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TIIK ANNALS 



I AIAGAZLNE OF NATURAL HISTOEY. 



[NINTH SICRIES.] 

 No. 60. DECEMBER 1922. 



LI X . — Xeiv or little-known Tipuliclse(Z)i/;^erfl). — XII. Austra- 

 lasian S/jccies. By Charles P. Alexander, Pli.D., F.E.S., 

 Ainlierst, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 



The new species described at tliis time were collected in 

 various parts of New Zealand l)y Messrs. Campbell, Harris, 

 Howes, Gourlay, Stuart Lindsay, Oliver, and AVatt, as 

 stated iu other instalments nnder this title. My sincere 

 thanks are extended to those collectors who have done so 

 much toward making known the Tipuloidean fauna of New 

 Zealand. The types are preserved iu the writer's collection. 



Dicraiiomyia megastiymosa, sp. n. 



Related to D. sperata ; stigma very large, especially in the 

 male; cell 1^^ M^ open by the atrophy of the outer deflec- 

 tion of M^. 



Mule. — Length 6*2 ram. ; wing 9-9*2 mm. 



Female. — Length 10 mm.; wing 10*8 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi bhuik. Antcnnte black throughout; 

 flagellar segments oval. Head black. 



Mesonotal prjescutum grey with a very broad median and 

 less conspicuous lateral brownish-black stripes ; scutal lobes 

 Ijlack, the median area pale ; scutellum pale ; postnotum 

 dark, ])ruiiiose. Pleura dark, pruinose. Halteres yellow, 

 the knobs dark brown. Legs with the fore and middle coxio 



Aun.i^ Man. X. rir^t S. r, 0. Tn/. x. 3^ 



