302 Transactions. — Zoology. 



reflections. Palpi long, incurved ; first joint nearly black, 

 second joint long, light -brown, third joint similar to the 

 second but more slender and shorter, fourth joint longest, 

 orange -coloured. Front greyish -brown, setose, the hairs 

 being black. Tliorax dark-brown, thickly covered with short 

 black hairs, with long curved black hairs on the margins. 

 Scutellum black, with long black hairs on the margin. Meta- 

 thorax and pleurae black, the latter with long slender black 

 hairs. Halteres with stout pedicels, very light yellow, but 

 covered with short black hairs. Abdomen slender, dark- 

 brown irregularly mottled with fulvous, covered everywhere 

 with rather short black hairs. Legs ratlier long and slender ; 

 cox£e yellow at both ends, but the central portion is dark- 

 brown, tip setose ; femora dark-yellow, the tip and central 

 portion shaded with brown, surface covered with short black 

 hairs; tibiae slender, straw-coloured, with longitudinal rows 

 of black hairs, and spotted with brown spots, from which 

 long spiiies arise ; spurs dark-brown ; tarsi long and slender, 

 with horizontal rows of black hairs, but no spines. Wings 

 with distinct brown tinge, but extreme tip yellow ; a dark- 

 brown patch at marginal cross-vein and apex of inner marginal 

 cell ; a very irregular band extending from the end of the 

 first longitudinal to near the end of the second posterior cell ; 

 a shaded patch between these two marks and a shaded sub- 

 apical area. Veins brown. Surface of wing microscopically 

 pubescent, the hairs being arranged in oblique lines. Auxiliary 

 not very short, slightly bent posteriorly and gradually disap- 

 pearing ; tip of costa and second longitudinal very near apex 

 of the wing ; fifth longitudinal extending to fork of fourth 

 longitudinal; sixth longitudinal long, nearly reaching margin ; 

 inner marginal cell just lying over base of second submarginal 

 cell, whose petiole is very short. 



I found abundant specimens of this insect in one spot 

 in a very damp gully on the bush-covered side of the Eimu- 

 taka Mountains, near the Summit Station. 



Mycetophila Jioivletti, sp. nov. 



Length of antenna}, 0-132; size of body, 0-300 x 0-065; 

 •expanse of wing, 0-264 x 0-120. 



Basal joint of scapus more than twice the length of the 

 second, setae black ; length of joints of flagellum two or three 

 times their breadth, the basal five or six joints with an orange 

 band at both ends, but the central portion is dark -brown. 

 Palpi dark - orange ; first joint short, second stout, third 

 more slender, bristly like the second, fourth strongly curved, 

 broadening considerably at the apex, slightly bristly. Front 

 yellowish-grey, covered with black hairs. Thorax reddish- 

 yellow, but black on lateral margins above the wings, densely 



