148 Dr. C. P. Aloxan.l.T on 



confluent brown stripes; wings with a faint f^i-oyish-brown 

 tingi-, unmarked except for the pale brown stigma ; cell 

 1a7 M.^ confluent with cell M^. 



Male. — Length 7-7' I mm. ; wing 7-9*2 mm. 



Female. — Length 5"5 mm.; wing G*5 mm. 



Kostrum obscure yellow; pal[)i dark brown. Antcnnaj 

 broMnisli black. Head grey. 



Pronotum yellowish, dark brown medially. Mesonotal 

 prfeseutuni yellow, the disk practicidly coveicnl by three con- 

 fluent dark brown stripes ; tnbcrculate ])its large, separated 

 by a distance a little less than the diameter of one; scutum 

 with the lobes brown, yellowish posteriorly ; scutcllum ob- 

 scure yellow ; postnotum dark brown on the posterior two- 

 tliirds, obscure yellow on the basal third. Pleura yellow, in- 

 distinctly marked with darker, llaltercs brown, the base of 

 the stem and tips of the knobs yellow. Legs with the coxae 

 and trochanters obscure yellow; remainder of the legs ob- 

 scure yellow, the terminal tarsal segments infuscated ; legs 

 with conspicuous erect setie. AVings with faint greyish- 

 brown tinge ; stigma pale brown ; veins brown. Venation : 

 Sci ending opposite the end of r, Sc2 only a little distance 

 1)( yond the origin of Bs ; lis straight ; r on Bo iibout one- 

 hajf or less its length beyond the fork ; cell \st M^ open by 

 the atrophy of the outer deflection of ii/g, so cells 1*^ TJ/o and 

 JSJ^ are confluent ; basal deflection of Cui at the fork of M ; 

 vein 2??^^ A straight, a little sinuous at the outer end. 



Abdomen dark brown; genital segment paler, especially 

 in the female. Male hypopygmm large and powerful, 

 especially the plenrites; outer pleural appendage termi- 

 nating in a poweiful black spine ; inner pleural appendage 

 A<ith the apex obtuse, slightly dilated; gonapophyses appear- 

 ing as long, slender, gently curved horns. 



Hab. Kew Zealand (South Island). 



Holotype, S , Christchurch, October 10, 1917 [J. IF. 

 C'avtpbell) ; n)ountcd in balsam. 



^ Allohjpe, ? , J31ackball, West Coast, March 1920 (J. W. 

 Camjibell) . 



Ptiratopotype, ^ ; mounted in balsam. 



The beautiful slides of this species and other Tijtulidfe in 

 my collection were prepared by Dr. Campbell, to whom 1 am 

 greatly indebted for many favours. 



Trimicra inconstans, sp. n. 



General coloration yellow vith brown maikings ; ])rrc- 

 scutum with brownish-grey stripes, the interspaces and a 



