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Mulophihis criiciferus, sp. n. 



General coloration lij^ht yellow ; a blackish longitudinal 

 stripe on the thoracic and abdominal pleura; wings light 

 yellow with a cruciform brown mark that extends the length 

 ol" the organ, the cross-arm lying along the cord. 



Female. — Length al)out l mm. ; wing 4*2 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennic with the basal 

 segments dark bro\ui ; flagellar segments a little paler. 

 Head obscure brownish yellow, the anterior part of the 

 vertex darkened; a patch of erect, black, flattened hairs on 

 the posterior part of the vertex. 



Mesonolum shiny yellow, the prsescuturn with a pale 

 brown median line that crosses the suture on to the scutum 

 and seutellum. Pleura lai-gely destroyed by the large pin, 

 yellow, apparently witli a blackish longitudinal stripe. Hal- 

 teres yellow. Legs with the coxae and trochanters yellow; 

 femora yellow ; all but the bases of the foie femora dark 

 brown and provided with conspicuous long blackish hairs ; 

 tibiM yellow, the fore tibiie obscure yellow with the bases and 

 tips conspicuously dark brown ; tarsi dark brown. Wings 

 light yellow with a \ery conspicuous cniciiorm iufuscation, 

 the long arm of which extends from the wing-root in the anal 

 and cubital cells along veins Cu and M to tlie wing-apex ; 

 at tlie level of the cord a narrower dark mark extends from 

 r, crossing the longitudinal arm and following along vein 

 Cu.y almost to the posterior margin ; the membrane in the 

 infuscated areas is slight^' darkened, but the chief cause of 

 the dusky appearance is the dark brown raacrotrichiec and 

 the dark veins ; veins and maerotrichise elsewhere on the 

 wing light yellow. Venation : vein 2nd A very long, bent 

 toward 1st A, but diverging slightly at the tip. 



Abdomen obscure yellow with golden-yellow hairs; a 

 series of linear dark brown marks along the pleural region, 

 this being a continuation caudad of the thoracic pleural 

 stripe, the line being narrowly interrupted at the base of 

 each abdominal segment. 



Hub. New Zealand (North Island). 



Holotijpe, ? , Te Wairoa, Hot Springs Region, November 15, 

 1919 {D. Milter). 



Type in the collection of David Miller. 



Molopliilus cruciftrus is an easily recognized fly that is 

 allied to M. pidcfierrimns, Edwards, but very distinct. 



Trimicra confluens, sp. u. 



General coloration yellow; mesonotal prascutum with 



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