veuation: ,SCl ending shortly bevok~dthe origin of Rs, Sc~ opposite this origin; Rs iong,angulated and spurred at origin; inner end o~' cell 1¢3
lying a little proximad of cell 1st M2, the latter rectangular ;m-cu shortly before the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites conspicuously aunulated with brightyellow and brownish blaek~ the basal half of the second
segment yellow, the apex black~ the amount of yellow
decreasing very gradually on the posterior segments until
the seventh which is largely infuscated; on the more
proximal segments the extreme base of each segment islikewise darkened; sternitcs yellow and paler brown,arranged as on the dorsum. ] n the male, the median areaof the eighth tergite is pale, the lateral portions infuscated.
Mate hypopygium very similar to D. multispma, Alexatider;,tew or litdeJ,'+wwn Tipulidw.

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ro~tr:d spines ahout l I ; ninth tergite not produced eaudad
into a low median lobe. Ovipositor with the (lor~al shieldentLrely black; tergal valves slender, gently upcurved;
stermfl valves long and straight.
Hab. New ZealmM (South Island).
Holotype, d , Nelson, Nelson, October 27, 1923 (A. 7bn-

Allolopotype, ? .
Dieranomyia sulphuralis chlorophylloides, subsp, n.
Generally similar to typical sulphuralis, Edwards, differing
only in the persistent light green body-tints and the morerounded apices of the gonapophyses of the male hypopygium. Typical sulphuralis does not exhibi~ green tints,
u hereas the present variety possesses amt retains them,more conspicuously on the thorax and basal segments of
the abdomen.
Hab. New Zealand (both I~lands).
Holot?/pe, c~, Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, November 14,
1922 (7. R. Harris).
A/lotopotype, ? , October 13, 1921 (T. R. Harris).
Pm'alopvlypes, (~ ~, September 21, 1921 ; ~ ~ , J a n u a r y
2 t., 1!)22 (7'. R. Harris) ; pa,atypes, 2 d ~ , Aniseed Valley,
Nelson, December 1-¢, 1923 (A. Ton~.oir).
The true status of this fly is still in doubt, but for thepreheat, at least, it seems best to consider it as being asubspecies of sulphuralis.

]~icranomyia fulviceps, sp. n.
Behmgs to the moni/ieornis group; head dark fuivous,
tile anterior vertex broad ; mesonotum shiny reddish ; wings
subhyaline; male hypopygiurn with the two spines of therostrit'orm appendage long and acute.
Ma/e.--Length about 6 ram. ; wing 6"5 ram.
Female.--Length 5 5 ram. ; wing 6 mm.
tLo~trum relatively long and slender, pale; palpi black.
Antenme black ; flagellar segments oval. Head dark
fulvous, the orbits and occipital region paler; anteriorvertex broad, wider than the diameter o[ a single eye.
Pronotum pale oehreous. Mesonotum shiny reddish, thelateral margins of the prm~cutum paler. Pleura paleoebreous~ sparsely white-pruinose. Halteres pale, in thetype (~ with yellowish knobs, those of the ? darker. Legs
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Dr. C. P. Alexander onof legs yellow, very slightly darkened distally. Wings subhyaline, the veins darker. Venation: Sc short, as in tbe
group, the distance between SCl and the origin of Rs beingnearly twice the length of the latter veto; R.¢ strongly
arcuated, a little more than one-half the similarly arcuatedbasal deflection of R4+,~ ; r at tip of R1 ; cell 1st M2 closed,
gently widened distally; m-cu shortly before the forkof M.
Abdomen reddish brown, in tim ~ darker, hut thispro~mbly caused by a discoloration of egg-masses within.
Male hypopygium with the ninth tergite semicircular inoutline, the caudal margin with a broad IJ-shaped notch,
each lateral lobe set with powerful set~e ; a group of about
seven smaller and more delicate median set~e. Basistyle
stout, the mesal lobe conspicuous, cylindrical or bulbous,densely setiferous. Ventral dististyle fleshy, roughly triangular in outline, the apex being rather strongly narrowed;
rostrum long and slender, with a row of spinous set~e that
become more numerous at the apex; the two spines arenear base of rostrum, placed close together in a chitinizedplate, closely approximated or feebly united at base, gently
divergent apically, narrowed very gradually to the acutetips; spines a little longer than the apex of the rostrum
beyond them. Dorsal dististyle relatively large, the tip
suddenly narrowed into an acute point. Gonapophyses
with the mesal lobe relatively broad, pale, the tip evenly
rounded. Ovipositor with the tergal valves long and slender,
greatly exceeding the sternal valves.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, c~, Nelson, Nelson, November 14, ]923 (2t. Tonnoir).
Allotopobjpe, ? , November 12, 1923 (A. Tonnoir).
It is possible that the female above described is noteonspeeific with the type male.

Dicranorayia tristigmata, sp. n.
Male.--Length about 5 ram. ; wing 6"7 mm.
Very closely allied to D. spo~lsa, Alexander, from which it
differs in the venation, wing-pattern, and slight details of
the male hypopygium.
Wings with a distinct brown cloud in the bases ot~
cells R and M ; areular region narrowly and conspicuously
white; a brown cloud on vein R, just beyond the end o1~
vein Se; stigma tripartite, due to the unusual venationof this fiehl of the wing; seam along the cord narrower.

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Venation: Sc long, ending just before the fork of Rs,
Sc= at the tip of Scl; tgs very strongly angulated andspurred at origin, nearly in alignment with R2+3, cell Ra
being narrow at base; R1 atrophied at extreme tip, witha supernumerary cross-vein without macrotrichim far before
the tip of R1 and less than its own length beyond r ; r, thesupernumerary cross-vein, and the long tip of R1 beyond it
are all seamed with brown to produce a three-parted stigma,
as described above ; cell 1st M, open by the atrophy of m ;cell M a a little shorter than its petiole; m-cu about onethird i~s length before the fork of M. Male hypopygiumwith the ninth tergite evenly rounded, the extreme apex
nearly straight or very feebly concave. In D. sponsa, thetergite is broadly and sgrongly concave.
l-lab. New Zealand (North Island).
Hololype, ~ , Karioi, Wellington, in beech forest, April 14,,
1924 (7'. R. Harris).

Rhabdomaslix (Saeandaga) sagana, sp. n.
Allied to R. (S.) vittithorax, Alexander (North Island) ;thoracic stripes dark brown, conspicuous ; no macrotrichi~eon /~2+~; Rs only about one-fourth longer than R2+3, thelatter longer than Rs alone ; ceil 1st M~ open by the atrophyof outer deflection of 2~I3.
Male.--Length about 4"8 ram. ; wing 4"5 ram.
Described from an alcoholic specimen.
Rostrum pale, the palpi brownish black. Antennae
moderately elongate, if bent backward cxtendiug to shortly
beyond the wing-root, dark brown throughout; basal
flagellar segments oval, the outer segments passing into
elongate-oval. Head dark, apparently grey, the front
yellowish.
Pronotum brown. Mesonotal pr~escutum reddish brownwith three conspicuous brownish-black stripes that are
only narrowly separated behind; lateral stripes narrowed
anteriorly, extending to the pseudo-sutural tbveae, behindcrossing the suture or, to the scutal lobes; scutellum
reddish brown; disk of postnotal mediotergite darkened.
Pleura reddish brown, anepisternum and sternopleurite
marked with darker; meron less infuseated. Halteres pale,the knobs yellow. Legs with the fore eox~e infuseated, theremaining eox~e paler; troehanters brownish yellow; remainder of legs broken. Wings greyish yellow, the baseand cells C and Sc clearer vellow; stigma ill-defined, oval,
pale brown; veins darker brown. No macrotriebiae on Rs,

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Dr. C. P. Alexander on]~.2+.~, R:, basal section of Ml+2, or basal section of M~+~ ;about 16 on R3; about 45 on R,+5. Venation : S c l endn~gjust before two-third~ the length of Rs; Ns relatively
short for a member of the group, about one-fourth longer
than lt~+a; R~+.~ longer th~n R3 alone ; cell 1st M~ open by
the atrophy of outer deflection of M.~.
Abdomen pale brown, wit,h a dark brown subterminal
ring; hyi~opygium ohscnre yellowish. Male hypopygiumwith the outer dististyle having the outer margin serralatea~most to base, the extreme tip a larger spine; innerdististyle broad, fleshy, the apex narrowed. Gonapophyses
deeussate, appearing as slender flattened rods, the tips
produced into feebly expanded hyaline blades.
]lab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, (~, Purau, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury,
February 1924~ (J. kV. Camybell) ; an alcoholic specimen.
(-$N(JPIIOMYIA, Osten-Saeken.
The genus Gnophomyia has long been made use of inassigning various aberrant crane-flies from many parts of
the world. There can be little question but that mo,tof the types so assigned will eventually bc found to reqmre
new subgeneric or generic groups for their reception. Twosnch groups (Astelobia and Ayhrophila) were proposed by
Edwards in 1923 as subgenera of GnoFhomyia , but arc now
known to be entln@ valid genera. During the past few
years the writer has descrit~ed a few species of crane-flies
from New Zealand under the common generic term of
Gnophomyia, with the realization that such species were
not strictly consul)generic, or possibly even congeneric,w~th the genotype, Guophomyia tristissima, Osten-Sacken(ttol:~rctic). It is now mlperative that a new group heerecte.t for such species, and a n,w suhgeneric term,(:ampbellomyia, is herewith proposed. It is very prob~blethat further study will show this group to be rather extensively developed in New Zealand, and that it will be foundto deserve f'ud generic rank. The group of genera centreing
aboat Gao/Jhomyia is r,~her arbitrarily placed in the tmbe
Eriopterini, but it must be noted that in many regards
the included memb(~rs have deviated but little from thecharacters of the tribe Hexatommi, from wl~ich the EriopLermi are evidently derived.
CAMPBELLOMY1A~Stl])gOl]. [lOV.

Aatenn~e short ; second segment of scap- tumid ; flagel]arneu~ or little-known Tipulid~e.

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segments beyond the base oval, with verticils of moderate
length that become more elongated on the outer segments.
Yertex between the eves broad, with a small tubercle.
Mesonotal przescutum narrowed al~teriorly, and produced
slightly cephalad over the pronotum. Middle and posteriorcox~e closely approximated, the meron much reduced, q'ibi,'eand basal segments of tarsi with conspicuous semi-erectse~t~e, especially conspicuous in G. alpina and G. harrisiana,
shortest and least evident in G. fMvip/eura. Wings with Sc.~not far removed from the tip of Scj, the latter terminating
beyond mid-length of Rs; Rs long, more or less arcuatedat base ; Rs+s in approximate alignment with R o ; r faint,
without macrotrichim, approximately its length from thetip of R I ; proximal ends of cells Ra, Rs, and 1st M~ i n .
approximate transverse alignment; cell 1st M1 relatively
large, the veins beyond it correspondingly short/ m-cu
heyond mid-length of the lower face of cell 1st Ms. Longitudinal veins bevond R1, with macrotrichi~e back frommargins. Male tiypopygium with tim dististylcs two iu
number, small, closely united basally by membrane; outerstyle strongly curved, running out into an apical point, theouter margin beyond mid-length with numerous appress~ dteeth. What would seem from its position to be an Interbasal process is an oval plate, the mesal end produced intoa long, slender, recurred, tail-~ike spine. Ovipositor withlong, slender, gently upcnrved valves.
Type ot~ subgenus, Gno2>homyia (?) alyina, Alexander(Maorian Subregion).
Other included species are G. (C.)ftdvipleura, Alexander;
G. (C.) f~tmipenais, Alexander; G. (C.) harrisiana, Alexander; and G. (C.) ven~tstipennis, sp. n., all from New
Zealand. This new group is named in h(,nour of myfriend, Dr. James W. Campbell, to whom I am greatly
indebted for co-operation in making known the extensive
crane-fly fauna of New Zealand.

Gnophomyia ( 5~lmpbellomyia) venustipennis, sp. n.
Mesonot~l prtescutum dark brown with three nearly confluent reddish-chestnut stripes; tips of femora narrowly
light yellow; wings whitish subhyaline, heavily spottedwith brown.
Mole.--Length about 2"5 ram. ; wing 3"1 ram.
Fema/e.--Length about 2"8 mm. ; wing 3"2 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae dark brown
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Dr. C. P. Alexander onsegments elongate-cylindrical with vertieils that are about
equal in length to the segments bearing them, becoming
more elongate on the terminal segments. Head brownish
black.
Pronotum dark brown, yellowish posteriorly. Mesonotum
dark brown, the disk of the prmscutum with three nearly
confluent reddish-chestmlt stripes, the lateral margins of
the selerite conspicuously light yellow ; remainder of mesonotum rather dark brown. Pleura dark brown, the dorsopleural membrane yellow. Haltercs relatively ehmgate,
pale, the extre,ne base of the stem brighter yellow, theknobs infuscated. Legs with the coxm dark brown; trochanters paler yellowish brown; femora brown, the bases
more testaceous, the tips rather nan-owly but conspicuously
pale yellow; tibize light brown, the extreme proximal end
indistinctly pale yellow; tarsi pale brown, the terminal
segments darker. Trichi~c of legs moderately long, hutsobappressed and not conspicuous. Wings whitish subhyaline, the prmarcular region more yellowish; a conspicuous brown pattern distributed as follows: Base ofcells C and Sc; a large blotch at origin of Rs, crossing
vein M into cell M ; spots at tip of Sc; stigma, the latter
sending a cloud over the fork of R2+3; at tips of veins 1~
and R3 ; tips of veins Ml+.O to 2nd _/1, these marginal clouds
becoming increasingly larger toward the wing-base ; cordand outer end of cell 1st ~ seamed; a cloud beyond
mid-length of vein Rd+.~, but none at margin of this vein,
this being the only longitudinal vein that is not clouded at
its tip around the margin of the wing; anal angle of wingin cell 2nd A narrowly infuscated ; veins pale t)rown, a trifle
darker in the infuscated areas. Venation : Sc 1 ending near
two-thirds the length of Rs, Sco near its tip; R s long~
gently arcuated at origin; r faint, a little more than its
length from the tip of R1 ; R.~+3in approximate alignment
with R : ; cell 1st 1112 about as long as the longest vein
(MI+:) beyond it; m-cu beyond mid-length of the lower
face of cell 1st 21/~ ; vein 2nd A short, ending opposite theorigin of' the long Rs.
Abdomen black, the hypopygium a trifle paler. Ovipositor
with the elongate valves pale yellowish horn-colour ; tcrgal
valves gently upcurved to the long tips.
Hub. New Zealand (Smith Island).
Holotype, d', Waiho, Westland, January 17, 1922 (,4. Tonnoir); collector's number 116.
Allotopotype, c~, January 30, 1922 ( A. Tonnoir).

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Aphrophila viltipennis, sp. n.
Closely allied to A. neozelandiea (Edwards); medianpraescntal stripe divided; wings whitish, the veins seamedwith brown to give the wings a vittate appearance; abdominal tergites narrowly rit~ged with paler ; male hypopygium
reddish brown.
MMe.--Length about 8 mm. ; wing 11 ram.
27~emale.--Len~,th about 7"6 ram. ; wing 10 mm.
gostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with the seapal
segments pale brown, the flagellum dark brown ; flagellar
segments short, a little enlarged distally, the relatively shortvertieils placed on the distal haft, the surlZace of~ thesegments densely clothed with a short, erect, pale pubescence.
Head dark grey.
Mesonotal praescutum grey with four dark brown stripes,
the usual entire median stripe divided by a delicate carina
that extends the length of the praescutum, the ridge narrowly
bordered by pale grey; intermediate stripes no~ reaching
the suture; humeral region restrictedly obscure yellow;
scutum grey, the lobes dark brown; scutellum and postnotum reddish brown, grey-pruinose, the extreme cephalolateral angles ot; the postnotal mediotergite tumid. Pleura
light grey, the dorso-pleural membrane obscure yellow.
Halteres pale yellow. Legs with the eoxae yellowish brown ;troehanters obscure brownish yellow; femora and tibia~
obscure brownish yellow, tlle tips very indistinctly andnarrowly darkened ; proximal three tarsal segments obscurebrownish yellow, the tips narrowly darkened ; terminal tarsal
segme,lts uniformly dark brown. Wings with a whitish
tinge ; stigma oval, dark brown ; cord, vein Cu, and the veins
beyond the cord narrowly seamed with paler brown, giving
to the wing a vittate appearance ; margin of wing and anat
angle narrowly darkened. Venation: Se~ oblique, placed
close to tlle extreme tip of 8el.
Abdomen blaeki,h, the caudal margins of the tergites
narrowly but relatively conspicuously whitish, tl~e sternites
less distinctly marked with the same eolour; pleural membrane pale; hypopygium conspicuously reddish brown,
contrasting with the remainder of the abdomen. Male
hypopygium very similar in structure to A. neozelandiea ;spines at base of aedeagus pale and less conspicuous.
Hab. New Zealand (both Islands).
Holotype, ~ , Aniseed Valley, Nelson, March 22, 192~
(A. Tonnoir) ; collector's number 112.
Allolopotype, ?.
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Dr. C. P. Alexander on¥.

Paralopotypes, 3 c~ c~, :March 21, 1922 (~4. 7"onnoir) ;paratype, c~, Taumaruuui, Wellington, April 24, 1922
(7: R. Harris).
Tasiocera cervicula, sp. n.
General coloration pale brown, the g-nital segment~ochreous ; wings with a strong brown tinge; vein 2rid A
ending just before tile origin of Rs ; male hyp~)pygium withthe dis tistyle slender, terminating ill a small decurvedtoc)th; gonapophyses lyriform, the lateral margin of eachapophyse conspicuously toothed.
Male.--Lengttl about 2"4 ram. ; wing 4"3 ram.
Rostrum testaeeons - b,'own ; paipi b,'ownish bla.k.
Antemlae very long, twice the length of the body ; scap,1
segments and base of first flagellar segment paler than thedark brown remainder of the flagellum ; flageltar segments
elongate-fusiform, each with a lol~g apical narrowed portion,
the enlarged bases with very long, outspreading setze. Head
grey.
Mesonotnm pale brown, without distinct markings. Pleur,~
testaceous-vellow. Halteres dark brown, the base of thestem paler. Legs with the eox~e and trochanters coneolorouswith the pleura; remaind(~r of legs brown with dark
appressed setee. Wings with a strong brown tinge, theveins and macrotrichiae darker brown. Venation: R.2+3 alitde shorter than the basal deflection of R~+,~; vein 2nd.4
present, ending immediately before the level of the o,'igmof Rs.
AMomen pale brown, the sternites and hypopygiumoehreous. Male hypopygium with the basistyles as in tile
genus; dististyle ,,lender, gra, lually narrowed outwardly,
subangularly bent near mid-length, the extreme apex term;hating in a small decurved tooth; immediately before theapex another small denticle ; distal half of style with a few
weak se~m, some of which are placed on weak tubercles.
_/E~deagus oval, tapering to the obtuse apex. Gonapophyses
lyriform, each apophyse sinuous, with the lateral margin
eonspiew)usiy toothed, including two larger basal teeth andfour outer ones; dorsal margin of apophyses sharp, but
untoothed; the connection between the apophyses is sl:ghtly
elevated. What app~ears to be the tergal plate runs out into
parallel flattened blades that are broader than the space
between, the apex of each blade obliquely truncate.
Hab. New Z:,aland (North Island).

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Holotype, c~, Khandallah, Wellington, November 30, 1921
(A. Tonnoir); collector's number 140.
Paratopotype, ~ .
Tasioeera triton, sp. n.
Male.--Length about 2"2 ram. ; wing 3"4 ram.
Generally similar to 7". cervicula, sp. n., differing asfollows : ~General coloration dark hrown, this including the hypopygium. Pleura shiny ochreous. Wings with R~+3 short,about one-half the basal deflection of R4+~; /72 rectangularat origin. Male hypopyginm with the dististyle narrow,tapering gradually to the acute straight tooth; margin ofstyle with an elevated ridge that bears a weak tooth near
one-third the length of the style. Oonapophyses fused intoa transversely rectangular plate, the lateral angles produced
eaudad and slightly laterad into acutely pointed blade%
the median portion with a shorter, more blackened spine.
Terg'al plate with the blades parallel, narrower, the tipss,bacute, the space between about twice as wide as thediameter of either bla~{e.
Hob. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype. c~, Nihotapu, Auckland. February 23, 1923
(A. 7'onnoir) ; collector's numb(,r 1 iO.
Amphineurus (Nolhormosia) fimbriatub,s, sp. n.
M(lle --Length about 3-3"5 ram. ; wing 3"9-4"5 ram.
F~.male.--Le,Jgth about 3 ram. ; ~ing 4"5 ram.
Closely allied to zt. (N.) subglaber, Edwards, differingin the structure of the male hypopygium.
Wings relatively narrow, the maerot,'iehi~e hmg and eonspi(:uous ; membrane subhyaliue, the veins aud macrotrieh mdark b,own. Venation: R:+a gently arcuated the basal
section of R: ,bout two-thirds as long and more strongly
areuated; petiole of cO1 M2 about equal to m-cu. Male
hypopygivm with the ~duth tergite only feebly ehitiuized,
the base very brow,d, subquadra~e, the outer lateral angles
produced laterad and slightly eandad into relatively longobtuse arms; caudal margin of terg~te ~entlv concave, but
the extreme median portion slightly hulgi~lg. Basistvle
produced into a long, slender, fle~by setiferous lobe as in thegroup; mesal portion produced into a lol:g, slender, pale,
flattened blade, the distal third suddenly narrowed anddirected me~ad into a slender whip-like portion, before this76

Dr. C. P. Alexander onnarrowed portion the blade rather densely setil'erous ; outerapical angle of basistyle produced into a very small chitinized beak. Inner dististyle club-shaped at base, the surface
here microscopically reticulate, the apical half narrowed intoa gently curved slender rod that is very feebly enlarged atapex. Outer dististyle small, relatively slender, and not
blackened, narrowed at apex, at the base of the narrowed
portion with an acute subappressed spine (thumb). Gonapophyses broad basally, narrowed gradually to the short,straight~ acute, black tips, the base of the latter surrounded
by a circlet of small setm. tEdeagus a larg% highly
compressed blade.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, c~, Whangarei, North Auckland, February 20,
192~ (T. R. Harris).
Allolype, ? , Nihotapu, Auckland, February 26~ 1923
(A. Tonnoir) ; collector's number 134~c.
Paratopotypes, 2 ~ c~ ; paratypes, c~~ with the allotyp%February 23, 1923 (A. Tonnoir) ; 1 ~ , Wairakei, Auckland,
March 6, 1923 (A. Tonnoir); 1 c~, Ohakune, Wellington,
March 8, 1923 (A. Tonnoir).

Amphineurus (Nothormosia) nothofagi, sp. n.
Male.--Length about 4, ram. ; wing 4"6 ram.
-Vevv similar and closely allied to A. (N.) gracilisenti~,
Alexander, differing ill certain conspicuous details of structure o['the male bypopygium. The ninth tergite is a subquadrate chitinized plate with the lateral margins gently
convex, the caudal margin with a shallow [J-shaped mediannotch~ the lateral lobes thus formed being short and ])road,their apices subtruncate. Outer dististyle with the apex
longer, more slender, and more strongly curved, the lateralspine (thumb) approximately as long, even more slender andvery gently curved.
H~lb. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, (~, Karioi, Wellington, iu beech forest, April 14,
192¢ (7'. R. Harris).

Amphineurus (Nothormosia) hastatus, sp. n.
Male.--Length about 4 ram. ; wing 5'2 mm.
_Female.--Length about 4"2 mm. ; wing 5"7 ram.
Closely allied to A. (N.) gracilisentis, Alexander, fromwhich it differs in the structure of the male hypopygium.
Male hypopygium with the lobes o£ the tergite appearing as
flattened parallel blades, the notch between being broadly

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or

little-known Tipulid~e.

77(J-shaped and mueh wider than the diameter of either blade.
Outer dististyle long and slender, with a long spine (thumb)that bears in its axil a smaller and more slender spine, thewhole style longer and narrower than in ,4. (N.) otagensis,
Alexander, which likewise has this axillary spine. Basal
dististyle a long, feebly sinuous rod that narrows graduallyto the acute blackened apex. Gonapophyses subtending themdeagus, appearing as flattened blades that narrow into
long, straight, needle-like poil~ts, at the base of this narrowed
portion with a small setiferous tubercle, the whole'surfaceof the apophyse at this level with microscopic setm.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, c~, Wellington, March 10, 1923 (A. Tonnoir) ;collector's number 13~j.
Allotype, ?, Wilton's Bush, Wellington, December 2, 1921

( A. Tonnoir).
Paratypes, 3 c~ c~, Khandallah, Wellington, November 30,
1921 (A. T~nnoir) ; collector's number 139.
.4mphineurus (Nothormosia) spinulistylus, sp. n.
Male.--Length about 3"8 ram. ; wing 4"8-5 ram.
Alhed to ,4. (2(.) gracilisentis, Alexander, differing con-spicuously in the structure of the male hypopygium.
Antcnnal scape ochreous; flagellar segments elongate,
black. Wings with R:+3 gently arcuated, a little shorter
than the basal deflection of R~ ; m-cu about equal in lengLh
to the petiole of kls, placed at a short distance before thefork of M. Male hypopygium with tergite formed of two
flattened blades that lie generally parallel but diverge veryslightly~ the notch between deep [J-shaped, the apices of thelobes obtusely rounded. Outer dististyle relatively long andslender, the apex a blackened powerful spine, the lateralspine (thumb) smaller and more acute. Inner dististyle avery slender pale rod, tim basal half a little stouter, near
mid-length with two small set~e. Basal dististyle a powerful,
feebly sinuous rod, the apical two-fifths blackened, the tip
densely and conspicuously spinulose, these spines continued
down the mesal face of the style to a distance greater than
one-half the length of tim blackened portion. Gonapophyses
terminating in two small, closely parallel, slender, blackened
rods that subtend the eedeagus and are approximately equalin length to it.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, c~ Nihotapu, Auckland, February 23, 1923(`4. Tonnoir) ; collector's number 134 h.
Paralopotypes, 2 ~ c~ ; collector's number 134 d.

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Amphineur,s (_5%thormosia) cacoxenus, sp. n.
Male.--Length al)out 3"8 mm. ; wing 5 mm.
Closely allied to A. (N.)horni, Edwards, from which it
differs in ~he structure of the male hypopygium.
Male hypol)ygium with the ninth ter;~ite almost as in
horui, heavily ehitinized, with two powerful straight hort~sthat diverge at nearly a right an~le from a short, common
ba~e; margin of tergite at fork slightly wrinkled. OuterdNtistyle small, cylindrical, very strongly curved, the apex
obtuse, the very small lateral spine (thumh) diverging
strongly and placed far betore the apex. Inner dististvle
short, the base feebly squamulose. Gonapophyses subtendi'ng
the aedeagus and exteadiug far beyond il;, appearing as fiattened blades, the tips narrowed and blackened; the narrowed portion of each blade is directed caudad and thence
mesad (m slides), so the tips are contigu(ms or nearly so.
In prepared ~hdes the space between the apoph2ses is
extensive.
Hab. New Zealand (S')uth Island).
[Iolo@pe, d, Waiho, Westland~ January 16, 1922 ( g . Tonnuir) ; collector's number 132.

AmiJhineurus ( Nothovmosia) palruelis, sp. n.
Male.--Leugth 3'4~-3"6 ram. : wing 46-5"2 ram.
Female.--Length about 3-3"2 mm. ; wing 4"5 ram.
Cio~ely allied to A. (N.) horni, Edwards, differing chiefly
in the structure of the male hypopygium.
Ninth tergite with the lateral horus long and slender,
gently curved, a , d widely divergent. Gonapopilyses appearing
as very broad, flattened plates, each terminating in a long,straight, apical spine that is directed strongly cephalad;on slides, viewed dorso-ventrally, the space between theapophyses is reduced to a small linear or rectangular slit.
The species is readily told by these very broad, flattened
gonapophvses.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holot.qpe, c~, Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, October 10,
19~1 (T. R. Harris).
A/Iotopolype, 9, November 14, 1922 (T. R. Harris).
Paratopot.qpes, 3 ~ ~ , October 10, 1921 ; 5 d' d~ November 14, 1922 ; 3 d 9 ~ October 15, 1921 ; 3 d' (3', December4,
1922 (7" R. Harris).

Amphineurus ( Nesormosia) ochroptaca, sp. n.
GenerM coloration of mesonotum fulvous-brown; pleuranew or Iitt:e-k~mtr~ Tipulida~.

79l~al,t brown with a narrow, dark brown, dorsc-longitudiualstilt,e; femora dull oehreous-yellow ~ith a relatively narrowb~'o~ n ring before mid-length; wings extel~sively pale yellow,~ith r,:stricted brown markings ; abdominal ~e~mel,t~unifor,lJly dark browll.
Female.--Length about 5"3 ram. ; wing 6"5 mm.
H,ostl'um and pal pi black. Ante~nm with the scape black~the flagelhlm brown; flagellar .,egments oval-cylindrlt'al~~ith moderately long vertieils. Head brown.
Pronotum reddish brown with cotJsp,'uous erect t~wny
selm. Mesonolal pr~escutum light fulvous-brown, the lateralm~rgins of tile sclerltes darker, the disk of the pr~escutum
without ma~'kings ; extreme lateral margins of tile self:rite
narrowly whitish; scutum greyish brown; scutellHm lightbrown; postnotum dark brown, still darker anteriorly.
1)leura light brown with a narrow dark browll longitudinal
stripe extending from the cervical sclerites across the dorsal
ptcurites to the postnotum; dorso-p]eu,al membr~tne pale.
Halteles pale, the stem with dark hair, the knoi)s conspicllou.~ly light yellow. Legs with the coxm and trochanterspale ochreous; femora dull oehreous-flflvous with a relatively
narrow brown rit~g before mid-length; tibiee pale yellowish
brown, the tarsi passing into dark brown. Wings extensively pale yellow, the ce~tre of the disk a little paler ; brown
clouds distributed as ibllows :--On basal third of cell C;
stignml region; before and beyond the cord it~ the posterior
radial and anl~erior medial cells; wing-apex broadly pale
brown; the yellow ground colour extends to the wi~gmargin as a broad seam to vein R~+.~; similar pale brown
clouds in the anal cells, the centres of the cells remai~ing of
the ground-colour; veins yellowish brown, paler iu theyellow areas ; macrotrichim largely dark. Venation : as inA. (~¢.) subfatuus, Alexander ; cell Ms deeper; vein 2nd A
shorter.
Abdominal segments uniformly dark brown; genital segme~t dull ochreous. Ovipositor with the valves long,si,-nder, gently upcurved, chestnut-brown.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ~ , Reet'ton, Nelson, January 13, 1922 (A. Tonnoir) ; collector's number 175.
Amphineurus ( Arnphineurus) pulchripes~ sp. n .
Size large (wing, ~ , 9 ram.); tit)ia~ yellow, [,oth ends dark
bro~n; wings densely clothed with tawny trichi~; male
bypopygium with the linnet' dististyle bearing a lo~g curved

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spine near mid-length ; basal dististyle sinuous, the outerhalf serrate.
M a l e . - - L e n g t h about 6 mm. ; wing 9 ram.
Rostrum and palpi clark brown. Antennae light brown,
the incisures between the basal segments paler; flagellum
broken near mid-length, the organ relatively elongate, provided with conspicuous erect vertieils. Head dark, deusely
covered with appressed flattened tawny hairs.
Mesonotum dark brown, the interspaees with conspicuous
tawny-yellow hairs, the humeral region of the przeseutum atrifle paler ; hairs on posterior sclerites of mesonotum paler
and more slender ; seutellum with long black setae. Pleura
brown, x~ith conspicuous long whitish setm ; dorsal margin of
the postnotal pleurotergite with a group of erect black setze.
Halteres pale, densely clothed with yellow setae, light yellow
on the knobs. Legs with the coxae pale brown, the posteriorcoxa~ more testaceous ; femora rusty-brown on basal threefourths, tile dorsal edge vaguely darkened; a conspicuous
brown rin~- at tips; on the fore legs, the femora appear darkbrown with a narrow and indistinct pale ring befbre andanother beyond mid-length; tibiae with the base and apex
dark browk~, the latter nmre broadly so, the intermediate
portion, which is about equal in extent to both terminal portions combined, light yellow ; tarsi dark brown, the proximal
one-third to one-haft (fore legs) of basitarsi obscure yellow.
Wings ample, densely clothed with long, pale brown setae toalmost conceal the ground-cotour, the costal fringe to wingapex conspicuously light cinnamon-brown; some of thepatches of trichi~e on disk are dark brownish black, especially those in the stigma1 region, along the cord and outerend of cell 1st Jl~, and in the outer half of cell R~. Venation:
cell 1st Mo moderately large.
Abdomen dark brown above, with dark setae, the pleuralregion with dense golden-yellow set,e, those on sternitcs
more whitish ; abdo~et~ towards apex with dense patches ofsmall flattened scales; hypopygiu~n more yellowish brown.
~Iale hypopyginm with the basistyles running out into longttesby lobes, the outer third much narrowed and abruptly
paler. Outer dististyle short, stout, gently curved, toothlike; inner dististyle a long, curved, black rod, the apex
feebly dilated and microscopically serrulate, near mid-hngthof the style with a long, acute, gently curved spine. Basal
dististyle a long, sinuous, chitinized rod, the basal halfstouter, from mid-length outward with the margin crew-ted
and conspicuously spinous, each spine with a long seta in its
axil~ near mid-length of the style the crest is higher andMr. J. R. Malloeh on Exotic Musearid~e.

8lseven or eight of the spines at this point are larger and more
conspicuous. Gonapophyses nearly straight, the basal twothirds a powerful, yellowish, cylindrical structure that
expands at the tip, abruptly narrowed into a long blackspine, the surface of which appears longitudinally ribbed.
2Edeagus relatively small, the cruciform arms small aI~dslightly recurved.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Hololype, (~, Mt. Arthur Tableland, ~elson, altitude4000 feet, December 24, 1921 (.4. Tonnoir); collector's
number 187.

V I l . - - E x o t i c Muscarld~e ( D i p t e r a ) . - - X V I . ~ By J. It.
MALLOCH, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, D.C.
Division ACA LY I'T I~ATA.
I had not intended to deal with any families in this
Division, but some material having been sent to me alongwith calyptrates I consider it best to offer a few notes onthese. This may be the more pertinent because the mostrecent revisions of the families mentioned [nay not be available to workers in Britain, appearing as they have in tim
United States and Germany since the war.
Family $apromyzids~.
Genus XENOCr~TINA, Malloch.
This genus contains several New World forms that are
distinguished from other genera in the family by the presenceof one or two short black bristles on the upper side of thestem of second vein beibre its furcation with third.
In the material just received from Dr. Guy A. K. Marshallthere are two species of tile genus, both of which appear to
be undescribed.

Xenoch~etina setitib~a~ sp. n.
Male and Female.--Shining brownish black; antennae,
face below on sides and middle, and humeral angles ofthorax yellowish brown; legs pitchy, mid and hind tarsi* For Part XV., see Ann. & Mug. Nat. Ilist. (9) xv., January 1925,
pp. 131-142.
Ann. d~ Mug. N. Hist. Set. 9. Vol. xvi.
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