88 Dr. C. P. Alexander on 



near mi<l-lcn«;tli ; winj^s Avith a cons})icnons dark brown 

 tin<(e, sparsely varieijated with yellosv, this inclndinj-; the 

 wing-base and a narrow seam along the cord, the anal angle 

 darkened. 



Female. — Length abont 6*2 mm. ; wing 8 mm. 



Rostrnm and palpi dark brown. Autennie M'ith the scape 

 dark brown, tlie tlagellnm paler brown, especially on the 

 basal segments. Head dull greyish brown. 



Mesonotum jjale l)ro\vn, the pmescntum near the sutnre, 

 the median area of the scutnm and the base of the [)Ostnotnni 

 darker, Plcnra conspicnously dark brown, the dorsal pleurites 

 narrowly obscure yellow. Halteres with the stem brown, 

 the extreme base pale yellow, the knobs obscure yellow. 

 Legs with the coxae brownish yellow, darker basally ; 

 remainder of tlie legs brownish black, the femoral bases 

 narrowly obscure yellow ; a very ill-defined yellowish ring 

 near mid-length of the femora, best indicated on the fore 

 femora. Wings with a conspicuous dark brown tinge, 

 variegated with yellow, this including the bases of cells i?, 

 M, and Cu, the middle portions of cells Isi A and 2nd A ; 

 anal angle darkened ; a narrow yellow band along the 

 cephalic half of the cord, extending from costa to the fork 

 of M ; veins pale yellow in the flavons areas, darker else- 

 where, much paler than in A. fatuiis. Macrotrichicie more 

 extensive than in A. fatuus, the yellow areas destitute of 

 these setae being more resti'icted. Venation : Rs shorter 

 in A. fatuus ; basal deflection of Cui almost transverse in 

 position, perpendicular to Cu at its origin, inserted at or just 

 before the fork of M ; petiole of cell M^ longer than the 

 basal deflection of Cwp 



Abdominal tergites obscure yellow, the caudal lateral 

 angles of the segments broadly infuscated ; pleural region 

 dark brown. 



Hub. New Zealand (North Island). 



Holotype, ? , Ohakuue, altitude 2060 feet, November L3, 

 11)21 {T. R. Harris). 



Paratopotype, ? , February 20, 1922 {T. R. Harris). 



Amphineurus cainpbelli, sp. n. 



General coloration brown ; antennas short ; legs uni- 

 colorous ; wings greyish subhyaline with conspicuous dark 

 brown macrotriehiae ; cell /I'j subsessile; cell 1st M^ closed; 

 male hypopygium with the pleurites very long and slender, 

 the distal pleural appendages within the basal third of the 



