Epwarps.—-Preliminary Revision of the Crane-flies of New Zealand. 277 
brown; cross-veins slightly clouded; base of Rs slightly thickened, prac- 
tically clear. Halteres blackish, base of stem ochreous. Length of body, ` 
6 mm. ; wing, 7:5 mm. 
Nortu IsnaNp: Karori, Wellington, in bush, November, 1920 (G. V. 
Dicranomyia octava n. sp. (Fig. 129.) 
veins dark ; stigma distinct, dark brown; very slight cloudings at base 
of Rs and over cross-veins, noticeable only with a lens; wing-tip and 
cell M clear. Halteres with ochreous stem and dark knob. Length of 
body, 5:5 mm.; wing, 7 mm. : 
$оптн 1згАхр: Mount Grey, Canterbury, Lith April, 1917; type male 
(unique) in collection of Canterbury Museum. У 
Division П. 
Flagellar joints without necks. Proboscis hardly as long as head. 
Ninth tergite of male hypopygium without conspicuous black bristles 
apically. 
Dicranomyia fasciata Hutton. 
Dicranomyia fasciata Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 32, p. 34, 1900. 
* Greyish-brown ; сохае and lower surface lighter. Win yaline : 
a large fuscous spot near middle of anterior basal cell, just inside the 
origin of second longitudinal vein, another in centre of marginal cell, and 
a small spot at origin of third longitudinal vein. Inner and outer margins 
of discal cell and terior cross-vein bordered with fuscous. Auxiliary 
vein ends slightly outside origin of second longitudinal; posterior cross- 
vein lies inside base of discal cell. Rostrum shorter than head. Joints 
of flagellum submoniliform. Length, 9 7 mm.; wing, 9 9mm. Male 
Sourn IstAND : Christchurch (Hutton). 
