tteiv or Uttlt'-kiioivn Tipulklae. 2U9 



Ihiltci'C's tlongatc, testaceous, the kii(jl)s liirj^e, almost Mliite. 

 Lc^s very loiiji; and sleiulcr iur an Eriupioiiiie ci'aii(-H\ , 

 especially the posterior h';^s wliieli measure approxiiiuitclv 

 12"5 nun. in total length ; coxie and trochanters ohsenie 

 yellow; remainder of the legs dark brown. Wuigs whitish 

 j^uhhyaline, variegated with conspicuous patches of dark 

 maerotriehiie, giving to the wings a somewhat nebulous 

 a|)[)earance ; the- more conspicuous of these blotches occupy 

 the stigraal urea, extending to the f(jrk of Rs ; interrupted 

 areas at r~m, fork of M, and along vein M^ near the base of 

 the distal section ; veins pale with dark macrotriehia'. 

 Venation : basal deHeetion of Cu^ on J/simmediatelv beyond 

 the fork of Af. 



Abdomen j)ale brown, with a series of five dark brou ii 

 lateral spots. .Male hypopyginm with the mesal face of the 

 pleurites at apex provided with a dense brush of long dark 

 iuiirs. Two pleural appendages, both basal iu position : one 

 ehitinized, elongate, terminating in a elavate lobe, at the base 

 of the lobe with a conspicuous shoulder that is microscopically 

 denticulate ; second ajjpendage large, produced caudad into 

 a flattened blackish lube, the mesal portion very extensive, 

 extending as a thin slieet almost to the penis-guard. Penis- 

 guard very long, straight, tapering very gradually to the 

 apex, subtended on either side at the base by the small 

 inconspicuous apophvse. 



Hab. New Zealand (Both I>laiuls). 



Holotype, ^ , Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, September 2.'^, 

 1921 ('/'. R. Harris). 



Purafifpe, J , Greymonth, sea-level, September 7, 1921 

 ('/'. R. Harris). 



Molophilus quadrifidus, sp. n. 



General coloration brown ; legs unhanded ; wings oiey ; 

 nude hyi)opvgiuni with the basal pleural appendage iaige, 

 eom|)li(Mte(l, l)laek, terminating in lour arms. 



Male. — Length 5 mm. ; wing G mm. 



Rostrum and palpi brown. Autennaj elongate, about 

 three-fourths the length of the l)ody ; scapal segments 

 (d)scure yellow, the flagellum dark brown ; flagellar seg- 

 ments enlarged basally, attenuate apically. Head dark 

 brown. 



Mesonotal pra?scutum brown, with three dark brown 

 stripes ; remainder of mesonotum and the pleura dark 

 brown, llalteres pale. Legs with the coxa* and trochanters 

 pale ; femora and tibial pale brown, the tarsi passing into 

 dark brown. AVings grev, the veins brown. Venation: the 



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