THEAN NALS
AND

MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY.
[NINTH SERIES.]
No. 50. F E B R U A R Y 1922.

X[. - - ~ew or little-known Tipulidm (Diptera). A VIII.
Australasian Species. By CHARLESP. ALEXANDER, Ph.D.,
F.E.S., Urbana~ Illinois, U.S.A.
T~E material upon which the present paper is based islargely from New Zealand~ and is supplementary to therecent monographic treatment of the New Zealand Tipuloidea by Mr. Edwards. The extensive collections used in
the preparation of the present instalment and others in press
were received from several collectors, to whom my deepest
thanks are due. These gentlemen are as follows: Dr.
Tillyard and Mr. Philpott of the Cawthron Institute;
Mr. David Miller; Dr. Campbell, who sent extensive lotsof material collected by Gourlay, Harris, and himself;
highly interesting collections from the alpine zones ofcertain mountains in the North Island, sent by Mr. Watt.
In addition to the New Zealand crane-flies, a few Australian species are included, based on some interestingcollections kindly sent to me for study by Mr. Edwards.
Unless stated to the contrary~ the holotypes are preservedin the writer's collection.
MoloThilus philpotti, sp. n.

General coloration light yellow, including the wings;
abdominal tergites bicolorous, the basal portion of each segment infuscated.
Ann. & Mug. 2~. Hist. Ser. 9. Vo[. ix.
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Rostrum and palpi obscure yellow. Basal segments ofantennm yellow ; flagellum broken. Head light yellow.
Mesonotum shiny pale reddish yellow~ the pronotum andlateral margins of the prmscutum more nearly whitish.
I)icura yellow. Halteres yellow. Legs yellow, the terminal
tarsal segments dark brown. Wings with a strong yellowish
tinge ; veins yellow, the macrotrichim pale brown. Venation: base of vein R~+8 atrophied or very indistinet~ unprovided with macrotrichim ; anal veins convergent.
Abdominal tergites bicolorous, the basal two-thirds ofeach segment brown, the caudal third yellow ; sternites
uniformly yellow.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ~ , Nelson, December 9, 1920 (.4. ]Philpott).
Igaratype, ? , Dun Mt., Nelson, altitude 2000 ft., December 14,, 1920 (A. Philpott).
Type in the collection of the Cawthron Institute.
Molophilus philpotti is dedicated to the collector, Mr. A.
Phi]pott, to whom t am indebted for many kindncsses in
the past. This species and the next bear a resemblance
to the Nearctic M. pubipennis (Osten-Sacken).

Molophilus parvulus, sp. n.
Size small (wing, ~, under 4, ram.) ; general coloration
pale yellowish brown ; wings yellowish grey ; anal veinsdivergent.
_Female.--Length 3"8-4, ram. ; wing 3"8 mm.
Described from alcoholic specimens.
Rostrum and palpi light brown. Antenn~ with theenlarged scapal segments yellowish ; flagellum pale brown,
Head yellowish brown.
Thorax, including the pleura~ pale yellowish brown without markings. Halteres large, pale yellow. Legs yellow,
the tips of the femora and tibim scarcely darkened ; terminal
tarsal segments infuscated. Wings with a yellowish-greytinge; veins pale. Venation: origin of R2+a distinct,
longer than r ; deflection of R~ and r-m suhequat ; basal
deflection of Cul (m-cu of Tillyard)arcuated, nearly threetimes as long as the basal deflection of Ms; anal veinsdivergent.
Abdomen pale yellowish brown.
Hab. New Zealand (1North I6land).
Hololype, ?, Ohakun% altitude 2018 feet, November 10,
1920 (7'. R. Harris) ; in alcohol.
Paratopotypes, 6 alcoholic ? ~.

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Molophilus cruciferus, sp. n.
General coloration light yellow; a blackish longitudinal
stripe on the thoracic and abdominal pleura; wings lightyellow with a cruciform brown mark that extends the lengthof the organ, the cross-arm lying along the cord.
Female.--Lcngth about 4 ram. ; wing 4"2 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with the basal
segments dark brown; flagellar megments a little paler.
Head obscure brownish yellow, the anterior part of thevertex darkened; a patch of erect, black, flattened hairs on
the posterior part of the vertex.
Mesonotum shiny yellow, the praescutum with a pale
brown median line that crosses the suture on to the scutum
and scutellum. Pleura largely destroyed by the large pin,yellow, apparently with a blackish longitudinal stripe. Halteres yellow. Legs with the coxae and trochanters yellow;
femora yellow; all but the bases of the fore femora darkbrown and provided with conspicuous long blackish hairs;
tibiae yellow, the fore tibiae obscure yellow with the bases andtips conspicuously dark brown ; tarsi dark brown. Wings
light yellow with a very conspicuous cruciform infuscation,
tile long arm of which extends from the wing-root in the analand cubital cells along veins Cu and M to the wing-apex;
at the level of the cord a narrower dark mark extends fromr, crossing the longitudinal arm and following along vein
Cue almost to the posterior margin; the membrane in theinfuscated areas is slightly darkened, but tile chief cause of
the dusky appearance is the dark brown macrotrichiae andthe dark veins; veins and maerotrichiae elsewhere on thewing light yellow. Venation : vein 2nd A very long, bent
toward 1st A, but diverging slightly at the tip.
Abdomen obscure yellow with golden-yellow hairs ; aseries of linear dark brown marks along the pleural region,
this being a continuation caudad of the thoracic pleuralstripe, the line being narrowly interrupted at the base ofeach abdominal segment.
Hub. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ?, Te Wairoa, Hot Springs Region, November 15,
1919 (D. Miller).
Type in the collection of David Nfiller.
Molophilus cruciferus is an easily recognized fly that isallied to M. pulcherrimus, Edwards, but very distinct.

Trimicra confluens, sp. n.
General coloration yellow; mesonotal praescutum with
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confluent brown stripes ; wings with a faint greyish-browntingo~ unmarked except for tile pale brown stigma; celllsl i113 confluent with cell M3.
Male.--Length 7-7"4 ram. ; wing 7-9"2 ram.
I'emale.--Length 5"5 mm. ; wing 6"5 mm.
Rostrum obscure yellow; palpi dark brown. Antennae
brownish black. Head grey.
Pronotum yellowish, dark brown medially. Mesonotal
preescutum yellow, the disk practically covered by three confluent dark brown stripes ; tuberculate pits large, separated
by a distance a little less than the diameter of one ; seutumwith the lobes brown, yellowish posteriorly ; scutellum obscure yellow ; postnotum dark brown on the posterior twothirds, obscure yellow on the basal third. Pleura yellow, indistinctly marked with darker. Halteres brown, the base of
the stem and tips of tile knobs yellow. Legs with the coxae
and trochanters obscure yellow; remainder of the legs obscure yellow, the terminal tarsal segments infuseated; legswith conspicuous erect setae. Wings with faint greyishbrown tinge ; stigma pale brown ; veins brown. Venation :SCl ending opposite the end of r, Sc2 only a little distancebeyond the origin of Rs ; Rs slraight ; r on R2 about onehalf or less its length beyond the fork ; cell 1st M 2 open by
the atrophy of the outer deflection of M~, so cells 1st M~ and11i3 are confluent ; basal deflection of Cux at the fork of M ;vein 2nd A straight, a little sinuous at the outer end.
Abdomen dark brown; genital segment paler, especiallyin the female. Male hypopygium large and powerful,especially the pleurites; outer pleural appendage terminating in a powerful black spine; inner pleural appendage
with the apex obtuse, slightly dilated ; gonapophyses appearlug as long, slender, gently curved horns,
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ~ , Christchurch, October 10, 1917 (J. W.
Campbell) ; mounted in balsam.
Allotype, ?, Blackball, West Coast, March 1920 (J. W.
Campbell).
Paratopotype, c~ ; mounted in balsam.
The beautiful slides of this species and other Tipulidse in
my collection were prepared by Dr. Campbell, to whom I am
greatly indebted for many favours.

Trimicra inconstan#, sp. n.
General coloration yellow with brown markings; pr~seutum with brownish-grey stripes, the interspaees and anew or little-Tcnown Tipullcl~e.

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cspillary median line dark brown; wings snbhyatine, conspicuously spotted with brown ; cell 1st M: closed or open,
the venation in this region inconstant.
Male.--Length 7-7"5 ram. ; wing 8"8-10 mm.
Female.--Length about 5 mm. ; wing about 6 mm.
Rostrum obscure yellow; palpi dark brown. Antennm
brownish black. Head grey.
Mesonotal pr~escutum buffy yellow with three brownishgrey stripes, the interspaccs and a capillary median line darkbrown ; scutal lobes brown; scutellum yellow, tim basedarker; postnotum grey. Pleura greyish with a shortyellowish longitudinal stripe ending immediately before thehalteres ; dorso-pleural area obscure yellow. Halteres pale,the knobs slightly darker. Legs With the coxm and trochanters obscure yellow ; remainder of the legs obscureyellow, the terminal tarsal segments infuscated. Wings
subhyaline, conspicuously spotted with brown as follows : Origin of Rs; at Ses; along the cord and outer end of cell
1st Ms; small but distinct clouds at the ends of ttm longitudinal veins; veins dark brown. Venation: Scl ending
opposite the fork of R2+3, Sc2 a short distance beyond theorigin of Rs; r on / ~ a short distance beyond its origin;cell 1st M2 closed or open ; when closed, m is short, transverse, the outer deflection of M~ in one wing of the paratype
elongated and rectangularly bent near mid-length; in theholotype, the right wing has cell 1st M e confluent with cell
2nd .Ms by ~he atrophy of m, the left wing has both m andthe deflection of Ma atrophied so that the distal section of
M s lies free in the membrane as in certain Blepharoeeridae :these unstable conditions indicate an inconstant venation
for the species ; basal deflection of Cul oblique, some distance before the fork of M.
Abdomen dark brown, the lateral margins of the segments
broadly, the caudal margins more narrowly, yellowish;
hypopygium brownish yellow. Male hypopygium somewhat
as in T. confluens, but the gonapophyses are shorter andmore strongly curved.
Hub. New Zealand (South Island).
Hololype, c~, Spreydon, Canterbury, December 1920
(J. 147. Campbell).
Allotype, alcoholic ? , Ricearton Bush, Christchurch,
Canterbury, 1921 (E. S. Gourlay).
Paratype, (~, Old Man Rang% Central Otago, January
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Gnophomyiaflavopygialis, sp. n.
Size small (wing under 8 ram.) ; general coloration reddish brown, the pr~escutum and scutum marked with darker
tulown i femora and tibia) yellow, tipped with dark brown;
wings faintly yellowish, stigma small~ dark brown ; mostly
lying distad of r ; hypopygium yellowish; pleural appendages tapering to a single apical spine.
Male.--Length 4"5-5"5 mm. ; wing 6"3-7"8 ram.
Female.--Length 5"5-5"8 ram. ; wing 5"9-7 ram.
Rostrum reddish; palpi dark brown. Antennae darkbrown, the basal segments a little more reddish ; flagellar
segments oval-cylindrical. Head grey.
Mesonotum light reddish brown. The pr~escutum withthree darker brown stripes ; median stripe broad, becoming
obliterated before the suture, very indistinctly split by acapillary darker line ; lateral stripes lcss distinct, better delimited internally ; scutal lobes dark brown ; seutellmn darkbrown; postnotum reddish anteriorly, passing into brownbehind.
Pleura reddish brown; an interrupted dorsal
brown longitudinal stripe extending to the halteres ; mesosternum dark medially and as a narrow line cephalad of themesocoxa. Halteres yellow. Legs with the coxm and trochanters reddish brown; femora and tibiae obscure yellow,
the tips narrowly dark brown ; tarsi dark brown. Wings
with a faint yellow tinge, the costal cell faintly infuscated,
especially basally; stigma small, dark brown, almost all
lying distad of r ; veins dark brown. Venation : Sc: at theextreme tip of Scl~ so Sc2 alone is about equal to r-m ; r justbefore the fork of M.
Abdomen dark brown ; hypopyglum reddish yellow, thiscoloration including the pleurites and appendages. Male
hypopygium with the pleurites stout, tapering to the apex;
the single pleural appendage is situated at the apex of thepleurite, slender, tapering to the single acute apical spine;
before the tip on the cephalic face with a small weakly setigerous lobule; no brush of set~e at base of caudal-lateralangle of appendage.
The paratypes are smaller than the type with Scl a little
longer and the stigmal spot fainter, but the coloration andstructure of the male hypopygium is quite the same.
tiab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, (~, Blackball, West Coast, March 1920 (J. IV.

Campbell).
Atlotype, ?, Nelson, January 1, 1920 (,4. Philpotl).

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Paratopotype, 1 ~; paratypes, 2 (~ ~ , Nelson ; 2 d' d',] ? , Takaka, Nelson, February 6, 19:~)0 (R. J. Tillga~'d).
The allotype and certain paratypes iu the collection of theCawthron lT~stitute.
G..flavop!/.qiali~ is allied to G. neozelandica, Edwards.
[u his sple~did revision of the Tipuloidea of New Zcaland,
Mr. :Edwards has proposed a new subgeneric term for thislatter species. Since this was written, the remarkableaquatic larvm and pupm of the flies of this genus have been
discovered by Dr. Campbell and Dr. Tillyard, and there canbe no doubt but that Edwa~ds's group deserves full genericranking.
Atarba (Atarba) filicornis, sp. n.
Antennm of male only a little shorter than the entireb o d y ; celt 1st M: small; male hypopygium with an erect
chitinized spike near the base of each plem'al appendage,
the latter bifid with one arm appearing as a slenderchitinized spine.
Male.--Letlgth 6 mm. ; wing 6"3 mm. ; antenna 5"4 ram.
tZemale.--Lcngth 6"2 ram. ; wing 6'5 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennm of tile malevery long~ only a little shorter than the body, dark brown ;basal segments a little more testaceous; flagellar segments
elongate-cylindrical, provided with abundant erect hairs.
I n the female the flagellar segments are distinctly bicolorous, the basal half of each flagellar segment brown,
the distal half distinctly pale. Head reddish brown, thevertex with a golden-yellow pollen.
Mesonotum shiny obscure yellow without darker markings. Pleura yellow, the dorsal pleurites a little darkened.
Halteres brown, the knobs dark brown. Legs obscureyellow, only the terminal tarsal segments dark brown;
tibial spurs present. Wings with a strong yellowish-grey
suffusion, highly iridescent ; cells C and Sc more yellowish ;stigma pale yellowish brown ; veins brown. Venation : Sc
short, Scl ending about opposite one-fourth the length ofRs, Se2 immediately before the origin of Rs ; Rs comparatively short and rather strongly arcuated at origin; veins
R2+3 and R4+s parallel for almost their entire length; cell
1st M2 ~mall, nearly square ; basal deflection of Cuz at thefork of M.
Abdomen obscure yellowish brown ; in the male a brownish-blaek subterminal ring; hypopygium obscure yellow.

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Male hypopygium with the blackened pleural appendage
with a conspicuous black spike at base~ the tip with small
black spinul~e ; each pleural appendage terminates in an elongate, slender, gently curved spine, immediately below which
is a pale cylindrical lobe terminating in a sets; this seems
to be a single complex appendage rather than two approximated appendages, but this cannot be definitely affirmed
without treating the hypopygium.
Hob. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, c~, Dun Mr., Nelson, altitude 2500 ft., January
27, 1921 (A. Philpott).
AlloIopolype, ?, altitude 3000 ft., January 24, 1921.
Type in the collection of the Cawthron Institute.

Limnophila watti, sp. n.
General coloration dark brown, the pleura grey pruinose ;
halteres yellow; legs yellow, the terminal tarsal segments
brownish black ; wings greyish yellow, the base and costal
region clearer yellow ; r far from tip of R1; cell Ma present,
a little shorter than its petiole.
Female.--Length about 6"5 ram. ; wing 7 ram.
Rostrum, palpi, and antennae brown. Head with a greyishyellow pollen.
Pronotum dark brown with a greyish-yellow pollen.
Mesonotal prmscutum shiny dark brown, the interspaces andlateral margins more pollinose; humeral region obscurebrownish yellow ; pseudosutural fovem conspicuous, black ;tuberculate pits elongate, lying a little before the level ofthe pseudosutural fovem ; remainder of mesonotum heavily
pruinose, the scutellum more testaceous. Pleura dark witha delicate grey oppressed pubescence, the dorsal sclerites
more infuscuted. Halteres yellow. Legs with the coxm
brown~ covered with microscopic hairs; trochanters brown ;femora and tibim obscure yellow, the tibial tips narrowly
darkened; metatarsi brownish yellow, the tips narrowly
darkened; terminal tarsal segments brownish black. Wings
with a greyish-yellow tinge, clearer yellow at the base ofwing and in cells C, Sc, and behind vein Cu; stigma pale
brown; veins brown. Venation: Scl ending opposite theend of Rs, Sc~ slightly removed from the tip of Scl, thelatter alone a little longer than R~+~ ; Rs long, arcuated atorigin; R~+z shorter than the deflection of R~+~; R~strongly arcuated at origin ; r faint, far from the tip of R1,
near mid-distance between fork of R~+~ and tip of R1 ; inner

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ends of cells R3, R~, and Ist M~ about in alignment; cell
1st M2 small, pentagonal; cell M1 only a little shorter thanits petiole; basal deflection of Cul rather close to the forkof M, at about one-sixth the length of cell 1st M~,.
Abdomen dark brown. Ovipositor dark horn-colour,
elongate-acicular.
J[tab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ?, Mr. Ruapehu, alpine zone, altitude 40005000 ft., January 1921 (M. N. Watt).
" Collected in thick bush."
Limnophila watti is named in honour of the collector,
Mr: Morris N. Watt, to whom the writer is indebted formany fine crane-flies from the alpine zones of Mrs. ]ggmont
and I~uapehu.

Zimnophila ruapehuensls, sp. n.
General coloration yellow; mesonotal prmscutum withindistinct darker stripes ; head yellow; legs yellow, only theterminal tarsal segments darkened; wings light yellow,
r very indistinct, far from the tip of R1 ; cell M1 small, only
about one-half the length of its petiole.
Female.--Length 6 ram. ; wing 6"2-6"3 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae dark brown,
the basal segment paler. Head with a brownish-yellow
pollen.
Mesonotum with a brownish-yellow pollen, the przescutumwith three very faint darker stripes, the humeral region
yellowish ; tuberculate pits as in L. watti, elongate, situated
far caudad and lying close together. Pleura yellow, thedorsal pleurites marked with brown. Halteres yellow.
Legs with the cox~e and trochanters yellow; remainder ofthe legs yellow, the terminal tarsal segments infuscated.
Wings light yellow ; veins brownish yellow. Venation:
Scl about twice the length of Sc~; R2+s shorter than thedeflection of R4+5 ; r very indistinct, far removed from thetip of R1; cell M1 small, about one-half the length of its
petiole ; basal deflection of Cul at about one-fifth the lengthof cell 1st M2.
Abdominal segments distinctly annulated, the basal twofifths or less of each segment dark brown, the distal threefifths or more yellowish. Ovipositor elongate, yellowish
horn-colour.
Hub. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ?, Mr. Ruapehu, alpine zon% altitude 40005000 ft., January 1921 (31. 2(. Watt).

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Paratopotypes, 3 ? ?.
"Collected in thick bush."
Limnophila ruapehuensis and L. walli appear to bc related
to the Nearctic L. brevifurca, Osten-Sacken.
Gynoplistia dimidiata, sp. n.
General coloration shiny coal-black ; antenna~ with fifteen
segments; flagcllar segments 1 to 9 with long flabellations, tile longest about one-half as long as the flagellum ;fore tibia black throughout; posterior tibia with an obscurewhitish ring ; wings indistinctly dimidiate, the cells beyond
the cord conspicuously darker than cells R and M ; base ofcell R clear ; r present.
Male.--Length 5"2 mm. ; wing 5"8 ram.
Rostrum and palpi black. Autennm black throughout;]3 flagellar segments, segments 1 to 9 with long flabellations, the longest (on segments 3 and 4) approximately
one-hal~ tlle length of the entire flagellum; terminal four
segments simple. Head shiny coal-black.
Pronotum and mesonotum shiny coal-black. Pleura coalblack without pruinosity. Halteres pale, the knobs darkbrown. Legs with the cox~e brown, paler apically ; trochanters obscure yellow; fore femora obscure yellow on basal
three-fifths, the dilated ape~ black, fore tibia and tarsi black ;hind legs similar, but the posterior rib.ira with an obscurewhitish wing near mid-length that is about as wide as thedark apex beyond it ; pubescence of legs not conspicuous ;middle legs lacking. Wings with the area basad of the cordgreyish subhyaline~ beyond the cord conspicuously infuscatedto give the wing a dimidiate appearance; cell Sc darker
than cell C; stigmal area large, brown, continued caudad asa seam along the cord ; a narrow brown seam at originof Rs ; a faint brown clouding near the bases of cells M andCu and including the outer ends of cells Ca, ]st A, and
2nd A ; base of cell R entirely clear ; veins dark brownish
black. Venation : Sc short, ending just beyond mid-lengthof the short, strongly arcuated sector ; Sc2 at the tip of Sc~ ;R,+3 very short, about eqtial to r ; r faint but evident, near
mid-distance between the fork of /?~+3 and tlie tip of R 1 ;deflection of R,+~ elongate, without macrotrichi~e; cell M~
about one-half longer than its petiole; basal deflection ofCu~ near one-third the length of cell lsl M~.
Abdomen shiny coal-black, the pleural appendages of the
hypopygium obscure yellow.

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Holotype, c~, Dun ?cir., Nelson, altitude 2000ft., January 20, 1921 (A. Philpott).
Type in the collection of the Cawthron Institute.

Gynop[istia campbeIli, sp. n.
General coloration shiny black with conspicuous metallicblue reflexions; antennm with fifteen segments; flagellar
segments one to eight with long flabellations ; terminal fivesegments simple; wings subhyaline with an extensive but
indistinct cross-banded pale brown pattern, in addition tolarger and darker marks at the origin of Rs and the stigma ;cell M1 lacking.
Male.--Length 6"7 mm. ; wing 6'4 mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennm black, 15-segmented; flagellar segments 1 to 8 with long flabellations ;terminal five segments simple; longest flabellations about
two-fifths the length of the flagellum. Head shiny black,with faint bluish reflexions.
Mesonotum shiny black with faint bluish reflexio~s.
Pleura concolorous with the mesonotum with a narrow lineof appressed grey pubescence extending from the fore coxa
almost to the wing-root. Halteres broken. Legs with thecoxm shiny black; trochanters dark brown; remainder ofthe legs black, the femoral bases broadly paler. Wings
subhyaline with an extensive pale brown pattern; a large
darker brown area at the origin of Rs~ not reaching vein M ;stigmal area large, dark brown, continued caudad along thecord to cell 1st M~; tha wing-tip, a band in the eubital celt
opposite the level of the cord, a band in cells M, Cu, and
1st A opposite to the origin of Rs, and cell 2rid A, withthe exception of the base, paler brown ; veins dark brown.
Venation : Se2 ending just before the end of Rs, Sel indistinct ; Rs long, angulated at origin ; R~+3 short, about equal
to r ; r beyond mld-length of the distance between origin ofR~ and the tip of Ra; cell M1 lacking; basal deflectioa
of Cua at one-fourth the length of cell 1st M2.
Abdomen black with conspicuous metallic-blue reflexions;hypopygium small, obscure chestnut-brown.
Hab. New Zealand.
Holotype, c~, exact locality unknown, but probably Blackball, South Island (d. W. Campbell).
Gyrnnoplistia campbelli is dedicated to my friend, Dr. J. W.
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New Zealand Tipulid~e, as well as valuable notes andobservations. It is the only New Zealand species with cell
21//1lacking, a character possessed only by G.jucunda, OstenSacken, and G. octofasciata, Brunetti (Celcbes), among thedescribed species of the genus.

Gynoplistia fulviventris, sp. n.
Related to G. bimaculata, Skuse; size smaller (wing, ~ ,7"2 ram.); mesonotum heavily pollinose ; halteres orange
throughout; wings uniformly tinged with brown; conspicuons darker brown spots at origin of Rs and at the
deflection of R4+5 ; male hypopygium with a single pleuralappendage, the tip of which is strongly curved.
Male.--Length 7"5 mm. ; wing 7"2 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae injured ir~ thetype, apparently with twelve branched flageller segments,
dark brown throughout. Head dark brown with a sparseyellow pollen.
Mesonotum and pleura with a very heavy yellow pollen,
which nearly conceals the brown or black ground-colour;
pseudosutural revere large, conspicuous, broadly triangularin outline, the surface mieroseopicallypunctulate. Halteresorange throughout. Legs with the coxa~ dark, yellowishgrey pruinose; trochanters dark brown ; femora and tibiae
yellow, the tips of each rather narrowly dark brown ; metatarsi brown, the tips dark brown; remainder of tarsi darkbrown. Wings with a strong brown tinge; stigma darker
brown, this colour continued along the cord as a conspicuous
seam at the deflection of R4+5; a smaller but conspicuous
spot at origin of Rs; veins brown. Venation : Rs strongly
arcuated at origin; R:+~ short, about equal to m ; r-m shorter
than m; petiole of cell 3/l shorter than the cell; basal
deflection of CUl just before mid-length of cell 1st M2.
Abdomen fulvous, a little darker toward the apex of theorgan; basal tergite infuscated, hut not blackened. Male
hypopygium with each pleurite slender, tapering graduallyto the narrow apex, the outer face clothed with conspicuous
reddish set,e; a single pleural appendage, narrow basally,
dilated before mid-length, thence narrowed to the acute,strongly curved point ; on the cephalic or proximal margin
are two protuberances, one opposite the subbasal dilation,
the second appearing as a small triangular wing somedistance before the tip. Gonapophyses complex, each bearing two laterally-directed curved hooks, the more caudal ofwhich is very slender and delicate.

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Hub. Tasmania.
Holotype, c~, Mangalore, January 25, 1913 (A. ~'hite).
Type in the collection of the British Museum (Natural
History) from the White collection, :No. 1917. 104.
Gynoplistia simplex, sp. n.
General coloration shiny coal-black without blue or
metallic reflexions; thoracic pleura and cox~e silvery
pruinose ; antenna of male with eleven pectinate segments ;male hypopygium with a single pleural appendage that iscurved, the apex subacute.
Male.--Length about 10 mm. ; wing 9"5 ram.
Rostrum and palpi brownish black. Antennae with eleven
pectinate flagellar segments ; tip of antenna broken, there
being a total of fifteen segments present ; basal two flagellar
segments with long pectinations ; flagellar segments 3 to 11
pectinate, the pectination of the last segment longer than
the two simple segments following ; antenna black throughout. Head shiny coal-black.
Mesonotum shiny black. Pleura heavily silvery pruinose.
Halteres dark brown. Legs with the coxm pruinose;
trochanters black ; remainder of the legs broken. Wings
subhyaline, the apex clouded with brown, this including theouter ends of cells R2, Rs, R~, 2nd M~, and most of ~/1 ;conspicuous dark brown spots at stigma, extending along
the cord t o r - m ; a large spot at origin of Rs and a lessdistinct area in the base of cell R ; remaining veins of thecord indistinctly ~eamed with brown ; cells C and Sc brown,
the latter darker. Venation : S c l ending near mid-length of
R2+3; R2+a and deflection of Ra+~ subequal or the former
shorter ; cell M 1 present ; basal deflection of Cul before orat mid-length of cell 1st M~.
Abdomen entirely coal-black, including the hypopygium.
Male hypopygium with a single pleural appendage, thisbroadest basally, thence gently curved and narrowed to thesubacute apex.
ttab. Tasmania.
Holotype, ~ , Mangalore, October 19, 1911 (A. White).
Type in the collection of the British Museum (Natural
History): from the White collection, No. 1917. 104~.
Cerozodia victoria, sp. n.
General coloration dark brown, the head and thorax
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Dr. C. P. Alexander onlegs dark brown ~ wings subhyaline, heavily cross-bandedwith dark brown.
Male.--Length about 13"5 mm. ; wing 12"2 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae dark brown,
the seapal segments slightly pruinose ; only nine flagetlar
segments are present in the unique type, these all bra~mhedand with the branches in the same plane; the terminal
peetinations are shortened and the total number of antennal
segments is presumably not more than sixteen or eighteen.
Head dark, sparsely pruinose, clearer grey adjoining tile
inner margin of the eyes.
Mesonotum clear grey, the praescutum with three black
stripes ; pseudosutural foveae conspicuous, triangular, black.
Pleura dark, sparsely pruinose. Halteres dark brown.
Legs with the coxae black, sparsely pruinose; remainder ofthe legs dark brown, including the tarsi. Wings subhyaline,
very heavily spotted and cross-banded with dark brown;
cells C and Sc dark brown; arcnlar cell dark; a spotin cell R mid-distant between arculus and origin of Rs; alarge quadrate area at origin of Rs ; a very broad cross-bandat the cord, including the stigma, continued caudad alo~g
the cord and outer end of cell 1st M~ to the caudal marginof the wing in cell Cul, the centre of cell 1st M 2 subhyaliue ;the terminal dark band occupies the wing-tip, in the extreme
outer end of cell 2nd R1; distal two-fifths of cells R~ andR~ ; about the distal half of cells R~ and 2nd M2 ; all of M1
and the extreme tip of M3; conspicuous brown clouds inthe basal half of Cu~ the outer quarter of cell 1st A, and theouter half of cell 2nd A ; veins dark brown. Venation : Rs
in alignment with Rj+3; r near mid-distance between thefork of R~+t and the tip of R~; cell 1st M~ rectangular;
petiole of cell M~ elongate, only a little shorter thanthe cell itself; basal deflection Uul at one-third the lengthof cell 1st M~.
Abdominal tergites shiny brownish black, including the
hypopygium ; sternites slightly pruinose.
Hub. Victoria.
Holotype, ~ , collected by C. French.
Type in the collection of the British Museum (Natural
History), No. 1912. 491.
Cerozodia victoria is slightly larger than the Tasmanian
C. minuscula, Alex.
Clytocosmus edwardsi, sp. n.
Female.--Length about 27 ram. ; wing 20"5 ram.

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Generally similar to C. till qardi, Alex., differing principally in the structure of the antennae and the coloration o~
the abdominal tergites.
First antennal segment orange, the remaining segments
dark brown; flagellar segments 1 to 4 broadly pyriform,
decreasing in size from tile first to tile fourth ; segments
beyond the fourth cylindrical and provided with very long
vertieils.
Mesonotum and pleura with orange stripes. Legs black.
Wings with a strong yellowish tinge, more infuscated on
the distal half, tile eentres of cells M, Cul, and 1st A paler.
Abdominal tergites .black, only the eighth and ninth
segments orange. First tergite with a large, triangular,
white area on each side; second tergite black, unmarked
except for a large, elongate, transverse, white area on eitherside, only narrowly separated on the median l i n e ; tergite
3 black with a small, rounded, white spot near thelateral margin and an even smaller pair lying more cephaladand closer to tile median line; tergite ~ with only therounded lateral spots ; tergite 5 with the lateral spots slightly
larger, and in addition with two much larger white areas
closer to the median line, these latter areas larger than theblack space separating t h e m ; tergites 6 and 7 black withlarge and conspicuous white lateral spots ; segment 8 orange ;segment 9 and the ovipositor more eastaneous. Sternites
orange, the lateral margins narrowly but conspicuously
blackened.
Hab. Victoria.
Holot~pe, ?, labelled " F . N. Gully, 12.4. 1909."
Type in the collection of the British Museum (Natural
History) from the White Collection, No. 1917. 104.
Mr. Edwards writes that Brunetti has two additional
females of this species from Monbulk, Victoria.
The genus Clylocosmus includes the most magnificent
crane-flies so far discovered. The five known species may
be separated by the accompanying key : ~1. Stripes of the mesonotal praescutum black.
Stripes of the mesonotal pr~escutumorange.
2. Basal three flagellar segments subpyriform ;abdomen black, tergites 2-4 brightyellow. (North Queensland.) . . . . . ~'..
Basal s~ven flagellar segments cordiform ;abdomen black, the basal half of tergite
2 orange. (New South Wales.) . . . . . .
3. Prothorax, mesonotal scutellum, and postnotum black; tllor~cic p]eura black,2.
3.

licldwardti,Ried.
skusei~2~lex.

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Rev. S. Graham Brade-Birks on Myria2)ocl~,.

spotted with white. (New South
Wales.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
t~elmsi,Skusc ; genotype.
3Prothorax,mesonotal scutellum, and postnotum orange ; thoracic pleura orange,spotted with white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.
4. Abdominal tergites 1 and 2 with orange
markings; tergite 7 orange. (NowSouth Wales.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
tillyardi~ Alex.
Abdominal tergites 1-7 black, spottedwith white~ without orange markings.
(Victoria.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
edwards;,sp. n.

Clytocosmus edwards; is dedicated to Mr. F. W. Edwards,of the British Museum of Natural History, in appreciationof the many favours he has shown the writer in his studies on
the Tipulid~e.

XII.--/Votes on M y r l a p o d a . - - X X V I . The 2Vetoes of some
Iulidm and Blaniulidm. By tile R,ev. S. GRArI_~M BRADEBIRKS, M.Sc. (Manchester), Lecturer in Zoology andGeology, S.E. Agricultural College (University of London)~Wye, Kant.
iT is clear from a study of two recent p a p e r s u o n e by
Chamberlin (1921), the other by Br(ilemann (1921)--that wemust make certain alterations of names in our faunal lists.
As a result of correspondence with both authors and aperusal of these papers~ tile writer is able to make thefollowing remarks : - -Cylindroiulus londinensis, var. cceruleoclnctus (Wood, 1864),--- C. londinensis, var. tautonicus (Pocock~ 1900).
The form we have known recently in this country under
the name of Cylindroiulus londinensis, var. teutonicus (Poeoek),
also occurs in ~ o r t h America, wher% as on the continent ofEurope, it seems to have been regarded as the typical formof Leach's "[ulus londinsnsis." Chamberlin, taking the viewthat Cylindroiulus, Verhoeff, is a synonym of .Diplolulus~
Berles% 1883, calls the animal yDi~vloiulus londinensls (Leach).
Some authors regard JDiploiulus as a synonym of luhts. A n
important point for us is that Chamberlin includes in his
synonymy of this form " 1864:. Julus cceruleo-c~n$tus Wood,
1-'roe. Aead. Sci. Phil., p. 14:." In lilt. Chamberlin says," O u r form is the var. teutonicus, agreeing fully with European specimens identified as londinensis by Me;herr and