312 Dr. C. P. Alexander on 



remainder of mesouotum grey-prninose. Halteres pale. 

 Legs with the coxae brown, sparsely pruinose ; trochanters 

 obscnre yellow; femora light yellowish brown witli a narrow 

 but distinct dark brown snbterminal ring; tibiio and meta- 

 tarsi pale brown, the tips blackened; remainder of the tarsi 

 black. Wings with a strong yellow tinge, cells C and Sc 

 more brownish yellow ; a conspicuous dark brown pattern 

 distributed as follows : a quadrate blotch at origin of Ra, 

 not attaining M; stignial area oval with a cons})icu<)ns 

 caudal extension along the cord to cell 1st M^; brown seams 

 at 711 and on the basal deflection of Cui; a brown spot on 

 vein 1st A near two-thirds the length; wing-tip very faintly 

 darkened; no dark mark at fork of Afi^.2; veins black. 

 A'^enatiou : Rs very long, spurred at origin ; r on i?2 fi'om 

 just beyond mid-length to two-thirds the length ; petiole of 

 cell Ml longer than the second section of 3/]^j; basal 

 deflection of Ciii near two-thirds the length of cell 1*/ M^- 



Abdomen uniformly brown; eighth segment blackened; 

 hypopyginm obscure brownish yellow. Male hypojjygium 

 similar to that of G. subfasciata Walker, differing as follows: 

 ninth tergite with a low broad median lobe, the caudal 

 margin of which is gently concave. Black spinulose arms 

 on mesal face of pieurites not so regularly globose, the small 

 spinulose lobe near its base larger. Outer pleural appendage 

 with the apex and snbterminal spine shorter, the apex with 

 more distinct denticles; inner pleural appendage with the 

 elongate apex much more slender, tapering gradually to 

 the subacute apex. 



The female is full-winged; abdominal tergites brownish 

 grey; ovipositor with the valves elongate. 



Hab. New Zealand (North Island). 



Holotype, ^ , Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, October 3, 

 1921 {T. R. Harris). 



Allotype, ? , Taihape, October 12, 1921 (7^. R. Harris). 



ParatypeSy J , with the allotype ; 4 ? $ , October 22, 

 1921. 



Allied to G. subfasciata, Walker, but very distinct in the 

 structure of the hypopygium and the dark brown sul)- 

 termiual rings on the femora. 



Gynoplistia nebulipennis, sp. n. 



General coloration deep reddish brown; antonure 16-seg- 

 mented ; head black; pleura very heavily and extensively 

 silvery-white; halteres pale yellow; wings subhyaline with 

 a very heavy, dark brown pattern, the apex broadly suifused 



