2i Transactions. — Zoology. 



the chief cross-vein situated a considerable distance before 

 the base of the fourth posterior cell. Anteuuse 13-jointed. 

 Genitalia of the male somewhat iucrassate, with long digiti- 

 form appendages " (Skuse). 



Dolichopeza atropos. Plate III., fig. 1. 



Tijmla atropos, Hudson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxvii., p. 295 



(1895). 



Uniform dark-brown, the wings tinted yellowish-brown ; 

 the stigma and veins brown. The third joint of the antennae 

 is elongated, and is as long as the fourth and fifth taken 

 together. Second posterior cell rather short, petiolate ; chief 

 cross-vein more than half its length distant from the end of 

 the fourth posterior cell. The auxiliary vein joins the first 

 longitudinal at the origni of the second longitudinal. The 

 first longitudinal ends free, and there is no marginal cross- 

 vein. The third longitudinal is much bent down, and then 

 turns slightly upwards before joining the margin of the wing. 

 Anal angle of the wing distinct. 



Male. — Length of body, 12 mm. ; of wing, 15 mm. 



Hah. Wellington (Hudson). 



The male forceps is incrassate, but I cannot make it out 

 clearly without destroying the unique specimen. 



Genus Pachyehina, Macquart (1889). 



Eostrum short and stout. Antennae generally 13-jointed, 

 about the length of the thorax. Second posterior cell sessile. 



Pachyrhina hudsoni. Plate III., figs. 2a to 2cl. 



Tipula dux, Hudson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxvii., p. 293 

 (1895), not of White and Kirby (1884). 



In this fine species the rostrum is stout, about the length 

 of the head, and the terminal joint of the palpi is long and 

 flagelliform. The antennie are 13-jointed ; the first joint 

 long and cylindrical, the second globular, the third, fourth, 

 and fifth cylindrical, stout, decreasing in length, the rest 

 very narrow, with long hairs ; the thirteenth jomt minute. 

 Wings luteous, with a pale, irregular, transverse fascia from 

 the tip of the first longitudinal, across the chief cross-vein, as 

 far as the fourth longitudinal ; also a pale spot on the pos- 

 terior margin of the discal cell. The discal cell is large, 

 pentagonal, receiving the posterior cross-vein at its outer 

 posterior angle. Praefurca longer than the chief cross-vein, 

 forming about one-half of the second longitudinal. Forceps 

 of the male exposed, not thickened, formed by two pairs of 

 appendages, an upper and a lower. The upper pair, or forceps 

 proper, 2-jointed ; the basal joint long and oval in shape, the 



