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vein straight. Wings and their veins glabrous. Antennae 

 16-jointed, the three last joints of the flagellum abruptly 

 smaller. Tibise without spurs at the tip ; ungues small, 

 smooth on the under-side, inserted under a projection of the 

 last tarsal joint ; empodia small but distinct. Forceps of 

 the male with large, iucrassated basal pieces, and a double, 

 claw-shaped, horny appendage fastened to them on each side ; 

 ovipositor with flattened, curved, pointed upper valves and 

 short lower ones" (Osten-Sacken). 



Baron Osten-Sacken says that he has in his collection a 

 species from New Zealand. 



Genus Gnophomyia, Osten-Sacken (1859). 



"Two submarginal cells; four posterior cells; a discal 

 cell ; the second longitudinal vein originates somewhat before 

 the middle of the anterior margin, a considerable distance 

 anterior to the tip of the auxiliary vein ; praefurca very 

 slightly arcuated at the basis, nearly straight ; subcostal 

 cross-vein at a small or moderate distance (hardly exceeding 

 the length of the great cross-vein) from the tip of the auxili- 

 ary vein ; seventh longitudinal vein nearly straight. Wings 

 glabrous. Antennae 16-jointed. Tibiae without spurs at the 

 tip ; tarsi with distinct empodia. The forceps of the male 

 consists of two comparatively short basal pieces and a pair 

 of claw-shaped, horny appendages ; a second pair of horny 

 appendages, below the first, is shorter and stouter " (Osten- 

 Sacken) . 



Gnophomyia rufa. Plate IV., fig. 13. 



Tipula rufa, Hudson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxvii, p. 294 

 (1895).* 



Length, 3 27 mm. ; wing, 3 21 mm. The female is un- 

 known. 



Hah. Wellington and Nelson (Hudson). 



This fine species answers well to Osten-Sacken's definition 

 of Gnophomyia. The antennae are 16-jointed, the joints of 

 the flagellum oval. The rostrum is shorter than the head. 

 The eyes are contiguous. The empodia are large. There are 

 no tibial spurs. The origin of the second longitudinal is very 

 oblique. The first submarginal cell is nearly as long as the 

 second. The seventh longitudinal vein is straight for some 

 distance, and then turns sharply backwards, joining the 

 margin at a high angle ; the posterior cross-vein enters the 

 discal cell at about one-third of its length from the inner 

 margin. The wdngs are glabrous, and orange in colour. 

 There is a dark oblique streak from the tip of the first longi- 

 tudinal, through the fork of the second longitudinal, into the 



