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the Protoplasidae, depending on whether or not the name 

 Macrochile is preoccupied. There has been considerable argu- 

 ment during the past year as to the basis for family and sub- 

 family names in entomology and several workers have main- 

 tained that the law of priority should refer to higher groups, 

 that is, the first family names proposed should be preserved. 

 In this connection a note by Dr. Aurivillius should be 

 consulted.^ 



As to whether or not the subfamily Bruchomyiinse is to be 

 referred to the Psychodidse as is believed by Edwards, Tonnoir 

 and other authorities on the Nematocerous Diptera, to the 

 Tanyderidse as is now believed by the writer, or to represent a 

 distinct family of flies ancestral to both the Psychodidse and 

 Tanyderidse, is a question that future studies must settle. 

 Until more evidence is submitted, the writer is inclined to fol- 

 low his first assignment of Bruchomyia to the family Tany- 

 deridse. 



Among some very interesting microscope slides of Diptera 

 sent the writer by Dr. J. W. Campbell, there was included a 

 slide of the wing of an undescribed member of this palaeogenic 

 group. Although only the wing is available, it is thought best 

 to call attention to this fly at this time. 

 Nemopalpus zelandiae, new species 



Sex ?. — Wing 5.8 mm. 



Wings with a slight brownish suffusion, the bases of cells 

 R and M much paler ; a crossband before the cord and cells 

 M3 and M4 are slightly darker than the cells in the apical half 

 of the wing ; veins brown. Venation : Sc ending opposite 

 r-m; both Sc^ and Sc2 present and subequal in length; Rs 

 originating far basad ; cell R2 about as long as its petiole ; M 

 incrassated before its fork; petiole of cell M^ short, about 

 twice m-cu, the latter faintly indicated, situated at the fork 

 of M3 and M4 ; Cii and ist A distinct. Several veins of the 

 wing are enlarged and all are provided with abundant setig- 

 erous punctures. 



'' y\urivi!lius, Chr. Descriptions of somr South African Hcterocera (I,epi- 

 doptera), Ann. South African Museum, vol. 18, part 2, art. 4, p. 241, 1921, 

 footnote. 



