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stigma ; mesonotum somewhat shining, and praescutal stripes less distinct. 
pe darker brown, rather shorter and more slender than in M. obliqua. 
s hyaline, costal cell without trace of darkening, stigma dark brown ; 
veins all dark brown, no trace of pale area on Rs very short, shorter 
and straighter than in M. obliqua. R, less oblique than in iqua, 
scarcely longer than r. Basal section. of R,;,; much shorter than r-m, 
which is somewhat curved. Cell M, with a short stalk (about one-sixth as 
long as cell). Cu,, almost normal, not nearly so oblique as in = 
ob of я entirely dark. Length of body, 10 mm. ; wing, 13 mm, 
hind leg, 2 
NoRTH ege Papatotara, 26th February, 1911; type female in 
British Museum. 
It is quite possible that this may be the female of M. obliqua, especially 
as it was taken at the same place by the same collector on the same day, 
and has almost the same rather peculiar thoracic coloration; the differ 
ences in the wings seem, however, to preclude this supposition. 
Macromastix zeylandiae Alexander. (Figs. 121, 177.) 
Macromastiz zeylandiae Alexander, Insecutor Inscitiae, vol. 8, p. 131, 
Tipula obscuripennis Hutton (nec Kirby), T rans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 32, 
p. 28, 1900. 
There are two slight inaccuracies in Alexander's description: the pleurae 
are almost uniformly grey, with little or no trace of stripes, and the pale 
specimens I have seen. tennae alike in both sexes, flagellum ten-jointed, 
w^ five joints somewhat more slender and together about two-thirds as long 
as first five. Female resembles male in Vect meer ut has much shorter 
mis somewhat stouter legs, and rudimentary 
A pair presented to the British Museum t» "Mc G. V. Hudson d 
the following measurements: Length of body, p 10-5 mm., 9 12:5 m 
(distended with eggs); wing, d 16 mm., 9 4-5 mm. ; hind tibia, 3 7-5 mm., 
9 5-8 mm. ; hind tarsus, $ 27 mm. ло Ө mm 
Nortu "ISLAND : Papatotara, 26th February, 1911, one male; Karori, 
Wellington, February-March (G. V. Hudson, No. 69). Ѕостн ISLAND 
Christchureh (Hutton), a pair in British Museum, presented by Captain 
Hutton and named by him Tipula obscuripennis ; Mount Grey, Canterbury, 
November, 1916, one male in Canterbury eat Otago (Osten-Sacken), 
Alexander's type male in Berlin-Dahlem Museum. 
Very similar in many respects to М. берен, but differs in the 
reduced wings of female, the stouter legs in both sexes, and in having a 
distinct clear spot on each side of stigma in wing of ma ale. 
Macromastix dichroithorax Alexander. (Figs. 119, 178.) 
Macromastix dichroithorax Alexander, Insecutor Inscitiae, vol. 8, 
p. 133, 1920. 
As stated by Alexander, this is similar in most respects to M. zeylandiae, 
differing most conspieuously in the very much narrower cell Ax. Apart 
from this, the pele marks on each side of the stigma are scarcely perceptible, 
