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Division П. 
Rs shorter than R,+,. Body at least partly green. Female abdomen 
pointed. Male antétinie і never elongate. 
Macromastix virescens n. sp. (Fig. 172.) 
d. Head light greenish-ochreous; darker ochreous at sides and on 
rostrum, which is as long as head ; nasus absent. Front about one-quarter 
Palpi black, except towards base.. Scape of antennae pale ochreous, 
first joint slender. Flagellum blackish, ochreous towards base; first six 
joints distinct, elongate oval, slightly enlarged on under-side, third “goed 
longer than first or second, fourth and fifth shorter; five 
slender, cylindrical, зач separated, slightly more "hairy than etd 
ceding joints; terminal joint minute. Thorax—pronotum pale-greenish. 
Praescutum mainly rather deep ochreous, margins pale-greenish ; traces 
Tips of cae scia ud uced. быа short and broad (see [^ 
Legs uniformly ochreous (perhaps green in life), long and slender. Wi 
with рт very slightl ilky, veins green, costa darker анн 
wing-tip. Costal cell scarcely tinted. Stigma pale-greenish. Cross-vein r 
at base of R,, ei ich is curved upwards and joins costa almost immediately 
beyond tip of R,. Rs асна than R+. M, and M, slightly con- 
vergent; cell M, ‘shortly stalked (stalk about one- eighth as long as cell). 
Cu, in punctiform contact with discal cell. Cell Ax rather broad, especially 
in the middle. Halteres very long ; : ed Xi stem darker. Length 
of body, 15 mm. ; wing, 22 mm. ; halte hind leg, about 53 mm. 
Sours Istanp: Tisbury, 8th ang 1911 (A. Philpott); type 
male in Cawthron Institute collection. 
Macromastix viridis (Walker). (Fig. 173.) 
Tipula viridis Walker, Ins. Laund. Dipt., p. 445, 1856. 
. Head ochreous. Front about one-fifth as broad as head; tubercle 
rather small, slightly bifid at tip. Rostrum about as long as head, 
ochreous above; darker beneath; nasus distinct, but rather short and 
broad, blunt-ended. Antennae as in M. virescens, but third flagellar joint 
is slightly shorter хаст second. Te much as in M. virescens, but 
dark markings of mesonotum extensive b conspicuous, lateral 
praescutal stripes Vilidiy бышмак: Fame dusted with grey. Abdomen 
brownish-ochreous, dark brown. towards apex, slightly shining, without 
very numerous short а : spines (see figure). Legs very prot and nents, 
rather dark brown, tarsi and tips of femora and tibiae almost black. 
Wings much as in M. virescens, but with a faint brownish rather than a 
-broadest near base. Halteres shorter than in M. virescens, stem blackish. 
Length of body, 20mm.; wing, 24 mm. ыд. 3mm.; hind leg, 75 mm. 
NORTH ISLAND: icon, Wellington, December, 1920 (G. V. Hudson, 
No. 106); one male in British Museum. The above description has been 
