Hutton. — On New Diptera. 191 



tibiae, with an indistinct paler band beyond the middle. Tibial 

 spurs moderately long. Empodia large. Wings pale-yel- 

 lowish, with five brown spots along the anterior border. Of 

 these the second and third are somewhat horse-shoe-shaped. 

 The fourth is the largest and occupies the stigmatic region. 

 The fifth is close to the tip of the wing. The cross-veins are 

 slightly bordered with brown. The second longitudinal vein 

 is oblique and gently curved at its origin. The subcostal cross- 

 vein is close to the tip of the auxiliary. The first submarginal 

 cell is more than three-fourths of the length of the second. 

 There are five posterior cells. The posterior cross-vein is 

 nearly straight, and arises near the inner edge of the discal 

 cell. Female: Length, 15-16 mm. ; wing, 14 mm. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson). 



This species comes nearest to L. sinistra, but is easily dis- 

 tinguished by the markings on the wings. I have named it 

 after the late Mr. F. A. Skuse, who did so much good work 

 towards getting the Australian Tipulidcs into order. 



Family KHYPHID,E. 



Genus Ehyphus, Latreille, 1802. 



One marginal and five posterior cells ; a discal cell. 

 Antennae 16-jointed. Legs slender, moderately long ; hind 

 tibiee with small apical spurs. Eyes contiguous in the 

 male, separated in the female. 



Rhyphus notatus, sp. nov. 



Eeddish-tawny, the flagellum of the antennas dark-brown. 

 Thorax with five brown stripes, the middle one shorter than 

 the lateral pair ; scutellum and metanotum brown. Tips of 

 the femora and tibiae brown. Halteres pale-yellowish. Wings 

 pale brownish ; the pterostigma and the tip, from the discal 

 cell outwards, darkish-brown. A distinct round white spot 

 in the submarginal cell, and another, touching it, in the first 

 posterior cell. A brown spot in the anterior basal cell, and 

 another on the chief cross- vein. Posterior cross- vein bordered 

 with brown. Veins brown. Length, 6 mm.; wing, 6 mm. 



Hab. Auckland (H. Suter) ; Wellington (G. V. Hudson) ; 

 Christchurch (F. W. H.). 



Easily distinguished from B. nova-zealandice by the round 

 , white spot in the submarginal cell. The thorax and abdomen 

 are lighter in the female than in the male. 



Family MYCETOPHILIML 



Sub-family Sciarinse. 

 Genus Sciara, Meigen, 1803. 

 Antennae 16-jointed, longer in the male than in the 

 female ; the joints of the scapus cyathiform, almost bare ; 



