494 Transactions. 
(22.) Phytomyza clematadi n. sp. (The Clematis-fly). 
The Imago. 
Female. Frons yellow, paler above; ocellar triangle black, 
brown; eyes dark red; distal jomt of antenna black above, 
beneath; arista pubescent, black; first two joints of antenna 
pedicel obscurely blackish above; proboscis and genae pale lemon- 
palpi dark brown, somewhat circular; occiput black; each orb 
four bristles, the lowermost one very weak; between the row of 
bristles = ‘the eye is a single series of small hairs exten 
third o bristle ; осеПаг and post-vertical bristles strong, t. 
almost = ei as inner and outer verticals. 
orax—dorsum dark greyish-brown, very faint indications 
darker narrow antero-posterior lines ; four pairs of strong do 
ад. 
Length, 3mm. Male similar to ш but slightly smaller. 
Type in author’s collection; reared from mines obtained in 
Opoho, Dunedin. 
Distribution. 
Discovered first at Ravensbourne (Dunedin), 12th October, 
. W. G. Howes; since then it has been found to > eee 
the Dunedin district. Has also been found at еен (Tre 
Food-plant. 
Clematis indivisa (puawananga, pikiarero). 
Egg-laying and Larva. 
Tags laid onc in pockets constructed almost invariably b be 
cuticle of leaves ; no apparent preference for any parti 
as in P. albi one di 
: 8, 
into leaf-tissues being ау all that is necessary. 
number of pockets ar tructed, but no eggs de 
noi become very Reset on the leaves, both on | 
Mio, Full-grown larva pale green ; length, 4mm. Particulars 
The Mine. (Plate 41, figs. 1, 2.) 
A fairly long narrow gallery, avera 1-5-2 mm. in width. 
all except the final 2cm. or so lies md beneath upper © 
