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tibiae each have two yellowish rings, before and beyond middle; front 
metatarsi have yellowish ring near base, and mid and hind metatarsi a 
with hair-like scales of two colours, pale brownish-yellow and dark brown. 
The dark ones occur chiefly in a patch near base of costa; a small 
spot before one-third of wing-length just below radius, another small spot 
opposite this on hind-margin; a large irregular patch beyond middle 
extending from costa somewhat obliquely backwards more than half across 
. wing; and an area round wing-tip, which includes several small pale spots 
on margin. Discal cell present; cross-vein m at tip of discal cell, equal 
in length to basal section of M, ; Cu, meeting M either at, or just before, 
or just beyond base of discal cell; Ax long and slightly arcuated. Cells 
В» and R, usually of almost the same length; often cell R is distinctly 
the longer, as in Molophilus; Rs angled and generally spurred at base. 
Halteres yellow. 
М№овтн Istanp: Kaitoke, Wellington, in forest, November and December 
(G. V. Hudson, No. 159) ; two males (including type) and one female in 
British Museum ; one male in Cambridge Museum. Swanson, 30th Novem- 
ber, 1916 (4. E. Brookes); one male in British Museum. The wing- 
markings exhibit some slight variation. When resting with closed wings 
this insect has a decidedly spider-like appearance. 
Amphineurus bicinctus n. sp. (Fig. 136.) 
dark grey densely covered with yellowish hair. Proboscis and 
palpi black. Scape of antennae ochreous; flagellum dark brown, except 
at base. Flagellar joints of male about three times as long as broad, nearly 
cylindrical, verticils a little longer than joints, the whole antenna scarcely 
longer than thorax. Thorax—pronotum, shoulders, and narrow line at the 
edge of praescutum whitish. Praescutum with three bluish-grey stripes, 
conspicuously bordered with velvet-black, the lateral stripes and their black 
borders extending on scutum. utellum mainly ochreous. Postnotum 
greyish-brown.  Pleurae black, with broad whitish stripe from front coxae 
to halteres. Abdomen da rown, velvet-black along lateral borders ; 
ypopygium and ovipositor ochreous-brown. Processes of male side-pieces 
long and slender, apex very slightly swollen; three pairs of claspers, the 
longest almost as long as the hairy processes, pointed at tip and serrate 
on inner margin; ninth tergite in middle with a long smooth black process. 
trifid at tip. Anal segment of female swollen, hairy; anal valves of 
of Se, 
cells М, and M, of equal length, both square at base; Cu,, joining M well 
before the fork. Halteres ochreous, with brown ring on stem. Length of 
body, 5 mm. ; wing, 7 mm. 
Nort Istanp: Karori, Wellington, in forest, November, 1920 (6. V. 
( 
Hudson, No. 373); two males (including type) and one female in British 
Museum. 
