new or little-knowti Tipulidfe. 303 



(lark areas as follows : — At origin of Rs ; at stigma, con- 

 tinued caudad along cord ; conspicuous scams on veins Cm, 

 \st A, and 2nd A, cx(;cpt at the tip><, which are Ijroadly white ; 

 other areas aUjug M near the Fork ; on R-i+i hef'ore the tip ; 

 on R^ beyond mid-length ; scattered along most of the length 

 of Rr, ; on J/i+2 wear mid-length ; on M^ near two-thirds the 

 length, and on the distal section of Ciix ne;ir mid-length ; tips 

 of all the longitudinal veins pale except Rf„ where the dark 

 setie continue to the margin. Male hypopygium with the 

 basal pleural appendage on outer face before tip bearing 

 three powerful spines, the more apical one smallest, the 

 more basal spine largest, these spines nearly peri)cndicular 

 to the a[)pen(lage ; apical pleural appendage sinuous, rather 

 deeply bifid at tip, the arms divergent, the lateral arm longer 

 but of about the same diameter as the mesal or inner arm. 



Hub. New Zealand (North Island). 



Holotype, $ , Ohakune, altitude 20G0 feet, October 7, 

 1921 (y. R. Harris). 



AUotopotype, $ , October 15, 1921. 



Amphineurus molophilinus, sp. n. 



General coloration dark, the entire body very densely 

 covered with long, whitish, somewhat flattened setse ; male 

 antenn?e about one-half the length of the body ; wings 

 rufous brown, sj)otted with darker brown ; cell R.^ sessile as 

 in Molophilus ; cell \st M2 closed. 



Male. — Length 6 mm. ; wing 7'4 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae moderately elongate, 

 approximately one-half as long as the body ; scape obscure 

 yellowish brown ; flagellum black, the segments with an 

 abundant erect pubescence. Head dark grey, provided with 

 abundant whitish sette. 



Mcsonotal pryescutum light brown, with three darker 

 brown stripes ; entire surface except the broad median 

 stripe almost concealed by at)und:int white appressed setie ; 

 remainder of mesonotum blackish, sparsely pruinose. 

 Pleura dark, the colour practically concealed i)y abundant, 

 white, appressed sctic ; remainder of mesonotum blackish, 

 sparsely pruinose. Pleura dark, the colour practically con- 

 cealed by a great abundance of long white setje on all the 

 sclerites. Halteres pale. Legs with the trochanters con- 

 colorous with the pleura ; remainder of the legs brownish 

 black, the femoral bases narrowly and indistinctly paler. 

 Wings with a strong rufous-brown tinge, spotted along the 

 veins with dark brown, including areas at the origin of Rs^ 



