new or liitle-hnown Tipullda3. 99 



deflection of Mg; basal deflectioa oi Cu^ about two-thirds 

 its length bej^ond the fork of M ; prearcular cells large. 



Abdominal tergites indistinctly bicolorous, dark brown, 

 the segments obscure yellow sublaterally and less distinctly 

 along the caudal margins ; bas il sternites more or less 

 yellowish; subterminal sternites uniformly black. Ovi- 

 positor with the valves horn-coloured. 



Hah. New Zealand (North Island) . 



Holotype^ ? , Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, December 1, 

 1921 (r. /?. Harris). 



Rhampliidia harrisi is named in honour of the collectoi', 

 Mr. T. ti. Harris, to whom I am indebted for many favours. 

 It is the first true Rhamphidia to be described from New 

 Zesihiud, the Rhamphidia levis, Hutton^ being a species of 

 Ceratockeilus. 



Molophilus liilaris, sp, n. 



General coloration pale brownish yellow ; legs yellow, 

 variegated with black ; wings grey, the costal region 

 yellowish, the disk traversed by three dark bands ; distal 

 pleural appendage of male hypopygium bifid. 



Male. — Length about 2'2 mm. ; wing 2'6 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi pale brown. Antennee short, pale 

 brown throughout, with long verticils. Head pale brownish 

 yellow. 



Mesonotum uniformly pale brownish yellow. Pleura 

 more uniformly yellowish. Halteres pale. Legs with the 

 coxae and trochanters yellow ; femora yellow, the tips black ; 

 tibiae yellow, the tips black; hind tibise at from one-third to 

 one-fourth the length with a black ring; tips of the basal 

 tarsal segments dark ; terminal two tarsal segments uniformly 

 dark ; the legs are provided with a conspicuous erect trichi- 

 ation which is coloured as described above. Wings grey, the 

 costal region conspicuously yellowish ; dark cross-bands on 

 the wing are produced chiefly by conspicuous, dark brown 

 macrotrichiee j a band at the origin of i?^; a second at the 

 cord ; the third at the wing-apex ; along the medial veins 

 the dark coloration continues more basad, so the dark areas 

 are more or less connected; vein 2nd A with dark macro- 

 trichiae ; veins yellow, darker in the inf uscated areas. 

 Venation : basal section of i?2+s short. 



Abdomen yellow. Male hypopygium with the basal 

 pleural appendage straight, slightly curved at the tip; distal 

 appendage deeply bifid ; apex of pleurite a slender spine. 



