Hutton. — On the Diptera brachycera of Neto Zealand. 61 



Hab. Christchurch (Clark). 



In this species the fronto- orbital bristles descend lower 

 than in the others, reaching to about the middle of the face. 

 The first posterior cell is open. 



Genus Gymnophania, Brauer and Bergenstamm (1889). 



Lower part of the cheeks with strong bristles. Proboscis 

 not much longer than the height of the head, the palpi well 

 developed. Abdomen shining, without any tomentum, and 

 without macrochaetae. First posterior cell of the wiug ending 

 near the tip. 



Gymnophania pernix, sp. nov. 



Entirely black, the eyes dull-red. Squamae dark in the 

 •centre. Scutellum with a marginal row of long hairs. 

 Length, 7 mm. ; wing, 6 mm. 



Hab. Christchurch (Clark) ; Lincoln (Hilgendorf). 



The first posterior cell is closed, but not petiolate ; the 

 posterior cross-vein is nearer to the margin than to the chief 

 cross-vein ; the third longitudinal is bare ; the fourth longi- 

 tudinal curves forwards at an obtuse angle ; the last section 

 of the fifth longitudinal is about one-sixth of the length of 

 the preceding section. The front is shining-black ; the eyes 

 are bare, and the facial ridges unarmed ; the vibrissas are 

 auout on a level with the anterior edge of the mouth. 



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Genus Phania, Meigen (1824). 



Third joint of the antennae compressed, longer than the 

 second. Abdomen rather elongated ; the male organ long, 

 bent under the body. First posterior cell open. 



Phania verecunda, sp. nov. 

 Hudson, Man. N.Z. Ent., pi. vii., fig. 11. (Not named.) 



Vertex velvety-black, face silvery. Antennae, proboscis, 

 and palpi piceous. Thorax and scutellum black. First three 

 segments of the abdomen orange, the others black. Legs 

 black. Squamae and wings pale-orange, the latter darker 

 towards the base ; veins orange. Length, 7 mm. ; wing, 

 6 mm. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson) ; Christchurch (Clark). 



The eyes are bare and approximated, but not touching, in 

 the male. The third joint of the antennae is about twice the 

 length of the second. The arista is bare. There is a pair of 

 long setae on the vertex, but no fronto-orbital bristles. The 

 thorax has a few scattered bristles, and there is a marginal 

 row on the scutellum ; the abdomen has very few, and no 



