new or little-known Tipulida?. 01 



(hiilv l)ro\vii, sparsely dusted witli yellowisli-brown pollen, 

 clearer brown sublaterally ; scutum and scutellum more 

 prninose. Pleura dark brown, sparsely pruinose. Ilalteres 

 |)ale tlirouf^liout. Legs with the coxfc brown ; trochanters 

 obscure yellow ; femora and til)i;c l)rown, the tips a little 

 darker; tarsi dark brown. W'in^^s with a stron;^ bro\\n 

 suffusion; wing-base narrowly paler ; stigma brown, distinct 

 i)ut pale ; veins dark brown. N'enation : Sc^ ending aljont 

 opposite three-lifths the length of lis, Sc^ barely indicattd, 

 ai) lut its own length from the tij) of Scx ; /f^+s "cariy three- 

 fourths the length of /^3 ; tip of 7?2 ^ little more than its 

 own length from the tij) of R^; cell \st Mo irregularly oval, 

 the inner end narrow; in variable in length, uj) to three or 

 four times as long as the outer deflection of M3 ; basal 

 deflection of Cui just beyond mid-length of cell 1*^ M^ ; vein 

 2nd A sinuous. Anal angle prominent. 



Abdoraeu dark brown, the hypopygium obscure brownish 

 vellow. 



ilah. New Zealand (South Island). 



Holotypf^ (^ , Waipori, Otago, December 5, 1921 

 (G. Howes). 



Allotijpe, ? , Lake Wakatipu, December 1921 {F. S. 

 Oliver). 



Paratypes,2 S <S -, Dunedin, Otago, November 2G, 1921 

 {G. Hones). 



The discovery of species of Rhabdomastix in New Zealand 

 is of especial interest. 



Rhabdomastix (Sacandaga) otagana, sp. n. 



Size small (wing of male under 4'5 mm.) ; general colora- 

 tion obscure yellow ; wings with a faint greyish-yellow 

 tinge; i^2+s about three-fifths the length of 7^3 alone. 



Male. — Length 3"3 mm. ; wing 4'2 mm. 



Rostrum brownish yellow ; palpi dark brown. Antennne 

 sliort ; Inisal segment of scape brown ; the remainder of tlic 

 antenna dark brown ; flagellar segments oval, attenuate 

 apically, provided with long, outspreading, white verticils. 

 Head pale brownish grey. 



Mesonotum obscure yellow without markings. Pleura 

 pale brownish yellow. Ilalteres short, obscure yellow. 

 Legs with the cox;e and trochanters obscure yellow j legs 

 brown. Wings with a faint greyish-yellow tinge; stigma 

 pale, oval, barely indicated ; veins pale browu. V^cuation : 

 Scx ending beyond mid-length of Rs, Sc.2 faint, not far from 

 the tip of -b'cj ; Rs long and straight, i^^+a about two-fifths 



