560 Dr. C. P. Alexander on 



Hah. New Zealand (Soutli Island). 



Huloti/pe, J ,Waipori^Otago, altitude 2000 feet, December 5, 

 1921 (G. Howes . 



Moluji/iilus jiageU'tfer, sp. n. 



Mesouotnui light brown, the pleura dark brown ; antennse 

 short iu both sexes ; lialteres brown, the base and knobs 

 yellow; wings faintly tinged with brown; basal pleural 

 appendage of hypopygiuni a straight rod that is produced at 

 apex into a long, flagelliforiu point, directed laterad. 



Male. — Length about 3'5 nini.; wing 4"3 mm. 



Female. — Length 4 mm. ; Ming 4'6 mm. 



Rostrum obscure yellow ; i>alpi brownish black. Antenn«j 

 short in both sexes, the basal segments obscure yellow, the 

 tlagellum pale brown with the bases of the individual seg- 

 ments a little darkened. Head dark biown, the anterior 

 part of the vertex yellow. 



Lateral margins of pronotal scutellum yellow. Mesonotum 

 pale brown, the median area of the prfescutum slightly 

 daiker anteriorly. Pleura and lateral sclerites of postnotuni 

 dark brown throughout. Halteres brown, the base of the 

 stem and the knobs yellowish. Legs with the coxai and. 

 trochanters oi)scure yellow; remainder of the legs brownish 

 testaceous with dark broAvn trichifo. Wings faintly tinged 

 with brown ; veins pale brown ; macrotrichiai dark brown. 

 Venation : vein 2nd A elongate, ending beyond mid-length 

 of the first section of il/j+g* 



Abdomen daik brown, the sternites paler. Male hypo- 

 pygium with the basal pleural appendage a stout straight 

 arm that taj)ers gradually to the apex which is abruptly bent 

 at right angles into a long, acute, chitiuized point that is 

 directed laterad. 



Hab. New Zealand (North Island). 



Holotype, ^ , !Mt. Rua})ehii, altitude 3700 feet, January 6, 

 1922 (Ai. A'. Watt). 

 AUotopotype, ? . 

 Varatupotypes, 4 (5^ $ . 



Molopjhilus niveicinduSj sp. n. 



^Mesonotum light brown, the margins of the priuscutum 

 broadly sulphur-yellow; knobs of the halteres yellow; legs 

 dark brown, with three broad white rings, two on the tibise 

 and one before the ajiex of the metatarsus ; basal pleural 



