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„Жү „Фу, ЖЕУ, зе: 
G. V. Hudson, veteran student of the insects of the Dominion, and himself 
the authority for several species of New Zealand crane-flies (1892, 1895, 
1913c, 1920c),* supplied the greater part of the material for the first serious 
efforts to make this fauna known. A small part of this material, together 
with additional specimens collected by Helms and Hutton in the South 
Island, became the property of Osten-Sacken, but were, unfortunately, 
largely undescribed by this pioneer student of crane-flies, the only species — 
that he made known from this abundant material being Tanyderus forcipatus _ 
(1880), Cerozodia plumosa (1887), and Discobola dohrni and D. venusta (1894). 
The next Hudson collection was turned over to.Captain Е. W. Hutton, ` 
and made the subject of the first comprehensive report on these flies (1900). _ 
The total number of species recognized by Hutton at this time was forty- | 
four, of which twenty-five are descri as new in this paper. Other - 
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: . Harris, in the North Island, and Mr. James. 
DR in the South Island, and others, became interested in coll 
se flies. 
* Dates in parentheses refer to the bibliography. 
