Hutton. — On the Diptera brachycera of Neiv Zealand. 29 



the thorax greenish-bronze, densely marked with microscopic 

 transverse striae and covered with slight pale-golden down. 

 Abdomen greenish-bronze, with pale-golden pubescence, the 

 posterior edges of the segments yellowish-brown. Legs brown, 

 the tibiae and tarsi paler ; joints of the latter pale-yellow at 

 the base. Wings hyaline, slightly tinged with brownish; 

 veins brown. Length, 5-6 mm." (Osten-Sacken). 



Hab. Wellington and Nelson (Hudson). Bare. 



I have not seen this species. 



Genus Henops, Illiger (1806). 



Proboscis not apparent. Antennae inserted on the lower 

 part of the head ; the second joint bearing an elongated style 

 with two short bristles at the end. Eyes glabrous. Neura- 

 tion imperfect ; the second longitudinal vein forked ; the third 

 longitudinal vein rudimentary ; no discal cell ; one distinct 

 basal only ; branches of the fourth longitudinal vein discon- 

 nected. Abdomen subglobose. 



Henops brunneus. 



H. brunneus, Hutton, Gat. Dipt. N.Z., p. 21 (1881) ; Maskell, 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xx., p. 106, pi. x. 



Head black ; antennae pitch-brown. Thorax pitch-brown, 

 with scattered tawny hairs. Abdomen brown, the posterior 

 margin of each segment tawny. Legs pale-brown. Wings 

 hyaline; the costa aud second longitudinal vein brown. 

 Length, 5-6 mm. ; wing, 5-7 mm. 



Hab. Otago (F. W. H.) ; Wairarapa (Maskell) ; Auckland 

 (Broun). 



Henops nitens, sp. nov. 



Shining black, with black hairs on the thorax and abdo- 

 men. The tibiae, except their bases, the tarsi, except the 

 last joint of each, and a spot on each side of the second and 

 third abdominal segments, tawny. Wiugs hyaline. Length, 

 5-6| mm. ; wing, 4^-5 mm. 



Hab. Auckland (Broun) ; Wellington (Hudson). 



Family EMPID^. 



" Three basal cells complete, rather large, the third shorter 

 than the second ; posterior basal cross-vein parallel to the 

 border of the wing; third longitudinal frequently forked; 

 anterior intercalary vein present, the posterior absent. First 

 joint of the antennae not much shortened, third joint with an 

 apical bristle sometimes resembling a style. Eaipodium mem- 

 branaceous and of a linear form" (Loew). 



