HuTTON. — On the Crane-flies of New Zealand. 35 



Geranomyia annulipes, sp. nov. Plate III., figs. 9a, 96. 



Brownish-yellow ; pronotum, a central band on the meso- 

 notum, and metanotvim fuscous. Proboscis about as long as 

 the thorax without the head ; palpi rather long, 4-joinred, 

 situated at the middle of the proboscis. xVntennse 14-jointed ; 

 joints of the fiagellum pyriform. Halteres with fuscous tips, 

 the second to the seventh abdominal segments dark-brown 

 above, with pale-yellowish hind margins. Legs brownish-yel- 

 low, with fuscous articulations and a fuscous ring near the tip 

 of each femur. Wings tinted yellowish, with two large brown 

 spots, the first at the origin of the second longitudinal vein, 

 the second on the marginal cross-vein ; also two small spots — 

 one on the basal cross-vein, the other at the commencement of 

 the submarginal cell. The chief cross-vein, the posterior cross- 

 vein, and both inner and outer edges of the discal cell are bor- 

 dered with fuscous. The tip of the auxiliary vein ends a little 

 beyond the origin of the second longitudinal. Praefurca 

 bent down and angled, with a small stump at the angle. 

 Length, 3' 6 mm.; wing, ^ 8 mm. Female unknown. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson). 



I place this species in Geranomyia on account of its long 

 proboscis, but the antennas do not agree with the definition 

 of the genus. The posterior cross-vein lies inside the base of 

 the discal cell. 



Genus Limnobia, Meigen (1818). 



, " One subinarginal cell ; four posterior cells ; a discal cell. 

 The marginal cross-vein is sometimes at the tip of the first 

 longitudinal vein, but often at some distance anterior to this 

 tip, crossing the stigma ; the tip of the auxiliary vein is usually 

 far beyond the origin of the praefurca. Antennae 14- (often ap- 

 parently 15-) jointed. Legs comparatively strong ; tibiae with- 

 out spurs at the tip ; em podia indistinct or none ; ungues with 

 several teeth on the under-side, giving them a pectmate ap- 

 pearance. The forceps of the male consists of two horny 

 movable hooks, and a horny style under them " (Osten- 

 Sacken). 



Limnobia fumipennis. 



Tipzda (Cylindromata) fumipennis, White, MS. Limnobia 

 fumipennis, Butler, Cistula Entomologica, vol. i., p. 355 



(1875). 



" Head and thorax dark-brown ; abdomen dark-brown, 

 with a widish pale line at the base in the middle ; legs 

 black ; wings blackish, the veins at the end margined with 

 deeper black than the general surface of the wings " (White). 



Hab. New Zealand. 



