98 On neio or Uttle-known Tipulida?. 



on the basal ring, very broadly so on the posterior ring, the 

 lateral margins here being obscnre orange ; lateral margins 

 of the remaining tergites broadly cinereous; the very broad 

 dark brown median stripe on tergites 3 to 9 is split by a 

 conspicuous grey line that becomes more diffuse on the 

 posterior segments ; sternites vith the basal segments obscure 

 brownish yellow, soon passing into grey. 



Hub. New Zealand (South Island). 



Hu/uti/pe, J, Dunedin, Otago, November 20, 1921 

 (M. N. U'att). 



" Beaten from foliage.'' 



Macromastix harnsi, sp. n. 



General coloration pale brown ; wings subhyaline, tlie 

 stigma pale brown; r lacking; cell 1st M^ rectangidarly 

 quadrate; basal deflection of Cui some distance before the 

 fork of M as in the genus Nephrotoma. 



Female. — Length about 7'5 mm. ; wing 11*5 mm. 



Frontal prolongation of the head pale testaceous ; nasus 

 obsolete; palpi pale brown. Antennpe short, pale brown, 

 the terminal segments darker ; first flagellar segment h)ng 

 and tumid. Head dark, especially on the vertex, with a pale 

 greyish-yellow pollen on the front and adjoining the margin 

 of the eyes ; a very narrow brown median vitta on vertex. 



Mesonotum pale brown, the median stripe darker but ill- 

 defined; remainder of mesonotum pale reddish brown; an 

 indistinct brown spot at each anterior lateral angle of the 

 postnotum. Pleura pale reddish yellow. Halteres brown, 

 the base of the stem and the knobs obscure yellow. Legs 

 with the coxpe and trochanters concolorous with the pleura ; 

 remainder of the legs darker brown. Wings subhyaline ; 

 stigma pale brown, entirely proximad of R^; veins pale 

 brown. Venation : Scx preserved ; Rs relatively short, 

 arcuated ; 7?2 close to R^ at the w ing-margin, the distance 

 about equal to aSc, ; r lacking ; petiole of cell M, about 

 equal to VI ; cell 1^^ M^ quadrangular; m—cu punctiform, 

 some distance before the fork of M, the distal section of M 

 equal to or longer than the basal deflection of /?4+5 ; cell 

 2nd A broad. 



Abdomen brown, distended and discoloured with egg- 

 masses. 



Hab. New Zealand (North Island). 



Holotype, ? , OhakunCj altitude 2060 feet, November 13, 

 1921 (7". iJ. Harris). 



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