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Dicranomyia decincta n. sp. (Figs. 12, 125.) 
Differs from D. /lavidipennis as follows: Necks of flagellar joints fully 
half as long as joints. Legs somewhat stouter. Wings with stigma more 
distinct, though not very conspicuous. Veins in apical half of wing darker. 
Processes of ninth tergite shorter, broader, more rounded, and more bristly ; 
rostrum more pointed, with two long, outwardly-directed spines. 
SovrH Istanp: Bold Peak, Lake Wakatipu, 3,600 ft., 10th January, 
1920 (G. V. Hudson, No. 192) ; type male (unique) in British Museum. 
Dicranomyia sublacteata n. sp. (Figs. 11, 126.) 
Head. greyish-ochreous, front and middle of occiput sometimes brown ; 
front narrow, scarcely one-sixth as broad as head. Proboscis ochreous, 
about half as long again as head, labella and palpi dark brown. Antennae 
with scape brown, flagellum blackish ; flagellar joints with distinct necks ; 
in male the necks are nearly as long, in female only one-third as long, as 
rounded processes, placed close together; rostrum with two long, slightly 
curved spines. Ovipositor—anal valves reaching slightly beyond genita 
valves; the former rather long, curved; the latter long, straight, black 
at base. Legs moderately slender, brownish-ochreous, tibiae and tarsi 
somewhat darker, femora with a rather ill-defined blackish ring just before 
tip. Wings creamy-tinged, slightly opaque (whence the specific name) ; 
stigma scarcely perceptible ; in female there is a dark cloud along Cu in 
basal half of cell M, which is only very faintly indicated in male; veins 
round tip of wing dark. Halteres ochreous, tip of knob blackish. Length 
of body, 7-8°5 mm. ; wing, 8-9 mm. 
S . Bold Peak, Lake Wakatipu, 3,600 ft., 10th January, 
1920 (G. V. Hudson, No. 192): type male, two other males, and three 
females, in British Museum ; also one male and one female in Cambridge 
Museum. 
Dicranomyia cubitalis n. sp. (Figs. 14, 127.) 
H dark-greyish, front and median line on occiput brown. Proboscis 
(including labella) dark brown, scarcely longer than head ; labella and palpi 
black. Antennae with scape dark brown, flagellum blackish; necks o 
flagellar joints as long as joints in male, only one-quarter as long in female. 
Thorax b 
