new or Utth-known TipuliiUo. 519 



ycllowisli hrowii, the i'orc co\;i' darker basally ; troelianters 

 (jl)Ncuie Ijrowiiisli yellow ; femora liglit brown, the ti|)s 

 broadly brownish black ; tibiiii dark brown, the tips 

 blackened; tarsi black. Wings rather broad, subhyaline ; 

 cells C and Sc yellowish; a conspicuous dark brown pattern 

 distributed as follows : bases of cells R and M ; a large 

 subcircular area at origin of Rs, remote from vein M ; 

 stignial area laige, sending a broad cloud along the cord, 

 ending in a large blotch at the tip of Cu^ ; a large cloud at 

 III; a conspicuous oval area beyond mid-lengtii of cell M ; 

 an infuscation in centre of cell i'u, crossing vein \st A into 

 cell \st A immediately above the end of vein 2nd A ; wing- 

 tip not darkened ; veins dark brown. Venation : /• at or 

 before mid-length of vein R.2, cell 2nd R^ being unusually 

 wide at the margin, ecjual to cell R^; R-i strongly angulated 

 at origin ; in short to very short, constricting the adjoining- 

 veins ; petiole of cell M^ about two-thirds the cell; basal 

 deflection of Cui at from one-half to two-thirds the length 

 of cell 1st M^ ; vein 2nd A short, ending considerably before 

 the level of the origin of Rs. 



Abdomen brownish black. ]\Iale hypopygium v,'\i\\ the 

 ai)ex of each pleurite produced into a short blade as in this 

 group of species ; mesal face of pleurite at l)ase produced 

 into a conspicuous, flattened, glabrous blade directed caudad 

 and slightly mesad, the apex obtusely rounded ; mesal apical 

 angle of pleurite likewise produced into a small blunt lobe 

 that bears a few conspicuous setce ; inner pleural appendage 

 dilated at apex. Gonapophyses broad at base, narrow at 

 apex, which is split into a dense brush of long yellow hairs. 



Hub. New Zealand (South Island). 



Huiotype, S , Waitati, Pipetine, Otago, October 29, 19.21 

 (G. Huives). 



Gijnoplistia niveicincta, sp. n. 



Gencial coloration shiny brownish yellow ; head shinv 

 black; antennae 20-scgmentt'd ; femora yellow, the ti[)S 

 broadly and abruptly blackened ; posterior tibiie with a 

 narrow, elearly-dt fined, whitish ring beyond mid-length, the 

 sette on this pure white ; wings nearly hyaline, cells Sc 

 and Sci entirely dark brown ; abdomen with intense purple 

 reflections, the hypopygium obscure reddish yellow. 



Male. — Length 10 mm. ; wing 8'3 mm. 



Kostrum very short, black ; flrst segment of pali)i obscure 

 yellow, the remainder dark brown. Antenniv with the first 

 segment yellow, the apex darker ; second scapal segment 



