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slender (others missing). Venation: Ax long and straight, ending below 
a of stalk of cell M,. Cu,, hairy, nearly vertical, slightly beyond M 
К, and M, both somewhat approximated to К, ., at the 
Ten of body, 6 ait: wing, 5-5 mm. 
NORTH ISLAND: Hamurana, dae November, 1919 (D. Miller), one 
male. Type in collector's possessio 
Notwithstanding differences in аы and colorational characters, 
this is evidently related to M. variegatus, the hypopygium of both having 
a similar and very peculiar structure. 
Genus СОхорномүтА О.-8. 
This genus as at present understood includes a considerable number of 
species from all parts of the world, which show a rather extensive range of 
structural characters. 1 think there can be no doubt that a division into 
several genera will have to be made, but the species require further study 
in all their stages before this can be done very satisfactorily. The two 
New Zealand species are very dissimilar in appearance and habits, and each 
shows some peculiar features distinguishing it from most, if not all, other 
be expressed by means of the following table, which includes all the genera 
and subgenera some species of which have recently been included in 
Gnophomyia ; some or all of them will probably eventually be accorded 
full generic га 
1. Rs rather short, almost or quite in a straight = with Ryi5; 
Ro+3 8 жерь ende ; r-m at or close the base of 
R,,45; 7 vertical, near base of R$; йр of "s long ; eyes 
widely dion Gnophomyia в. str. 
- generally uer not in a line with Ber un. not 
trongly arc 
rched ; r-m well beyond base of К, = 2 
2 в; short, much less than half as lo as. NAE. ra 3 
Б, longer, more than half as long as Кз К б 4 
3. Legs bares with scales; discal cell closed Gymnastes Brun. 
Legs without scales, but with long pubescence ; “discal cell 
coalescent with cell M; Dasymallomyia Brun. 
4. "TE ine eee than Bex; F - placed about the middle of 
discal cell coalescent with cell M, ; front na - Aphrophila n. subgen. 
Ses аа praia much shorter than Sc, ; r joining В, 1 на 
Rə; discal o "pu 5 
5. Head round, very n ; body 'and legs elongate ; 
r oblique Lo longer b ce Niet tip of v Astelobia n. subgen. 
Head broader, front not very narro body d legs much 
less elongate r usually vertical aa ee: than the е 
of В, кә { 6 
6. cessory cross- ш in cell Ra A Ey . ». Рита Jaen. 
No such cross lack : = ee = Ae ns FUHR 
7. Bod ue ck an ye OW .. es si Zett. 
Body otherwise otherwise coloured: Gnophomyia luctuosa O. B 
G. elegans W: A moena Alex., G. perelagens Alex., 
G. Mono ААТ &c. (Also genus T’rimicra.) 
Gnophomyia s. str. includes, besides the type species, G. те Will., 
G. tripudians Bergr., ©. orientalis Meig., G. nigrescens Edw., 
llom should perhaps include Gnophomyia ре. Alex., 
which has a closed discal cell. Alexander regards it as a subgenus of 
Gnophomyia, but the two species have a very different appearance from 
those of Gnophomyia s. str, 
