THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZLNE OF NATUEAL UlSTOKY. 



[NINTH SERIES.] 

 No. 50. FEBRUARY 1922. 



Xr. — Xew or little-known Tipulidfe (Diptera). — VITT. 

 Australasian Species. By Chakles P. Alexanuek, Ph.D., 

 F.E.S., Urbaua, lUiuois, U.S.A. 



The material upon wliich the present paper is based is 

 largely from New Zealand, and is supplementary to the 

 recent monographic treatment of the New Zealand Tipu- 

 loidea by Mr, Edwards. The extensive collections used in 

 the preparation of the present instalment and others in press 

 were received from several collectors, to whom my deepest 

 thanks are due. These gentlemen are as follows : Dr. 

 'i'illyard and ]\Ir. Philpott of the Cawtlnon Institute ; 

 jNIr. David ]\Iiller ; Dr. Campbell, who sent extensive lots 

 of material collected by Gourlay, Harris, and himself; 

 highly interesting collections from the alpine zones of 

 certain mountains in the North Island, sent by Mr. Watt. 

 In addition to the New Zealand crane-flies, a few Austra- 

 lian species are included, based on some interesting 

 collections kindly sent to me for study by Mr. Edwards. 

 Unless stated to the contrary, the holotypes are fj reserved 

 in the writer's collection. 



Molophilus philpotti, sji. n. 



General coloration liirht yellow, including the wings ; 

 al)dominal tergites bicolorous, the basal portion of each seg- 

 ment infuscated. 



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