310 Dr. C. r. AlexMiult-r on 



Hab. New Zealand (Both Islands). 



Holotiipe, S , Ohakuno, altitude 20(30 feet, October 1, 1 '.)'.>! 

 (7'. R. ilarris). 



Alli)tyi)e, ?, Cireyinoutli, sea-level, Septeinljcr 7, 10:21 

 ('/'. R. Harris). 



Paratoj>(>ti//)i's, 10 (J J" , September 21 to Oetober 1 1,1921 ; 

 paratifiie, 1 (JjWith the allotype; 3 (J , 1 ?, Duiiediii, No- 

 vember 2(), 1921 (G. Howes)'. 



Ill its j;:eiieral appearance, Ijiiniio/j/ii'n inriorira somewhat 

 suj^gests L. delica/a/n, Ilutton, a vei y diU'erent tly. 



Liinnophila maurica bis/)ina, subsp. n. 



Very similar to the typical form, l)ut the basal pleural 

 ap[)en(lage of the male hy[)opy^iiim, instead ot beint:; a simple, 

 \ery elongate rod, is shorter, stouter, at the tip split into two 

 branches, the lateral branch short and straij^ht, the mesally 

 directed spine nearly four times the lateral spine, j^raduaily 

 narrowed to the acute apex where it is strongly curved. 



H((/k New Zealand (South Island). 



Ho/oti/pe, ($, Grey month, sea-level, September 7, 1921 

 ( T. R. Hurris). 



Liinnophila mhifica, sp. n. 



General coloration light brown; niesouotal {)r;cscutnra 

 Mitii three darker brown stripes; femora with conspicuous 

 erect setoe on ventral face; wings with a pale brown tin^e; 

 stigma elongate, darker brown; cell M^ present, small; male 

 hvpopygium comparatively large and complicated in structure; 

 eighth sternite terminating in a comb of blackened teeth. 



Male. — Length about 1 8 mm.; wing G"2 mm. 



Rostrum dark grey-pruinose ; palpi black. Antennae 

 broken. Head black uith a sparse grey pubescence an- 

 teriorly, on the posterior part of the vertex more yellowish. 



Pronotum almost white. Mcsonotal pricscntum light 

 brown M'ith three darker brown stripes; remainder of 

 mesonotum badly crushed, the postuotum giey-pruinose. 

 Pleura with a pale pollen, more pruinose posteriorly, 

 llalteres pale. Legs with the coxre yellow, the fore coxaj 

 infuscated; trochanters pale ; femora light brown, with long, 

 conspicuous, erect setai on the ventral face; tibiae and tarsi 

 brown. "Wings with a pale brown tinge, the stigma elongate, 

 darker brewn; veins black. Venation: iSc long, /^'c^ much 

 longer than Sci and ending oj)posite the fork of Rs; r faint, 

 on Vj'a about one and one-half times its length beyond the 

 fork; Rs in alignment with R^+z) ■/^2+3 ^ little longer than 



