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four black stripes. Abodmen orange-red, black at sides and with broad 
black; hair dark, shorter than that of thorax. Legs black, femora brown 
at base ; last tarsal joint not swollen. Wings almost colourless except 
for the black veins and the conspicuous dark-brown stigma; in certain 
lights whitish areas are visible at base of cell К,, in apices of the cells R 
and M, and before middle of cell M. Ma reinal cross-vein oncom 
Rs equal in length to R,,,, К, half as long. Stem of cell M, about 
quarter as long as cell A short m-Cu cross-vein present. Fold Бе 
Cu not darkened. Vein Ax ending scarcely beyond anal angle of wing; 
cell Ax very narrow and of even width throughout, not carried back beyond 
base of vein Ax. Halteres black, base of stem orange. Len vag of body, 
7-5 mm.; wing, 10-5 mm. ; hind tibia, 7-2 mm. ; hind tars 4-9 mm 
SOUTH ISLAND : Tableland of Mount Arthur, "4,000 ft., У, 1910, 
on tussock-grass (б. V. Hudson, No. 253). 
Macromastix rufiventris n. sp. (Fig. 117.) 
d. Very similar to M. minor, differing as follows: Hair on thorax and 
abdomen light-yellowish instead of black. Black abdominal stripe narrower 
and narrowly interrupted on margins of the rig aa tergites 5-8 black 
in middle, grey at mires Wings tinged with fuscous on greater part of 
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segments; cell Ax of wings is quite twice as 
middle, Length of Den 9-10 mm.; wing, 14mm.; hind tibia, 8 mm. ; 
hind tarsus, 11-5 mm 
NomgrH ISLAND "We llington district, “ formerly Се Fag onto 
abundant on hilltops, now (1921) very rare ; February " (G. V. Hudson, 
No. 124); type male and one female in British Museum. 
Macromastix cubitalis n. sp. (Fig. 113.) 
©. dull-brownish. Front about one-third as broad as head, 
tubercle scarcely developed. pene about as long as head; nasus 
short. Scape of antennae ochreo flagellum dark brown, ten-jointed, 
the joints nearly cylindrical and an к. slender, first joint longer than 
scape, second not quite so long, following joints gradually shorter, except 
last which is longer again. Thorax wi th a certain amount of longish but 
not very conspicuous hair; colour dull-brownish, praescutum with four 
— sun е darker ug ns Abdomen du ll-brownish, lighter 
a fairly obvious Ton seam over vcn which meets ase of dil 
cell: discal cell open on one wing; cell M, with seis ere stalk. 
Halteres dark brown. Length of body, 8-5 mm.; wing, 10-5 mm.; hind 
tibia, 5-7 mm. ара tarsus, 9 mm 
М№овтн Istanp : Karori, Wellington, April-May (G. V. Hudson, No. 280c) ; 
type нар іп in British Museum 
