new or little-known Tipiiliih\3. 103 



powerful flattened blade ; apex of pleurite chitiiiized and 

 terminating in a few teeth. 



Hub. New Zealand (North Island), 



Holotype, S 5 Ohakune^ altitude 2060 feet^ December 22, 

 1921 (T. R, Harris). 



Molophihts sepositus, sp. n. 



General coloration brown, the prnescutum dark brown with 

 three paler brown stripes ; pleura dark brown ; antennae 

 short ; male hypopygium witii the bifid pleural appendage 

 having the lateral arm very small, spine-like, and remote 

 from the tip of the mesal arm. 



Male. — Length about 2*6 mm. ; wing 3*2 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae short, pale 

 brown, the flagellar segments wath very conspicuous erect 

 white setae. Head brown. 



Pronotum brown. Mesonotal prsescutum dark brown 

 with three lighter brown stripes ; remainder of the meso- 

 notum light brovrn, the postnotum darker brown beyond the 

 base. Pleura uniformly dark brown. Halteres pale yellow. 

 Legs with the coxae and trochanters brownish testaceous ; 

 remainder of the legs yellow, the terminal tarsal segments 

 darker. Wings tinged wdth greyish brown, the base and 

 costal region a little more yellowish ; veins pale brown with 

 dark macrotrichiae. • Venation : vein 2nd A ending opposite 

 the fork of Cu. 



Abdomen dark brown, the hypopygium obscure brownish 

 yellow. Male hypopygium with the pleurites short, the 

 lateral apical angle produced caudad into a long fleshy lobe 

 that juts caudad beyond the appendages ; pleural appendages 

 two, arising close together at the base of the fleshy lobe ; 

 one appendage simple, gently curved, broad at base, narrowed 

 to the long apex ; second appendage bifid, the lateral arm 

 being a small, slender spine remote from the tip of the 

 mesal arm which terminates in a small cylindrical point. 

 Gonapophyses appearing as two long, straight, divergent 

 arms, gradually narrowed to the acute tips, their surface 

 sparsely provided with appressed setae. 



Hab. New Zealand (North Island). 



Holotype, S > Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, December 32, 

 1921 [1\ R. Harris). 



Molophilus paululus, sp. n. 

 General coloration dark brown ; vein 2nd A short ; male 



