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of cell Mj only about one-third to one-half the cell and about 

 one-half of cell ist M, ; vein 2nd A gently sinuous. 



Abdomen reddish brown. Ovipositor with the tergal valves 

 long and slender, gently upcurved. 



Habitat. — New Zealand. 



Holotype, 9, Otago (from Osten Sacken's collection). 



Paratopotype, 1, sex? 



Genus GYNOPLISTIA Westwood 



Gynoplistia bona, new^ species. 



Antennae with 16 segments, flagellar segments 2 to 8 with 

 very short pectinations ; general coloration light gray, the abdo- 

 men with a delicate brown median line both above and below ; 

 wings long and narrow, subhyaline, cell M and the posterior 

 cells pale brown ; a few pale brown dots on the wing-surface ; 

 male hypopygium of a simple limnophiline organization. 



Male. — Length about 14 mm. ; wing, 11 mm., its greatest 

 width, 2.2 mm. 



Female. — Length about 14-15 mm.; wing, 9.5-9.6 mm., its 

 greatest width, 1.9 mm. 



Rostrum brown ; palpi dark brown. Antennae with the 

 scapal segments reddish brown, the flagellum dark brown ; 

 flagellum with 14 segments, the pectinations very short, scarcely 

 exceeding the length of the segments that bear them ; the first 

 flagellar segment is broadly produced ; segments 2 to 8 pecti- 

 nate, 9 to 14 simple. The pectinations are presumably short 

 in both sexes, although the single authentic male is injured. 

 Head brownish, the anterior part of the vertex, the inner mar- 

 gins of the eyes, and a conspicuous median line light gray. 



Mesonotal praescutum reddish, light gray pruinose, with 

 three ill-defined, pale brown stripes that are best indicated at 

 their anterior ends, the median stripe more distinct ; pseudo- 

 sutural fovese large and conspicuous, cherry-red, the proximal 

 ends pointed ; the humeral margin cephalad of the f oveae dark 

 colored ; remainder of the mesonotum light gray. Pleura clear 

 light gray. Halteres short, brown, the knobs dark brown. 

 Legs with the coxae light gray ; trochanters reddish brown ; 



