HuTTON. — 0)1 the Crane-flies of Neiv Zealand. 27 



origin of tlie second longitudinal vein. Short cross-folds in 

 the costal cell and along the hind margin ot the posterior 

 basal cell. Length, 3 20 mm.; wing, ^ 22 mm. Female 

 not known. 



Hab. Nelson (Hudson). 



The venation of the wing resembles that of T. novara. The 

 prsefurca is about equal in length to the third longitudmal. 



Tipula viridis. Plate III., figs. 4a, A.h. 



Tipula viridis, Walker, Ins. Saunders, Diptera, p. 445 (1856). 

 T. Jiolochlora, Nowicki, Mem. d. Krakauer K.-K. Akad. der 

 Wissenchafften, band 2, gedructen Aufsatzes (1875) ; Cat. 

 Dipt, of N.Z., p. 15: Hudson, Manual of N.Z. Ento- 

 mology, p. 47, pi. v., figs. 1 and 16. 



Greenish luteous. Thorax testaceous above, with three 

 longitudinal darker bands, the central of which is the shortest, 

 and is sometimes divided into two bands. Wings hyaline, 

 without spots ; the costal cell and stigma pale-yellowish. 

 Length, 3 15mm., 5 22mm.; wing, 3' 21mm., $ 28mm. 



Hab. Throughout New Zealand. 



The antennae are rather longer and slenderer than usual ; 

 the ninth to the eleventh joints being markedly narrower than 

 those that go before them ; the twelfth joint is rather thicker, 

 forming a slight club ; the thirteenth is minute. In the wing 

 the praefurca is short, forming only about a fourth of the 

 whole of the second longitudinal vein. The petiole of the 

 second posterior cell is short. The forceps of the male is 

 thickened. The ovipositor is long and pointed. 



Tipula obscuripennis. Plate III., fig. 5. 



Tipula obscuripennis, White and Kirby, Trans. Ent. Soc. of 

 London, 1884, p. 271. 



Male. — " Eeddish-brown above, with a greyish bloom be- 

 neath. Head reddish-brown, with a white ring round the 

 black eyes. Thorax greyish, with two contiguous reddish- 

 brown stripes occupying the middle above ; they are divided 

 by a narrow pale line, and are slightly narrower behind than 

 before ; on each side is a darker oval spot, which is continued 

 on to the metathorax. This and the scutellum are pale and 

 shining, the latter edged with dusky behind. Abdomen red- 

 dish-brown above, with an obsolete dark spot in the middle of 

 each segment ; second segment almost entirely dusky. Legs 

 tawny, with the knees and tarsi blackish. Wings hyaline, 

 with the costal cell and the rather large oblong stigma 

 pale-yellow ; halteres blackish ; a transparent space in the 

 costal cell, and the lower part of the hinder basal cell with 

 small perpendicular folds " (Kirby). Forceps thickened. 



