new or little-known TVipulidee. 147 
Pp 
Molophilus cruciferus, sp. n. 
General coloration light yellow ; a blackish longitudinal 
stripe on the thoracic and abdominal pleura; wings hght 
yellow with a cruciform brown mark that extends the length 
of the organ, the cross-arm lying along the cord. 
Female.—ULength about 4 mm.; wing 4°2 mm. 
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennz with the basal 
segments dark brown; flagellar segments a little paler. 
Head obscure brownish yellow, the anterior part of the 
vertex darkened; a patch of erect, black, flattened hairs on 
the posterior part of the vertex. 
Mesonotum shiny yellow, the prescutum with a pale 
brown median line that crosses the suture on to the scutum 
and scutellum. Pleura largely destroyed by the large pin, 
yellow, apparently with a blackish longitudinal stripe. Hal- 
teres yellow. Legs with the coxze and trochanters yellow ; 
femora yellow; all but the bases of the fore femora dark 
brown and provided with conspicuous long blackish hairs ; 
tibize yellow, the fore tibiz obscure yellow with the bases and 
tips conspicuously dark brown; tarsi dark brown. Wings 
light yellow with a very conspicuous cruciform infuscation, 
the long arm of which extends from the wing-root in the anal 
and cubital cells along veins Cu and J to the wing-apex ; 
at the level of the cord a narrower dark mark extends from 
r, crossing the longitudinal arm and following along vein 
Cu, almost to the posterior margin; the membrane in the 
infuseated areas is slightly darkened, but the chief cause of 
the dusky appearance is the dark brown macrotrichie and 
the dark veins; veins and macrotrichiz elsewhere on the 
wing light yellow. Venation: vein 2ud A very long, bent 
toward lst A, but diverging slightly at the tip. 
Abdomen obscure yellow with golden-yellow hairs; a 
series of linear dark brown marks along the pleural region, 
this being a continuation caudad of the thoracic pleural 
stripe, the line being narrowly interrupted at the base of 
each abdominal segment. 
Hab. New Zealand (North Island). 
Holotype, ? , Te Wairoa, Hot Springs Region, November 15, 
1919 (D. Miller). 
Type in the collection of David Miller. 
Molophilus cruciferus is an easily recognized fly that is 
allied to M. pulcherrimus, Edwards, but very distinct. 
Trimicra confluens, sp. 0. 
General coloration yellow; mesonotal prescutum with 
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