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the blackish dorsal line is narrower, olpiilüly on second "n eur 
vein, and a whitish mark in cell M, ; the stem of this cell is shorter (one- 
fifth to one-eighth as long as the cell). Length of body, 9-10 mm. ; wing, 
14-16 mm. ; hind le 38-42 mm. 
Nortu ISLAND: Wellington, in forest, February, 1914, and 11th March, 
1921 (G. V. Hudson, No. 311); type male, one other male, and one female 
in British Museum. Another male, without exact locality label, is in 
Berlin-Dahlem Museum, bearing the label * huttoni О. -8.," in Osten-Sacken 
handwriting. 
Macromastix yittata n. sp. (Fig. Ho 
very slightly longer than head; nasus not bifid. Antennae about as den 
as the praescutum ; scape reddish-ochreous , flagellum dark brown; last 
Thorax with short pale hair over whole notum reddish- 
ochreous. Mesonotum dar Praescutum with three black stripes, 
middle one just divided by a ae line; lateral pair extending across 
scutum Pleurae leaden-grey, | between wing- an € 
whole of segments 5-8; venter nila coloured. Legs : Coxae leaden- 
grey. Femora ochreous-brown, blackish towards tip ; tarsi not quite as 
long as tibiae. iy 8 Pas markings of the M. lunata type, but white 
11 mm.; wing, 17 mm.; hind leg, 46 mm. 
NORTH ISLAND: Wellington (G. V. Hudson, No. 1085), type male 
in cog Museum; Mount Ngongotaha, ааб ft., 15th February, 1910 
(Dr. G B. Longstaff), one male in Oxford Muse 
Macromastix alexanderi n. sp. (Fig. 111.) 
Head dark reddish-ochreous, paler on posterior eye-margins, net 
any darker in middle. Front about one-quarter as broad as head, wit 
s small tubercle. Rostrum scarcely as long as head; nasus uy 
short, scarcely distinguishable. Palpi and antennae blackish-brown. First 
scapal joint д, Flagellum ten-jointed, first five joints gradually 
g in length, somewhat swollen beyond middle; last five joints 
distinct, pP very little more slender than first five (except last joint, 
which is slender). Thorax nearly bare, dark brownish-grey, praescutum 
ih th : : 
Pleurae without markings. ark reddish-brown ; black dorsal 
line on segments 1-4, segments 5-8 wholly blackish grey. Legs blackish- 
brown, femora lighter towards base. ings somewhat resembling those 
of M. vittata, but pre-arcular cells are dark; a large dark patch along Cu 
in apical half of cell M; stem of cell M, about half as long as the cell, 
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