/J& t-ja,/JJr,[Reprinted from Insecutor Inscitie MenEtruug.Vol. IX, Nos. 10-12, 1921]

TWO UNDESCRTBED TIPULOIDEAN F'LIES F'ROMNE\^/ ZEALAND(Diptera,Tangderid,eand Rhyphide)
Bv CHARLESP. ALEXANDER
Family TANYDERIDEIn 1920 the writer erectedthe subfamily Bruchomyiina forthe new genus and species,Bruchomyia argentino, from theSierra of Argentina. Later, Edwards 1 described a newspeciesof the group from amber. In the same paper Edwards indicated that the insufficiently known genus Narnopalpus Macquart (Paloeosycorcr Meunier) was a member ot
this subfzrmily,which includes,besidesthe genotype,N. flovus
Macquart (Canary Islands), the fossil speciesN. tertiatr:te(Meunier) and N. molophilinus (Edwards). Mr. Edwards
believed that the group was more properly referable to thefamily Psychodida and proposed the subfamily Nemopalpina
to receive the speciesof. Nemopalpus and Bruchomyi,a. The
writer can seeno just reason for rejecting the subfamily name
Bruchomyiine, based on the gents Bruchomyia, in favor of
the earlier described Nernopalpus. The name Bruchomyiina
was the first higher group to be proposed for these flies andif any rules of priority apply to groups of animals higher than
the genus, this name should be retained. It is on this same
basis that the family Tanyderidr is used, the genus
Tanyd.erus being the third to be proposed. If the earlier
names are used the familv will becomethe Macrochilide orrQdwards,tocera),

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note on the subfamily Bruchomyiine
Elist., ser. 9, vol. ?, p. 4ii7, 1921.

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the Protoplasida, depending on whether or not the nameMacrochile is preoccupied. There has been considerable argu-,
ment during the past year as to the basis for family and subfamily names in entomology and several workers have maintained that the law of priority should refer to,higher gfoups,that is, the first family names proposed should be preserved.
In this connection a note by Dr. Aurivillius should beconsulted.2
As to whether or not the subfamily Bruchomyiina is to bereferred to the Psychodida as is believed by Edwards, Tonnoir
and other authorities on the Nematocerous Diptera, to theTanyderidae as is now believed by the writer, or to represent a
distinct family of flies ancestral to both the Psychodide andTanyderida, is a question that future studies must settle.
Until more evidence is submitted, the writer is inclined to foliow his first assignment of Bruchomyia to the family Tanyderida.
Among some very interesting microscope slides of Diptera
sent the writer by Dr. J. W. Campbell, there was included aslide of the wing of an undescribedmember of this palaeogenic
group. Although only the wing is available, it is thought best
to call attention to this fly at this time.
Nemopalpus zelandiae, new species
Sex ?.-Wing 5.8 mm.
Wings with a slight brownish suffusion, the bases of cells
R and M much paler; a crossband before the cord and cells
M" and M* are slightly darker than the cells in the apical halfof the wing; veins brown. Venation: ,Sc ending opposite
r-rn; both Sc, and Sc, present and subequal in length; Rs
originating far basad; cell R, about as long as its petiole; M
incrassated before its fork; petiole of cell M. short, about
twice m-cu, the latter faintly indicated, situated at the forkol MB and Mn; Cu and rsf I distinct. Several veins of thewing are enlarged and all are provided with abundant setigerous punctures.
lliilrittir.,doptera),footnote.

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Dcscriptions of some South African
F{eterocera (IiepiSouth African Museum, vol. 18, part 2,.art. 4, p.2A7,
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Ifabitot.-New
Zealand ( South Island).
Holotype, a wing in balsam, Little River, Canterbury, January 72, 1921 (Gourley).
This wing is preserved in the writer's collection through thekindness of Dr. Campbell and Mr. Gourley. The location of
the remainder of the type-specimenis not known to me at thistime but may possibly be in the collection of Dr. Tillyard at
the C.awthron Institute.
The details of the wing venation lead me to refer this fly
to Nemopalpzs rather than to Bruchomyia. Compared withN. molophi.linws,the present speciesis notable by its large size,
the long Sc, Sc, ending opposite'r-m, and the sessile cell M'
the rqn crossvein connecting with Mr*, exactly at the fork.
More material may demonstrate that the generic reference isincorrect.
Family RHYPHID,4
Trichocera maori, new species.
Size small (wing of male under 4 mm.); general coloration
brown, the mesonotal praescutum ochraceous with a brown
median line; head gray; legs dark brown; male hypopygiumwith the gonapophyses densely set with small chitinizedspines; penis-guard with the tips appearing as divergent horns.
Male.-I.ength 3.p mm.; wing 3.6 mm.
Female.-Length 3.6 mm.; wing 4.1 mm.
Rostrum and palpi brown. Antenna with the scapal segments obscure yellow; flagellum dark brown. Head gray.
Pronoturn dark brown. Mesonotal praescutum ochraceouswith a conspicuous dark brown median stripe; lateral stripes
feebly indicated; remainder of mesonotum pale brown. Pleura
darker brown. Halteres pale, the knobs dark brown. Legs
dark brown. Wings pale grayish subhyaline, unmarked except
for a pale brown oval spot at the end of vein Rr; veins darkbrown. Venation: Sc, ending opposite r; Sc, beyond theorigin of Rs, the distance about one-half longer than Rr*r;
Rr*" 4little shorter than the basal section of R"; rn-cu verylong, only a little shorter than r.

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Abdomen brown.
Male hypopyglum with the pleurites
short, the single pleural appendageelongate,the proximal faceprovided with abundant short seta. Gonapophyses appearing
as conspicuous cushion-shaped structures densely set withsmall, slightly curved spines, the whole structure suggestinga mace. . Penis-guard projecting caudad of the level of theapophyses, each side terminating in a long, laterally directed,
divergent horn. In T. anti.pod,um Mik, the only described'Tri,chocera,antipodal
the gonapophyses are armed only withfour conspicuous spines and the penis-guard is short, broadbased, t4periqlg to a .slender median point. Ovipositor moreelongate than in T. antipod,um.
/Habitat.-New
Zealand (South Island) .
Holotype, male, Riccarton Bush, 1921 (Gourley) ; in alcohol.
Allotype, female, Otira, altitude 1,260 feet, January 10, 19P0
(J . W . Cam pbe l l ).
Paratofotypes, 3 males, in alcohol.
Type in.the writer's collection.