new or Uttle-knowa Tipulidfc. 561 



ai)|)cn(laj;o of male liypopyi^imn a ^sliort straij^lit rod that 

 taptMs to the siil)aeMte tip. 



Male. — Leiij^th aljout 2*8 mm. ; wiiijj 3'8 mm. 



Head l)roken. 



Aresonotnm light brown, the mar<;iii of the prro^ciitiim 

 to the wing-root broadly and con.s[)icMiously sulphur-yellow. 

 Pleura dark brown. Ilaltercs pale brown, the knobs eoii- 

 spieuously sulphur-yellow. Legs with the coxa3 and tro- 

 chanters brown ; femora dark brown, a little paler at base ; 

 tibire alternately white and dark brown, the base and a sub- 

 terminal ring white, the apex and a subbasal ring dark, these 

 four annuli ai)[)roximately equal in extent ; metatarsi dark 

 brown with a broad white ring before the ajjcx, this ring 

 subequal to or broader than the dark base ; remainder of the 

 tarsi dark brown. Wings faintly tinged with brown, the 

 costal region more yellowish; macrotrichiaj pale bi'own. 

 Venation : 'iitd A elongate. 



Abdomen dark brown, witli conspieuous yellow setre. ^lale 

 liy[)opygium with the basal pleural ai)pendage a short 

 straight rod tliat tapers to the subacute apex. Distal pleural 

 appendage with a deep U-shaped apieal notch. 



llah. New Zealand (North Island). 



lliilohipe, ^ , Mt. Ruai)ehu, altitude 3700 feet, January 6, 



urn {ii. N. mut). 



Mi)loj)Iiilus niveicinctus is allied to M. inu/ticinctus, Edw., 

 and M. infantuliis, Edw. 



Molophilus Hiidsayi oliveri, subsp. n. 



Male. — Length about 4'5 mm. ; wing 5'1 mm. 



Described from an alcoholic specimen. 



Close to ty|)ieal /indsayi, differing as follows : — 



Size larger. Wings with the veins darker and con- 

 seciuently more distinct, l^s with a short s[)ur at origin ; 

 delleetion of /?,-, conspicuously shorter than 7'-m, transverse 

 in position. iNL'ile hypo|)ygium with both ap})endages ter- 

 minal in position as in lindsai/i ; lateral appendage almost 

 straight l)asally, at about one-third the length gently curved, 

 at two-thirds the length strongly curved, just before the tip 

 slightly dilated and thence ra[)idly narrowed to the acute 

 apex. In typical Undsayi this appendage is not conspicuously 

 dilated before the apex, but at this point bears a small but 

 conspicuous apprcsscd tooth. 



llah. North Island (South Island). 



