518 Dr. C. P. Alexander on 
r—-m long, arcuated ; cell M, lacking ; cell Ist M, elongate, 
widened distally, m about one-half the outer deflection of 
M.,; basal deflection of Cu; about its own length beyond the 
fork of M; anterior arculus preserved. 
Abdominal tergites light brown, in the female darker 
brown; hypopygium concolorous with abdomen. Ovi- 
positor very long and slender, yellowish horn-colour. 
Hab. New Zealand (both Islands). 
Holotype, 3, Charteris Bay, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, 
November 12, 1921 (J. W. Campbell). 
Allotype, 2, Ohakune, altitude about 2060 feet, November 
12) 192) Gi. kh. Harris), 
The holotype was associated with Aphrophila neozelandica 
(Edwards) and Dicranomyia fasciata, Hutton, on the lee 
side of rocks amidst rough foaming water. 
Gynoplistia hirtamera, sp. nu. 
General coloration shiny black ; antennz with fifteen seg- 
ments; flagellar segments 1 to 8 long-flabellate; all coxee hight 
brown; wings subhyaline with a conspicuous brown pattern, 
including the cord, outer end of cell lst Mg, bases of cells 
and M, origin of Rs, a large spot in cell J/ aud another in 
cells Cu and 1st 4; wing-apex not darkened ; cell 2nd R, at 
margin equal in width to cell &,; vem 2nd A ending far 
before the level of the origin of Rs; male hypopygium with 
each gonapophyse terminating in a dense brush of long 
yellow sete. 
Male.—Length 7°75 mm. ; wing 6°38 mm. 
Described from an alcoholic specimen. 
Rostrum black, the palpi dark brownish black. Antennee 
15-segmented, the formula bemg 2+2+6+4+5; antenne 
dark brown, the basal two flagellar segments indistinctly 
paler at ends; flagellar branches very long, the longest 
from three-fifths to two-thirds the entire flagellum; eighth 
flagellar segment with a pectination that is at least three 
times the length of the segment; terminal flagellar seg- 
ment elongate, one-half longer than the penultimate. [ead 
shiny black. 
Mescnotal preescutum shiny black, the humeral region 
restrictedly reddish brown; scutal lobes black, the median 
area reddish brown; scutellum reddish brown with two 
confluent dark brown spots at base, on either side of the 
median line; postnotum black. Pleura dark brownish 
black ; no pruinosity can be detected in the alcoholic type. 
Halteres pale yellow throughout. Legs with coxz uniform 
