OF NEW ZEALAND. 13 



S. RUFESCENS, Sp. UOV. 



Male. Thorax shining red-brown, with three longitudinal bands 

 of dark-brown hairs ; the two outer ones larger than the central, and 

 approaching each other posteriorly. Sides of the chest with brown 

 hairs. Abdomen brown above, sparingly covered with short white 

 hairs ; red below. Head shining black ; antennae and palpi brown. 

 Four ocelli in a line. Legs yellow-brown, with short black hairs ; 

 two short spines on the end of the tibia. Wings tinged brown ; 

 ciliated all round ; subcostal vein simple, extending beyond the base 

 of the third posterior cell; lower branch of the discoidal vein faint. 

 Poisers brown. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Dunedin. 



Family — Cecidomtid^. 



Proboscis short. Antennae long. Head without ocelli. Thighs 

 not terminated by spines. Larvae living in galls. 



Genus-PSYCHODA. 



Latreille. 



Body short, thick, hairy. Antennae fourteen- or fifteen-jointed, 

 the first thick, hairy, generally cylindrical, the others pedicellate. 

 Legs short. Wings inclined roof -like, broad, fringed ; eight longi- 

 tudinal veins covered with scales ; the second and fifth bifid. 



P. CONSPICILLATA, Sp. UOV. 



Female. Thorax pale brown, with a dark-brown ring on each 

 side, which is broader in front and extends forward nearly to the 

 anterior margin of the thorax : a narrow median longitudinal brown 

 line. Hind thorax and base of wings densely clothed with long white 

 hairs. Scutellum brownish. Abdomen pale brown, with a few 

 scattered white hairs. Head and antennae yellowish. Legs pale 

 yellow. Wings hyaline, acute at the tip ; a few scattered brown 

 hairs on the veins. Eight longitudinal veins, of which the second 

 and fifth are forked ; the fork of the second being exterior to the fork 

 of the fifth. 



Length, 1 line. 



Wellington, 



Family — Tipulid^. 



Proboscis short. Antennae long, not plumose in the males. 

 Head prolonged into a rostrum. No ocelli. Legs very long and 

 slender. Larvae living in the earth or dead wood. 



