Epwarps.—Preliminary Revision of the Crane-flies of New Zealand. 321 
(except tip) pale, the rest darker. Cross-vein r-m obliterated by contact 
of R,,, with upper margin of discal cell. Halteres ochreous, knob some- 
what darkened. Length of body, 13 mm. ; wing, d 11:5 mm., 9 9 mm. 
SouTH IsLAND: In river-bed, Dart River, Kinloch, Lake Wakatipu, 
lst-lOth January, 1921 (G. V. Hudson, No. 243); three males (including 
type) and one female in British Museum. 
Gynoplistia bona Alexander. (Fig. 83.) 
Gynoplistia bona Alexander, Insecutor Inscitiae, vol. 8, p. 123, 1920. 
Drvision П. 
Mesonotum shining, without grey dusting. Front usually quite half 
as broad as the head. 
Gynoplistia tridactyla n. sp. (Figs. 78, 167.) 
Head mostly shining blackish-brown, nape ochreous, a small dull- 
ochreous area above each antenna. Front about one-third as broad as 
head. Proboscis, basal joint of palpi, and scape of antenna ochreous, rest 
of palpi and antennae black. Flagellum of male with eighteen joints ; 
diately in front of root of wings. Abdomen shining reddish-brown ; eighth 
segment darker ; hypopygium and ovipositor ochreous. Hypopygium with 
brown ; tarsi and tips of femora and tibiae blackish. Wings hyaline ; tip 
conspicuously darkened ; a large squarish blotch over base of Rs; a con- 
spicuous fascia across cord, leaving centre о“ the discal cell clear. Halteres 
entirely ochreous. Length of body, $ 9 mm., © 14-14 mm. ; wing, $ 9 mm., 
9 11-13 mm. 
Мовтн Istanp: Neighbourhood of Auckland, 1854 (Colonel Bolton), 
one male and one female; also one male (type) and one female from 
Captain F. W. Hutton, locality unknown, in British Museum ; Auckland 
(K. Suter), one female in Berlin Museum. 
11— Trans. x 
