86 Dr. C. ?. Aloxnndcr o?i 



three dark brown stripes; \c<^s dark brown; win<i;.s snb- 

 liyaline, the stigma oval, pale brown ; Sc short, Sc^ eU)se to 

 the tip of Scx. 



Male. — Lenj^th G-5-6"8 mm. ; wing 7-7-2 mm. 

 Female. — Lengtli 7 mm.; wing 8 mm. 

 Host rum as h)ng as the licad, brown, almost black 

 dorsally, the palpi dark brownish black. Anteniia3 dark 

 brown, the basal flagellar segments short-oval, the apical 

 segments more elongate. Head brown, the vertex between 

 the eyes more golden yellow. 



Mesonotum yellowish grey, the prrescutum with three 

 conspicuous dark brown stripes ; scutum grey, the lobes with 

 relatively small brown marks; scntellum and postnotum 

 grey. Pleura grey. Ilalteres with the stem yellow, the 

 knobs darker. Legs with the coxro and trochanters yellow ; 

 remainder of the legs dark brown, the bases of the femora 

 paler. Wings subhyaline; stigma oval, pale brown; veins 

 brown. Venation : Sc short, Sc^ ending just before the 

 origin of Rs, Scj at tip of Sc^, Rs gently arcuated ; cell 

 \st M-i elongate, m less than one-half the outer deflection of 

 Mz ; basal deflection of Cux close to the fork of il/, variable 

 in position. 



Abdomen dark brown, the sternites a little paler, the 

 caudal margins of the segments indistinctly greyish. Male 

 hypopygium with the mesal apical angle of the gonapophyses 

 produced caudad into a short curved hook. Ovipositor with 

 the valves long and straight. 



Hah. New Zealand (South Island). 



Ho/oiype, ($ , Mt. Grey, Canterbury, altitude 1200- 

 1500 feet, November 27, 1921 (J. IV. Campbell and Stuart 

 Lindsay). 



" On undergrowth in beech forest." 

 Allotopotj/pe, ? . 

 Paratopotypes, 9 (^ ? . 



Dlcranomyia incompta resembles the smaller D. comilifera, 

 Edwards, but the flagellar segments are oval and the wings 

 unmarked except for the pale stigma. 



Dlcranomyia funest a, sp. n. 



Male. — Length 5'G ram. ; wing 6*8 ram. 



Related to D. brookesi, Edwards, from which it differs as 

 follows : — 



Head dark brown, including the gense. Femora dark 

 brownish black, the extreme tips obscure yellow, most 

 evident on the inner face. Wings less distinctly tinged 



