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Tollowisli brown, tlic latter with tlip caudal half dark brown, 

 ricura obscure yellow, tlie propleura, a larj;e area on the 

 cephalic portion of the nicsepi>ternun), the meta|)leura, and 

 the lateral scleiitcs of the j)ostuotuni conspicuously dark 

 brown : sternitcs dark brown, paler medially, llaltcrcs pale, 

 the knohs slightly inluscatcd. Legs with the coxic obscure 

 yellow, broadly inluscatcd except at tips; trochanters 

 brownish yellow ; remainder of legs broken. AVings large 

 and broad, subhyaline, sparsely clouded with pale brown ; 

 a small darker brown spot at origin of l\*s ; narrow pale 

 brown seams at r, along the cord and outer end of cell 

 Is/ J/j ; a small, oval, brown spot at basal third of cell xM ; 

 stigma very pale, oval ; vague grey clouds in the outer radial 

 and medial cells ; along vein Cu., ; before the end of cell A/, 

 extending into cell Cu; outer end of cell 1st A ; the anal 

 angle of the wing; veins dark brown. Venation: Sc short, 

 ending immediately beyond the origin of Rs \ Rs feebly 

 angulate at origin, almost in alignment with 7\*2+3 ; r at the 

 tip of JR], ranch longer than the distal secliou of ftj, 

 angnlated before mid-length, the section nearest R^ with 

 about eight macrotrichia^ ; cell \st AJ^ pentagonal, very wide 

 at ti.e distal end, m being about one-third the outer 

 deflection of M^ ; basal deflection of Cui about one-third its 

 length before the fork of M, Cu.2 about one and one-half 

 times the basal deflection of Ctii. 



Abdomen dark brown, the genital segment and ovipositor 

 much brighter brown. Valves of the ovipositor long and 

 straight. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Holotype, ? , alcoholic, ])icked off engine on SS. ' Ngatoro,' 

 trading to Chatham Islands; possibly from Lyttelton ; 

 November 12, 1921. 



Vicranomyia nephelodes, sp. n. 



General coloration dull brown, the ])ucscntum with three 

 confluent darker biown stripes ; wings whitish subhyaline, 

 the origin of Rs, the cord, and outer end of cell \si M^ con- 

 spicuously clouded with dark brown; Sc short, Rs long. 



Male. — Length 7 mm. ; wing 7'8-85 mm. 



Ftrnale. — Length G"5 mm. ; wing 8 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antenna) dark brown 

 throiighout. Head dark biown, the fiont somewhat brighter. 



Mesonotum dull brown, the usual stripes confluent, the 

 lateral margins paler ; scutum dull, the lobes dark brown ; 



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