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Discobola striata n. sp. (Figs. 32, 134.) 
Head dark grey, with blackish central stripe; frons more ochreous, 
strongly dusted. Proboscis about as long as head, black. Palpi black. 
Antennae rather light ochreous, first scapal and first flagellar joints darker. 
First two or three flagellar joints almost globular, separated by short necks ; 
remaining joints gradually more oval and more slender. Thorax rather 
pale ochreous-grey. Pronotum dark at sides and with dark-brown central 
stripe extending backwards nearly whole length of praescutum. eso- 
notum with rather broad dark-brown stripe on each side, between which 
and narrow central stripe are some minute brown dots. . Scutellum dark 
brown at sides; postnotum light-brownish, greyer in middle. leurae 
of postnotum. Abdomen rather dark brown, somewhat shining. ypo- 
pygium with single pair of claspers which are somewhat square, with 
projecting lobe at each corner; those on outer and inner basal corners 
10-11 mm. 
Norra Istanp: Karori, Wellington (G. V. Hudson, Nos. 79c and 791) ; 
type and one other male in British Museum. Rare. 
Discobola picta (Hutton). (Fig. 31.) 
Trochobola picta Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 32, p. 37, 1900. 
Does not differ much from D. striata except in wing-markings, but 
in this is so distinct that the two must be treated as distinct species. 
Shape of discal cell the same in both. Differences may be found in male 
h um. 
jc Istawp: Wellington (Hudson). I have seen two female speci- 
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mens, one in British Museum and one at Cambridge. 
Discobola venusta (Osten-Sacken). (Fig. 30.) 
Trochobola venusta Osten-Sacken, Berlin ent. Zeitschr., vol. 34, p. 265, 
90, 1902. 
TH ISLAND: Greymouth (Helms), recorded by Osten-Sacken. I have 
seen specimens from Tisbury, 28th November, 1915, and Mount Grey, 
November, 1914. 
