Hutton. — On the Diptera brachycera of Neiv Zealand. 85 



veins tawny. The marginal cell has three or four brown 

 spots, and there is another at the end of the second longi- 

 tudinal vein. A spot on the chief cross- vein, and one at the 

 anterior end of the posterior cross-vein ; the first posterior cell 

 has one or two spots near its apex, and one on the anterior 

 margin of the second posterior cell. The posterior cross-vein 

 is strongly sinuated. Length, 7 mm. ; wing, 71- mm. 

 Hah. Canterbury (H. Clark) ; Otago (F. W. H.). 



Limnia tranquilla, sp. no v. 



Dark - ferruginous, the vertex bright yellowish - tawny. 

 Tibiae, except their apices, and tarsi, except their two last 

 joints, tawny. Wings yellow, spotted with brown ; the sub- 

 costal cell dark ; the veins piceous, tawny at their bases ; 

 posterior cross- vein strongly sinuated. The marginal cell has 

 from four to six spots, the submarginal five to seven. The 

 first posterior cell has four or five, the outer one of which is 

 ringed but not ocellated. The second posterior cell has two 

 spots. The anal and auxiliary cells are clouded, and the 

 cross- veins are bordered with brown. Length, 7 mm. ; wing, 

 7 mm. 



Hab. Auckland (Captain Broun). 



Limnia transmarina. 



L. transmarina, Schiner, Eeise der "Novara," Dipt., p. 234 

 (1868) ; Hutton, Cat. Dipt. N.Z., p. 65. 



Pale-tawny, the vertex and antennae yellowish. Thorax 

 grey, with two brown lines ; the sides brown, with a white 

 band ; lower surface white. Tips of the femora brown. 

 Wings yellow, the posterior cross-vein moderately sinuated. 

 The marginal cell has four large spots and usually two smaller 

 ones. The rest of the wing is vaguely ocellated with pale- 

 grey. Length, 6^ mm. ; wing, 6^ mm. 



Hab. Auckland (Voy. " Novara ") ; Christchurch (H. 

 Clark). 



Limnia obscura, sp. nov. 



Cylindra sigma, Hudsqn, Man. N.Z. Ent., p. 62, pi. vii., 



fig. 14. 



Vertex and antennae bright - tawny, the frontal band 

 darker ; face yellowish-white. Thorax tawny above, with 

 two obscure brown lines ; a white stripe on each side, below 

 which is a brown stripe ; under-surface white. Abdomen 

 dark-tawny. Legs tawny; the upper surfaces of the femora, 

 the apices of the tibiae, and the last two joints of the tarsi 

 dark-brown. Wings pale -yellow, ocellated, the posterior 

 cross- vein moderately sinuated. The marginal cell has four 

 large brown spots, the two inner of which cross the subcostal 



