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XIV. Notes on the Diptera of Neiv Zealand, supplementary 

 to Prof. Hutton's last Catalogue of 1881. By W. F. 

 KiEBY, Assistant in the Zoological Department of 

 the British Museum. 



[Bead October 3rd, 1883.] 



In the present paper I have not attempted to do much 

 more than supplement Prof. Hutton's work with addi- 

 tional references, which he had overlooked ; and to clear 

 up those species named, but not described, by Adam 

 White, which, though quoted by Walker as about to 

 appear in the 'Voyage of the Erebus and Terror,' were 

 never published in that work. The specimens of Lim- 

 tiohia are, however, so much damaged that I have not 

 ventured to attempt to throw any further light upon 

 them. 



The total number of species enumerated by Professor 

 Hutton is 119 (White's MS. species not being taken into 

 account). Four species, including three of White's, are 

 described in the present paper, and several others, passed 

 over by Prof. Hutton, are noticed; but, on the other 

 hand, various names have been sunk as synonyms, so 

 that the total number of species admitted now stands 

 at 123. 



(The MS. of this paper was submitted to Baron 

 Osten-Sacken, of Heidelberg, before publication; and 

 he has favoured us with critical remarks on various 

 points, which I have much pleasure in incorporating, 

 with due acknowledgment.) 



MYCETOPHILID^. 

 Rhyphus neozelandicus, Schin. 

 ? Rhyphus phaleratus, White MS. 

 The types of R. phaleratus agree fairly with Schiner's 

 description, but in a series of specimens the legs 

 are almost wholly yellow, with the tips of the tarsi 

 blackish. 



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