frorn tie Arrvlr,s ANDMlr;.lzrun oF Nlruur,
Ser. 10, vol. i. p.577, May 1928.

Hlsronv,

New or little-known Tipuliilre (Di,ptera).-XXXIX.
Australasi,an Species. By CEA.nr,usP. Ar,uxewDER,Ph.D .,I..F1.S., MassaehusetlsAgricultural College, Amherst,
Massachusetts,
IJ.S.A.
Tnn speciesdiscussedin the present instalment are almost
entirely membersof the tribe Limoniirri that \pere collectecl
in Tasmania and south-easternAustralia by Dr. A. Ir.
Tonnoir. A ferv additional specirnens.tere secured by
Mr. G. H. Hardy, to whou the material has been returned
f<lr inclusionin the collectiouof the Universityof Queenslaud. The Tonnoir serieshas beenreturnedto Dr. Tonnoir.
I extendmy deepestthanhs to Messrs. Hardy and Tonnoir
for the privitegeof examiningthis valuableseries of craneflies.
The localitiesin New South Wales,Vicioria, and Tasmania,
whereDr. Tonnoir collectedthe presentmaterial, have beerrdiscussedin au earlierpart of this seriesof papers (Ann. &I\{ag. Nat. Hist. (9) xix. pp. 18-19, L927).
Li,moni,aTterpulcltro,sp. n.
General coloration velvety-black; anterior vertex broad,rilvery ; mesonotalprrescutumblack with four pale reddishbrown stripes; . f.ep.or?yellow with a black subterminal
ring; wirrgs pinhish brown with a heavy dark brown57s

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pattern ; abdomeudalk brown, the intermediatestel'nites
corrspicuously
ringed caudallywith yellow.
Mule.-Length 5'5-5'7 mm. ; wing 6.8-7 mm.
fs771uls.-Length5'2-5'4 mm. ; wirrg6'3-6.5 mm.
Itostrum aud palpi black, the former short. Antenrrae
with the basalsegmerrtof scapeblack,the remainderof theorgarr brown ; basal flagellar segmentsglobular, the segmeuts passingthlough oval to elongate; verticils of tliebasalsegmentsshort, on the nore distal :s€grn€nts
becoming
l9-ns and conspicuous. Auterior vertex conspicuousli
silvery ; posteriorvertex velvety-blaclr,the occipital r.egioirsonrervhatpaler ; vertex between the eyes very broacl in
botlr sexes.
Pronotum velvety-black,somewhatmore reddish brorvn
nredially. Mesonotal prrescutumvelvety-blachwith fbur
pale reddish-lr.o*u-stripes,the intermediatepair separatecl!y o narrow shiny-blachvitta I humeri and lateral riargins
broarlly velvety-blachl scutal lobes redclish brown, 11,.
m_es1lmargin of each narrowly blackened,the median areaof the scuturn pll"-; . scutellum brown, tire caudal margin
broadly mole.reddishbrowu I -postnotumreddishbro.wn,ILe
cephalicportion nrol'eor lessbl-aclienecl,
more extensiveiy.,,ou the pleurotergite. Pleura brown with a velvety-biack
longitudinal stripe; dorso-pleuralmembr.arleo.i,r,ru.,..
Halteres .yellow,_the - knolx extensivelyinfuscated, theextremejip. a trifle paler'. Lefl with the coxre;'ellorv,thebasesinfuscated,most exteusivelyon the fore co*re,noi,"r"only the tips are pale ; trochanters testaceous-yellon:
femora llrorvn, rnore yellorv at base, with a broarl blaclisubterminal ring, tl1e. extrerne- apex corrspicuouslylightyellow.;-tibirc brownish black, thq extrenre-base t,utto*ily
yellorvish; tarsi blacli. Wings pale pinkish brown u'ith iherrvy.dulk brown patterrr ; extreme wirrg-base;'ellou,is|I
cell C infuscatedexcept at outer encl; conspicuousbroryn
lpo-ts clistributed as follows: Prearcular cells ; origin aucl
fork of -11s,
the latter confluent rvith a conrpicuorisseam
along the cord and rvith the stigma; spots in basesof cells.ll arrdM rear one-third of the lengtlr of cell R; tip of sc
arrcltlre stigma; a broadseamat outer end of cell lst xIr;
brown lvasheslear wiug-ape.xand iu cells r'ld cu, ancl tile
Anal cellsr_in
the latter instancefollorvingthe veius; son)e
specimens
havenal'l'owdusliy washesin cells /1, and outereud of /J I veirrsbron'n,with exterrsivepale bullate areas.
Venatiou: Sc long, Sr, exterrdirrgto oppositeone-]ralfto
nearl,vtwo-thirdsthe length of tlre lorrg /?s, ,Scoat its tip ;.lls strougly arcuateclto angulatedat origiri ; R, tr.ansvel,se,Tipulidm.
newor little-knorc'n579

about two-thirds of the vein Rr*, beyoncl it, the latter
portion curved strongly irrto costa; cell lst M2 widerred
distally, eqtralto or lougerthan vein IIr*, beyoudit ; nr-cu
before tbrh of M,
Atrdomirral tergites dark brown, including the hypopygium; sternites couspicuouslyringed caudally withyellorv, this most eviderrt on segmetrts2 to 6, thearnourrtbecomingless atrd finally obsoleteon the distal
the caudalmargin of tergites
segmeuts-aud I irr somespeciruetrs
2
3 is vaguely briglrterrecl. Male hypoltygium instluctrrlealmostas in Dicranontyia;basistylesmuch larger
than the small ventral dististyles; spiues of the rostrallong, curvedgeutly basad.
plt-rlongation'lasrnania.
Hab.
Holotylte,d , Mt. -F'arrel,I'ebruary8, I 923 (4. I'onnoir).
Allotoltotypr, ? .
Puratopotypes,d I ; paraty'pe, 3, Strahan, l'ebruary
1924 (G, H. Hardy).
Dicrunomyia sultdorsalis,sp. n.
General coloration redclishoclrleous,the prresctttutnwith
stripes; pleura tlarli brown
three cottflueut brorvnish-blerch
rvith a trausverse pale stripe beueath the wing-root;
abdomen dark browir, the srrbtermirralsegmerrtsyellorv;
male hypopygium with the dorsal dististyle on ly slightly
curved ; ninth tergite with a group of about teu setre on
either side of the nredianline.
Illale,-Length about 6'8 rum.l wiug 7'8 mm.
Fernale.-Length about 7 mm. ; rving 7'9 rnm.
Rostrum about one-half the remainder of head, obscureyellow; palpi brorvrrishblack. Antennre with the basal
iegment rrb.-c.,rebr<-rwnishyellow I remaincler of autettttte
lllack; flagellar segmerrtsoval. Head blorvttish grey.,theauteriol virtex pale yellow ; vertex at narrolest point a,little wider than the first scapal segmertt.
Pronotum obscure yellow, brorvnish blach mediallS'.
Mesonotal prascutum ieddish ochreous, the dorsum rviththree couflient brownish-black stlipes, restrictirrg the
ground-colour to the humeral. angles aud bloacl latelalrnargutsI scutal lobes exterrsively brorvrrish blacli, - tlre
mal'gined.
median al'eapale ; scutellutn brorvnish testaceousrposteriorly uith rlarher brorvn; postu<ltumrvith the rnetliotergite daili llrowu. Pleula ollscut'e ochreous,the attterior
pleurites clarhbrowu, the pleurotergite liliervise cxtensivcly
infuscated, the groutrd-coltlur altlleat'irlgas a tt'attsvel'searea
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beneaththe wing-root. Halterespale,the krrobs and distal
two-thirds of the stem infuscated. Iregs with the fore coxrc
dalk brown, the middle coxrelessinfuJcated,the hind coxa3
yellow ; _trochantersobscurebrownish yellow; remainderofl"g: dalk brown, the femoral basesa- little paler. wi'gs
with a brownishtinge, the stigma conspicuoul.,
oval, clarker
brown 1 cord, outer end of cell lst M2r-and vein Cu1 irrdistirrctly seamedwith browu I veins darh brown. Veiration:,Sc1euding-opposite
the origin of ,Rs,sc2 removed from its
tip to ? djstance varying from two-thirds to longer thaurn-cu, the latter closeto the fork of M i Rz transvei.se,from
two to three ti_mes.Sc2beyorrdit. In the tvpes there are
one or more adventitiouscross-veinsin ccll ,Scuear outer
end.
Abdomen dark brown, the eighth and ninth segments
yellorvi hyp-opXsiumdark. Male hypopygiuur wiih thebasistylesrelatively small, the mesal loba- Large,providecl
rvith lorg _setre. Ventral dististyle large atrd.-fleih,r,, therostral prolongationslender,curved; the two sllinesirearly
equal,tlre innermost a trifle longer, nearly stlaight, placedat about one-third their length apari, the innel ot,e at thebaseof the.prolougation,the outer one about its owrr leugth
from the tip of the same; a srvollen lobe on face of aiitistyle near baseof the rostrum,this provideclrvith fir'eor srx
large s-etre. I)orsal distisryle only- gentl,y"gunily curved, the tip
sud=denlynarrowed. Nindh tergite
notched, eaclt
lobe with conspicuoussetre; a grbup or abbut ten setm on
either side of the median line. Ovipositorwith the bases
black, the valves black at base, pasiing irrto reddish-horncolour ; tergal valves much slrorter arr.l smaller than tlre
sternal-valves,
gerrtlyupcurvcdto the acute tips, the sternalvalveslong and straight.
Hab. Tasmauia.
Holotype, S, Adventure Buy, I)ecember80, tgZZ (A, Tonnoi,r).
Allotopotype, ? .
subdorsalfsdiffers from D. dorsalfs,Sliuse,in_ Di_cran_omyia
the detailsof structureof the male hypopygium.
Dicranontyirtalbistigmo,sp. n.
General coloration black, grey pruinose; wings
whitish,-rr-t,
heavily-cloudedwith brou'n, i,he-siigrna white ;close
to the fork "f lul; plle hypopygiumwith the niuth tergite
deeplynotchedmediallv.

netoor little-knoaorr,
Tipulida.

581

Mule.-Leugth 8-8'5 mm. ; wing 9-10 mm.
Female.-Itength S-9'2 mm. ; wing 8.8-10.3 mm.
Rostrum nearly as long- as head, blach, pruinose ; palpi
black.
Antennre black throughout-Head; flag:ellar segments
short-oval with short verticils.
lighi silvery grey in
ft.o,.tt,_dark yellowish grey behind, this vaguely niriegatea
with darl<er; anterior vertex relatively brbad, fully twice
the diameter of the first scapalsegment.
Pronotum darh, sparsely pruinose. Mesouotum blaclr,
the surfacesparselygley to yellowish-greypruinose,obscuriug
the.shin_ygrgund-colour ; icutellu'n iomewhat more heavil|
pruinose. Pleura heavily light grey pruinose. Halteresyellorv, the hrrobs infuscated- Legs wlth the coxre clar.k,
sparsely pruinose, the extreme apices obscure yellow;-yellow,remainder of legs black, the femoral basesobscure -Wings
itt some casesthis colour irrcluding all but the tips.
with a whitish ground.-colour, hanclsomely clouded wilh
darker ; wing-base more yellowish; wing-1in beyond thestigma and outer eud of cell lst M2 infuscated-; cell l?1 andthe outer end of cell .Il before the stigma darkened,leaving
the stigma rvhite; nall'ow searls along the cord and vein
Cur; conspicu<lustriangular marginal cloudsin the ends ofcells Cu, Lst A, and Znd A ; a dusky wash in cell C nearthe_end; veins clark brown rvith bullate areas alclng thecord. Venation : Sc short, Sc, endirrg opposite the origin
of /ls, ,Sc2rernoveclfrom its tiP, Sc, alone a little shor.ter
tlrau ?n-cu; Ilz subtrausvel'se,
about three times Sc, beyond
it ; 1is arcuated,about oue-half longer thau the basalsectionof Rn*ui ?tFcuat or be-vorrdthe fork of M.
Abdomen black, pruinose; h.vpopygiumdark, only theventral dististyles light yellow. Male lrypopygium rvith tlre
basistyleslarger than the ventral dististyle, the mesal lobe
large, 'rvith long setre. Ventral dististyle relatively snrall,
the mesalface producedinto a long stout r.ostr.alprolongation _; spines two, long, straight, directerl strongly basarl,nearly equal iu length, one arisiug froru a large basal
enlargement,the other from a smaller papilla placedorr theside of the enlargement,the spines thus appearing slightly
unequal; setre of the stvle conspicuous,erect, becoming
smaller anti appressedto the apex ; spinesplaced about onehalf their length from apex of the prolongation. Dorsal
dististyle unusually stout, gentl.v curved to the obliquely
acute apex. Gonapophysesblacl<,the rnesal lobe stout,
the apex obliquely tnrucated to feebly bilobed,the margin,
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margin very tleeplynotched,the laterallobesblaekenedandhaving an outline that is approximatelyttre same as themedian notch. Ovipositor rvith the valvesreddish horncolour, tergal valvesslendet',gently upcurved to the acutetips.
Hab. Tasmania.
Holotype,,6 , Mt. \Mellington, November 30, L922 (A.
Tonnoir).
Allotogtotype,? .
Paratoytotype,I t paraty'pes,I t, CradleValle[, Janualy
r 1, 1922; I d,l I , 1 9 2 3; I d , I ? , M t . F i e l d , D e c e m b e 2
I g , Hartz Mts., December10, 1922 (A. Tonnoi,r).
is most closelyallied to D, remota,
Dicranomyiaal.bisti,gma
Shuse,differingin the diagnosticcharactersoutlined above.
Dicranontyia oclrirosfris, sp. n.
General coloration redclish,the prrescutum with a broad
brown stripe I lostrum ochreous; halteresyellow, the hnobs
infuscated ; rvings with a strong brownish-yellow tinge, thestigma slightly darker brown ; abdominal segnretrts unicolorous ; male hypopygium with the spinesof the rosmum
lorrgerthan prolorrgationalone.
Male.-Lerrgth 7'5-B mm. ; wing 9'3-9'5 mm.
Fentale.-Length 9-9'5 mm.; wiug 10-ll rnm.
Rostnrm liglrt ochreous; palpi darh brown. Antenne
relatively short, black, the basal segment of the scapeHeadrestrictedly ochreous; flagellar segmettts oval.
front,
irr
somelyltat
paler on theochreousto light fulvous
irrfuscatetl.
vertex\reltexbetween thegerlre; posterior
therliarneterof the fir'st scapal
eyes nal'r'ow,less thausegmeut.
Pronotum darh brown rnedially, paler laterally. Mesonotal prrescutum shiny reddish witli a broad dirk brown
median stripe, the interspaees irrdistinctly pruinose, thelateral margins of tlre sclelite obscure yellorv; in somes p e c i m e r rtsh e l a t e r a l s t l i p e s a r e f a i n t l y i n d i c a t e d; s c u t n m
irrfuscatctl; scutellurn
rerldishyellorv,each lolle exteusivel,vand postnotum llron'nish ocltreous,the latter dark brownbehind. Pleura yellorvish ocltreous, the central sclerites
sonretirneslvealil,v iufuscatecl. Halteres relatively short,yellow, the lirrollsclark brown. Legs with the coxregreenish
yellorv; trochanters yellow I femora yellou'islt llrown, thetibire and tarsi gradually darherring,the tips of the latteralmost blacli. \\'ings with a strotrg blownish-yellow tiuge,
the costal region somewltat clealer vellorv, the rving-tip a.

nev o?'Iittle-knotan
Tipulidm.

583

little darker; stigma oval, slightly clarher brown I veins
broln, rnore yellorvish in the costal region. Veuation:
Scl ending oppositeor shortly beyondthe origin of Bs, Sct
a little shorter than nt-c?,ti Rz trausverse,about one-halflonget'than ,Sc2beyoud it ; m-cu at or beyondthe forli of M.
Abdornendarh brown, the terminal segmeutsand hypopygium obscure yellorv; basal sternites more or lessocltreous. I\fale hypopygium about as iu D. uiri,diaentris,
Skusel ventral dististyleverylarge,the rostral prolongation
short, the trvo spineslonger thau the entire rostrum I sllines
straight, acute, tlre outer a trifle shorter than the inner,
placedin a row, orrebeing basal,the secoudinsertedimmediately beyoud. Dorsal dististyle sichlo-shaped,
narroled
graduallyto the long blacheneda,pex. Ifesal lobe of eachgolr&pophysis
strorrglycurved. Niuth tergite with a broarlU-shapednotch,the laterallobesrvith corrspicuous
setie; a!{roupof about five setrecln either side of the nredianline.
Ovipositor with the valvesrelatively short, eudiug ou acommonlevel.
Hab. Nerv South \4rales,Tasmania.
Holotype, d, Cradle Valley, 'l'asniania,January 13, 1923
(A. Tonnoi,r),Alloty'pe, I , National Park, Tasmania, December L7,
L922 (4. I'onnoir).
Paratctpotypes,2d d, Janualy 10-13, 19231 paratupes,
I $, \f,entrvorth l,'alls,lllue }fts., N.S.\\r., Novernber18,
19.?l; d , I , King River, Tasmatria,February 4, 1923 ;t d, Hobalt, Tasrnania,November 8, 1922; I d, Mt.
Wellingtou, 'l'asmania,Novenrber 27, 1922; I d, Ferrr
Tree, tr[t. Wellington, Novembcr 12, L922 (A. Tormoir).
Dicranomyi,aoch,rirostrissomelhat resemblesD. uiridiuentt'is,Shuse,but is readil,vtolcl by the large sizeaud detailsof structure.
Dicranomyiasubstricla,sp. n.
Generalcolorationlight grey, the prnscutum with threeconspicuousbrown stripesI antennre black throughout;basal flagellar segmentsglobular ; halteres light yellorv;
wings milky with a sparse spotted and clouded darker
pattern; nrale hypopygiurn with the spines of the rostralprolongatiouvery lorrg and slender,nearly straight.
Mal,e.-Length about 5'5-5'8 rnm. ; wing 6'5-7 nrm.
psTnals.-Length about 5'6 mm. I wing 6'5 mm.
Rostrum brown, the palpi a little darker'. Antennm darkbrown tlroughout ; flagellar segmentsglobular, the outer584

Dr. C. P. Alexanclerono_nes
passinginto.short-ov3l, the verticils sealeelyexeeeding
the segmentsirr lengih. Hearl dark grey ; vertex relatively
narrow.
Pro.otum dark above. Mesonotal prescutum light greywith three conspicuousbrowu stripes j pseudosuturil fovere
representedby small circular blacli spbts in the humeral
region 1.scutum gleyish, thelobes brown ; scutellum liglrt-browumedian stripeg.ey with a v-agug-palg- ; postnotum
dark brown, heavily light grey pruinose. Plbnra darkbrown, heavily light grey pruinose. Halteres of moderate
length, .light yellow ; in the female sliglrtly infuscated.
Legs with the fore anrl middle coxre dark, lhe posterior
coxrepaler, grg{ pruinose; femora obscure yellow, the tips
narrowl{ b1t faintly infuscated; tibire pale, itre tips *.ur..iy
darkened ; basitarsielongate,rnole than twice as iotrg as theremaining segmentstalien together, the basitarsi of ihe fore
legs especially elongate. wings with a pale milh.v tinge,
sparselyclouded with darher; stigma oval, pale br.brvrr;abrown spot at tip of Sc arrrl origin of y'ls; cord and outerend of cell lst M2 seamed.with greyish; vague clusky
suffusionsin the rlistal cells, in cellJ /J aud .4/, along veinc ' u 1 , i n _ t h eA n a l c e l l s ,a n d i n t h e A n a l a u g l e o ? t h e i v i ' g ;veirrsdarh llrorvnu'ith conspicuousbullatJ areas aloug th;c<lrd. venation.: sr, errding shortly bevond the origin
of-aboutRs, sc2 a short distance bach from the tip, ,scr alone
one-half longer than .,112;l?, subequal to vein Rrn, and Sc2
be,r'ondit; ,Rs about two-thirds longer than the basalsectionof ,Il**s ; rn-cu oblique, shortly before the fork of M.
Abrlome' dark _b_rov.r_
the sternites dark grey
; hypo-basislyles
pygium paler. Male hvpopvgium rvith the-theunusually. elongate, the outer f'ace rnuch longer thanventral dististyle, rvith relatively ferv seta ; lentro-mesal
lolle relatively conspicuous. Verrtral dististyle fleshy, therostral prolongation stout ; spinesvery loog, Jtraight, ii"c"dcloseto the apex of the rostrum, nearly equal in length but
the outer orre appearinglonger becauseflaced on a llasal
tulmcle that is more than trvicethe lenglh of the tubercleof th_eslightl.vrDore basal spirre. Gonapophvses
large, the-slightly
nresal lobe long and sleuder, the aper
cfrrived.
,lDdeagus-rvith couspicuousdarkerredbasal platei. Ninthtergite relati.velyshort, broad, tlre caudal margin evenly
convex or with a rveak rnedian notch, with only a fei
scattered marginal setre. Ovipositor rvith the valves relatively lorrg'and straiglll the tergal-valvesa little exceedingtlre sternal valves,reddish horn-colour, their basesnarrowlf
blackened.
Hub. Tasmatria.

t-nett or little-knoron
Tipulida.

585

I-Iolotype, d , Adventure Buy, December 24, 1922
(A. Tonnoi,r).
Allotype, I , Mt. Wellington, November27, t922.
Paratrype,d, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmau Peninsula,
November16, L922 (A. Tonnoi,r).
Dicronomyi,aittczt,lta,sp. n.

1

General coloration grey, the prrescutumwith three brown
stripes; femora light browrr,the tips vaguelydarker; wings
tinged with grey with a sparseclarker pattern i Scr endirrg aslrort distance beyond the origin of ftr;
nx-cu a shortclistaucebeferethe fbrk of M; abdomendark brown ; rostriforrn appenclageof male h.vpopygiumlarge, the two spines
straight anrl of moclelatelerrgth,llasal in positiou; dorsal
dististyle gently curvecl,tlre loug tip acute.
Male.-Length about 6'2 mrn. ; wiug 7'3 mm.
Rostrum short, dark brorvn. Antennre broken. Headdarh brownish greX, the anterior vertex reduced to a liuear
strip.
Pronotum darh brown. I\{esonotalprzeseutumgrey witha broad couspicuousmedian brown stripe, rvith short broatl
lateral stripes of the sarne colour ; pseudosutnral fovere
reduced to circular black pits that are very conspicuous
against the grey background; scutum darl< brown, theposterior lateral callosities light brorvn; scutellum anrl
postuotnm dark bloltt, sparselv pluinose. Pleura darlib r o r v n ,l r e a v i l vv e l l o r v i s h - g r ep. vn r i n o s e . H a l t e r e sl e l a t i v e l y
l o r r g ,p a l e ,t h e b a s e o f t h e s t e n s l i g h t l v i n f u s e a t e d . L e s sn'itlr the coxa and trochauters rlark brorvn; femora lightb r o w r r ,t h e t i p s v a g u e l vd a r k e r ; t i b i : ea n d t a r s id a r k e rb r o n ' n .
\f iugs with a greyish tirrge,the stignraoval, a trifle darker;
yery iudistinct pale brown rpots at arculus, origiu of 1ls anrl
tip of Sc, fork of -Rs,the latter connectedwittr the stignra
aud aloug the cord I veins dark brown. Venation : S",
ending a short distance beyond the origin of -l?s,Scaabout
mid-distancebetweenttre origin of ,Bs and the tip of 8rr;
J?2subequalto vein Rr+, and Sc2beyondit, the latter portion
strongly incurved to the costa; Ils arcuated,about one-halflonger than the basalsectionof Ra*r; cell lst M, relativel.ylorrg, rectangular,about as long as the outer sectionof Ms;
nl-cu about oue-half its length before the fork oF.IL
Abdorninal segmerrtsclark brown ; ventral distist.vleof
hypopvgirrmpaler. Male hvpopvgium rvith the mesal Iolle
relativelv stout. Ventral dististyle relativel.yof the basist"yle
small, fleshy, the rostral prolongati<lnvel'y lrlrge, the two
spiues subequal in size, uearly basal in position, straight,

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their tips acute ; apex of rostrum with a few small setre,theentire surface with scattered microscopicsetulre. Dorsal
dististyle elongate,only gently curved,the apex long, nearlystraight. Gonapophyses
with the lateral bladesdushy, themesallobe paler with the tip rrarrowlyobtuse. Ninth tergite
broad, the caudalrnargin rounded.
Hab. Victoria.
Holoty,pe,3 , FerntreeGully, DandenongRange,October
25, l92L (A. T'onnoir).
Allied to Dio'anomyiaobscu,ra,Skuse.
Dicranomyiausellingtonia,sp. n.
Mesonotum shirry brownish blacli, the lateral margins
palerI antennreblacli throughout ; anterior part of vertex
silvery; haltereselongate; wirrgscuneiformlynarrowedat
base, conspicuouslytinged with brown, the stigma notdarlier; ,Scshort, Sct long ; cell Znd A relatively ilarro$';abdominaltergitesttniformly dark llrownI rostral prolorrgation of male hypopygium rvith the spiuesyery urrequalirr
li'om orle alrother.
shape,widely separatecl
Male.-Length about 5--c'2mm. ; wing 6-6'5 mm.
Psrnels.-Length about 5'8 mm. ; wiug 6'8 mm.
Rostrum very short, wlritish ; palpi small, dark brown.
Antenrrre black throughout ; flagellar segmentsoval, withnroderatelylong. verticils. Auterior part of vertex silvery
pruinose; remainder of vertex dark brown, fading into
obscurebrorvnishvellow on the occiput; vertexbetweentlre
eyes llrortd.

I\Iesorrotalrrrrcscutum-confluent n'ith three dark brorvn to brownishstrilles, the ltunreral regions arrd
black shiuv
llarl'ower lateral margirrs brorvuish vellou' ; scutal lobes
brownish blach ; postnotum dark, tlte sctttellurnand rnedianatea of scutum paler. Pleura pale 1'ellow testaceous.
Ilalteres elongate (l'ZS -*.), darh browu, only the extreme
base slightly paler. Legs with the coxre and trocharrterg
greenish; femora pale testaceous, soon passing into dalk
bro,wrr; tibire and tarsi darh brown. Wiugs cuneiformly
narrowed at base, cotrspicuouslytinged rvith brorvtt, thestigm.acorreolorousbut indicated. b{ " delicate discoloured
margin I veius blowtrish blacli, the short macrotrichig€concolorous. \Tetratiotr: Sc1enclingoppociteor just bevoncl
the origin of /is, Sc2 sonre distauce from its tip, Sct alone
varying from about tl'o-thirds to ttearly as loug as lis ; Rz
alrout twice Sc2 bevond it, both pale; cell Ist M2 closed;
m-cu before or close to the fork of.M ; cell Znd A relatively
narrow.

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Abclominaltergitesuniformly darh brown; sternitespale;
hypupygiumdark. Male hypopygiumwith the ninth tergite
broacllynotchedmedially,the laterallobesrounded,dalkened,
and providedwith coarsesetre. Basistylesrelativelylarge,
the mesalface producedinto two lolles,one larger tharr tlre
otlrer, both conspicuouslysetiferous. Verrtral dististvle
rather small, fleshy, the rostriform prolongation stout,
broad-basetl,with two spines,the rnore basal being about
three times as long as the small outer spine, the trvo
from oue another by o tlistance about equal toseparated.
the length of the smaller spine; apex of rostrrrm withseveralspinoussetre. Dorsal dististyle a" curved sichleslrapedrod that natrows graduallyto the acute blaekenerl
rvith the mesal lobe long, acute.
point. Gonapophvses/Edeagusof mocleratelengtlr. Ovipositor rvith the tergal
valveslong antl nearly straight,dark horn-colour.
Hab. Victoriar'I'asmania.
Holotype, cl , Mt. Wellington, Tasmania,November 25,
1922 (A. Tonnoir).
Allotype, I , Fern Tlee, I{t. W'ellington,November I0,
1922.
Paratype,L 6, with the allotype; I d, AdventureBoy,
Decemller25,1922; I J, Sassafras,
Dandenoug
Tasmauiir,
Rarrge,\rictoria, October19, 1922 (A. Tonnoir).
Tlre presentspeciesand tlre next, Dicranomyiaequispirtn,
sp. lr., al'eallieclto D. cuneutu,Sliuse.
Dicranonuiarcrluispino,
sp. lt.
Male.-Length aborrt5 mm. ; wing 6'2 mm.
Closely relatetl lo D. uellingtonia,sp. n., in the silverv
anteriorvertex,elougatehalteres,andother features,dift'erirrg
as follorvs:The silvery anterior vertex is borderedbehind ll.va transverseblack ir"^, the remainderof the vertex anctt"heocciprrt
dark brown. Pronotum dark brown. Pr:escutum notblackened,shiny reddish,with faint greenishtints. Wings
rvith Sc1longer, about four-fifthsof lls; ,tt-cu at fork of M.
Male hypopygiumwith the mesalface of the basistylewith
two o""q,*t-fleshy lobes, as itt wellingtonia,. Rostral prolongationof the ventral dististylewith two slenderspines,
the n)ore basal only a trifle longer and stouter than tlre
distal spine, the two plaeedclose together,the distance
betrveeuthem at base less than a quarter of the length of
the sholtest.
Hab. 'lasmania.
Holotype,S, National Park, December16. 1922 (A. Tonnoir).

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Dicranomyia/tagellifer, sp. n.
Rostrum and antenn& dul\ llrown ; mesouotumyellowish
pollinose,the prrescutumwith three brown stlipej;- pleuratlarlc brown, y+h longitudinal stripes of spa.re yellow_
pollen ; leg: with the femora obscure brownish yelloiv, thetips.narrow.lydarkened; wings_with a pale brbwn tinge,h_eavilyvariegatedwith darkei brown seamsi m-cu more
tlran its length beforethe forh of M ; male-hypopygium*iqh the spines of the rostral prolongation very^eiongate
and unequalin size.
Male.-Length about7-7.5 mm. ; wing 8.2-g.p m.
Rostrum short, dark brown ; palpi- brorvrrish black.
Antennrerelativelyshort, dark brown throughout ; flagellar-darksegments oval, the verticils rather short-. Headb.rownish-grey ; anterior vertex clearer grex, reclucedto alinear strip.
Prouotumdarh brown. Mesonotalprrcscutumyellowish
pollinose with a broad conspicuousdark brorvri medianstripe, -tlat .is gometimesindistinctiy split medially, andmore abbreviatedlateral stripes; median stripe expandecl
at cephalic margin- of scleritej lateral margins oi prascutum more or less infuscated; pseudosutural fbvere
inconspicuous; scutal lobes dark broivn, the median area
yellowishpollinose;scutellumand postnotuurbrown witfu
a sparseyellowish-greypollen. Pleura darl< brown witht*9 longituclinalstrip_e1
of sparseyellow
pollen, giving a
striped .appearance.HaltereJ with the stem lighf yeli6w,
the knobs rveaklyinfuscated,the extreme apex pale.- Legs
with the cox& brown, sparsely pollinose; trochantersbrownishyellow ; femoraobscure-brownish
yellow,the tips
narrorvlyanclindistinctly darkened; tibire light brown, thetlps narrorvly darker ; llasal tarsal segmentspale brown,
their tipsdarker; ternrinalsegments
brownishhlach. Wings*itl, a pale-bro_wntirrge,the surfaceextensivelvvariegatJd
with slightly darker lllou'n seanrs;stigmalorig-oval,palebrown ; an arculardark spot; a small spot at tif of ,Sc.
andorigin of _^Rs;broad seamsat fork of /ls, aloug cord andouter end of cell lsl Mz i rviug-apexirr the iadial cells
similarly darkened; a dusky cloud in cell ^l.falong vein Cu,
and othersin the Anal cells adjoinirrgveirr Znd A; veinsbrown,paler in the costalare&,with bullateareasalong thecord and outer end of cell Ist M2. \renation: Sc, eildingslightly beyorrdthe origin of lls, ,Sc2oppositeor justbeyond-aboutthis origin ; Il2 about twice ,Sc2beyorrclit ; r?sonettrird longer tharr the llasalsectionof .lla*s,gently arcuated;new or little-l,noan Tipulidre.

589

vein f r * 8c1 arched in the stigmal region; cell lst M,"deflection
closed,n't,a little shorter tlran thi outerit uri,n-cu more tlran its own length beforethe fork of rI.
Abdomendark brown,the hypopygiumbrowrrishochreous.
M,ulg hypopygium__wirhthe- i",ffii lobe 'f the basistyle
relatively large. ve't'al distist5'lefleshy, the mesal ficeproducedi't' a stout rostral prblongationthat bears two
spines,the mol'ebasrilabout as long as theye.y go-tl.p.icuous
dorsaldististS'le,tlre basalthircl srvollerr,
the apex pioduced
into a long gentlv curvedspirrethat is directed'basald;outersp.i'e.abou-tone-half the length of the other, th! baseslii5htlyerrlarged,
thenceexte.ded i'to a long acute spiue.
Dorsal dististyle larger-rather strongly curved, the' tip
acute.. Gonapophys.eswith the mesall,ib6 unusualiyslender',appga_rin_g
as a blaclieredrod rvith the tip acute.
Hub. New Sorrth\\'ales,Tasmania.
'free,
i\It. welli'gt<ln, 'rasmania,--Holot.uper_d, Ite'n
November12, L922(A. Tonnoir).
_^Pgf?t_yg,t,.
{, Mt. Wilson, tslue}fts., N.S.\ry.,November
19, l92L (A. Tonnoir).
Geranomyi,atonnoiri,sp. n.
Prrescutunrdull reddisb brown with three conspicu'us
dark brown stripes; pleura darh brown,ilre ve'tral pieurites
more reddishbrowrr,pruinose; knobsoi,halteresilfirscatedfemorabrownish.yelklw; n'ing'swith a llr.o*,'ishtiogf tt,e;radial field u'hitish subhvalirier.
the patter.nheavy1o-r,,,,Ieh.r'pop1'giun:with tle spir,'esof ir,e rurir.olprololguiiol lolg
and sleuder.,exceedingthe entirerostrunr.
DIale.-rrengtlr (excludirrgrostr.unr)
about z.b rnm.; wirrg
8'2 mm. ; rostruur4.2 nrrn.
Female.-Length (_excludirrg
rostrum)aboutg mm. I n,ing
8'3 mm. ; rostrum4.8 mm.
Rostrum elo'gate, if bent bacliwardextending to about
orre-thirdthe leugth
palpj?pparently- of the abdomen,tlrree-segmeuted.Head darh grey,!lu"\;btachish ,,?J"i,ii"g tt ,eyes' the anterior vertex cleirer grey I a.ter.ior vertex

narl'ow.

Pronotum dark greyish bron,n. prreseutum d.rl recrdish
brow' with three- corrspicuous clarh bro*.' st.ipes,them e d i a n s t r i p e b r o a d e n e db e h i n d; n ) e d i a r ra l , e ao f ' s c u t u r n
trarror'vlyinfuscated, the stripe corrtirruerlcaurlad on iotlre
s c u t e l l . m ; s c u t a l l o b e s e x t e r r s i ' e r yi . f u s c a t e c l ; s c u t e l l u mb r o w u i s ho c h r e o u s v, a r i e g a t e d* , i t l r "b . o r o n .n . o i r o u " ;rrost_
t o t u ' r d a r k b r o w n . P l e u ' a d o r . s a i l vd a ' l i . g l ' e ] . i . l ,t , : o r r r , ,the stcruopletrt'itearrrlmclorr nrole rrrlclishlri.rrr,r,.
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Halteres pale, the knobs infiuscated. Legs rvith the eoxre
the forecoxremoreinfuscated; troc]rantersre{dis[ ochreous,
obscureyellowI femorabrownishyellow ; tibire Palgbrown,
graclually darkening beyond the base; tarsi passingio-!o
irlack. Wings with-a brownishtinge, cell C and especiall;'^Scmore infuicated.; cells .R.,Sc1,Rr, Rr, and basesof theArral cells more whitish subhyaline; wing conspicrrously
variegatetlwith brown marhings and paler clttuds; thebrowu areasinclude the anterior prearcularcells; a collspicuousquadrateareaat origin of -Ils,uot reaching XI or
A ; the oial stigma,slightly counectedrvith a snrall sp-<-rt1!
cord and outer errd of cell
fork of ^lls: narlo\Yseams-aloug
lst .['tr; errdsof cells ,Fl, attcl /1, infunred ; a broad llrorvtt
seam "loog veiu Cur,iu cell M; veins darh brorvtt,-paler
rltort, browuishblack.
irr the sublivaline-Sc1 areasI macrotrichireerrdingoppositeor before mid-length of ^Ils,
Venation:
Scsabout twice its lengtlr from tip ; ,ll2in virttral transverse
barelypreservetl;
alignnrentn'ith the tip-of Sc2,/11tlrus b_eirrg
origirri _rn.shorter
Rs-relativelyshort, sq,,areaud spurre-d-at
tlratr the ouier deflecfiottof Ms,-straiglrt ; nt-cu before thetbrlr of IlI.
Abflornen clarli brown above,basal sternites indisiinctl.v
bicolorotts,the caudalhalf obscuredirty vellorv,the baseswith the nresallt-rlleof the basirlarli. NIalehypopvgirun-toriglvellou',setifcl'otls. \'etrtral di..tistyle
st-vlerelativety
tlG rostral prolongationslettder,the two
lai'geand flesir1',
curved gerrtly
spii,esplacecloeut ruid-leugtli,Iong, sletrder,basacl,nearly equal in len[th aud longer thatr t]re eutile
rostrum ; up"* oi lostrunr rrith a few scatteredsetre. Dorsal
the aPgxsuddeuly
clististylesti'onglycurved,sickle-shaped,with the mesal
narroied to tlie-acute tip. Gouapophyses
lobe relatively short ancl-stout, broad,_the ap-exnarrowly
darlierred. /Sd"ogot with the subtendiug tubercles colrspicuous,spitroutor nearly so. Ovipositorwith the valves
the telgal valvessletrder,rtearlystraight,thel1gr'n-culoured,tips- obtuse.
Huh. Nerv Sotrth\\-ales.
Hololrype,d, \\'errtn'orth|ulls, Blue lfts., Novenrber18,
1 9 2 1( A . Z ' o r t n o i r ) .
Allotoltotype,9 .
s t t a u t e di n l t o u o u r o f t h e
T l r i s i t r t e r t r i i n gG e r a r t o n t y ia
'forttttlit'. 'fhereisdistinguished collectot' I)r. r\rtdrti Ir.
some questiou as to the exact ntttttber of palpal segmettts'

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Gerunomyia(I'rlthunu) hardyf, sp. n.
Generalcoloration reddishochreous,the praescutunrwith
brown stripes,the pleura dark; legs uniform in colour;
wiugs tiuged with yellow, witlr conspicuousbrorvn nrarks
and clouds; a superlrumeral'ycross-veinin cell ,Sc; za long,arcuated,longer than the outer deflectiouof Ms; abclornen
tlarli brown; male hypopl'giumrvith the rostral pr:olongation
small,the spiueslong and straight.
1ll6ls.-Length (excluding rostrum) about G.S-7.bmm. ;wirrg 7'6-10 mm. ; rostrum 2'5 mm.
]'s7n6ls.-Length (excluding rostrum) S.b lnm. ; n,ing
8'4-10'5 mm.; rostrum about2'5 mm.
Rostrum black throughout,relatiyelyshort, as shown lry
tlre measurenrents;palpi 3-segmented,blacli. Antennie
black throughout; flagellar segmentsoval. Heacl dark,sparsely pruinose, the anterior vertex lighter grel; vertex
rerluceclto a narrow strip.
Pronotum darli mediall.v,the sidesobscureyellow. Mesonotal prreseutum liglrt reddish 6s!11.geus,
with a metlian
ctripe that js at least iudicated anteriorly ; in darker
specimeuswith three prrcscutalstripes; scutll lobes infuscated,to ochreous,the scutellum and & median are& on the
mediotergite darker. Propletrra aud the anterior portionsof the sternopleuliteatrd attepistenrum
dalli brown 1-pleuro^plerrra
tergite less_stt'ongly
irrfirscated; renrairrderof t[eochreous. I{alteres vellorv, tlre linobs drtrk llrown. Legs
rvith the fore coxre ilarli brown, the renraiuing co.xieuit
the trochanters"vellorv; ^femoraobscure1'ellow,tl,e tips not
darlierred;remainderof legs browlrishyellow,'thetermilaltarsal segments passing into dark brlown. wings witha pale.yellow.tinge, the_costal region clearer; disf with aconspicuousbrown and .gJ'ey_patterni a iriarrg-ular tocircular browtr spgt-at origin of-lls, including celi'sc but
scarcelyreaching lr; stigma oval. br.owu,corrirecterlrvitft a,brow' cloud at the fork of
If, the cutil theuce rra.r.<-rrvly
seamedwith b1own,broaderred
iuto a consllicuousclourl ,,i,
nt-cu and the distal section of cu4 ; srnall^brorvn clouds atthe sup_ernumerarycross-r'eiuirr eell ,Sc,,Scr,ancl at baseof
vein M ; paler cloudsirr cell C abor-ethe oi'igin of y'ls; alarge on9 in encl of cell lsl .{ oppositethe origin of /ls;
arral region darkened;_brorvuclouds at forl< o{ Mr*, nr,.i
orrthe outer deflectionof Ms; u'ing-tipexterrsively
dar:iiene,l;ver\r .1lalewa.shes
aloug veiu L'zrl-intell M ond along thenargin of cell Znd il ; veius pale,darher in the i1l'usqtted

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areas. Venatiorr: ,Sclong, Sr, ending opposite-R,, two-tlrirds
the length of Rs, Sc2not far from its tip ;a trifle longer
tlran Sc, beyond it ; Rs angulated.and spurred at origin;vein Rr +,Sc, arched in the stigmal region ; cell ls/ Mzelongatei rn longer than the outer deflection of Mr,
arcuatedi rn-cu closeto the fork of II, variablein position;a supernumerarycross-veinin cell ,Scat near oue-thir.dthe
lerrgth.
Abtlomen, including hypopygium, dark bron'n. I\falehypopygiumwith the mesallobe of the basistvlestout arrrlof moderatelength,with long setre. Ventr.alrlististl'lelargc
and fleshy,the rosbralprolorrgatiousmall,slerrder.,lnore orIess coustrictedat base forming a necli, the two spines
placed closetogether just bevondthe neck, long, stralght,
mtrch Ionger than the rostrum bevontl it ; apex of rostrurnwith aboutfour long setre. Dorsaldististylestraightbasully,
the apexcurved,the extremetip acute. Gorrall<-rllhyses
rvithtlre nresallolle elorrgate, the tip acrrtearrd gerrtlv curved,
the lateral edgeirregularly creuulate. .,iEdeagus
rvith basal
setreI surfacebeforeapexrvithsnralltubercles. Niuth tergite
narrow, the caudal margin with a small shallow medianrrotch.
Hab. Tasmauia.
Holotype, <1, Mt. Wellingtou, November 27, 1922
(A. Tonnoi,r').
Allotogtotypr, ? .
Paratopotypes,
I d, I g , November 25 to Decenrber2,
1922; paratypes,I d , Wilmot, January 8, 1923 (A. Tonnoir); I d, Adventure Boy, December30, 1922; 13,Hartz Mts., December10, 1922 (4. 'l'onnoir); f I , Hobart(G. H. Hardy), in the collectionof Q,ueenslaudlJuiversity.
Tlris irrterestingGeranomyiais named in honour of Mr.
G. H. Hardy, to whom I am greatly indebteclfcrr many
interestiugcraue-fliesfrotn llasternAustraliaand Tasmania.
(T\'iphuttu)tenebi'icrts(/,
sp. lr.
Geranomyia
Generalcolorationbrontrish blacli,the posteriorscleritesof the notum atrd the pleura pruinoseI femora vellow,thedark bron'trI u itr;4s.r'ellorvish
grey withtips conspicttously
cross-veina sparsepale brown patteru; llo sul)erlluruerarv
in cell Sr; .I?sarcuatedat oligiu I trtaleh,vpop;'giumwith
the rostriform prolongationelougate,the spinesshort,subbasalin position.
Male,-Length (exclurliugrostt'unr) about 8 rnm. I wirrg
8 ' 5 m m .; r o s t r u ma b o u tl ' 7 m m .

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Rostrum unusually short, ar showrrby the measurerneuts,
about.".qo?Iin length to the thorax al,,n-e,
block throughout i
palpi black.. Antennre with the basal segment ver.ylorrg,
equal. to _th" succeedingthree taken together',black, thl
flagellum brownish blach; flagellar segmeot. elongate-oval,
the terminal segmenta trifle longer than the intdrmediatesegments. \rertex betweenthe eyes very narrow, head greywith a f -shapedblack marking on tlre posterior vertex,"tt""stem broader,the arms suborbital in positiorr.
Pronotum shiny black above, paler-laterally, the margins
slightly pruinose. Mesonoturn-brownish black, spar.ielv
pruinose ; humeral region of the prrescuturn sliglitly^paler";'pleurascutum and postnotum more heavily pruinoG.
browrrishblack, conspicuouslvpruinose. Halreres with thestem pale, the knobs strongly inf'uscated. Legs with thecoxie infuscated, pruinose; trochanters obscrire vellow ;femora obscure yellow, the base brighter',the tips broadly
and conspicuouslydalh brown ; tibii brorvnish yellow, thb
tips narrowly infuscated; tarsi light brorvn, th-e terminal
segmentspassin_g
into black._ Wings rvith a pale yellowishpate lrrowns-.ey_tinge,cell Sc somewhatdarher ; conspicrrbus
clouds at origin of{s, scarcelyreae}ri'g- c or M ; a large
circular spot at end of Sc; stigma oval, not connectidwith the spot at fork of Rs ; cord and outer end of cell
Ist_X/I,conspicuouslyseamecl,the former exterrding to thee n d _o f m - c u ; p a l e c l o u d s a l r r r g v e i r r c u l i n c e l l M ; b r o r v r r
w a s h e si r r t h e o u t e r e u c lo f c e l l l s l , { a r r r l i n t h e a r r a , la u g l e
o f c e l l i 2 n dA ; v e i n s d a r l i e r l l r o r v t rt,h o s ei r r t h e r : o s t i trlr g i u r t
p a l e r , m o r e i u f u s c a t e , li n t h e c l o u d e d A r e a s: n l a c r o n . i c l t i r es h o r t , d a r k b r o r v u . V e r r a t i o u : S c l o n g , S c , e r r r l i r r ga " l l o u t
two-thirds the length of y'ls,Scenot tirr t'rom its rilr ;g_ppg:ite
R1 distinctly preserved,nearlv as lorrg as the ti.eeti1, of Sc2,
lleut into Rr, the latter about rrvieethe frieetip ,iflngularl,vStr; rz shorter than the outer deflection of II2, arcurrt'etl;
tn-cu before ttre fork of M.
Alldomen darli broln, the basal sternites lraler. Ifale
hvpop.vgiumwith the tnesallobe of the basistvle short alrlvery broad,with a smaller caudal lobule. Ve,itral clististvle
large ald fleshy, the nrstral prolorrgationlorrg, the .pirres
nearly basal iu position, small, straight, spicate,placedi:lose
together, slightly unequal, the apex of' tlre rostrlum llevoutlt h e m a b o u t t w i c e t \ 9 l e r r g t h o f a s i n g l e s p i r r e ,t h e i r p e x
produced into a small cone lvith several setre on the faceand distal third, the apical setre larger. I)orsal clististvle
r a t h e r s t r o u g l y c u r v e d ,t h e t i p a c u t e . G o n a p o p l r v s e rsv i t h
the mesallolle only moderatcly 1n'oduced,
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blackened. .lDdeagussetiferous at base, before the apex
rvith numeroussmall tubercles.
Hab. Tasmania.
Hulotypte,
6, Wilmot, January 8, 1923 (A. Tonnoir).
(Triphana) aictorie, 8P.D.
Geranomyi,aGeneral coloration reddish ochreous,the prrescutum witha median brown stripe ; fore cox& yellowish ochreous,concolorous with the otlrer coxre ; legs obscure yellow; rvings
tinged with yellow, with a conspicuotrsbrown pattern thatis not as extensive as in G. (7.) hardyi', sp. n. ; no supernumerary cross-veinin cell Sc ; male hypopygium with therostral prolongation short, the spinesstraight.
Leigth (excluding rostrum) 6'8 mm. ; wing
Mali.8'3 mm. I rostrum about 2 mrn.
Rostrum brownish black, relatively short ; palpi black.
Antennre black throughout I flagellar segtnentsoval. Headwith the anterior vertex narrowed to a mere strip; posteriorvertex dark brownish grey with a series of about threevelvety-blackspots on the median line.
Proirotum dark brorvtt mediallv, dark brown laterally.
Mesonotal prascutum lis'ht reddish ocltreous,the mediana,r'eabroadly infuscated,the stripe ttot reaching the suture I
lateral stripes vaguely indicated; scutal lobes exteusivelv
infuscated, the niedian area aud centre of the scutellum
almost whitish; remainder of scutellum a little darker ;postnotum reddish ochreous,darlcer beltind. ?leura slightly
infuscated. Halteres pale, the knobs weakly infuscated.
Legs with the coxreyellowishochreous; troch_anters-yellow;
femora obscure yellow, not darkened apically ; tibire atrd
tarsi brownish yellorv, not darkened, the terminal tarsal
segmeuts passing into black. Wings tinged rvith yellou',conspicuousl,vpattertrerlrvith llrown ; srrrall darli spots atbase-ofcell Sc and origin of Cu,1;a triangular areaat originof Rs, scarcelyreachitrg JI, ntuclt paler irr cell C ; a snrall
spot on Str; stigma large,ot'al, cortttectetlwith a circular
cloud at the forli of l?s ; cord antl outer end of cell lst M2
be-yondnarrowlv seamedwith brown, this is not cor_ttinrrednx-cu ; a vague dusky clouding in the end of cell lst A
opposite the origin of Rs ; wing-tip scarcely infuscated ;ouitt. pale, darker in the infuscated areas. Venation: ,Sc
long, sc1 ending about opposite two-thirds_the length of Rs',Sc2longer artd at its tip ; R2 about one-half longer than the
distal section of Scr; Rs angulated and weakly spurred atorigin, the distal section long and straight i rn gentl.v

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arcuated,slightly longer than the outer deflectionof Mg;
nx-cu before or near the fork of M ; no supernumerarycross-veinin cell Sc.
Abdomen dark brown, the hypopygium
reddishochreous.
-hard,yi,,Male lrypopygium of the type of G.
sp. n. ; rostralprolongation of the ventral basistylesirort, tlie two spines
short, st,raight,reddishbrown, placedon elevatedtulleicles,
the_apeToJ the rostrum beyond the spines ouly slightly
produced,the eutire rostrum scarcelylonger thau the spinei.
Dorual dististylerather strongly curved beyondmid-Iengrh,
the basal half straight,the apex suddenlynarrowedirrto asleuderspine. Gorrapophyses
with the mesallobe blackened
at tip, the lateral margin microscopicallyserrulate. Ninthtergite without apparentcaudalnotch.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype,3, Sassafras,Dand.enongRauge, October 19,
1922 (A. Tonnoir).
Paratopotype,S, October21, 1922 (A. T'onnoi,r).
_ Ggranomyiaai,ctori.eis readily totd from G. hardyi, sp. n.,
lry the lack of a supernumerarycross-veinin cell sc, themore restrictedwing-patteru,and differerrcesin the structureof the malehypopygium.
Rhipidi,amutila, sp. n.
Rostrum longer thau - ttre headI anterrnre( d ) longbipectinateI prrescutum dark brown rvith three reddishbrgwr_r
pollirrosestripes; wingsyellowishbrown, the stigma
l'ull, dark brorvn; paler browrrcloudsaloug the cord,at forkof Mr*2, arrdasa seamalolg vein Cu1;cell l.slM2openbv theatroplryof the outer cleflection,otMs; ccll Znd M2 t,irl.va
trifle longerthan its petiole; abdominalsegmeuts
bicoloruur,
their fpices pale ; male h.vpop,vgium
rvith the rostral prolongat,ionbispinous,the spines short, straight, separrted
at base,nearly equal in size; gouapopbyses
pale, the tips
narrowly obtuse.
Male.-Length about 5'5 mm. ; wing 6'8 mm.
Rostrum relatively elongate; longer tharr the remainderof the head,dark brown ; palpi brownish black. Antennre( d ) long-bipectinate,this iucluding all the flagellar segments . except the last ; longest branches approximately
three times as long as the segment,eactrtipped with a longseta; scapedark br-owg; flagellar segmentsexceptthe last
bicolorous,the basalhalf or rnore,togerherwith the brauches,dark brown, the glabrt-rusapical pedicel pale ; terminai
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pruinose,the median area more destitute of bloom ; anteriorvertex narrow.
Mesonotal prascutum tlark brown, the usual stripes paler,more red.dishbrown, coveredwith a sparsepollen I scutumwith the lobes brownistr black, the centt'e of each lobe
sparselypruinose,the median area artd the seutellrrmgre] ipostnotum black, grey pruinose. Pleura dark brorvn, grey
dorsal glabrous stripe of thepruiuose,with a CIonspicuous
ground-colour,this ending beneath the level of the wingbase. Halteres pale yellow, the knobs a trifle darker. Legs
with the coxredark, sparselypruinose; trochatrtersbrowrrish
vellorv ; f'emora llrou'n, the tips darher brown ; tibire darkbrown,the tips ttarrowly darker ; tarsi passirtginto brownish
black. Wings with a yellowish-browntinge, variegatedwith
brown ; stigma oval, brown ; rattrer broad ancl extensive
p:rle brown clouds along the cord and at the fork of M1*r;a browrr sealn along Cu, i veins dark blown, the macrot'iehire sparse, still cltrrker brown. Vettzrtion: Sc ofm o d e r a t el e r r g t h ,e x t e r r t l i r r gt o n e a r l v o p p o s i t em i d - l e n g t hof tlre rather short and geutly arcttated..Rs,,Sc"not far fromthe tip of Srr ; -8, nearly destitute of macrotrichire,pale;cell ls/ M2 open by the atrophy ot' the outer deflection ofMs, cell Znd M, being only a trifle longer than its petiole;rn-cu close to the lbrk of M.
Abrlominal tergites conspicuouslv bicolorotrs, the basebroadly dark browrr, tlte caudzrlntargirrsof the segmentswith a broad yellowish triangle that sends an atrteriormedian point ceplralad; sternites even more exteusiyely
obsculelellow ; hypop.r'giuntdark brolvtr,tlte ventral distir t ; ' l e p a l e r . I l a l e h v p o p l g i t r u rr v i t h t h e n r e s a lf a c e o f t h e
b a s i s t y l ep r o t l u c e de a u d a da t t d t t r e s a t il t r t o a l o r r g o v a l l o b ethat is strorrglydarkettedatrclplovided with lttllDerousloug
setre. Ventral distist5'lepale, fleshy,the rostral llrolotrgtttion lorrg, stout at bare, the two spines pale and separated
at base, the outer spine a, tlifle longer than the irrner ;rostruur before the spineswith nunteroussetre; apex of therostrum be1'ondthe spinesprovided u'ith microscopic setre.
l)orsal dististyle a strong blaclienedrod, the tip suddenly
n'ith the tips palenarrorred arrd decurved. Gottupophl'ses
arrd narrorr'lvobtuse.
Hab. Tasmania.
Holotul'e,3 , Strahau,lebluary 5, 1923 (A. Tonnoir).
Cell Lst Mris opetrin llotlr wings of the unique type and,the charactel nrttst be presumed to be normal for the
species. The fly is abundantly distinct frottr the species
uext to be described.

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Rhipidia pallidistigma, sp. n.
Male.-Length about 6'5 mm. ; wing 8.p mm.
.Fernale.-Length about 8 mm. ; win! l0 mm.
characters gerrerallyas in R. mutili, sp. n., differing asfollows:Rostrum short, much shorterthan the remainderof thehead. Pectinationgof antenrrre( d ) somewhat shorter,
tlre.longestapproximatelytwoaud one-hatftimes the Iengthof the segment. [n the female,t]re anterrnalsegmentsare
Iong-unipectinate,
the branchabout as long as tG segment,
eachbranchternrinatingin two seta.
I\{esonotumlight grey pruinose on a dark brown backgrorrnd,the prrescutumwith a darker brown meclianstripe.
Pleura dark brow', grll pruinose. Halteres short,- pub,
the knobs infuscated,the item fringed wittr setre. i.g.
with the coxa dark brown, sparselypruinose-brown ; trochanters
yetlowish brown I femora yellowisir
with a broad
terr.i'al o' narrower subtei'minaldark ri.g tibire brorvn,;
the tips passi'g into dark bron,n; basaltwo"ta'salsegments"
browu, the tiPs rrarrclr'ly darlierred,the termirral tarsal
segnrentsunifbrml_vbrownislr black. Wings ting.edwith
yell-ow,the-costal region more saturated; .lig-o Elongate9uu! pale brown, the margins darker, the centre almost
hyaline, the outer end darh ; cord and outer: end of celllst M.2vaguelyseamedrvith darker. Venation: Sc, enrlinggppositeorre-thirdto two-fifthsthe length of the angularl!
llerrt Rr, sc, ''t far fi'om its tip; Rl transver.se.
; little
Irnger than the
be.r'ond
it I cell ls/ rl,/,closed,.oblirlue_,Sc2
tlre petiolg 9f- ceII2nd M2 comliarativelyshort, a litile ruore
than one-halfthe cell.
Abdonrerrdu* brovn, i'distinctly bicolorous,the patternreversedfrom that of r?. rnutila; basalnrediarrareas^ofthe
segmentspaler, tlre caudal margirrs l-rroadly
clark brown ;hypopygiumpaler. Male hypopygium with ihe mesal lobeof the basistyleshorter a'd-n,rl darkened. Ventral dististvle with the rostral prolongatio' sulchitinized and uearlygLbrous, beforethe .pior. ,r-ur"owed
into a neck. the spirres
long,.slender,_curved,placedclosetogetheraboui their'u*,ile.gth fr.rn the tip of_t_he_rostrum.
Dor.ul dististylesickleshaped,the apex suddenly narrou,ed to arr acute poirrt.
Go'apophvsese'rrspicuouslydarkerred,the mesallobe acuteat apex.- ovipositor witlr tlre tergal_valvesr.clatively
short,
the
acute
tips
; steinal valveslong, stout, theSpcurved-tobasesblackened.
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Holotype,d, National Park, December16, 1922 (A. Tonnoir\.
Allotype, I , Mt. Farrel, February 9, 1923 ( 4 . Tonnoir).
P a r a t o p o t y p Ie , S i P a r a t u ' p e s , 2d d , I 9 , Adventure'I'onnuir).
Bu)', Dec. 21-31,1922 (A.
Rlipidia pallidistigmafuneralis,subsp.n.
Female.-Lerrgth 7'5 mm. ; wing 9 mm.
Resemblirrg the typical form, but the general coloration
black, the prascutum with only a sparse bloom, the postnotum and pleura rnore heavily pruinose. Knobs of thehalteresblachened. Femora with the tips broadly blackened,
especially the fore femora where tl,re outer trvo-thirds isblackened; tibie and. tarsi black, the posterior trasitaqsus
with the proximal half reddish brown. Wings with a dusky
tinge, the stigma barely indieated except along the cephalicand distal margins. Abdomen unifcrrmly blackened, theb a s eo f t h e o v i p o s i t o rr e c l d i s hl l l o w r r ,t h e v a l v e ss t i l l d a r k e r ;basesof the sterrralvalvescouspicuouslyl-rlackened.
Hab. New South \I'ales.
Holotype, ? , \l'entworth Falls, Blue I\{ts., November 18,
l92t (A. Tonnoir).
Ori,margulatasmunica,sp. n.
General coloration grey, the prrescutum rnore infuscated;
antennal segmerrtssubglohular; legs dark brown ; wings
with a pale brown tiuge, the dish heavilyspottedwith brown;
cell Mt sessileor ttearly so.
Male.-Lerrgth abottt5'5 mrn. ; u'ing 6'8 mm.
R o s t r u n rl i g h t b t ' o w t t: p a l p i d a r l i b r o r r n . A t r t e n n r eb l a c kthroughout, relatively short ; flagellarsegmentssubglobular,
with short verticils. Anterior vertex dark, the posteriorvertex and,occiput paler brown.
Mesonotum greyish brown, clearer grey on the posterior
portion of the prrescutum,the median area of the scutum,
ind the scutellum ; postnotum dark, grey pruinose. Pleura
heavily light grey pruinose. Halteres pale, the _ hnobs
yellow. Legs with the coxa light grey ; trochantersbrown;
iemainder of legs dark browtt, the femoral bases paler, theterminal tarsal segmentsdarker. Wings with a pale browntinge, the disli rather heavily spotted with darker browrt I
stigmal blotch large, cortnectedwith the spot_at forh of Rs;
a spot uear mid-length of ,R3; conspieuousclouds along the
poJterior cord and on m-cu. Venation: cell Ms sessile orsubsessile.

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Abdomen dark brown, heavily grey pruinose,the hvpopvgium paler. Male hypopygium with the basistyleslong,
cylindrical, unarmed; dististyles two in number, closely
connectedor slightly fusedat base: outer dististyle a pale,
flattened,cultriform blade that is a little shorter than the
inner style, the latter with deuse spinous seta at apex,
the mesal face with fewer and more scatteredseta, these
becomingmicroscopicat base.
Hab. Tasmania.
Holotype,3, \Milmot, Januarl 8, f gm (A. Tonnoi,r).
Ori,margula tasmanica is allied to O. australiensi,s,Alexander ( N. Q,ueensland),differing in its larger size,
heavily spottedwings, and sessileor subsessile
cell /14r.
E lephuntomyia tasmaniensis
r sp. n.
Rostrum full.y as long as the body; anterior vertex clear
grey ; mesonotumbrown, the humeral region of the prrescutum mole oehreousI legs darli brown ; wings with abrown tirrge,with sparsedarkerbrown seams; m obliterated
by the fusionof the outer deflectionof Ms ot Mr+r,,closing
ceII lst Mr.
Male,-Length (excludingrostrum)about 7'5 mm.; wing
9'6 mm. I rostrum about 7'8 mm.
Rostrum long and slender, a trifle longer than theremainderof the body, dark brown throughout,including
the palpi. Antenrrredark brorvn,ttre apex of the second
scapal segmentobscurelypaler; scapal segrneutssmall ;flagellar segments cylindrical, the basal segmeuts short,graduallylengthening,the terminal segmentlongest; allflagellarsegmentsbeyond the first with long verticils,these
becominglonger on the intermediateand outer segments;
only elevensegmentspresent,the basalfive seg5merrts
about
equal to the following trlo combined llut rrot enlar.ged.
Head clear light gr.y ltr front, the vertex more infuscatecl
behind; anteriorvertexnarrow,only a trifle wider than thesecondscapalsegment.
Pronotum and cervical sclerites dark brown above,ochreousbrown laterally. l\[esonotumbrown,the humeral
region more ochreousbrown ; median stripe brown andsornewhatdarker than the latelal stripes; scutum brownish
the cerrtresof the lobesconspicuously
ochreons,
dark browrrIscutellunrtestaceous-brown; postnotumdark brown,sparsely
pruinose. Pleura with the sternopleurite
and anepisternurn
clarh brown, sparselypt'uinose,the pteropleuritepale, thepleurotergitepruiuose,the generaleffect lrroducedbeing a

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dark brown pleura with a, narrow pale transverse stripe
extendingfrom the hind coxreto the wing-root. Halterespale, the knobs dark brown. Legs with the coxre dark,
pruinose; trochantersbrownishyellow ; femora darh brou'n,the basesnarrowly paler ; tibir and tarsi dark brown ; noevident tibial spurs I femora and tibire with appressedsetrc
and scattered erect larger bristles. Wings with a bron'rr
tinge, rather conspicuouslyclouded with darker brown ;stigma long-oval,slightly darker brown ; extensiveduskv
clouds at origin of Rs, along the cord arrd.outer errdof celllil My; wing-tip and vein Cz1seamedwith brown ; an oval
pale areain the prearcular cell ; veins dark brown ; macrotrichire short and sparse,dark brown. Series of trichire on
tlre serial vein Rr*r*n and -Rn,and on ihe clistal sectiorr of
R5,longer and more delicateon the medialveinsbeyondthe
cord. Yerration: Sc, longer than Scrr extending to justbeyondthe fork of Rs, the latter squareand long-spurredat
theorigirr; cell 2nd M, narrowly sessileor short-petiolttte,
the errtireouter entl of cellbasaldeflectionof M, oceup.ying
lst M 2, completelyoblit eraling m ; nl-cu at about trvo-thirrls
the length of cell lsl M2,longer than the distal sectiorrof
Cu, i anterior arculus pale but indicated.
Abdomen yr:llowishbrown, tlte segmentsnarrowlv mar'gined laterally arrd caudally rvith bron'rr; srrlltcrtninrtl
obscut'ebrort'ttsegmentserrtirelydark brown ; h"vpt.rp"r'giurnish yellow.
Hab. Tasmania.
Holotype, d , Mt. Farrel, Februarl 8, 1923 (A. Tonnoir).
is allied to E. ruapehuensis,
Elephantomyiatasmaniertsis
Alexander (New Zealand),in the spurlesstibia and genelal
appearance.The speciesshoulclnot be placedin lllephantoof theirsllurlesstibiie.a newstrllgetreric
myodes,and,llecatrse
group nraJ'eventuallvbe lequiretlf'ortheir receptiotr.
n.
t usmuniensis,sultsp.
a tusmaniezsis
Elephantctrnyi
Male.-Length (excludirrgrostLttm)7'5-8 mm.; rving
8-9 mm.; rostrum alorreabout7-7'5 mnl.
Female.-Length (excludingrostrum) tO-f l mm.; rvirrg
10-10'8 mm. ; rostrum7-7'5 mm.
Closelyresemblingthe typical fot'm, differing especiall.r'in the more uniformly darkenedpleura,the heavierwiugand other detailsof coloration.
pattern,This series allows us to make more definite statemeuts
regardingthe rartgeof variationirr the species.

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Rostrum shorter than the body in both sexes. Medianprrescuialstripe entire to weakly dividetl. Pleura in mostcasesuniformly darkqned-,
p_ruiriose_.'W'ing-patternheavy
ulq consp_icuous,most of the_fongitudinalvelni beingseamedwith darher. Venation: Rs angulated with a ihort tolonger spur ; cell Znd Mz usually short-petiolate,io rare
instancessessile; rn-cu beyond mid-length of cell Isf Mr,
usuallyat near two-thirds the length. Abdominal tergites
more uniformly dark brown.
Hab. New South Wales.
January lg2b (Sydney_-I{oto!!p!tj, .Baruinqton-T_ops,_
uni,a.zool. E*p.h type in the Macleaycollections, i].-of S.
Allotopotype, ? .
Paratopotypesr4
6I.