■)!() Dr. C. P. Alexander on 



sti<>;nia very (aintlv indieiitrd : veins pale Ijiown. ^'e^:lti()n : 

 ■Sr, longer than -S'rj. cuilinj^ inuncdiaU'ly hcloro the end 

 of /is ; Hs ratlier sliort, gently arcuated at origin, in align- 

 ment with /^2+3 ; /^2 snbi)er|)cndicalar and angulated at 

 origin ; r faint, a little more than twice its length l)ey()nd 

 the fork of /?2+3 > cells 7^3, 7^5, and \st Ah in ahgnnient; a 

 spur on 7--in, jutting into cell R ; petiole of cell J/, a little 

 less thaii twice the cell; cell \.si M2 elongate, gently 

 widened distally ; basal deflection of r,'//, near mid-length of 

 the caudal face of cell \$t Mo : vein 2nd A ending before the 

 level of li's. 



Abdomen dark brown. Ovipositor wiih the tergal valves 

 usually short, very strongly upeurved, the tips acute. 



Ha/). New Zealand (North Island). 



llnlofi/po, ? , Taihape, Wellington I*rovincc, October 11, 

 1921 {f. R. Harris). 



Limiiophila ileviata, sp. n. 



General coloration light reddish brown ; head grey ; 

 haltcres yellow ; legs dark brown, the; femoral bases narrowly 

 obscure yellow; wings yellowish subhyaline ; veins Ry and 

 R3 divergent, cell R^ being very wide at wing-margin ; male 

 hypopygium with two small pleural appendages, the outer 

 one bifid at apex. 



Male. — Length about 4*5 mm, ; wing 5-G mm. 



Female. — Length 5"6-6 mm. ; wing 6*3-6"4 mm. 



Rostrum small, dark brown ; pal[)i brownish black. 

 Antennie short in both sexes; scapal segments obscure 

 brownish yellow beneath, dark brown above ; flagellnm 

 dark brownish black, the segments oval. Head grey, the 

 centre of the vertex slightly infuscated. 



^Mesonotal prtescutum light reddish brown without distinct 

 markings; tuberculate pits present, elongate; remainder 

 of mesonotum i)ale reddish brown. Pleura pale brownish 

 yellow. Haltcres yellow. Legs with the eoxfc and tro- 

 chanters concolorous with the pleura; remainder of legs 

 dark brown, the bases narrowly obscure yellow. Wings 

 yellowish subliyaline, iridescent, tlie base and costal margin 

 paler ; stigma indistinct ; veins pale brownish yellow. 

 A'enation : Sci ending beyond the fork of Rs, Sc^ close to 

 the tip of Sci and about equal to it ; Jh long, arcuated at 

 origin, in alignment with 7?2+3 ; ^' lacking or bar(!ly indi- 

 cated ; i?2+3 about one-half longer than the delleetion of 

 -^^1+5 ; veins I?^ and /':j divergent, cell liy at margin being 

 only a little wider than cell R3, cell Rj correspoiulingly 



