EpwARDS.— Preliminary Revision of the Crane-flies of New Zealand. 265 
ART. 27.—A Preliminary Revision of the Crane-flies of New Zealand 
(Anisopodidae, Tanyderidae, Tipulidae). 
By Е. W. Epwarps, B.A., Е.Е.8. 
Communicated by G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., F.N.Z.Inst. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 26th October, 1921; received by Editor, 
31st October, 1921 ; issued separately, 30th April, 1923.] 
(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 
Plates 27-36. 
CONTENTS. 
Page 
Introduction .. T 4 А 7 .. 265 
Key to the Families of Nematocera — .. d .. 265 
General Remarks on the New Zealand Crane-fly Fauna .. 267 
Systematic Account— 
Anisopodidae 269 
sopodin 269 
Trichocerinae 270 
Tanyderidae 270 
ny derinae 270 
Bruchomyinae 272 
Tipulidae .. 273 
Limnobiinae 273 
Limnobiini 273 
Antochini 288 
Eriopterini 289 
Limnophilini 299 
Tipulinae 329 
INTRODUCTION. 
Ir is hoped to make this paper the first of a series dealing with the 
Nematocerous Diptera of New Zealand. The three families treated in 
the heading of crane-flies. 
KEY то THE FAMILIES OF NEMATOCERA. 
In the following key an attempt has been made to utilize several 
recent suggestions as to relationships of the families of Nematocera ; but to 
task. This one wil perhaps be useful for the time being, until a more 
satisfactory one can be framed. The least satisfactory character used 
is that of the ocelli. Although these are absent in the Cecidomyiinae and 
present in the Anisopodidae, the first of these groups is certainly nearly 
allied to the Mycetophilid series, which possess ocelli, and the second to 
the Tipulid-Culicid series, which have no ocelli. The Simuliidae, again, 
though without ocelli, show many points of resemblance to the Blepharo- 
ceridae (e.g., in having wings folded and bent over in the pupa, a remark- 
