Epwarps.—Preliminary Revision of the Crane-flies of New Zealand. 317 
projections. Thorax dark brown, heavily grey-dusted on риш, Danger d so 
n mesonotum, without distinct markings. Abdomen dar slightly 
shining. Hypo pygium practically as in G. magnifica. Legs poh te long and 
dark brown in male, with an obscurely darker pre-apical femoral ring; much 
shorter and lighter in colour in female. femora stouter and with dark ring 
more distinct. Wings slightly milky, with seven brown blotches, three 
gin. Se, very 
oblique, about as long as Sc,. In female wings abbreviated, less than 
half as long as abdomen. Бейек with ochreous stem and brown knob. 
Length of body, d 16 mm., ? 17 mm.; wing, 3 14 mm., ? 7 mm 
Sours IstANDp: Otira, January, 1916 (G. V. Hudson, + + 330) Type 
male in British Museum; female in Mr. Hudson's collectio 
Gynoplistia pedestris n. sp. 
. Head light buff-coloured, with broad brown longitudinal median 
stripe; palpi and antennae dark brown. First scapal joint about three 
times as long as broad. First nine flagellar joints narrow at base, much 
swollen in middle, each with pointed conical projection on under- side, 
nearly as long as joint; projections on joints 2-5 of flagellum slightly 
longer than the others; all bearing short bristles. Joints 10-11 of 
flagellum rather abruptly smaller than preceding joints, without ventral 
projection (terminal joints missing). Palpal joints all about equal in length, 
the second and third obliquely truncate and swollen apically. Thorax 
brownish-ochreous, with pale-grey dusting specially noticeable on scutum, 
scutellum, and pleurae. Praescutum with there indistinct darker stripes ; 
transverse pits very large, reddish. Suture ill defined except in middle ; 
Legs ochreous-brown, only tips of tarsal joints darkened ; tibial spurs ae 
black.  Femora rather thick, especially on apical half. Claws simple, 
slightly hairy at base, about twice as long as empodia. Wings и, 
shorter than thorax, but distinctly showing normal venation; colou 
uniformly brownish. Halteres normal, үлгүр r with dark knob. eat 
2 
m.; wing, 2mm. ; leg 
One female, without exact data, but Sige from Canterbury (C. M. 
Wakefield, 1880) ; type in Oxford Museum. 
Gynoplistia subfasciata Walker. (Figs. 74, 163.) 
Gynoplistia subfasciata Walker, List Dipt. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 74, 
1848: Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 32, p. 45, 1900. 
22 cet subfasciata $ “Schiner, Reise der “ Novara,” Dipt., p. 40, 
ma koti fifteen-jointed in both sexes ; in male the joints are 
e times as long as broad, the first eleven bearing appendages, 
the longest of e are sies five times as long as joint bearing them, 
those on joints 1 and 11 much shorter, that on joint 11 not much longer 
than the joint; in female joints 1-9 only bear projections, the ione of 
which are about twice the length of joint ; some specimens show a very 
short conical projection on segment 10. т greyish- -ochreous, Rub 
in male, praescutum with three fairly didnt. dark stripes, sensory pits 
light bro wnish-ocherous. Abdomen in bot xes ochreous, somewhat 
shining, without grey dusting, eighth segment {сө hypopygium as 
