32 Transactions. 



TiNEIDAE. 



Mallobathra perisseuta n. sp. 



^. 15 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous. Antennal 

 ciliations 2|^. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 6 present ; fuscous, anterior 

 half of costa suffused with darker fuscous ; a dark-fuscous quadrate spot 

 on middle of dorsum, preceded and followed by suffused whitish blotches : 

 cilia fuscous. Hind wings with 6 present ; rather dark fuscous : cilia fuscouS; 



Dunedin, in October (Clarke) ; one specimen. 



Art. VIII. — Illustrated Life-histories of New Zealand Insects : No. J. 



By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., F.N.Z.Inst. 



[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 3rd December, 1919 ; received by Editor ,^ 

 9th December, 1919; issued separately, 4th June, 1920.] 



Plate I. 



The present article is the first of a series I hope to publish from time to 

 time on the life-histories of New Zealand insects, which to the best of my 

 belief have not previously been recorded. The subjects will not be selected 

 in any systematic order, but the life-histories will simply appear as they are 

 worked out in the field. Preference will, however, be given to those orders 

 of insects where the least is known regarding their habits, and the species 

 dealt with will therefore mainly belong to the so-called '' neglected orders." 

 Hence species belonging to the better-known orders of Lepidoptera and 

 Coleoptera will be excluded from the scope of these papers at present. 

 Illustrations will be given with each paper, which it is hoped will enable 

 any naturalist to recognize the insects in all their stages. Such structural 

 descriptions as may be given will be extremely brief, as it will necessarily 

 devolve on specialists in each order to give fuller details when the study 

 of the "neglected orders" is taken up in real earnest. In the meantime 

 the present notes and illustrations may be useful in arousing interest and 

 in presenting the subject in an intelligible form to the general student of 

 nature. 



Order DIPTERA. 



Familv Tipulidae. 



Gnophomyia rufa. (Plate I, fig. 7. (S.) 



Tipula rufa Huds., Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 27, p. 294. Gnophomyia 

 rufa Hutton, ih., vol. 32, p. 39. 



This large and very handsome species of crane-fly, or " daddy-long-legs," 

 may be found occasionally in dense forests in the Wellington and Nelson 

 districts. It is very possibly a generally distributed species, but precise 



