97(j [December, 



a pair taken by Mr. F. Jenkinson at Crowborough (Sussex) on June 30th, 

 1903. In the University Museum at Cambridge there are four males 

 and a female taken in the New Forest (Hants) by Dr. Sharp and 

 Mr. C. G. Lamb in June, July, and August ; two females taken by 

 Mr. F. Jenkinson at Crowborough (Sussex) on Sept. Gth, 1901, and 

 June 29th, 1903 ; and a male taken by Mr. C. G. LambatNethy Bridge 

 (Inverness) in June 1907. 



Newmarket. 



October, 1920. 



DESCRIPTION OP A NEW SPECIES OF CEANE-FLY FEOM 

 NEW ZEALAND. 



BY G. y. HUDSON, F.E.S., F.N. Z.INST. 



On August ISth, 1911, I discovered a single specimen of the large 

 species of crane-fly briefly described below on the open hills to the south 

 of Wellington. When a second specimen is available, I intend to send 

 it to the British Museum (Natural History) for complete examination 

 and description by a specialist ; but, in the meantime, seeing the insect is 

 a striking one and evidently ver}' rare, the folloAving provisional description 

 will, I hope, suffice to ensure its recognition. 



Tiintla nehiilosa, n. sp. 



J. Expanse of wings 2 inches. Length of body f inch. General colour 

 dull brown; there are two broad and two narrow longitudinal darker brown 

 bands on the pronotum ; the prominent portions ot" tlie meso- and nietanotum 

 are also dark brown. The base of the abdomen is dull yellowish-brown, the 

 remainder suffused with blackish-brown. Legs dark brown, darker towards the 

 extremities. The wings are of full average width, greij, with numerous cloudy 

 ichitish blotches and spots, forming ver}' irregular broken transverse bands ; the 

 first band is situated just beyond the basal cross-vein; the second, which is 

 much the widest, beyond the middle of the wing immediately before the sub- 

 marginal cells ; the third band, which is very irregular and composed of 

 numerous rather small spots, is situated on the apical and marginal areas. The 

 halteres are long, pale yellowish-brown. The whole insect is covered with 

 very tine pubescence. 



The female is unknown, but being a winter species may i)ossibly be 

 senii-apterous. 



Jlillview, Karori, 



Wellington, New Zealand. 

 Aitqust loth, 1920. 



