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Alphabetical numbered list of species enumerated or describedas new in the present paper, all referred to Xylophilus
unless otherwise stated; those marked with an asterisk
are treated as new.

*aeerensis, 22, IV. Africa.
angulatipes, Pie, '2(i, Cape Colony.
~basifasciatus, 12, India.
*bifossulatus, 14, ,,*breviscopa, 7,.,%aponsis, 23, Cape Colony.
fijlanus, 1~, ~,~t.
*flexipes, 19, IV. Africa.
*haldwanim, 6, India.
*kumaonm, 10, ,,*labasa~, 16, l~'i.ii.
*latidens, 11, lndia.
*luteitarsis, 3, ,,Muzonensis, 15, Philippines.

amelauostictus, 9, India.
*patucki~ '~, India.
*pumilio, '25, /4/. Africa.
*quadripustulatus (Hylobmnus),
1, Philippines.
ruficeps, Pic, 20, Natal, etc.
*rufiventris, 17, F~ii.
*scraptioides, 24, Rhodesia.
Oseminiger, 4, India.
Osexdentatus, 1, ,,*aubrufus, 13, .
~tetrastictus, 8, ,,~thomasseti, 21, Natal.
*trapeziderus, 5, India.

LVIII.mNew
or little-known Tipulidm ( D i p t e r a ) . - - X X I I .
Australasian Species. By CIIAltL~;SP. AL~.XANDElt,Ph.D.,

F.E.S., Amherst, Massachusetts) U.S.A.
THB material upon which the present report is based wasreceived from the following sources : ~ N e w Zealand, throughthe kind interestof thecollectors, Messrs. Campbell, Hamilton
Harris, Morris, and Myers; New South Wales, throughDr. Ferguson and Mr. Robinsou; and Victoria, received
from tile National Museum at Melbourne, through thekindness of the Provisional Director, Mr. Kershaw, and theEntomologist, Mr. Gerald F. Hill. i express my deepest
thanks to all of the above-named gentlemen for their cooperation in this matter. The types are preserved in tile
collection of the writer, except where noted to the contrary.
DICICANOMYIA, Stephens.
ZRLANDOGLOCHINA,subgen, nov,
Characters as in Dicranomyia, s. s., with the following
exceptions :--i~ostrum more or less elongate, in some cases
longer than the remainder of the head ; labial palpi elongate,
divergent ; palpi relatively elongate, 4-segmented. Antennm
with the flagellar segments produced apically into a slenderglabrous pedicel, longer in the males, where the basal enlargement is more or less produced laterally, giving to tile
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Dr. C. P. Alexander o nantennm a moniliform to short-pectinate appearance; allverticils of the flagellar segments borne on the basal
swellings. I n the females, the terminal pedicels are shorterand the moniliform appearance less marked. Legs, especially the tibim, with delicate appressed setm and scatteredelongate, conspicuous, suberect, spinous set,e, on the tibim
more numerous in a row down the outer face.
Type of the subgenus, Dicranomyia hultoni, Edwards(Maoriau Subregion).
T h e known species that are referable to this subgenus
ave all from New Zealand. Besides the type of the subgenus, the following species are included : - - / ) . atrovittala,
Alexander ; canterburiaua, Alexander ; circularis, Alexander ;crassipes, Edwards ; cubitalis, Edwards ; decincta, Edwards ;flavidipenuis, Edwards; harrisi, A l e x a n d e r ; laterospina,
Alexander ; melanogramma, Edwards; myersi, sp. n. ;oclava, E d w a r d s ; pa~'adisea, A l e x a n d e r ; sublacteata~ Edwards; uuicornis, Alexander ; and unijuga, Alexander.
Edwards states that one additional Australian species
belongs here, b u t the writer cannot conilrm this statemel~tfrom any material that has come to hand. The firstmention of a species of this subgenus was by Osten-Saeken(Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr. xxxi. p. 172, 1887) under the naked
name of D. moMlicornis, t l u t t o u misinterpreted OstenSackcn's conception ot~ the group, and described a mcmb(.rof this subgenus as a species of Geranomyia. The group isnearly as well-defined as other Liumufine genera, as Libnoles,
Peripheroptera, Rhipidia, and others, but it seems best totreat it as one of the rather numerous subgcneric conceptsoi" the great genus I)icrauomyia, which, ill turn, is 1)ecomi~gincreasingly difficult to scpat'ate from Limonia, Mcigcn.

Dicranomyia (Zelandoglochina) myersi, sp. n.
General coloration brownish yellow, the prmscutum withthree ill-defined dark brown stripes; pleura ycllow, with aconspicuous black longitudinal dorsal stripe; wii~gs paleyellow, the stigma barely indicated ; proximal ends of cells
Ra and 1st Ms lying far proximad of cell R~; abdominal
tergites largely black, the caudal margins o[ the subterminal
segments narrowly yellowish.
I~'male.--Length 7"5 ram. ; wing 7"6 ram.
Rostrum and palpi brownish black, the former, excluding
the mouth-l)arts , a little shorter than the head. Antennm
with thc scapal segments dark b r o w n ; fiagcllum dark

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brown, the proximal ends of the basal segments indistinctly paler. Head grey~ tile narrow anterior vertex morepollinosc.
Proaotum brown, the lateral margins blackened. Mesonorton obscure brownish yellow, the praescutum with threerather ill-defined dark brown stripes, the median one notattaining tile suture, tile anterior ends of tile lateral stripes
t~uching the median stripe ; scutal lobes dark brown, themedian area paler ; scutellum and postnotum brown, sparsely
pruinose. Pleura yellow, with a broad black lougitudimd
stripe, extending from the propleura across the anepisternum, pteropleurite, and postnotal pleurotergite to thebase of the abdomen, surrounding the base o[ the halter.
t[altcres brown, the knobs more inl:uscatcd. Legs with tile
coxm and trochanters yellow ; femora obscure yellow, eachwith a narrow and relatively indistinct brown ring morethan its length before the tip; tibim and tarsi brownish
yellow, tile terminal tarsal segments passing into brown.
Wings with a pale yellowish tinge, the stigma scarcely
darker ; veins black, C, Sc, R, and Cu conspicuously paler.
Macrotrichim of veins relatively short. Venation : Sc short,
Sct ending just beyond tile origin of Rs, Sc~ a correspomling distance before this origin ; Rs nearly straight,
with a very short basal augulation ; r rather long, feebly
arcuated, in one wing of the type with several macrotrichi~eon the cephalic end~ the tip of vein RI beyond it short andsemi-atrophied; inner ends of cells /~s and 1st M2 inapproximate alignment and lying far before that of cell Rs,
r-m lying beyond mid-length of cell 1st M~ ; basal deflectionof Cul a short distance beyond the fork of M.
Abdomen with the basal tergites obscure brownish yellow,
broadly margined laterally with brownish black ; intermediate segments black, the caudal margins narrowly but
conspicuously yellowish; sternites uniformly pale yellow.
Ovipositor with tile short tergal valves reddish horncoloured, the bases of all the valves narrowly blackened.
Hab. :New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ~ , Kaitaia, North Aucklandj September 20j

192a (J. a. Myers),
This interesting crane-fly is named in honour of thecollector, Mr. John G. Myers. It seems to be most closely
allied to D. (Z.) melanogramma, Edwards.

Molo~hiluspoecilonola, sp. n.
General coloration light yellow ; mesonotal prmscutum

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Dr. C. P. Alexander onwith three brown spots; each scutal lobe with a brownmarking; two confluent brown spots at caudal margin of
postnotal mcdiotergite ; a conspicu~)us black spot on pterop'eurite ; knobs of halteres brownish black ; wings yellow
with two pale grey cross-bands.
l]lale and Female.--Length about 3"5 mm. ; wing 4 ram.
Rostrum yellow, the palpi conspicuously dark brown.
Antennae of moderate length only, the basal segments lightyellow, the flagellar segments more testaceous brown;
fiag'ellar segments oval, with erect white set~e. Head paleyellow.
Mesonotal prmscutum yellow with three orange stripes,
the cephalic ends of which are conspicuously dark brown,
giving the appearance of three subcircular brown spots;
scutum yellow, the lobes orange, the lateral angle of eachwith a triangular brown spot; scutellum light brown, themargin more testaceous ; mediotergite of postnotum yellow,
the caudal margin with two circular dark brown spots thatare confluent. Pleura yellow, the dorsal portion of thepteropleurite with a large and very conspicuous black spotthat is nearly circular in outline. Halteres yellow, theknobs brownish black. Legs with tlle coxae and trochantcrs
yellowish white ; remainder of the legs yellow, the terminal
tarsal segments passing into dark brown. Wings yellow
with two broad, interrupted, very pale grey cross-bands, thefirst at the level of los and along vein 1st A, the second
extending almost across the wing immediately beyond thecord; veins yellow, scarcely darker in the grey areas,
the macrotrichim of the grey areas darker. Venation:
2nd A extending to just beyond the distal end of the basal
deflection of CUl.
Abdomen yellow. Male hypopygium with the apices ofthe basistyles produced into a compressed, feebly chitinized
blad% the apex suddenly narrowed into a beak. Outerdististyle bifid at apex; basal dististyle with the slightly
enlarged base pale, the long apex slender, gradually narrowed to the acute apex which is directed mesad, befi)re thislong tip and near mid-length of the style on the lateral facewith a few acute teeth, the distal ones larger.
Hab. New South Wales.
Holotype, c~, Rous, Richmond River, August 23, 1923
(V. J. Robinson).
Allotopolype, 9.

new or Nttle-kno~on Tipulid~e.

503~lustrolimnobia victori~e, sp. n.

General coloration yellow or orange; base of halteresyellow; wings whitish subhyaline, varmgated with brownand yellow, cells (7 and Sc entirely dark brown; abdomenyellow, the segments ringed caudally with dark brown.
M a l e . - - L e n g t h 15 mm.; wing 16"5 ram.
l~ostrum brown, the palpi bright reddish brown. Antennae
approximated basally, the rather short basal segment reddistt
brown; second segment small ; basal six flagellar segments
yellowish, the seventh darkened; segments beyond theseventh broken ; all flagetlar segments elongate-cylindrical,
with a series of unilaterally arranged bristles along outerface and with two smaller set~e on inner face at tip. Eyes
very large, contiguous dorsally or approximately so, therestricted posterior vertex dark brown, brightening ou the
occiput.
Mesonotum reddish orange, the lateral margins of theseutal lobes above the wing-root with a velvety-black spot.
Pleura obscure orange, the dorso-pleural region, tim anepisternum, and postnotal pleurotergite infuseated. Halteresdark brown, the base of the stem narrowly yellowish. Legs
with the fore eoxm and trochanters reddish brown, themiddle and posterior eoxm and troehanters dark brown ;femora yellow, the tips rather broadly (2"4 ram.) black ;tibiae yellow, the bases narrowly, the tips a little more
extensively blackened ; tarsi brownish yellow, gradually
deepening to brown. Wings whitish subhyaline, wit!, ahandsome brown and yellow pattern, somewhat as in the
genotype (spectabilis, Alexander), differing as follows : Cells C and Sc entirely and uniformly dark brown, sending
very small areas over the arculus and origin of Rs, andlarger seams across the fork o f R s and fork of P~+8, theyellow stigmal spot enclosed in the latter small and subcircular ; brown apex a little broader ; brown washes along
the caudal margin of wing m o r e event the outermost, on
Cu2, connecting with the seam on the basal deflection ofCut, those at the tips o f the anal veins not extensive andbroadly connected with one another~ in cell 2nd .4 extending
to the anal angle; veins pale, dark. brown in the infuscatedareas. Venation : r scarcely more than its length from thetip of RI; inner end of cell Rj lying proximad of cell 1st M~,
which, in turn, lies a corresponding distance proximad ofcell Cut ; m longer than the outer deflection of M~ ; basal

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Dr. C. P. Alexander on

deflection of Cul about two-thirds its length beyond thefork of M.
Abdomen yellow, the caudal margins of the segments
radmr narrowly but conspicuously dark brown; lateral
margins of the segments, especially the sternites, narrowly
dark brown; hypopygium dark brown~ the tergite a little
paler inedially at the base.
Hab. Victoria.
Hololyp.e~ c~, Dandcnong Range.
Type m the collection of the National Museum,
Melbourne.
HORISTOMYIA, gen. nov.
Rostrum short; palpi small. Antem~re 16-segmented,
tile second scapal segment large; flagellar segments all
distinct, oval, with moderately long verticils. Thorax without tuberculate pits ; pseudosutural fovem relatively small,semicircular, black. Tibim without spurs but with spinous
scta~, with similar setre at the apices of the tarsal segments;
claws small, smooth; empodia present. Wings with Sc
long, Scl ending beyond the fork of Rs, Sc2 not far from its
tip, Scl about twice Sc2 ; Rs arcuated ; cell R~ shorter theft
its petiole ; r lacking ; basal deflection of R4+5 very short
to obsolete ; cell 1st M~ long, the basal deflection of Cul
not far from mid-length of this cell; cell M1 lacking;anterior arculus broken. Male hypopygium of a peculiarly
primitive nature; basistyles with the mesal face produced
into a flattened lobe; dististyle single, a simple curved armthat is borne on the mesal face of the basistyle just beyond
told-length, the margin with conspicuous spines, at theslightly dilated apex with a group of small spines and a rowof about six longer spinous setre.
Gonapophyses andmdeagus very conspicuous, strongly decurved, the elements
of approximately equal length ; redeagus split at apex into
two divergent arms that are expanded into spatulate blades
at tips; gonapophyses gradually narrowed into acute spines,
subtending the mdeagus, before the tip of each with a highspinous crest.
Genotype, Gonomyia leucophaea, Skuse (Australian Subregion).
The very curious and isolated fly that is m,~de the type of
the above new group is but distantly related to Go~wmyia,
to which genus it was referred by Skuse. The tibial spurs
are not evident, yet the fly has a very Limnophila-hke
appearance. The fly may be regarded as being Erioptcrine
until more evidence to the contrary is forthcoming.

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505

Polymoria pristina, sp. n.
General coloration reddish brown, the praeseutum darkbrown with lateral yellowish stripes ; femora yellowish with anarrow dark brown subterminal ring ; wing brownish yellow,
the centre of the disc more hyaline, the surface of the wingwith a heavy brown-~potted pattern.
Female.--Length about 16 ram. ; wing 16'4 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with theseapal segment dark brown, paler dorsally ; second segment
brown, paler apieally; flagctlar segments 1 and 2 black,narrowly yellow at both ends, the remainder of the organI)roken ; the flagellar segments tha~ remain are cylindricaland of such a length as to indicate a rather long antenna.
Head blackened, pruinose, the occipital region paler.
Pronotum reddish brown, the sides darker brown.
Mesouotal praescutum dark brown, with three stripes, abroad median brownish vitta, narrowly margined by theground-colour, and obscure yellow lateral stripes that crossthe suture on to the scutal lobes ; scutum pale medially, themesal margins of the lobes greyish brown, the lateral
margins narrowly dark brown; scutellum light brown, thecaudal margin with two dark brown spots; postnotum
largely dark brown. Pleura obscure yellow with a broad
dorsal infuscation ; sternopleurite ventrally similarly
darkened. Halteres elongate, obscure yellow, the knobs
infuscated. Legs with the coxae brownish yellow, the bases
more or less infuscated ; trochanters obscure yellow ; femora
brownish yellow ; the apices broadly more whitish, including
a narrow dark brown subterminal ring at a little less thanits length front the tip; tibiae obscure yellow, the tips
narrowly dark brown; tarsi passing into brown. Wings
brownish yellow, more nearly hyaline or whitish hyaline
in the centre of the disc, the surface with a heavy brownpattern ineiudiug conspicuous paler brown seams at arculus;
origin of Its; at stigma, continued across the fork of
Rj+a and at tips of veins R1 and P,~; the veins in thesedarkened areas are largely yellow, producing a peculiar
ocellate appearance ; solid darker brown seams and spots
along the cord, outer end of cell 1st M~ fork of Ml+2, andmarginal spots at ends of all the longitudinal veins, smallest
in the radial and medial fields, becoming successively larger
in the cubital and anal fields, the basal two-thirds of cell
2nd A likewise solidly dark brown ; cells Rs, Rs, MI, 2rid Ms,
M:~, Cul, Cu, and 1st A with linear dusky washes in thecentres of the cells ; veins dark brown, yellowish as indicated506

Dr. C. P. Alexander onabove. Venation : Sc long, Scl ending some distance beyond
the fork of R2+a, Scl and Sc~ subequal ; Rs angulated andspurred at origin; R~+a about equal to basal deflectionof Ca1 ; r about its length from the tip of R1 ; inner ends ofcells Ra, Rs, and ist M~ in approximate alignment ; petioleof cell M1 about twice m; basal deflection of Ca1 long,sinuous, placed shortly beyond the fork of M ; anterior
arculus lacking.
Abdomen greased, the tergites brown, paler basally andlaterally ; steruites largely yellowish.
Hob. Victoria.
tIolotype, ?, without exact data.
Type in the collection of the National Museum, Melbourne.
Polymorla electa, sp. n.

General coloration reddish brown ; legs hairy, the segments tipped with darker; wings light yellow, the anal
angle and a large area in the vicinity of the stigma infuscated; remainder of wing-disc with conspicuous brownmarkings ; R2+a and cell 1st M~ long.
_Female.--Length about 9"5 ram. ; wing 10"4 mm.
Rostrum small, pale brown, the palpi dark brown.
Antennae small, pale brown; basal three flagellar segments
enlarged, separated from one another only by indistinct
sutures, especially the basal two ; remaining flagellar segments cylindrical with conspicuous verticils that are a little
longer than the segments. Head pale brown.
Mesonotum uniformly brown, without distinct markings.
Pleura similar, but the pteropleurite aud postnotal pleurotergite infuscated. Halteres rather ~hort, pale, the knobs
infuscated. Legs with the coxm relatively elongate, pale
brown; trochanters yellow; remainder of legs with thefemora yellow, the tips rather broadly pale brown; tibimyellow, the tips very narrowly darkened ; basal three tarsal
segments yellow, the tips very narrowly and indistinctly
infuscated~ the terminal two tarsal segme~ts infuscated ;segments of legs with conspicuous outspreading set~e.
Wings light yellow, with a conspicuous brown pattern thatis, in part, ocelliform; the cephalic outer portion of thewing surrounding the stigma extensively infuscated, thisincluding cells Ri, /~:, and R3 ; anal angle of wing in cells
1st A and 2nd A likewise extensively infuscated ; the occlliform markings include a very large one at the origin of Rs,
this being the only darkening that extends into cells C and
Se ; other circles along the cord, outer end o~ cell 1st M~,

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the fork of M~+~ a~ld at the tips of veins M1, Cul, Ca~, 1st A,
and 2nd ,4, the last large and irregular ; a small brown spotin cell R mid-distance betweeu arcutus and origin of Rs;
cells M, Ca, the caudal portion of R, and the basal half o~
1st A and 2 n d A with a pale brown wash ; veins brown, moreyellowish in the flavous areas. Venation: Scl ending
opposite the fork of Rs~ S('~ a short distance from its tip ;Rs long ; R2+3 a little shorter than the very long narrow cell
1st M~ ; r on R~ about two and one-half times its lengthfrom the fork of R~+s and about three and one-half times
its length from the tip of R1; veins R2 and R~ gently
divergent; inner ends of cells R~, R~, and 1st M~ in alignmey~t; cell MI about equal in length to its petiole; basal
deflection of Ca I near mid-length of cell 1st Ms; anterior
arculus faintly indicated, pale, with a small dark spot
immediately d]stad of it.
Abdomen light brown. Ovipos+tor with the elongate,
almost straight valves horn-coloured.
Hab. New South Wales.
Holotype, ? , Blue Mts., February 26, 1922 (E. I4/-.
Ferguson) .
Type returned to Dr. Fergnson.
Limnophila luteicauda, sp. n.

Antennae short; general coloration (in alcohol) darkbrown; wings long and narrow, tinged with brown, thestigma a little darker I)rowu ; R~+a and basal deflection of
R4+5 subcqual ; basal deflection of Cul not far beyond theinner end of cell 1st Ms ; male hypopygium with the outerdististyle bearing a lateral spine before the apex.
Male.--Length about 5"5 mm.; wing 6"2 ram.; its greatest
width 1"45 ram.
Described from alcoholic specimens.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae short~ dark
brL~wn throughout, the flagellar segments beyond the basal
few oval. Head dark brown.
Pronotum and mesonotum uniformly dark brown, any
bloom if normally presetJt destroyed by immersion inalcohol. Pleura concolorous. Halteres relatively long andslender, pale, the knobs scarcely darker. Legs long andslender; coxae and trochanters obscure yellow, the remainder of the legs dark brown, the femoral bases narrowly
paler. Wings relatively long and narrow, as shown by themeasurements, with a strong brownish tinge, the oval stigma
still darker brown; veins dark brown. Venation: Scl ending

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Dr. C. P. Alexander oajust before the tip of the long, gently areuated Rs, .qc~ about
twice its length from the tip ; r faint, bisecting the stigma ;R~+s about equal to or a little longer than the basal deflectionof R4+~, in alignment with Rs ; veins R2 and R~ gently divergent ; cell 1st lll~ small, rectangular, the basal deflection ofCu~ not far from its proximal end ; cell M1 about two-thirds
the length of its petiole ; anterior arculus preserved.
Abdomen brown~ the fourth to eighth segments somewhat
darker, the basistyles of the hypopygium conspicuously
light yellow. Male hypopygium with the basistyles elongate, narrowed toward the al)ex ; outer dististyle slender,
heavily chitinized throughout its length, gently curved, theapex terminating ia a stout spine, before the tip ou the outerface with a shorter and more slender spine ; outer face ou
apical half with setigerous tubercles ; inner style short andfleshy. Gonapophyses slender, the free end of each directedeaudad as a slender sinuous rod that is pale horu-coloured.
IEdeagus unusually long and stout for a member of thisgroup.
Hub. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ~ , Little River, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury,
March 31, 1923 (J. I4z. Ca~npbell).

Paratopotype, ~ .
Limnophila luteicauda is a member of the genus only inthe broad sense. :It belongs to the small aggregation of
New Zealand species that resemble species of Zebmdomyia,
but differ therefrom in the details of venation and hypopygial structure.

Limnophila pauciseta, sp. n.
General coloration dark brown, sparsely pruinose; antenn~I)laek throughout, the segments oval; wings tinged withhrown, with slightly darker brown clouds along the cordand outer end of cell 1st M2; stigma conspicuous, darkbrown; a few macrotrichim in outer ends of cells R2 to
2nd M~ ; cell M1 lacking.
Male.--Length about 6"5 mm. ; wing 7"5 mm.
Female.--Lengtb about 9"5 ram. ; wing 9"5 mm.
Rostrum and palpi brownish black. Antennm of only
moderate length, black throughout, the segments with adense white pubescence, the verticils short ; fiagellar segments oval or with the ventral face a trifle more bulging
than the dorsal face. Head dark brown, the vertex moreyellowish in front~ the posterior part of the head brownish
polliuose.

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Mesonotal prmscutum with a yellowish pollen, with three
distinct blackish stripes ; pscudosutura[ fove~e distinct, but
tuberculate pits lacking; scutum and scutellum yellowish
brown, sparsely grey-pruinose, the centres of the seutal
lobes infuscated; mediotergite of postnotum infuscated,sparse]y.pruinose, except laterally. Pleura dark brown,
grey-prumose.
Halteres yellow, the knobs iufuscated:
Legs with the coxm yellow, their outer faces more or lessinfuscated and sparsely pruinose, more evident on the fore
coxm; trochanters yellow; femora yellow, the tips infuscated, the middle femora more extensively so; tibim andtarsi dark brown ; tibial spurs distinct. Wings tinged withbrown; stigma conspicuous, oval, dark brown; brownwashes along the cord and outer end of cell 1st M~; anal
angle a little infumed; veins dark brown. A few macrotrichi~e in the extreme outer ends of cells R2, R3, R57 and2rid M~. Venation: Scl ending opposite the fork of Rs,
Sc~ at its tip; Rs of moderate le,gth, in alignment with
R2_~3, the latter about one-third longer thau the basal
deflection of Cut ; r on R2 less thau twico its length fromthe fork and a corresponding distance from the tip of/~j ;inner ends of cells R~, R~, and 1st M2 iu alignment; cell Mllacking ; basal deflection of Cul from two-thirds to fully its
le~gth beyo~td the fork of M; m shorter than the outcr
deflection of M ~ ; anterior arculus present.
Abdomen dark brown, the basal sternites with obscureyellow basal spots; hypopygium and ovipositor obscurebrownish fulvous. Ovipositor with long slender valves,
the terga] valves only slightly upcurvcd.
Ilab. New South Wales.
Holotype, ~ , Blue Mts., April 2, 1922 (E. 14r. Ferguson).
Allolopolype, ?.
Type'returued to Dr. Ferguson.
Paralimnophilaflammeola, sp. n.
Related to P. aurantiipennis (Alexander); antennm longer,
yellowish, the basal seven segments with conspicuous peetinations; mesonotal prtescutum with four reddish-brown
stripes ; pleura orange, with a dorsal pale brown longitudinal
stripe; legs obscure orange; wings broader, with sparsebrown markings ; Scl longer than the distal section of B4+a.
Female.--Length 20 ram.; wing 16"8 mm.
Rostrum reddish brown, the palpi darker brown with thebasal segment a little paler. Allteame with the scapat
segments brownish yellow, the flagellum light yello% only

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the terminal segments passing into brown; antennae 16segmented, the basal seven flagellar segments with conspicuous termilml pectinations, the longest only a little
shorter titan tile segments themselves. Head reddish brown,
the centre of the vertex infllscated~ pruinose.
Anterior pronotum fiery-orange, the posterior pronotum
more whitish yellow. Mesonotal pr~escutum yellow, withfour reddish-brown stripes, the intermediate pair only
narrowly separated from one another) the anterior ends ofthe short lateral stripes confluent with the intermediate
stripes, the usual interspaces thus reduced to narrow yellow
lines betbre the suture; pseudosutural foveve large, pale,the mesal ends a little darker; seutum and scutellnm
reddish brown ; postnotal mediotergite obscure orange, eachposterior lateral angle darker. Pleura orange, the dorsopleural region n~rrowly yellowish, margined beneath bya narrow~ brown, ill-defined, longitudinal stripe, extending
from the propleura across the dorsal edge of the anepisternum) becoming obsolete at the wing-root. Halteresdark brown, the base of the stem yellow. Legs widl thecoxm and trochanters light orange-yellow; remainder oflegs obscure orange, the femora very indistinctly darker
before the tips ; apices of tibiw, and basal tarsal segments
a little darker. Wings broader than in P. auranliipennis,
the cells correspondingly wider ; cell C darker brown, paler
distally; stigma oval, rather pale brown; brown clouds inbase of cell R and at origin of/~s, the latter not passing into
ccll Sc; very restricted brown seams along the cord, outerend of cell 1st M~ and at fork o~ Ml+~ ; paler brown washes
beyond mid-length of veins 1st A and 2nd A ; anal angle
narrowly darkened ; veins yellow, darker in the infuscatedareas. Venation : Scl longer than the distal section of Rj ;R:+s one-third longer than the basal deflection of R4+5 ; cell
1st M~ much wider than in aurantiipennis.
Abdomen orange-yellow, the sternites clearer yellow.
Ovipositor with the valves elongate, as in the gemts.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, ~, Ferntree Gully, April 16, 1922.
Type in the collection of the National Museum, Melbourne.

Paralimnophila puella, sp. n.
General coloration grey; femora pale brownish yellow,
the tips darker brown ; wizJgs eream~-white ; the base andcells C and Sc yellowish ; a diffuse brown pattern, including
a seam that completely traverses the wing at the cord.

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leemale.--Length 10"9 mm. ; wing 9"4 mm.
Rostrum dark brown, grey-pruinose ; palpi dark brown.
Antennm with the basal segment testaceous, the second
segment yellow; flagellum yellowish brown, the outer
segments darker, the inner face of the segments a little
produced. Head grey, the anterior vertex and orbits lighter
grey ; centre of vertex with an indistinct longitudinal brownvitta.
Pronotum light grey. Mesonotal prmscutum light greywith three brown stripes, the median one more or lessdivided; pseudosutural fovem large and conspicuous, theirmesal ends encroaching upon the lateral margins of themedian stripe; scutum dark brown, the median area
pruinose, the lobes apparently denuded in the unique type ;seutellum and postnotum pruinose, the latter with a very
delicate and indistinct median brown vitta. Pleura dark,heavily light grey-pruinose, the dorsal regions and sternopleura infuscated.
Halteres obscure yellow, the knobs
infuscated. Legs with the coxm brownish testaceous,sparsely pruinose, the fore coxae more darkened at bases;
trochanters yellowish testaceous; femora pale brownish
yellow, the tips broadly darker brown; tibiae pale brown
passing into darker brown beyond mid-length; basitarsi
infuscated, the apical fourth whitish; tarsal segments 2
and 3 white, the tips faintly darkened; terminal tarsal
segments infuscated. Wings creamy-white, the base andcells C and Sc more yellowish ; stigma oval, dark brown ;large, paler brown clouds as follows: in cell R at middistance between arculus and origin of Rs; at origin of Rs;
along the cord and outer end of cell 1st M~, the lattercompletely traversing the wing and suffusing most of cell
Cut ; a darker cloud at tip of vein R2 and conspicuous pale
clouds at the wing-tip; fork of M1+~; ends of anal cells;
near mid-length of cells M and Cu and along vein .~I, connecting the spot at origin of Rs with the seam along thecord; veins dark brown, paler in ttm subhyaline areas.
Venation : Scl ending just beyond the fork of Rs, Sc~ somedistance from its tip and covered by a small brown seam ;Rs long, angulated at origin ; in the right wing of the typewith an adventitious cross-vein in the axil of the sector ;r about twice its length from the tip of R~ and about one
and one-half times its length beyond the fork of R~+3 ; cell
M~ shorter than its petiole ; m short, the outer deflection ofM~ correspondingly lengthened ; basal deflection of Cul not
far beyond the fork of 3/.
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Ovipositor with the very long valves yellowish horn-colour,
the tergal valves a little darker basally.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, ?, Ferntree Gully, December 25, 1917.
Type in the collection of the National Museum, Melbourne.

Paralimnophila fraudulenta, sp. n.
General coloration light grey; antenna~ with the ventral
apicalangle of the basal four flagellar segments very slightly
produced; mesonotal prmscutum with three dark brown
stripes; legs dark brown, tile intermediate tarsal segments
yellowish white ; wings long aud narro% whitish subhyaline~
the base and costal region dark brown, the disk with a heavy
brown pattern.
Female.--Length about 12"5 mm. ; wing 9 ram., theirgreatest width I'65 ram.
Rostrum light grey, the palpi short, dark brown. Antennae
dark brown, the basal segment heavily light grey-pruinose ;only fourteen antennal segments present ; basal four flagellar
segments with tile ventral face at apex a trifle produced;
remaining segments elongate-oval~ the three terminal segments short-oval. Head light grey, the centre of the verybroad vertex restrictedly infuscated.
Pronotum grey, the scutellum more brownish. Mesonotal
przescutum light grey with three conspicuous bl'own stripes,
the broad median stripe further bisected by a capillarydarker brown vitta ; pseudosutural fovem very conspicuous,transverse, black ; remainder of mesonotum light grey, thescutal lobes and a narrow median line on scutum brown.
:Pleura light grey, the dorso-pleural region a little darker ;meron with a dark spot I~ehind mid-coxa. Halteres pale,tile knobs dark brown. Legs with tile eoxm pale, sparsely
pruinose, ttle fore coxm a little infuscated; trocha~tersyellow, the outer faces infuscated ; femora and tibim darkbrown, the fore femora narrowlypaler at base ; basitarsi darkbrown, tile tips narrowly whitish ; tarsal segments 2 and 3
yellowish white, the terminal two segments infuscated ; onthe fore tarsi the tips of tarsal segments l to 3 are narrowly
infuscated. Wings very long and narrow; whitish subhyaline, rather heavily variegated with brown, the wing-baseand ceils C and Sc dark brown ; extensive brown clouds atorigin of Rs; basad of last iu R, at r (stigmal), and tipof R~ ; less distinct clouds along the cord, ontcr end of celll~t M~ and along the wing-margin; veins dark brown.

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Venation : R~+3 and basal deflection of R~+5 subequal ; ba~aldeflection of (:at shortly beyond the fork of M ; cell 2~,d A
long and narrow.
Abdomen brown, the basal tergite and lateral margins of
the other segments pruinosc. Ovipositor with the tergal
valves slender, upcurved, the base dark brown, the tips
fading into horn-colour.
Hab. New South Wales.
Itolotype, ~ , Blue Mts., April 1, 1922 (E. IV. Ferguson).
Type returned to Dr. Ferguson.
Closely resembling Cerozodia minuscula, Alexander, differing chiefly in the feebly serrate antennal segments,
involving only the basal tbur flagellar segments, and thenarrow wit:gs with a slightly different venation.
Gynoplistia palruelis, sp. n.
Head shiny black ; antennae of male 20-segmented, with
fourteen branched segments; mesonotum metallic-green,
microscopically striate; halteres yellow; legs biack, tt~efemoral bases narrowly fulvous ; witJgs yellowish subhyalim.,with a very sparse browu pattern; radial and medial vcins
beyond cord ahnost destitute of maerotrichize.
Male.--Leugth 15"5 ram. ; wing 11"7 ram.
Female.--Length about 17"5 mm. ; wing 13 ram.
Male. Rostrum shiny black, the mouth-parts and palpi
dull black. Antenn~ black throughout, 20-segmented, the]brmula being 2 + 2 + 1 2 + 4 ,the third flagellar segment
about mid-distance between the planes of the basal twoand the succeeding branches ; pectinations long, the long~st(flagellar segment 7) approximately two-fifths the flagellum ;branch of the fourteenth flagellar segment about as long as
the segment ; terminal segment about one-half longer thanthe penultimate. Head shiny coal-black.
Pronotum coal-black. Mesonotum metallic-green, thepraescutum with a very weakly indicated median carina, thesurface with microscopic, mostly transverse st,'i~e, the interspaces smooth but with conspicuous sctigerous puncture~;scutum similarly striate, the posterior margins of the lobes
more purplish, smooth, with setigerous punctures; medi(Jtergite of postnotum with a basal central area provided withtransverse striae, the remainder with longitudinal st,ize.
Pleura dull with a heavy white roic,'oscopic pruinosity, thisincluding the postnotal pleurotergite, which is dull withthe exception of the extreme cephalic margin which is shiny
metallic-blue. Halteres paleyellow ~hroughout. Legs witlt
AJ,~,. & Mag. N. llist. Ser. 9. l'(,l, xiii.
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the eoxm dull, microscopically pubescent ; troehanters black ;remainder of the legs black, the femoral bases conspicuously
fulvou% broadest on the fore legs where more than the basal
third is included, narrowest on the posterior legs where only
the narrow base is fulvous. Wings yellowish subhyaline,
the extreme base and celt C more yellowish; cell Sc, except
the base, infuscated; stigma small, oval, dark brown; asmall, circular, brown cloud at origin of Rs and a seam along
the anterior cord, extending from the stigma to r-m; posterior
cord and outer end of cell 1.*t 3/2 very faintly seamed withdarker; a brown seam behind vein Cu; veins brownish
black. Macrotrichim of veins very sparse, none on Rs,
R~+~, R2. R3, MI+~, M1, or M~ ; on R4+~ about thirteen alol~gthe distal three-tourths of the vein. Venation: Scl ending
opposite the fork of R~+3, Sc~ at its tip ; Rs angulatcd al~dweakly spurred at origin ; R2+3 a little more than one-halfthe basal deflection of Ra+5; tip of R1 beyond r faint;
petiole of cell M1 less than one-hail of the cell; basal
deflection of Cul at about one-third the length of the cell.
Abdomen dull brownish black, the extreme lateral marginsof the tergites indistinctly brightened; basal tergite moreglabrous, the distal segments dull, with microscopic appressed
ellow setm ; tergites with basal transverse impressed lines ;]Jypopygium dark, the basistyles obscure reddish brown.
J,'emale. Generally similar to the male. Antemlm withten branched segments, the formula being 2 + 2 + 8 + ? , theterminal segments broken ; branch of tenth flagellar segment
minute. Sp~t at origin of Rs larger, subquadrate. Ovipositor
wiih the valves of moderate length only.
fIab. :New South Wales.
J[tolotype, c~, Kosciusko, December 7, 1922 (G. Goldfinch).
Allotopot.ype, ~.
Type returned to Dr. Ferguson.
The sculpturing of the thorax would indicate a relationship with G. fergusoniana, sp. n.; the trichiation of the~iug-veins is much as in G. vilis, Walker.

Gynoplistia bells atripes~ subsp, n.
Differs from typical bella in tile uniformly black legs.
Female.-- Length 13 ram. ; wing 11 ram.
Rostrum and paIpi black. Antennae 18-segmented, theformula being 2 + 2 + 7 + 7, tile branch of tile ninth flagellar
segment minute. Head shiny coal-black.
Proliotum slid mesonotum shiny coal-hlack, the prmscutum smooth. Pleura covered with a microscopic silvery

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pubescence. Halteres entirely black. Legs with the coxm
black, greyish pruinose; remainder of legs entirely black.
Wings with the base broadly orange; cell C paler thancell Sc; the quadrate dark area at origin of ]/s not connected along M or Cu with the dark basal area or the seamalong the c o r d ; the darkened apex relatively narrow andpale, the subapical white band thus being very broad andcomplete. Venation : veins lt~ and R 3 divergent.
Abdomen with segments 1 and 6 to 9 black ; segments 2
to 5 orange, ovipositor with the dorsal shield black, thevalves horn-coloured.
Hab. I~ew South Wales.
Hob, type, ?, Kosciusko, December 7, 1922 (G. Goldfinch).
Type returned to Dr. Ferguson.
The close relationship with bella, best expressed by atrinomial, is shown by the arrangement of the macrotrichi~eof the veins and the distribution of the microtrichi~e in thedarkened areas of the wings. The arrangement of the trichizeon the veins is as folows: None on Rs, R2+z, R2, MI+~, or
M: ; on Ra about 9, on distal h a l f ; on R4+a about 24~; Oil
M1 only 1 or 2. Mierotrichim arranged in dense clusternof six or eight.

Gynoplistia bimaculata ni#rotiblalis, subsp, n.
Male.--Length about 8"5 ram. ; wing 8"8 ram.
Geueralty similar to the typical form as described by
Skuse, differing as follows : w
Anteroom 19-segmented, the formula being 2 + 2 + 10+ 5;
terminal flagellar segment one-half longer than the pemlltimate, narrowed a pically. :Pleura with a silvery-grey microscopic pubescence, tlalteres brown, the knobs brownish
black. Legs with the trocbanters black; femora black, thebases broadly fulvous, oll the tore legs occupying almost thebasal half of the segment ; tibim and tarsi uniformly black.
Wings whitish subhyahne, the base narrowly but conspicuously yellow; cells U and Sc uniformly dark brown,
similar in intensity to tile conspicuous spots at origin of Rs
and on the attterior c o r d ; wing-tip extensively clouded;
a brown seam ahmg vein Ca and less distinct washes in theanal cells. Short but nmnerous macrotrichim on the veins,
as follows : 7 on distal third of Rs ; 8 on R2, 5 beyond r ;about 37 on R3, most of the distal ones paired ; about 4~2 oxx
1Q+~, a few of the distal ones paired ; 2 on petiole of cell Mt ;18 oa M1; 2 on distal third of M~. Abdomen with thebasal segment black; hypopygium deep mahogany-brown,
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the eighth tergite and caudal margin o[ the seventh black ;intermediate segments bright orange-fulvous.
Hab. New South Wales.
Holotype, d', Blue Mts., January 29, 1922 (E. Hz.

_Ferguson).

Type returned to Dr. Ferguson.

Gynoplistia/ergusonlana, sp. n.
General coloration metallic-green ; antennae ]9-segmented
ill tlie ~ , 18-segmented in the ? ; femora fulvous, the tips
broadly brownish black; tibiae dark brown, the posterior
tibiae with a very broad pale yellow ring before the tips;
wings topazit~e-yellow with a very sparse brown pattern ;abdomen with tile basal segment blue-black, the remainderof tile organ largely fulvous.
Male.--Length about 13 ram. ; wing 10"5 mm.
_Female.--Le,~gth about 14"5 mm. ; wing 12"5 mm.
l~)strum short, black, with yellow setm; pa]pi darkbrown. Antennae 19-segmented, tile formula in the
2 + 2-t- 11 + 4,, the branch of the thirteenth segment shorter
than the segment; longest branch approximately two-fifths
tile flagellum ; antennae dark brown, the apices of the basal
four flagellar segments paler. Ill the ~ the antennae are
18-segmented, the formula being 2 + 2 + 7 + 7 , the branches
long and conspicuous for this sex, the longest approximately
three times the length of the segment that bears it. Headbrilliantly shiny blue-black~ with all orange spot immediately
behind each antemml fosse, more conspicuous in the d' ; thelow vertical tubercle is weakly bidentate.
Pronotum black, the scutellum shiny.
Mesonotum
metallic-green, the praescutum with a faintly indicated subglabrous median carina, the surface of tile sclerite withtransverse to oblique microscopic striae, better indicated oa
tim region occupied by the usual stripes ; scutal lobes withsimilar transverse and oblique striae, the lateral region ofeach scutal lobe elevated into an obscure brown tubercle,
the surface of this region with yellow set,e, the median areaof the scutum with smaller but similar sctm i scutellum
black, the margin with yellow setae; postnotum greenish
blue, the base with-transverse strim~ the disk of the mediotergite with concentric, chiefly longitudinal strim ; pleurotergite glabrous, with longitudinal striae. Pleura black, thesclerites with a dense appressed silvery pruinosity, covering
the proepisternum, tim anepisternum and dorsal region ofsternopleurite, the pteropleurite a~d the katepisternum.

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ltalteres brown, the knobs darker. Legs with the eox~e andtrochanters black, the coxm with a conspicuous white microscopic pruinosity ; femora fulvous, the tips broadly brownish
black, most conspicuous on the posterior legs where there isalso an indication in the female of a medial browu r i n g ;tibiae dark brown, the posterior pair witit a broad paleyelh)w ring immediately before the narrow dark tips, thering occupying nearly two-fifths of the entire tibia; set~e
and integument of this ring pale; tarsi black. Wings witha browni,~h-topazine tinge, the base and cell Celearer yellow ;cell Sc iufuscated, except at base; a tiny brown cloud atorigin of Rs, a little larger in the ? ; stigma conspicuous,
dark brown; a brown seam along vein C,u and a narrowseam along the basal deflection of R4+5; veins dark brown.
Venation : Rs strongly angulated at origin ; cell Mx a little1,)nger than its petiole ; basal deflection of Cut not far fromthe inner end of cell 1st M~, the distance about equal
to r-re.
Abdomen with the basal segment violaceous blue-black,
the remaining tergites fillvous, the hypopygium and tip ofthe eighth tergite black. In the female the subterminal
segments with violaceous reflections.
H~5. New South Wales.
Holotype, c~,Blue Mts., January 7, 1922 ( E. W. Fer#uson).
Al/otopotype, ~, March 4, 1922 (E./~q ~eryuson).
'lhis very interesting crane-fly is named iu honour of thecollector, Dr. Eustace W. Ferguson, to whom I am indebt(dfor many favours. The type has been returned to Dr. Fcrguson. Gynolslistia fergusoniana is apparently most nearly
allied to the smaller G. viridithorax, Skuse.

Gynoplislia ch,,lybeia evanescens, subsp, n.
Differs from tytfieal chalybeia, Skuse, in the practicalobliteration of the white ru,g on the posterior tibiae.
Male.--Length about 5"2 mm. ; wing 6"8 mm.
Very close to the typical form, differing as fi)llows : ~llead metallic-green. Femoral bases yellow, on theposteri6r legs very broad, including more than the basal
two-thirds ; t h e usual pale ring on the posterior tibiae isahnost obliterated, being represenWd only by a very narrow,pale brown ring at this point. Venation : r-m distinct,
longer than R2+.,.
Hab. Tasmania.
Holotype, ~ , King Island (Lea).
Paralopotype, c~.
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Typical Gynopllstia chalybeia varies much in the colorationof the abdomen, in some specimens segments 2 to 4 being
reddish orange, in others the abdomen entirely steel-blue.

Gynoplistia hamiltoni, sp. n.
Male.--TJength about 9 mm. ; wing 8"5 ram.
Described from an alcoholic specimen.
Very closely related to G. violacea, Edwards, from which
it differs chiefly in antennal and hypopygial characters.
Antennae 19-segmented, the formula being 2 + 2 + 1 l + 4 ;longest branch eight to nine times the length of the segmentthat bears i t ; branch of the fifteenth segment about onehalf longer than the segment; four terminal segments
distinct. Wings with a heavy brown pattern; cell Sc entirely
dark brown ; stigma dark brown, sending an extensive
cloud along the cord to cell 1st M~; a large cloud at originof Rs, not quite reaching M ; wing-apex extensively cloudedwith brown, including all of cell /1/1, this colonr extending
along the wing-margin to beyond vein 2nd A. Venation : nosupernumerary cross-veins in any of the cells, those in riolaces very probably adventitious rather than supernumerary ;r very faint but located less than twice its length from thetip of R~, cell 2nd RI being very small; vein 2nd A notstrongly curved at tip. Male hypopygium generally similar
to that of violacea, but the gonapophyscs entirely different
fi'om Edwards's description and figure; each appears as atransverse oval chitinized plate, at mid-length of the caudal
margin produced into a slender, nearly straight spine ; lateralend of the plate produced into a long~ tail-like appendage
that is finally directed mesad, the apex spear-like. The
basal mesal face of the basistyle is setiferous and produced
into a slender curved interbasal process, this directed mesad,
caudad, and finally nearly laterad, the surface setiferous, theapex acute.
The coloration and bloom is largely removed by immersion
in alcohol, but the mesonotum, as well as the abdomen,simws deep purplish blue; hypopygium pale brown. Forecox~e pale apically, the others less extensively so.
Hab. New Zealand (South Island).
Holotype, ~ , Arthur's Pass, Canterbury~ altitude 15003600 feet, December 1922 (H. Hamilton).
This crane-fly is named in houour of the collector,
Mr. Harold Hamilton, to whom I am indebted for many
interesting species from Arthur's Pass.

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Gynoplist~a vittinervis, sp. n.
An~ennaI flagellum and branches black; mesonotal preescutum shining black, the humeral region paler; femorawith a pale subterminal ring ; posterior tibiae with a whitish
ring near mid-length; wings yellow with a brown patternthat includes seams along the veins that produce a vittate
appearance ; R~+3 equal in length to the petiole of cell Mt ;abdominal tergttes yellowish brown, the lateral margins
darker brown.
Male.--Length about 12 ram. ; wing 11"5 ram.
Rostrum and palpi brown. Antennae with at least fourteen
branched segment~, the terminal segments broken; seapal
segments light brown, the flagellum and its branches black ;flagel!ar branches long, including the basal two ; the branchof the fourteenth segment is likewise long (about eight times
the segme~t), which would indicate that there are s~itl otherbranched segments beyond it. Head dark brownish grey.
Pronotum light brown. Mesonotal praescutum shiny
black, the humeral region paler, with distinct pseudosuttlral
fovem ; seutal lobes dark, the median area paler ; scutellum
and mediotergite of postnotum shiny brownish yellow.
Pleura dark brown, lhe anepisternum and pteropleurite greydusted; pleurotergite brown, blackened above ttle base of
halter. Halteres yellow, the knobs infuscated. Legs withthe cox.'e pale brown, sparsely pruinose ; trochanters pale
brown; only the posterior legs of the type remain; femora
obscure yellow, at about one-ttfird the length passing intobrown, the tips rather broadly dark brown, preceded by anarrower but conspicuous pale yellow annulus; tibiae
yellowish brown, passing into brown, with a broad whitish
ring near mid-length, the setae of the segment uniformly
dark; tibial spurs elongate; tarsi brownish black. Wings
tinged with yellow ; celts C and Sc more saturated ; a rather
extensive brown pattern that appears, in part, as seams along
many of the longitudinal veins, especially those beyond the
cord'; besides these narrow seams there is a quadrate area atthe origin of Rs ; the stigmal area ; a broad cloud on theanterior cord ; narrower seams along the posterior cord andouter end of cell 1st M2, and a cloud on vein 1st A beyond
mid-length ; apices of cells 1st A and 2nd A a little suffused ;veins dark brown. Venation : Rs long, angulated at origin ;R2+~ unusually long, about equal to the petiole of cell Mi ;cell M1 fully twice as long as its petiole; basal deflectionof Cu~ beyond mid-length of cell 1st M~; vein 2nd A
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Abdominal te!'gites ligl,t yellowish brown, the lateral
margins darker" brown; sternites brown, the median area
still darker brown. Male hypopygium of approximately
similar type to G. tridacty/a, Edwards ; tergite transverse,with a small lateral tooth on either side ; apical process ofbasistyle broken near base and its length not known ; mesa[
face of basistyle with conspicuous projections or l~)bes, oue a
chitinized beak-like blade with the margin weakly serrulate ;the basal appendage (interbasal process) is a straight
slender rod that terminates in a slightly bulbous pointed
apex. Dististyles two, slender, the outer straigi,t, th~ apex
a little dilated into a truncated h e a d ; inner style a littlesh~)rter, the apex dil~tcd and obliquely truncated, the face~ith microscopic setm and a few large bristles, including agroup o f / b u r near apex.
Hab. New Zealaud (South Island).
Holotype, ~ , Takaka, Nelson, February 19, 1923 (C. B.

Molt'is).

Ischnotoma goldfinchi, sp. n.
General coloration light grey and black; flagellar segments of male antennm produced into flattened disks ; lco~s
black, the {bmoral bases narrowly fulvous; wings whitish
grey, faintly clouded with darker grey ; abdomen unilbrmly
dark greyish brown.
Male.--Length 16 ram. ; wing 17"5 ram.
Female.--Length about 19 mm. ; wing 19 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head grey, the nasus elongate;
palpi brownish black. Antennae black throughout, the basal
segment dusted with g r e y ; antennm of the male with tim
basal flagellar segment cylindrical, shorter than /. par(Walker); segment 2 with the lower face produced; segments 3 to 10 broad triangular, disk-shaped, the lateralangles conspicuous. Head dark brown, the anterior portiou
of the vertical tubercle obscure fuivous, the broad posterior
orbits light grey.
Mesonotal prmscutum light grey, with three darker grey
stripes that are broadly and conspicuously margined withblack, the broad median stripe split by an additional narrow
black median line, the black margins of the lateral stripes
confluent with the median stripe; scutum with the broad
median area light grey, each lobe black with three dark grey
spots, the mesal one largest ; scutellum brownish black, themedian area heavily iigi~t grey pruiuose; postnotal mediotergite light grey with a median dark bro~rt vitta, the lateral
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spots at caudal margin. Pleura light grey; a brown cloudsurroundino~ the anterior spiracle; a second cloud on theanepisternum ; pleurotergite black with a large, oval, lightgrey centre; mesosternum and meron darker ventrally.
Halter~'s brownish tesUtceous~ tile knobs infuscated. Legs
with tile coxae light g r e y ; troehanters greyish black;remainder of the legs black, the femoral bases narrowly.
fulvous, broadest and most conspicuous on the posterior legs
where about the t)as~I third is involved. Wings with a pale
whitish-grey tinge, the base conspicuously fulvous ; cell Sc
and the proximal half of the stigma brownish fulvous;
stigma brown; veins indistinctly seamed with brown; pale
brownisll-grey clouds on the wing, more distinct at origin ofRs and outer end of cell C, in centre of cell R~; outer endof cell R~ and all the posterior anal cells, leaving the basesof the cells of the ground-eolour; basal cells grey, with a conspicuous oval area of the ground-eolour at the outer end ofcell M; veins dark brown, more yellowish in the fulvous
areas. Venation : Rs not so strongly urcuated as in I. par.
Abdomen uniformly dark greyish brown, the lateral
margins of the tergites grey-pruinose~ the basal tergite lightgrey with a conspicuous brown mediau oval; sternites
similar. Male hypopygium with the caudal margin of theninth tergite with a conspicuous U-shaped notch. Eighthsternite unarmed.
The female is similar to the male as described, but theflagellar segments are less distinctly disk-shaped thoughcotlspicunusly produced.
Hab. New South Wales.
Holot!/pe, (~, Kosciusko, December 7, 1922 (G. Goldfinch).
Allotopotype, ?.
This distinct species of Ischnotoma is named in honour ofthe collector, Mr. G. Goldfiucll, to whom we are indebted
for many fine Tipulid~e. The type has been returned to
Dr. Ferguson.

Macromastix simillima, sp. n.
~Iale.-- Length 7"8-8"5 ram. ; wing 12"5-14"2 ram. ;m,telma 11-14 ram.
Belongs to the binotata group and closely related to
M. lonyioricornis, Alexander, from which it differs chiefly
in tlle shorter antennm and tile structure of tile maleby popygium.
Antcnnm approximately one-half longer than the bodyand shorter than the wing; flagellum testaceous, darkenitlg
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the fourth, thence shortening to the end of the organ. Mesonotal prmscutum obscure ochreous, the interspaces darker,
with four conspicuous dark brown stripes, the intermediatepair very narrowly separated by a capillary vitta, strongly
narrowed behind, tile two together appearing cuneiibrm ;scutal lobes with (lark centres ; mediotergite of postnotum alittle darkened posteriorly. Pleura pale brown, the dorsal
pleurites a little infuscated. Legs brown, the tips of thefemora a little darker, the tibial bases a little paler ; terminal
tarsal segments darker. Wings broader than in longioricornis; ground-colour pale salmon-colour~ with a relatively
heavy ocellate brown pattern ; the dark area in the base ofcells R and M is only narrowly separated from the large
ocellate ring near mid-length of vein M ; areas at origin ofRs and in the vicinity of the cord more clearly defined.
Abdominal segments bicolorous, the bases of the tergites
dark brown ; a little more thau the terminal half brownish
ochreous, more extensive on the posterior segments ; sternites
more nearly uniform in colour; hypopygium browmsh
ochreous. Male hypopygium with the dististyle terminati~gin a blunt obtuse apex, the spines at base of style about fivein number, becoming smaller distally. In lon[lioricornis thedististyle is produced into a long tapering blade, the apex
subacute.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, g , Waiouru, Wellington, June 11, 1923 (T. R.

Harris).
Paratopotypes, 13 d' d ; paratypes, 1 ~ , Owbango, July 1~
1922 (T. R. Harris); formerly hmluded as a paratype of
M. longioric~rnis ; 1 c~, Ohakune, August 10, 1922 (7: R.
Harris); l ~ , Taumarunui, October 1, 1922 ( T. R. Harris).
In the Taumarunni paratypc the antennm reach theirmaximum length, but are still shorter than the wing. The
types were taken while crawling about over the groundand climbing fences.

Macromastix monstrata, sp. n.
General coloration dark brown ; antennm moderately elongate; mesonotal prmscutum with three confluent brownishochreous stripes~ the median one narrowed to a point infront; halteres elongate; wings semiatrophied, infuscated,
wittl still darker markings ; abdomen dark brown, tergites 5
and 6 with light grey posterior margins.
Female.--Length 6"5 mm. ; wing 5"5 mm.
Frontal prolongation of the head relatively slender~ dark

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brown, nasus small ; palpi dark brown. Antennae moderately
elongate, if bent backward extending to mid-distance between
the bases of the wings and halteres ; seapal segments pale
brown, especially the second segment ; flagellum dark brown ;flagellar segments gradually decreasing in length outwardly.
Head brown, a trifle paler adjoining the inner margin of
the eyes.
Pronotum narrow, dark brown. Mesonotal pr~escutum
depressed, flattened, dark brown, with three brownishochreous stripes, confluent behind, the median stripe narrowed to an acute point in front, the lateral stripes somewhat divergent ; scutal lobes brownish oehreous, the medianarea darker ; scutellum large, brownish ochreous ; postnotum
dark brown. Pleura dark brown. Halteres elongate, thebase of the stem and apices of the knobs abruptly pale.
Legs relatively short, brown, the femoral tips darkened;
terminal tarsal segments dark brown. Wings semi-atrophied,the extreme base dark brown ; cells C and Sc for a distancebeyond h darkened, almost to their outer ends; base of vein
Cu darkened, the remainder yellowish ; Cu2 and deflection
Cul infuscated; remainder of wing tinged with brown.
Venation distorted, but otherwise distinct.
Abdomen dark brown, the second tergite with a transverse
paler area beyond mid-length; tergite 5 light grey, with a
median anterior brown spot : tergite 6 with the caudal margin
greyish; tergite 7 with tim posterior border a little paler
than the base. Ovipositor with blunt valves.
Hab. New Zealand (North Island).
Holotype, ?, Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, July 17, 1923

(T. R. Harris).
This species would seem to find its nearest ally inMacromastix cubitalis, Edwards~ which is fully winged
in both sexes.

LIX.--Descriptlons and Records of Bee~.--XCIX.
By T. D. A. COCKERELL,University of Colorado.
THE Siberian bees recorded below are all from the Marifimo
1)rovince, and were obtained during the summer of 1923.

C~lloxgs rufeseens nigrescens, subsp, n.
.--Like C. rufescens, Lepel., from Europe, with tilesame tridentate last ventral segment, but apical part of last