vew or Itttlr-knoxon Tipiilidre. 87 



with l)rn\vii, the stigma darker. Venation : Nr, shorter, a 

 little more than oiu'-half the hasal (U^Meetion of R^ ;, ; lis 

 shorter, ahont oiu-lliinl lon^^cn" than the basal detlection of 

 (Ux ; cell \st Mj lar-^er, ahont as lon^ as vein C'mj beyoiul 

 it ; vein 2/»/ .1 rnneh straij^hter. 



Ifiifj. New Zealand (North Island). 



Holofijpe, rT, Wan-anni, Octohcr 10, 11)21 (M. X. Waft). 



The type of I >. fitucsta was submitted to Mr. Kdwards for 

 his expert opinion, ami he aj^rees with the writer that it is 

 an nndeseribed species. The obliteration of the snbterminal 

 yellow ring on the femur is a conspicuous character of this 

 species. 



Dicranomyia aunulifera, sp. n. 



Male. — Length (VSmni.; wing 8"1 mm. 



Female. — Length (r2 mm. ; wing 7'o mm. 



Related to D. bruukesi, Edwards, from which it dilfers as 

 follows : — 



Femora dark brown, the tips broadly but indistinctlv 

 obscure yellow, not with a snbterminal ring as in hrookesi. 

 Wings with the cord and outer end of cell \st M^ narrowly 

 seamed with brown ; origin of lis unmarked. Venation : 

 Scx very long, longer than the basal deHection of R^J^r, and 

 only a little shorter than Rs, ending opposite the origin of 

 Rs. Abdominal segments conspicuously annulated obscure 

 yellow and dark brown, the tergites with less than the basal 

 lialf jKile, the sternites with all but the narrow, dark brown 

 posterior margin obscure yellow. 



Hah. New Zealand (South Island). 



llulutijpe, Si ^It- Grey, Canterbury, altitude 1200- 

 1500 feet, November 27, 1921 (/. W. Campbell and Stuart 

 Lindsay). 



Allntopotiipe, $ . 



Paratojiotype, (^ . 



"On undergrowth in beech forest." 



Dicranomyia anuult/era, Jj.funesia, sp. n., and D. brookesi, 

 Edwards, form a natural group of closely allied species that 

 are related to D. ricarians, Schiner, distinguished l)y the 

 shiny coloration of the mesonotum, the shiny dark brown 

 thoracic pleuritcs, and the presence of more or less yellow 

 coloration on the femora. 



Amphincurns subfutuns, sp. n. 



Related to A. fatuus (Ilutton) ; legs with the femora 

 lirownish black with faint indications of a broad yellow ring 



