146 Dr. C. P. Alexander on 
Female.—Length 4°2-45 mm.; wing 4°7-5 mm. 
Rostrum and ‘palpi obscure Fellow: Basal segments of 
antenne yellow ; flagellum broken. Head hight yellow. 
Mesonotum shiny, pale reddish yellow, the pronotum and 
lateral margins of the prascutum more nearly whitish. 
Pleura yellow. Halteres yellow. Legs yellow, the terminal 
tarsal segments dark brown. Wings with a strong yellowish 
tinge ; veins yellow, the macrotrichiz pale brown. Vena- 
tion: base of vein Ry,3 atrophied or very indistinct, un- 
provided with macrotrichiz ; anal veins convergent. 
Abdominal tergites bicolorous, the basal two-thirds of 
each segment brown, the caudal third yellow; sternites 
unifor mly yellow. 
Hab. New Zealand (South Island). 
Holotype, 2, Nelson, December 9, 1920 (A. Philpott). 
Paratype, 2, Dun Mt., Nelson, altitude 2000 ft., Decem- 
ber 14, 1920 (A. Philpott). 
Type in the collection of the Cawthron Institute. 
Molophilus philpotti is dedicated to the collector, Mr. A. 
Philpott, to whom I am indebted for many kindnesses in 
the past. This species and the next bear a resemblance 
to the Nearctic M. pubipennis (Osten-Sacken). 
Molophilus parvulus, sp. u. 
Size small (wing, 2, under 4 mm.) ; general coloration 
pale yellowish brown ; wings yellowish grey ; anal veins 
divergent. 
Female.—Length 38-4 mm. ; wing 3°8 mm. 
Described from alcoholic specimens. 
Rostrum and palpi light brown. Antenne with the 
enlarged scapal segments yellowish ; flagellum pale brown, 
Head yellowish brown. 
Thorax, including the pleura, pale yellowish brown with- 
out markings. Halteres large, pale yellow. Legs yellow, 
the tips of the femora and tibize scarcely darkened ; terminal 
tarsal segments infuscated. Wings with a yellowish-grey 
tinge ; veins pale. Venation: origin of A,,3 distinct, 
longer than 7; deflection of R; and r—m subequal; basal 
deflection of Cu, (m-cu of Tillyard) arcuated, nearly three 
times as long as the basal deflection of M,; anal veins 
divergent. 
Abdomen pale yellowish brown. 
Hab. New Zealand (North Island). 
Holotype, ? , Oliakune, altitude 2018 feet, November 10, 
192080). Floris) 3010 "alcohol. 
Paratopotypes, 6 alcoholic ? ?. 
