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Proboscis and palpi dark-brown. Thorax with silvery tomen- 

 tum and four black longitudinal bands ; the scutellum grey. 

 Abdomen grey, tessellated with black and white. Legs 

 black, the femora with greyish tomentum. Squamae white. 

 Wings pellucid, slightly tinged with brown at the base ; 

 veins dark-brown ; fourth longitudinal vein sharply bent at 

 a right angle and then curved gently outwards ; a cubital 

 appendix present or absent. Length, 11 mm. ; wing, 8 mm. 

 Hab. Wellington (Hudson) ; Christchurch (F. W. H.). 



Proscissio modica, sp. nov. 



Face brown, covered with pale-yellow tomentum, the 

 frontal band dark-brown. Second joint of the antennae pale- 

 brown, the first and third dark-brown. Proboscis dark- 

 brown ; the palpi tawny. Thorax greyish-black, with four 

 indistinct black longitudinal bands, the sides with grey 

 tomentum ; scutellum brown, black at the base. Abdo- 

 men blackish-brown, tessellated with silvery tomentum. 

 Legs blackish-brown, the femora with greyish tomentum. 

 Squamae brownish-white. Wings pellucid, brownish at the 

 base ; the veins brown. Fourth longitudinal vein curved 

 round to an acute angle with its former direction, and 

 then curved outwards. A short cubital appendix present 

 or absent. Length, 11 mm. ; wing, 8 mm. 



Rah. Wellington (G. V. Hudson). 



Proscissio valida, sp. nov. 



Head brown, with pale-yellow tomentum on the face. 

 Antennae, proboscis, and palpi dark-brown. Thorax with 

 pale-yellow tomentum and four dark longitudinal bands ; the 

 scutellum yellowish-grey. Abdomen blackish -brown, tessel- 

 lated on the sides with black and white tomentum. Legs 

 blackish-brown. Squamae white. Wings pellucid, brownish 

 at the base ; the veins brown ; fourth longitudinal curved 

 sharply round to a right angle with its former direction, and 

 then curved more gently outwards. No cubital appendix. 

 Length, 15 mm. ; wing, 11 mm. 



Hab. Taranaki (Clark). 



Proscissio montana, sp. nov. 

 Head brown, with pale-yellow tomentum on the face. 

 Antennae, proboscis, and palpi dark-brown. Thorax with pale- 

 yellow tomentum and four dark longitudinal bands ; scutellum 

 yellowish -grey, with irregular dark markings. Abdomen 

 black, with white tomentum on the anterior portion of each 

 segment. Legs blackish-brown, the knees tawny. Squamae 

 brownish-white. Wings pellucid, brownish near the base; 

 the veins brown. Fourth longitudinal bent sharply at a right 



