new or little-known Tipulidae. 519 
yellowish brown, the fore coxse darker basally ; trochanters 
obscure brownish yellow; femora light brown, the tips 
broadly brownish black; tibia dark brown, the tips 
blackened ; tarsi black. Wings rather broad, subhyaline ; 
cells C and Sc yellowish ; a conspicuous dark brown pattern 
distributed as follows: bases of cells R and M; a large 
subcircular area at origin of Rs, remote from vein M; 
stigmal area large, sending a broad cloud along the cord, 
ending in a large blotch at the tip of Cu,; a large cloud at 
m; a conspicuous oval area beyond mid-length of cell M; 
an infuscation in centre of cell Cu, crossing vein lst A into 
cell 1s¢ A immediately above the end of vein 2nd A; wing- 
tip not darkened ; veins dark brown. Venation: 7 at or 
before mid-length of vein R,, cell 2nd R, being unusually 
wide at the margin, equal to cell R,; R, strongly angulated 
at origin ; m short to very short, constricting the adjoining 
veins; petiole of cell M, about two-thirds the cell; basal 
deflection of Cu, at from one-half to two-thirds the length 
of cell lst M, ; vein 2nd A short, ending considerably before 
the level of the origin of Rs. 
Abdomen brownish black. Male hypopygium with the 
apex of each pleurite produced into a short blade as in this 
group of species ; mesal face of pleurite at base produced 
into a conspicuous, flattened, glabrous blade directed caudad 
and slightly mesad, the apex obtusely rounded ; mesal apical 
angle of pleurite likewise produced into a small blunt lobe 
that bears a few conspicuous sete ; inner pleural appendage 
dilated at apex. Gonapophyses broad at base, narrow at 
apex, which is split into a dense brush of long yellow hairs. 
Hab, New Zealand (South Island). 
Holotype, 3, Waitati, Pipetine, Otago, October 29, 1921 
(G. Howes). 
Gynoplistia niveicincta, sp. n. 
General coloration shiny brownish yellow ; head shiny 
black; antennze 20-segmented; femora yellow, the tips 
broadly and abruptly blackened; posterior tibize with a 
narrow, clearly-defined, whitish ring beyond mid-length, the 
sete on this pure white; wings nearly hyaline, cells Sc 
and Sc; entirely dark brown; abdomen with intense purple 
reflections, the hypopygium obscure reddish yellow. 
Male.—Length 10 mm.; wing 8°3 mm. 
Rostrum very short, black ; first segment of palpi obscure 
yellow, the remainder dark brown. Antenne with the first 
segment yellow, the apex darker; second scapal segment 
