new or little -hioivn Tipulidse. 105 



yellow ; trochanters yellow ; fore and middle coxae elongate ; 

 remainder of the legs brown. Wings whitish subhyaline, 

 the costal region more yellowish ; stigma dark brown, 

 sending a conspicnons brown cloud along the cord to r—m , 

 wing-tip faintly darkened ; other brown clouds in the base 

 of cells C and Sc, along vein Cw, the outer end of cell 1^/ 

 M2 ; cell 2nd A largely dark ; prearcular region abruptly 

 pale; veins dark brown, paler in the costal region. 

 Venation : Sci ending about opposite three-fourths the 

 length of Rs^ Sc2 not far from the tip ; i^g short, a little 

 more than its length from the tip of i?i ; basal deflection of 

 Cui about two-thirds its length beyond the fork of AI. No 

 macrotrichise on veins i?2+3 ^^ ^^d A. 



Abdomen indistinctly bicolorous, pale brown, the bases of 

 the segments darker brown; subterminal segments uniformly 

 darkened ; hypopygium obscure yellow. Valves of the ovi- 

 positor elongate, horn-colour. 



Hab. New Zealand (North Island). 



Holotype, ^ , Ohakune, altitude 2060 feet, January 24, 

 1922 {1\ R. Harris). 



Allot opotype, ? , February 8, 1922. 



Rhabdomastiw {Sacandagd) vittithorax, sp. n. 



General coloration yellow, the mesonotal pryescutum with 

 four brown stripes; head grey; wings tinged with grey; 

 Sc ending opposite two-fifths the length of Rs ; macrotrichise 

 on veins i?2+3 ^"^^ ^^^ ^• 



Female. — Length 42 mm. ; wing 4*9 mm. 



Rostrum brown, the palpi dark brown. Antennae dark 

 brown, the first scapal and the first flagellar segments paler. 

 Head grey. 



Pronotum yellow, slightly darker medially. Mesonotal 

 proescutum yellow with four conspicuous brown stripes, the 

 intermediate pair confluent anteriorly ; remainder of the 

 mesonotnm yellow, the scutal lobes brown. Pleura yellow. 

 Halteres yellow. Legs with the fore coxae slightly darkened ; 

 other coxae and the trochanters yellow; remainder of the 

 legs dark brown. Wings tinged with grey, the base and 

 costal region indistinctly yellowish; stigma faintly indicated, 

 pale brown; veins dark brown, those in the costal area more 

 yellowish. Venation : Sc short, Sci ending opposite two- 

 fifths the length of Rs, Sc2 indistinct ; distance between the 

 tips of Ri and i?2 at margin greater than R2 alone. Macro- 

 trichi^ on i?2+3 basad to the fork of Rs and on vein 2nd A. 



