HuTTON. — On the Crane-flies of New Zealand. 31 



Macromastix fucata, sp. nov. 



Head, rostrum, and bases of the antennae yellowish-brown : 

 occiput, palpi, and tips of the antennae fuscous. Pronotum, 

 scutellum, and part of the metanotum yellow. Mesonotum 

 cinerous, the transverse suture black ; four dusky bands 

 before the suture, the middle pair not reaching the anterior 

 margin, united both before and behind, the exterior pair 

 shorter ; pleurse and pectus cinerous, not very hairy. Hal- 

 teres fuscous. Abdomen cinerous, except the second segment. 

 Second to sixth segments with a black dorsal mark, contracted 

 forwards on each segment. On the second segment this mark 

 is bordered on both sides and in front with dull-yellow. The 

 third to the sixth segments are narrowly margined behind 

 with yellow ; the seventh and eighth segments have a parallel- 

 sided black mark on the dorsum ; the ninth segment is black. 

 Wings tinted yellowish-brown, the costal cell yellower ; stigma 

 and veins brown. Coxae cinerous ; femora yellowish-brown 

 except the tips, which, with the tibiae and tarsi, are fuscous. 

 Length, $ 15 mm. ; wing, $ 18 mm.; antennae, 2 3 mm. 

 The male is unknown. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson). 



Macromastix pallida, sp. nov. 



Pale brownish-yellow, with faint brownish longitudinal 

 bands on the mesonotum, and the distal halves of the fourth 

 to the eighth abdominal segments brownish. Wings nearly 

 colourless, the stigma and veins pale brownish - yellow. 

 Petiole of the second posterior cell not so long as the cell. 

 Intercalary vein bending slightly upwards, towards the 

 anterior branch of the fourth longitudinal. Praefurca short, 

 about one-fourth of the whole of the second longitudinal vein. 

 Length, J" 14 mm.; wing, ^ 18 mm.; antennae, ^ 18 mm. or 

 19 mm. The female is unknown. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson). 



Macromastix montana, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax black, with yellow hairs. Abdomen in 

 the male reddish, with a dark dorsal band ; in the female 

 black, with the lower surface and nearly the whole of the 

 second segment orange. Tubercle on the head rather small. 

 Antennas in both sexes not much longer than the head. 

 Wings slightly smoky ; uniform in colour, except the stigma, 

 which is darker. Hind margin of the posterior basal cell with 

 short transverse folds. Praefurca rather less than one-third 

 of the second longitudinal vein ; petiole of the second posterior 

 cell short. Legs black, the proximal halves of the femora 



