300 Dr. C. P. Alexander on 
apparent 7 (which is probably the basal deflection of R, as 
in the Pediciine crane-flies) opposite the basal deflection of 
R;; basal deflection of Cu, about one-third its length beyond 
the fork of M. 
Abdomen brown. Male hypopygium with the basal 
pleural appendage large and complicated in structure, black, 
produced into four arms ; a blunt basal arm on the mesal 
face, its angle densely filled with erect yellow sete; a 
powerful apical arm that is suddenly narrowed to the acute 
tip, the outer edge of which is microscopically denticulate ; 
between the two arms described arises a third arm which 
is deeply split into two slender points, one a little stouter 
than the other. Apical hook of the pleurite short, strongly 
curved. 
Hab. New Zealand (South Island). 
Holotype, & , in alcohol, Governor’s Bay, Banks Peninsula, 
Canterbury, September 9, 1921 (J. W. Campbell). 
Paratopotypes, 2 broken 3 8, alcoholic; paratypes,23 3, 
Mt. Grey, Canterbury, November 27, 1921 (Campbell & 
Lyndsay) ; 1 $, Dunedin, November 26, 1921 (G. Howes). 
Molophilus tillyardi, sp. n. 
General coloration reddish brown ; head grey ; antenne 
short ; legs unbanded ; wings tinged with brown; abdomen 
dark brown ; basal pleural appendage slender, bifid at apex. 
Male.—Length 42 mm.; wing 5°5-5°8 mm. 
Female.— Length 5°8 mm.; wing 5-5°3 mm. 
Rostrum obscure brownish yellow; palpi dark brown. 
Antenne short; scapal segments obscure brownish yellow ; 
flagellar segments dark brown, densely clothed with white 
hairs. Head lght grey. 
Mesonotal preescutum reddish yellow, the median area 
darker brown; remainder of mesonotum reddish brown. 
Pleura dark brown. Halteres brownish yellow, the knobs 
dark brown. Legs with cox and trochanters obscure 
yellow; femora brownish yellow ; tibize and tarsi brown. 
Wings with a faint brown tinge, the macrotrichiz dark 
brown; veins darker brown. Venation: basal deflection of 
Cu, at or close to the fork of M. 
Abdomen dark brown, including the hypopygium. Male 
hypopygium with the basal pleural appendage slender, ter- 
minating in an acicular black rod with a microscopic spur 
before tip on the lateral face; apical appendage a powerful 
curved hook, the apex bifid, with a large black spine. Apex 
of pleurite slender, terminating in a slender black tubercle ; 
