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the vein almost at a right angle and proceeds straight forward 

 to the margin. Length, 6 mm. ; wing, 6 mm. 

 Hab. Auckland (Broun). 



Genus Hilara, Meigen (1822). 



Third joint of the antennae with a short style ; the first 

 joint short. Proboscis straight, perpendicular, not longer than 

 the head. Wings with the third longitudinal forked. 



Hilara fulvipes, sp. nov. 



Eeddish-brown ; the legs tawny, except the last four joints 

 of the tarsi, which are fuscous. Third joint of the antennas 

 slightly swollen, the style about half as long as the joint. 

 Proboscis shorter than the head, nearly vertical. The fork of 

 the third longitudinal vein leaves nearly at a right angle and 

 then curves outward, joining the margin acutely. Length, 

 1 mm. ; wing, 4 mm. 



Hab. Christchurch (F. W. H.). 



The style is shorter than the third joint of the antennas. 



Genus Clinoceka, Meigen (1822). 



Proboscis thick. First joint of the antennae short, the 

 third shorter than the style. Fore coxae elongated, the 

 femora not thickened. Third longitudinal vein forked ; discal 

 and both basal cells present ; four posterior cells ; sixth longi- 

 tudinal vein obsolete before reaching the margin. 



Clinocera fumosa, sp. nov. 



Eyes dark-red, the antennae and proboscis black. Head 

 and thorax black, the latter with some silvery down below r 

 and faint indications of two pale bands on the mesonotum. 

 Abdomen dark-brown, with scattered black hairs. Halteres 

 white. Wings smoky, the stigma indistinct ; veins nearly 

 black ; fork of third longitudinal vein leaving at an acute 

 angle, not bent forwards ; fourth longitudinal straight. Legs 

 blackish-brown. Length, 7 mm. ; wing, 6 mm. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson). 



Family DOLICHOPODIDZE. 



" First basal cell rather short, the second united with the 

 discal, the third small ; auxiliary vein running into the first 

 longitudinal vein ; third longitudinal vein simple ; the fourth 

 sometimes furcate ; no intercalary vein. Hypopygium sym- 

 metrical, bent under the abdomen. Empodium small, mem- 

 branaceous, of a linear form" (Loew). 



