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lol)es contijiiious on tlie median line ; apex of eaeli pleurite 

 protlueed into a lon;^ slender arm directed mesad and 

 sliglitly eiuulad, lonj;;er than the pleurite itself, the apex 

 slij^htly enlarj^ed ; two [)lenral appendaj^es, the ontermofit 

 Ijitid, bearinjj^ a eon.s[)icuous lobnle before the apex ; inner 

 ap()enda^e a flattened, irrej.Mih\r, pale blade. (ionapo|)hyses 

 appearing as long, slender, straight, divergent rods. Eighth 

 sternite with two narrow convergent rows of ijlack spines, 

 there being about a dozen small spines in each row. Ovi- 

 positor with the tergal valves very short and strongly 

 npcnrvcd, tiie ventral niagin at base microscopically 

 serrnlate. 



Hub. New Zealand (South Island). 



IIu/ofi///e, J, Dimedin, Otago, November 5, 1921 

 (G. Howes). 



A/lotiipofij/je, ? . 



Paratoputijpe.^, 2 (^ (J, with the type; 6 J c? , 1 ?, 

 November 26, 1921. 



LimnopMla {Metali/nnophila) niffroopicato, sp. n. 



Antennae elongate; general coloration grey; mesonotal 

 prjcseutum with three brown strifjcs ; pleura Avith a dark 

 brown longitudinal stripe; halteres elongate, light yellow ; 

 femora and tibiae yellow, conspicuously tip))cd with black; 

 wings yellowish subhyaline. veins pale; siigma very faintly 

 indicated ; Rs comparatively sli<nt ; abdomen dark brown ; 

 tergal valves of ovipositor very sliort and strongly upcurved. 



Female. — Length 72 mm. ; wing 78 mm. 



Kostrum and palpi black. Antennae elongate for the 

 female sex, dark brown; flagellar se_ments eloiigate ; the 

 antennae of the uiale are undoubtedly elongate. Head yel- 

 lowish grey. 



.Mesonotal priescutum yellowish grry with three con- 

 spicuous brown stripes, the median stripe feebly bisected 

 by a paler line; cephalic margin of priescutum narrowly 

 dark brown ; tuberculate pits lacking ; scutum light grey, 

 the lobes darker grey; scutellum almost white; pcstnoinui 

 grey. Pleura grey ; a conspicuous dark brovNU longitudinal 

 stripe extending from the cervical sclerites, dorsad of the 

 fore coxa, to the postnotum. Halteres elongate, light 

 yellow. Legs with the coxae yellow, the fore coxie intns- 

 cated ; trochanters obscure yellow ; femoia obscure \ ellow, 

 the tips narrowly blackened ; tibiae aiid metatarsi yellowish 

 testaceous, the tips more narrowly blackened ; remainder 

 of the tarsi brownish black. Wings yellowish subh valine; 



