From lfte ANr.raLgANDMe.eezrNnoF Nlrunlr, Hrsronv,'
Ser. lQ vol. iii. p. 49, January Ig2g,]ttewor little-lnowy, Tipulidn (Di,ptera).-Xll . Australasiart
species. By cnenr.,psP.' AinxaNDER,
irph.f)., l'.E.s.,
illassachusetts^ Agricultural College, Amherst, l{as.achusetts,tI.S.A.
Tun ct'aue-fliescliscussed
at the present time are all frorn
A":tl'llia, wheretley werecollectedby Miss Jean Galbraithand xfessrs.9.g]",lavidso',.Hardylff_eron,Hill, Nlackerru*,
NichoJsorr,Tillyard, 'r'onnoir,
atuil Wilson, ti ryhom ourremarliablerecent increasein knowleclge6r tlre group islargely due. Except whereindicatedio the contiary, thetypes are preservedin the wrirerrscollection.
Platgphasi,awi,lsoni,sp. D.
General coloration black,variegatedwith whitish grey;
thefemoralbases.broadly
recldishtibire""Ti,.Jty;
fgss,black,blag\ ; rvings.witha_strougbrown suffusion; cell /141short"lretiolate; cell ls/ M2 relativelysnrall.
lwule.-Lerrgrhabout lg-Po mm.; wiug r6.b-lz,b mrn.
l,'routal prolongation.
ef headblack,with a small nasus;
palpi blacli. Antetrtrreblackthroug'hout,the structurequite
as in other speciesof .thegen*s. Remainderof' hcarlbLck,
sparsclydusted with brown; genrelight gre.yrwith conspi_
cuouslong rvhitesetre.
Mesorrotalprrescnlqry light.gr€I, the surf'acelargely
covered foo. subnitidousblack stripestlrat ar.enarru"*fy!Itnargirreclwith velvety,'-blacli,elimiualing the usual ilterlspaces91ceptbehind; scutunrdut:1.greyieach lobe ltrgely
covere(lby a blacktriangle; scutellumand postuotumblicf,
heavill' gl'eJpruitrose. Pleura heavily proino.e.the sutu,.ebettl'ecn the- auep.isternumancl sterriopleuritenarrowlv
blaclienccl
I dorsopleuralregio' dark .b1ow' ; pleurotergai
tubercle ve'y couspicuous,tippecl with blacli. Haltei.es
brorvn,the btrseand knobs slightly clarker. Legs wit5 tlre
coxre aud tror:hanters bJtg\, heivily dusted tiitt, grey;
fenrorarvith the basesreddish,including approximatefi,t"rr"basalthird to fourth, slightly_more
extensiveon t1e posie,.io,.
f'ernora; remairrderof legsblack,the tibire withoui indication of -ulr.ul:ring. w$qs w_ith_a str.ongbrowu suff'usionI.tigTt al* bro.rv.; a sligtrt tlusky cloud on anterio, corct;cell M with a slight yellowishsuftusiorr
wing-base
an6
uooi
I
cclls a little puler'I cenrresof cells M4 utt,i-rst A a trifle
blacli. Venation:cell lst M2 urrusuallysmall
lrale;_veins'liptrlirre:rtttl of ttormalirl)l)eilr'ancc
i cell ;f/1 pctiglate, tlre

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petiole varying from about one-half to a little shortertban m.
Abdomen black, sparsely pruinose; basal tergite lightgrey; basesof tergites 2 to 5 nith an_elolgalebrott'rtishSr"j' mediarr triangle ; tergite 6_with the basal trvo-ttrird s*trilish gley ; lateral margins of segmettts2 to 7 similallv
whitish grey ; sternites black, the iutermediatesegtttettts
whitish Srci ; hypopygium black, the tips of the basistylcs
narrowly yellow.
H'ab. Victoria.
Holotype, f,, near Millgrove, on Ben Cairn, January 2L,
L927 (F. E.Wi'lson).
Paratopotupes,26 6.
This beautiful speciesof Platyphasi,ais named in honourof the collector,Mr. F. ErasmusWilson, to whom the typehas beenreturned. " The specimensweretahen and several
others seenright at tlre top of the mountain range, which isdensely woocled and always mol'e or less damp."-l'. (tr.
Wilson.
Acracanthaoctaua,sp. n.
Male.-I-rength l4-16 lnm. ; wiug 17-19 mm.
Female.-Irerrgth 22-:24mm. I winil' 19-20 mm.
Skuse, differing
Generally similar to A. sqd'neyertsfs,
especiallyin the structure of' thc antenure and coloration of
the wings and abdomen.
Antenne ( d ) with eight errlargedflagellar segments,( ? )wit,hsix such segments. Wings with the stigma more cotrspicuous,darker brown than the other markings of'the_wing.
Abdonrinal tergites ringed with dark brown and obscurc
yellow, the basesof the irrdividtralsegmentsbeing nAruowl"r'the apicesbroad.lybrown.
yellow,
Hab. Tasmania.
Holotype,S, Lake Margaret, Februarl 3, 1923 (A. I'ottnoi,r).
Allntype, i , Strahan,February lg24 (G.H. Hardy).
Paratopotrypes,d I i paratype, ?, Mt. \4rellington,iOZ+(G. H. Hardy). Typt returnedto Dr. 'I'ornroir.
Jarruar_v
Phymatopsi,salbidipes,sp. n.
Frontal prolongation of head short ; antettnreshort :the pleura yellow; leg.
mesonotumbrou'nish testaceous,
yellow, the tills gf the femora tlark brownr.tlre distal errtlso['
itre tibire and the tarsi white; wirrgs with a ttrint dusk.r
tinge, the stisma dat'ker; abdomeu obseure vellorv,tlri:
terfiitesvariegatedwith dalk browtt triarrgles.

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IVfqle.-Length about 6-7 mm. I wing 7.d-8 mm.
Female.-Lengthabout7 mm. I wing 7.6 mm.
Frontal.prolongationof headshort,ohscureyellow; palpi

brown. Antennre apprrently lO-segmented,
short, scarcel.y
as long as_the head, dark brown, the scapepaler. Headobscurevellow.
lVfesonotumbrownistrtestaceousto pale brown, without
stripes.- Pleura yellow._ Halteres relatively elougate,pale,the knobs infuscated. Legs rvith the coxa-and tiochanterspale yellow ; femora yellow, t\"_tips dark brown ; tibire pale
brorvnishtestaceous,the distal half' paling into white; tirsi
white. IMings rvith a faint dusky suffusion,iridescent,theextensivestigrnal region darh brown, including cell Sc, tobeyoncl F,, veins dark brown. Venation : Sc1 weakly
or atrophied; Sc2 entering -R1before the end ol
Preserved.
4r ; frce tip of S_crpreservedor atrophied ; Rs relatively
short, arcuatedI !Jr+r*n and its continuation RB long andrrearlv_straight; Rr*, pr€servedor atrophied; cell M1-long,more thau twice its petiole; cell Ist M, elongate,the baservidened; cell Znd ^24nart'ow. Female with frrlly-developed
wl u gs.

A bdominal tergites ollscureyellow, the median ar.eaof
eachsesmentrvith a dark bron'n triangle,the poiut at theanterior etrtl, leaviug broad llasal triarrgle of the srounclcolour; stertritesvel[orv,the caudal tnrtrgiuof the segrnerrts
ttarrorvl5'dark brolrt I Svpollygiurn brotvtt. Ovipositor
buf ottl;' iveaklychitilizefl, ploviderl
rvith tlre valveselong'ate,
erect setreto their tips.
witli couspicnous
Hab. Nerv South Wales.
Holotype,f,, Ilroolilarna,Eastenr Dorrigo, altitude aborrt
2000 feet, January l, 1928 (W. Heron).
Allotopotype, I .
Paratopotypes,Sd d.
at ct,,sp. n.
P hymato1tsi,snigroli,rnb
S i z es m a l t ( r v i n g , 6 , u n d e r l I m m . ) ; g e n e r a lc o l o l i t t i o r r
dark grelr the prrescutumslightty polliuose,rvitir fotrr brorvn
stripes; wiugs rvith a strong dusky tinge ; cells C arrrl Sc
tlark brou'u; stigruapaler than the costalmargiu.
Male.-I-rength about 9 mm. ; wing l0'3 mrn.
Frontal prolongationof head relativelylorrg arrd slenrler,
approximatelyone-half louger than the l'en)airrderof lrt'arl,
short,l2-segrnentetl
brownishblacli; palpi black. Atrtettuee;
first scapalsoljment ollscure .r'ellow; reruainclerof orgilll
black ; flagellarsegmentswith iucouspicuous
verticils. I{ead

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dark gref; the very high compressedvertical ttrbercle
obscurefulvous.
Mesonotal prrescutum obscure yellorv with four llrotvtt
stripes; remainder of mesonotum dark grey rvith a spa.rse
yellorv pollen, the scutal lobes tlarher; postrtotumdatker
u'ith nrot'c
Pleula clark Brey,vaguelr'_variegatedposteriorly.
yellowish grey on tlre clorsal sternopleuriteI dorsopleut'al
region obscure buffy. Halteres dark bt'own, the extremc
baie brighteued. Legs rvittr the coxre light browu, the fore
aud middle coxrc darker ; trochaniers obscureyellow, tlre
fore trochatrterselongate; femora obscure yell<lrv,passing
into browrr, the tips broadly blackened; tibire bt'ou'ttish
black, the tips rtarrowlv blaclieued; tarsi black. trYings
with a strong dusky tinge, cells C ancl Sc dark brotrtt, cell
Lst C and the prearcular cells paler ; stigma pale browtt,much paler than the costal nrarginI vcins browtt ; theobliterative al'eas extensive. Veuatiotr : free tip ot' Sc,
preserved,subequalto R' i Rr+z eutirt',,rnorethan twice /le ;cell M, very short petiolate; cell 2nd -il narrow.
Abdomen brownish black, the basesof the hypopygium alittle brighter colout'etl.
Hab. Nerv South Wales.
Holotylte, g, Broohlatra,Ilastern Dorrigo, altitude aborrt
2000 feet, Jatruar)' l, 1928 (lr'. Iferon).
sp. It.
Macromastiuaerreau.c?,Female.-Length about l0-ll mm.; rYing12'6-15'5 mut.
Skrrse (New Soutlr
Closely related to M. obscuri,r'ostrisr_
Wales),in the grey'cololation of the head atttl thorax, thc
short antennre,atrtdthe broad darlc costal region of the wing.
Size smaller. Frontal prolongationof head a little longer'
than the remainder, broadly and conspicuously yellou'
laterally, the dorsal portion_witha pale brown line on either
sirle of-the apical two-thirds, this including the prominent
nasus; ventril surface likervise conspicuousl'/inf uscatetl:llrownish black. Antennre shorter thati the head witlr
palpi^pr,rlorrgation,
l2-segmented; scape. yellow, _flagellunr
it.
blacl ; basal five flagellar segmetrtscylindrical, decreasirrg
in size outwardly,tbe last smtrll; remaining-fivesegtnellt{
very narrowr c.vlindrical, the last a little enlarged.. Headd,ark, heavily grey pruinose,the vertical tubercle and tlienaruoworbits paler.
Mesonotal prrescutum blue-grey with four conspicuous
ptir separatetlby ad a r k b r o w t t s t r i P e s ,t h c irrterrrrediatecorrsllicuousbut ltarrow line of the grouucl-colour,trot

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53

rtttaining.the suture; lateral stripes separatetlfrom thei'termediate pair. by a grey line that is fully twice as wide
as the median vitta ; s-cutum dark, pruinose, the anterolatelal anglewith a browtrmark, this-representing
the caudal
prolongatiou of the lateral prrescutdl stripe i scutellunr
brown ; post'otum--pale_,
with- a yellon'ish follen. pleura
rlark$rey., especially the propleirra and riresopleura,thepteropleurite paler,_pgre sparsgly-pruinose; pliurotergite
yellorv, pollinose. HaltereJ pale' basally, the'klobs cl"arlibrown. _!rgl with the coxr grey, the p6sterior cox& withthe distal half ochreous_;trochinters yeliow; femora yellow
rvith about the distal fourth blackenra ; tibire dark liru*r,,
the basesnanowly, the tips rnore broacliy blachened tarsi;
black ; fore tibire louger tlran the basitarsi,mid-tibire sirorter
than the basitarsi. \Mingswhitislr,the cos[almargin broadly
irttdconspicuouslybrown, the colrration about o."iotro.r u'*,the stig--?, il,clurli'g the prearcularregion, extreme baseof
cell tr[, all of cell trl excep-t-s, the outer ii,urth, all of cell 81,
to_getlrer
with cells c anrl
; ceils sc2 and il, paler bro*rii:rll the vei.s beyond the c91'd,cu, and,zid' A ,rurrowly
seattred with pale_. Ven atioir as in obscurdt
ostrii ;-brow_ncell Znd I unusuullv u'ide.
Abdominal tergitbs obscure yellorv,on the outer half of.gg.glt 2 passinginto tlark brorvu, sparselv pruinose, on
the sidesof the segments,the median areaob.cure brownish
Yellow,this coloration includirrg segmentsB ancl4 and t5ebase 9f _5; remainder of tergite r and. segments6 to g
r:ntirell.dark,heavilygrgy pruinose; genitalrig-.ot obscure
Irro'nis! ySllg*; ste.rites brown, tire outer i*g*uots each(!
rvith a blacliish trarsverse subterminal band.
Hab. Tasmania.
Holotype, g ,Q!r?han,February G, lgp8 (A. Tonnoir).
gParatype, ,-Hobart, Jano.ury-IgZ4(G.'H. Hardy).'
Typ. returned to Dr. Tonnoir'.Macromastia ae*eauui, is dedicated to the mernol.vof
J uIesVerreaux,distinguishedexplorer-naturalistof Tasrna'ia.
'l'heparatype is considerably larger than the type, but
apparentlyrepr.esents
the samespecies.

Macromasti,uopifeu,sp. n.
Gerreralcolorltion{rert with b'ow' marki'gs; wings
broad, creamJ-*'hite,_h_andso...ly.v.ar.iegated_
ilift, s.Jy
seamsand clouds; abdomendaik brown, the segmenti
ringedcaudallywith obscureyellow.
Female.-Lengthabout l8.b rnm.; wing lb,b mm.

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Dt'. C. P. Alexanderorz. . Frontal prolongation of head moderately long, brownish
black above,abnrptlv obseurevcllow beneath; iaru* stout ;palpi trlack. Autennre 1l-segmeuted,short; seapal segments obscure yellou',flagellum dark bron'n; fir'st flagellar
segment relativel)'_lorg, widenecldistally ; outer segmerrts
Totg nearl.v cylinclrical, provided with' conspicnoussetre.
Head dark browrr,the posteriororbits paler ; al'terior vertex
high.
Pronotum brown. lfesonotum discoloured,
the prrescutrrrrr
pruiuose..
with tlrreedarker stripes; lrrrrneralregioirsimilrrrly
darkened; scutum grey, each lobe extensivelyclarkened";scutellum darh blorvrr basally, the apex broadl.r,obscureyellou'; postnotum-pruinose, obscure i'ellowish- brol'n, tlie surface
iparselydarher posteriorly. Pleura lrrolrr,-variegatedlvith darker browrr, this appearirrg&s a broaci
longitudinalarea exterrdingfrom the pronotum to the baseof the abdomen; tlorsalsternopleulitelralertharrthe verrtlal
portion. _ Halteres browni-.h yellou', the l<uolls clearer'.
L.-g* with the coxre darkened basall.r,,the tips broadly
y_ellow; trochantersobscule yellow, t1,,,fole irochurrtcrs
elongate; femora brou'nishlello*o, clearer yellorv llasally,
the tips narrowly dark brown; tillire obscure r ellowisli
brown, the tips riarrowly irrfuscated;tarsi br<ln'n,passing
irrto dark brown on the or"rterseg.ments. Wings brorid,rvitf,
a creamy-white-ground-colour,handsomely variegated byqrey clouds and broad seamsto certain of the veinJ; stigma
darh browrr; prearcular region pale ; cell Sc darlieilecl,
at_outerencl_;the darh seamsinclude veins R4+,u,gx_ceqt_
III t,
M?, Mu, Mnr_Mr_and
the Anal veins,aswell as nt-cQ,c;a couspicuousoval clouclin'outer end of cell lst A; anal ruargirr
of wing rran'owlydarkenecl; bascsof cells R and M conspicuouslyd-arhenecl,
the coloratiorrcontinuedalong vein Cu
for the basalthree-ftiurths,u'hereit is inten'uptedb,va litrgt:
creamy-u'hiteareir in the outer end of cell fot ; ue,it,sclai;lllrowtr, the obliterative areas extensive. l\lacrotrichia ofveinsbeyorrdtlre cord extensiveand well-distributed.Verrrrtiorr '__-Zlr+?.
pl'eserved,rvithout macrotrichire; lletiole gf
cell II, a little longer than_m-cut,; cell ls/ M2'elorLgate;
m-cy ?ppoximately trvo-thirdsthe distal sectionof C,ur.
Abdominalte_r'git_es
dark bron'n,the caudalmarginsbf tl,"segmentslrroadlyobscure5'ellorv;lateral margirrsu'ith tlre
basal portions similarly brightened; basalsteruites ollsculc
yellow, th".,outerseg.mentsmore infuscatedbasall;',the tips
obscureyellow ; genital segmentclusky.
Hab. New South Wales.
Holgtype, t , Broc,klana,Eastern I)orrigo, altirude about
2000 feet, Muy 21, 1927 (W. Heron).

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sP. r.
Macromasti,usetiueno,,
Gerreral coloration of thorax shin;' f ulvous-yellow, theprrescutumrvithout stripesI vertex da1k,pruinose; tips ofie*nru narrowly blackened; wings-of rvith a brownish_tinge,
the lougitucliual veitrs
cells C and Sc- darker ; certairr
beyond the corcl rvith macrotrichiarI abd.onren.vellow,witha continuousmedian black stripe.
Female.--Lengthabout9 mm.1 wing l2'5 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head strort and stout, obscure.yellow,a litile daiker above; nasus conspicuous;palpi darkbrolvn. Antenureshort ; basalsegmentdarh brown,pruiuose,
the apex pale ; succeedingfive or six segmentsyellow, theremaiudef passiuginto darh broltr ; first flagellar segment
conspicuouily stouter than the otherq beygn{ the secottd
flogeilar segmentbecoming littear. Head dark browtt, lltg
vertex extensivelyligtrt grey pruinose, the vertex behirrtl
and the occipital rcgiorr more reddislr brolvn; vertical
tuberclelow, very rveaklybificl.
'I'horacic dorsutu shiny f ulvous-yellow,the pt'rescutum
u'ithout marliings. Pleura fulvous-yellou', the vetrtral
portion of the pleuLotelgiteprotuberartt. l{alteres o}rscurc
yellorv,the lrnobsdalker, tlre extremebaseof the stem somervhatllrighter. Legs with the coxrearrcltr<lchanters_yellow,
the latter relatively elongate; femora yellorv, the lipt
trarrowly (I mm.) but very corrspicuousl;'blacken_ed; tibirc
obscure-yellow,the base antl apex both narroll;' darkeued;
remainderof legs brownistr blacli, the proxirnal portions of
the long basitarii brightenecl. \Yings n'ith a brownishtinge,
region conspicuouslyyellow, the.stigrnaand
the prearcularcell C more brownish ; cell Sc brownish yellow I veinsdarh brolvrr,the obliterative areas relatively inconspicuous.
Ifacrotrichire on certain of t]re veins very extensive,inM! uoq M2, tbe
cluding all of the distal section of Rn_+u,
rlistaliwo-thirds of Ms and,the outer cnd of Ma. Venation:-81relatively faint I Rs a little lorrger than 4r*, but shorter
tlran Rs; petiole of ct:ll M, elongate, eq11alto or longer
tban m ; cell lst M2 poirrtecloutrvalclly; cell Znd'.r4uarrow.
brighter
Abdominal tergites.o-bscuretestaceous-yellorv,
yellow submedially, rvith a coutinuous,_very conspictlous'
black dorso-median stripe extending almost the entire
iength of the organ, on tergites 6 and 7 including ^ the*.ttir" segment except the lateral angles; on tergites 2 to
5 the black is extended along the caurlal margins of thesegmentI segments 8 and. 9 obscure y"-Uo.Y; sternites
ob-scureyellow, sotnewhatnlore fulvous medially, the outer
steruitesdusky.

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Di. t!. l), Alexatrtlerc,rrHab. Vicioria.
Holotype,g , Beaconsfield,
Decenrber'
8, 1923 (G. F. Hill).
T.ypein the National N[useunr,Victoria.
IItr
n its
i t s general
gerreral appearance
appearanceJ.'lacronmstiu
acronmstiu setiaena agrees
rvith M. breuipetiolata,Alexander, M. dorrigensis,Alexander,

arrdM. ltackeri,,Llexarrrler,
differing in the almost uniforrrrl.v
darhenedvertex and tlre setoseveinsbevondthe cord.
Gynopli,stia(Paralim'nophila')sheutanf,sp. n.
Getteralcolorationof mesorrotalprrescuturn
recldishllrorvu,
the itrtersllacesdark llrorvn to lllack I antennre( d ) l.{,segmented,with nirre branched segmentsI fenrora .r'elkliv,
tlre distal fourth or lessbLrck,the extremetip u'hiter;t:rrsi
extensivelywhite ; wiugs creaurywith a hea,vybrou'u arrrl
grey pattern,the area at origin of /?s rvith a pale centreI
nz-cu at forli of M.
fuIale.-Leugth about I mln. ; rviug 9'3 rnm. I anteunaa b o u t3 ' 8 m m .
Rostrum and palpi dark browu. Arrtenure(d ) l4-segurented,the formula being 2+g * 3 ; Iongest lrrarreh(aborrt
flagellar segment5 or 6) about two and one-half tinres tht:
segment; antennalscapepaleyellclu'; tlagellumdark broln,
the extremebaseand.apexof eachsegnrentvellow, only theouter three or four segmentsurrifbrmly dalkenecl; lirarrchof flagellarsegnrerrt
9 shorter thau that of se€irnent
I aud alittle shorter than the segmentitself ; flagellalsegmentl0 alittle longer than the termiual two segmentstaken together'.
Head dark broln.
Pronotrrmoclrreous,
black laterally. Mesonotalprrescutumwith the usual stripes reddish brown, the nrecliarrstripe
brighter, tlre lateral portionsof the sclerite more pruinose;
med.ianstripr: dividetl by a n arrow dull black line thatreaches the suture; iriterspacesbetween the stripes rnore
reddishbrown mesially,the outer margincleepening
to black;
outer edgeof the latrral stripe marginedwith velvety-black;scutum reclclishbrorvn,each lobe with a darli brorvrrmark ;with a broad
sc:utellumbrownishgrey ; postnotumochre<lus,velvetydark brown rnedianliue. Pleurawith a couspicuous
black stripe from the cervical sclerites,passiug above thehalteresto the lateral portiou of the postrrotalmediotergite;
dorsopleuralregion ochreousI ventral pleuritespaler brorvn,
more or lesspruii)ose. Halteresbrown,the knobs blackened,
the baseof the stem restrictedly pale. f:egs with the coxre
and.trochanterspale yellowishwhite; I'emora;'ellow, on theouter fourth or less passing into blach, the tips uarrowly

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sno\r'y-white; tibire b-lack,tlre baseswhitened,the tips ver.ytrarrowl,\r
so; fore arrdnriddle basitarsiu'hite,the basal half
or nrore duskv I remai_nderof tarsi rvhite,irreluding- all tlre
posterior terrsi,orrly the termirral segment dusky. Wings
u'itlr a cream"vground-colour,lrcavilv clourled rvith clarli
brot','ttand grey: costarlcell ulifgrttrl.r'infrrnre{ exceltt at
extleme outer end ; a large ocellate niark at origin oi nr,
the centre pale,this marh connectedin cell Il with a solid
cloud at the fork 9f fts; stigmal area brorvn,merging rvithdusky clouds at the folk of Rs and inner end of cett Re;
darker browrr spots at tip of' Srr, Str, tip of .R3,outer end of
ccll ls/ M2,forh of Mr*, and nx-cuI outer euds of all raclial
cells (exceptins a creamv area bevond stigma) darhened;latlial cells beyond the cord almost cream-colour; cubital
itrrrl arral chiefly cream-coloured,wit.h pale grey clouds;veir,s dark brown, yellow in the cl'eamyareas. Venatiorr:/lr*r+n much shorter than the arcuated basalseetiorrof Rs;
rnerlial cells,not so deep as in leucoplteta1 nr-c?t,at fbrh of.L/,only a trifle shorter thrrn tlre distal sectionof Cur,
Abdomeured.dishbrown,tlte segnlentsnarrowlv blackened
laterally,the caudal margirrsrnore broadly but less n e a v lr yrlarkenerl; basalstemitesobscureyellow, the lateral nrargins|' l

ll Al'l'owl.r'rltrrk brorvn.

Hab. Nerv South Wales.
Holotype, d, Bruolilarra, Eastern Dorrigo, altiturle!000 f'eet,October 19, 1927 (W'. lleron).
I'arutoltotype,g, I,Iarch 3, 19:8 (W. Heron).
Narned.in honour o(' Mr. Johu Shewan,Acting Curatorof the MacleavCollections,Urriversitvof Sydrrev.
Gynopli,stia (Parali,mnophiia) shewane is closest toU.(P.) leucopheta(Sliuse),differingin the detailsof color.atiorr atttl vettatiott. Shuse implies that the antenrrre<lf( t ) are 16-segrne-tttetl,
leucopheta_
rvhereasin sheraanithcy
are only l4-segmentedin the rnale. I hnow of no casewlret'ethe antenttreof the femalesex havea greateruumllerof segmr:nlstlran the male of the same species. A photograplr <rfthe rving of the holotvpe of leucopheta,
kindl-v s€nt
-severalio me by I[r. Shewarrin rgit, shorvs
poirits ofdiffererrceitr pattern and venatiou,these being indicated irr
the alloveclescription.

Gynop li st i a (Par ali,mno
p hiIa) aurant i,i,p
ennis
kosciuskana,subsp.n.
Female.-Length about 20 mm.; rvirrg 16'5 nrrn., thegreatestwidth 3'5 mm. I abdomenalone about l5'5 mru.

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' Dr. C. P. ;\ lexandet'0nAlexauder, differing as
Close to ty pical auranti,i,penni,s,f o l l o w s: Vertex ( I ) somewhatwider, approximatelyequal to thedorsal rvidth of the e)'e. Heatl retldish browtt, spitrselv
lrruinose,with a darker brown transversearea immediately
behind the eves. Anterrnrervith the penultirnatesegmerrt
distinctly shorter tharrthe last. Prouoio- pale yellofr, thesurface rather heavily pruinose. Mesorrotal prrescuturrt
rerldish,sparselypruinose,with four slightly darker reddishllrown stripes,the narrow interspacesof the ground-colour;
scutellumand postnotumbrotyn,pruirrose,the lattcr morelreavily and couspicuouslyso. Legs clalk, as in aurantiipennis. Pleura uniforrnly reddish bron'rr rvith the surfuce
sparselypruinose,the clorsopleuralmeurbrurrebuffy-.vellow;
rro indicationof a broad oran€lelongitudinal pleural stripe.
as sltownby the above
Wirrgsbroaderthan in auranti,ipenni.s,
wider; groundmeasurements,
the cclls corresporrclingly
colour of wingsmore yeliowish,only the base,sullcostalandradial fields orange. Venation: tip of R4 llent augularly'
irrto ttre margin. Abdomen proportiorratcly
a little lottger,
tlte lateral margius
brown, the basalsegmentdarker llr<-nvn,of the tergitesuarrowly obscureyellorv.
Hab. New South \\'ales.
Hototype, g , Kosciusko,}'ebruary lL,1924 (A. J, Niclrclson).
Typ. in tlre I\facleayCollections.
sttbsp.n.
(Gynoplistia)leai tenui,stylus,
Gynoplistia,
Mule.-Length 8'5 mm. ; rving 9 mrn.
Generally similar to typical leai, (Alexander), dift'erirrg
especiallyin the detailsof structureof the male hypollygiurn.
( d ) l 8 - s e g r n e n t e dt h, e f o r r n u l ab e i n g 2 + 2 +Arrtennre
10* 4; branchesvery long and slentler,the longest(about
flagellarsegment4 or 5) full.v one-half as long as the errtile
flagellum; branchof the last segmentmore than three tinrest h e s e g m e n ta l o n e ; s i m p l e t e r m i n a l s e g m e n t sd e c l e a s i n g
gradually to the last. I\fale hvpopygium wit]r the inttet'
dististyle longer than the outer, the basal foutth tlilatetl,
thence sudderrlynarrowedinto the long ribbon-like apicala little dilatetlab apex,this
portion. Lateral gouapoph;'ses
produced lateratl into all acute spiue. Branched gollapophyseswith the brauches slerrder,getttl,r'curved-,the mol'elrasalspine a little shorter,broader,and paler at base.
Hab. Tasmania.
Holotype, $ , Zeehart,January 1924 (G. H. Hardy).
192.1.
Paratopotypes,3 d $, January-Fel)r'uar.v
Collectiorr.
Typ. in the University of Q,ueeuslandneu)or little-known'I'iprrliclir:.

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G'ynoplistia(Gunoplistia)daaidsonf,sp. n.
Gerrcralc<l'lonrtiorr
dull blackarrdobscureyellow; arrtenrrre(d ) 2I- to 22-segmeuted,
u'ith lti <lr l7 brarrcherl
segrneuts;
femora yello-rvwith erlrt'oatlblack subterminal ling, the tips
a r r d b a s c so f t h e t i b i r e r v h i t e n e dr, e m a i r r d r .or f l e g s b l a c h ;rving's with a heavy brown pattenr ; abdomerr browrrish
black, the llasalsegmentscouspicuouslyriuged with obseureyellow.
Mule.-Length about 13 nnn. ; rving 10'4-10'6 mm.
Itostrunr brorvrrishblacl<,ollscureyellow laterally ; lralpi
dark l)ron'rr. Anternrre 2l- to Z2-segnrented,
the fornrula) r ' 2 + 3 - t - 1 3 + 3 ( p a r a t y p e; )b e i r r g2 + 3 * 1 4 + 3 ( h o l o t y p e oscapearrd apicesof flagellarsegrnentsI to 4 obscurevellow,
the amountdecrearsillgon the outcr segmentsI remaiuderof
organ, including'the brauches,blacli,coveredrvith a shortderrscllubescence; brancheselongate, that of the firstflagellarsegnrentbcing fully' trvo-thildsthe longestbranch;
Iongestbrauch of t1'pe (flagellarsegmeuts7 to l0) about
orre-thirtlthe errtireflitgellunr; last branclrshorter ttran thesegnlerrttlrat llearsit; terrrrinalflagellarsegmerrtmol'etharr
onc-half longer tlran the penultinrate. I{ead broad, thecycscousllicuous;strrfiuce<lf lrcadopaquebrclwn,somewhat
rrrorevellowishpoliirroseotr the orllits.
llron'nislr blaclr,u'it]r four'l\fesonotalprrcscututnopzr(lue,strip€s,the g'erreralcolorationbehindmore
blorvttish-yellorv
irrfusczrtecl; intersllaces rvith slrort incorrspicuousyellow
spotimrnediately
setre; a velvetv-lllar:kabovethe wing-rootI
fovererelatively large, oval, reddish browrr,
pserrdosuturallvith a small bla,'lispot conrrectingeachrvith the margirrof
t l r e s c l e l i t e I s c t t t a l o b e sc h i e f l yt l a r ' l ib r o w n ,n r a r g , i n eucilt l rpolleu, thc nreclianiirea darhl scrrtcllrrru
bt'on'trislr-vellorvb r o l n i s h y e l l o u ' ,t h e p a l ' a s c u t t ' l ldaa r k ; p o s t n o t a lm e d i < l tergite llt'on'nisltyellorv irr f ront, more clrestuut-ln'ou'rr
llehirrd, u'ith a vague.llrol'n meclianvitta. Pleura ilr_ey
pruiuose,u)ore ;'ellouish orr the rlolsal sclerites; a, clusk;'
brolvrlareaoll the ventral poltiou ot' tire urrepistenrum
arrcl
abole tlre fore coxre. Haltct'esvcilou', the liuobs cousllicuouslyclark ll'ou'rr. Legs vclloulishto tc'staceous,spar.rty
pruiuose; trochautersyellou'I feurorayellow with a broadlllack subtermirralrirrg, the cxtlenre tip rvhitened; tibire
browuish lllacli, ber:ouring dallicl outu ardly', the basenarrowly rvhiterred,tlrc amoullt greateston the postcrior
tibire where it is apploximatelythree times the pale femoral
tilr; tarsi black, the extrenreproxirnalend of the basitarsi
pale. Tl'iugs u'ith a pale yellolv tinge, the costal region a
Iittle clearer yellow ; a heavy brorvn pattern, d.istributedas

60I)r'. f). P. Alexanderon

follows : a quadrate area at origin of Rs, in alignment withlorrgitucliualclondsin cells M arrd.lst '4, the three producing
a brokeu transversebanrl ; stigma lerrge,confluent with alrroad bantl on the corcl arrd outer errdof cell lst Mr, thecerrtral portion of the latter pale ; smaller llrown clouclsat
errd of veirr /lu and fork of lll4z; wing-tip narrowly but
couspicuouslyinfurned, extendirrgalong the rnargin as far
as veiu Cu,1;small paler cloud,sin baseof cell R and in celllst A near mid-lerrgthof vein Znd A ; u irrg-axil narrorvl,\'tlrrrkened. Venation : -Bs iu alignment with R2azat; cellfof, more thau one-half longer than its petiole i rn-cu justbeyondmid-length of cell lsl M2.
Abdominal tergites brownish black, segments 2 tc it
broadly riugedbasallyanclvery narrowly aLapex with obscurevellow to producean annulatedappearallce; segrnent5 withthe apex ltroadly pale; sullterminal segmentsal most rrnifornrly blackened; hypopyS;iumpale ; sternitesgenerallyas
the tergitesin colour.
Hab. South Q,ueerrslaud.
'I'amllorirre, altitudc
Holotype, 6 , t( Wilrnontr" Mt.
2000 feef, Moy 2, 1927 (W. H. f)aui,dson)I " Rr:sting on it
twig just inside the edgc:of a bit of scrub near house."
Puratopotype, d , June I2, 1928 (W. H. Daui,dson);t'Restiugon wall of home."
is nameclin hotrour of the collector,
Gyrupli,stiadaaidsoni,
Mr. William H. Davidsorr,to rvhom I am indebted for<lf'['ipulirlzefrom Mt. 'lamborine. tfhe
rrurnerousspecirnerrs
speciesis allied to G. ailis, Walker, G. flaui,tarsis,Macquart,arrrl G. doddi.,Alcxaucler,differing from all in the diagnostic
chalactersoutlirredabove.

(Liynoplistia)mackercasi,
sp. n.
Gynopli,sti,aHead rnetallic blrre-greelr; prothorax and mesothorax
chestnut-brown, the three przrscutal stripes confluent,mctallic green; halteres dusky; femora reddish orange ;all tibia with a snowy-whitering ; wings yellowish,with asparsedark pattern; abtlomerrreddish fulvous, the lateral
margins of the basaltergites uarrowly blackened.
Female,-Length rbout L4'5 mm. ; wing 1l mm.
Rostrum recldishtestaceousI ptlpi with the basal twosegments obscure yellow, the remainder dark bron'tr.
Antennre( ? ) with eight branched segments,the forrnula
only three terminal simple segments
beirrg 2+2+6+?,
beirrg present in the unique type; scapeand basal two
flagellar segmentspale yellow, the remainder of the organ

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new or little-lcnow

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brorvnish black, including all brarrchesof the flagellum.
Headaboveshiny metallicblue-green;beueath,dark reddish
browtt.

the surfaceshiuy. MesoPronotumpale chcstnut-llrowrr,
notal prrescuturnconcolorous,the tliree usual stripesbrightmetallicgreen,tlre arrtcriorends of the lateralstripesbeing
confluentrvith the merlianstripe to producea discal shieltlareawith microscopic
shapetlmarliiug ; surfaceof this ts^reen
trarrsvel'se
striolre; scutttnt,scutellum,artdpostnotumslritry'chestnut-brown;llase of the postuotalmediotergitewithtransversestrire,the tlislc with lorrgitudinal strire ; pleurotergite rvith coarsesubtransversestrire. Pleura chestnutbrown, the dorsopleuralrnembraneancl the regiorrof theanterior spiracle blackenetl; a narrorv transversearea of
paleyellowsetreoccupiesthe postelior
microscopicappressecl
rum antl posterior margin of the
portion of the anepisterrcrossiugthe sutureon to the cephalicportiorr
sternopleurite,of the pteropleuriteaud middle coxre. Halteres cluslcy,thehnobs vaguely more yellorvish,rvith dusliv mat'gins. Legs
rvith the eoxrearrdtrocharrtersorallge-chestnut;t'emot'arecldish orange; all tillire u ith a slto\t'y-whitenredial ring,lrroadestorr the fore tibirewhereit exceedsthc basalportion,
narroweston the mid-tibire; orr the posterior tibire a littlc
narrower than the tlark apex beyoncl; bases of tibizc
obscurebrownish orallge, the tips tlarker brown ; setreol'tibire correspondingirr colour rvith the annuli occupiedI
tarsi dark brown. Wings with a strong yellow suffusiotr,
tlre anal cells paler ; a pale obliterative streak in cell R,
crossing into cell ls/ Mz; a re.strictedbrown patternr os
fcrllorvs-:a quadrateal'ea at origirr of fts, barely attainine
M; stigmabrown, sendinga narrow brou'n seamoII to thc
corcl, broadestorr the auterior cord, not exteudingbeyouil
mid-length of rn-cuI outer end of celi Lst M 2 atrcl the f<rrli
a srr)allbrown cloud iu celllst Aof M11zvaguelydarkened;adjoining t1rerieinat near trvo-thirtlsit. length_;lhe spacc
belu'eenthe branchesot' Cu,darkerred; veins tlarli brou'r,
Sc and the basalveins paler. l\lacrotrichireof' raclial t'eirrs
aburrdaut,tlrere being a closesericsoll /ls, ,l?2*t..u R24s,ftgr
Ra, Rs,and Mr i llo macrotrichireotr tIt*, or Mr. Verratiorr:
at about one-thiltl
cell M, nearly tlvice its petiole ; ,?t-c?.cM2.
thee length of cell Lst M2.

Abdomirralsegmentsdeepleddishfulvous,with violaceousreflexionsI lateral margins of segllleuts2 atrd 3 nat'rowly
blackerrecl;caudal margins of the posterior steruites niu'rowly more yellowish. Ovipositor with the valves horrrgently upcurved.
coloured,the tergal valveselorrgtrte,

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Hab. New SouthWales.
Holotype,9, \Moodford, November 14, 1926 (1. M.
Mackerras).
Type in the Maeleaycollections.
Ggltn:opli:sti,g,
maclcerrasi,
is namedin honourof the collector,
m.v friend, I)r. fan l\[ackerras. It is verv distinct in it;
coforation,althoughallied to G. euornuta,,d. o. (Victoria).
Gynoplisti,a(Gynopli,sti,a)euornatd,sp. n.
Head and.thorax shiny metallic green ; antennre rg-segmentedr.with eleven llra_nehedsegmeuts; femora olange ;fore and hind tibire black, with cbnspicuouscreamy-wfiite
rings ; wing-sgrey]shyellow, the basecleareryellow,"almost
without dark markings; abdorren unifbrm fulvous-brown;
male
lypgpygium.-with the outer dististyle terminating in a
poygrful black spike.
Male.-Length about 10 mm.; wing 8.8 mm.
Rostrum shiny reddish testaceous
I basal segments of
palpi concolorous, the t,errninal segrnents daik brown.
A n t e n n r e( d - ) l 8 - s e g m e n t e d , _ tfhocr r n u l ab e i n g z + z + g 1 . i ;scape_pale,the flagellunrand branchesblack; basal llranc|
fully three.timesthe segment_;longestbranch(aboutflagellar
segment4) about six times the length of the seg,orrtti,thellranchesthettcedecreasingin lerigth,the last a tr-ifleshorter
than the segrnerrt. Head shinj nretallic green, reddish
lleueath
Pronotum and mesonotumshin5r metallic greell, smoothor nearly so, the intersllaces<lf tle prrescutumwith vel'1,
sparse setre; base rlf sctrtellutn trarrsverselyroughenecl';
postnotunr illue, sculptrrred,the plerrrotergitemore tr.ansversely so. Pleura rnicrtlscopicallv gr.e,y pruinose, theanepistenrumtlensel,v,.
the stelnoPleurileaud pteropieur.ite
more sparselyprovided u'ith vellorvsetre. Halt-eres6bseutc
yellow,-th_ekuo-bsorauge. Legs with the coxrereddish,thebasesblackened,the surfaeelight grey pruinose ; trochantersorange; _femora orange, the tips scarcely darliened; tillire
blackr_the extreme base slightly paler;- fore tibiee with a-broadcream-yellow ring beyond mid-length, thisyerlinclnding more tharrone-third the length of the ieg-ent ,middle tibire black, the basebrighter, the pale ring r",1,,..,ito a llrownish-yellorvpatch on the lower fice of the segnrcnt
beyorrdmid-lengtJ,; posterior tibire blacl<,the basereil,li.l,,b_eyondnrid-lengthrvith a creuru-yellorv
ring that is rrarro$er
tharrthat of the fore tillire,oecupyingabout one-fifth the total

new or little-lcnownTipuliclre.

63

Ieugth of the segme-nt; tarsi black. Wings with a greyish-yeliow;
yellow tinge, t_hebase and costal region- clearer
stigma oval,darh brorvn ; a tiny brown spot at origiri of R;
and another on ttre basal section of Ru ; veins 6lack, theprearcular veins anclbasal half of Sc paler. Macrotrichireof the radial veinsrelarivel,vabundant, but lacking on the
distal fourth of ft, ;M2.
-'M,.trichire presenton vein" Mr+land
Venation: Rs augulirtetl at origin ; cell Lst
large,
rectangllut, longer than vein Mnbeyondit ; cell Mr aboui
one-halflonger than its petiole ; nr-cuat about two-thitdsits
lerrgthbeyond the forh of M ; veirr Znd A str<lnglysinuous.
Abdomen.unif.rmly fulvous-browrr,
iucludingine hypopygium.. Male hvpopygiurn rvith the basistylesrelativ^el_v
stout, the verrtro-mesal
tnargin flattenedand denselyfriugedrvith conspicuous.
yellow sgtreI extteme base of style onventral nrargin rvith a. small lobe that is tufted witir long
vellowsetre.,Outer dististylesmall, ovAl. Inner clististyl6
a stout reddishrod, the al)ex producedmesadinto a stolt
acrrte lll ack spihe.
Hub. Yictoria.
'Iarwin, November
ZZ, lg2b (G. F.
6, Lower__HolotUpe,

Hiu).

Typ" in the National Museum,Victoria.
Gynoplistiaeuornatais allied to G. mctckemasi,,
sp. D., in
the gen-eralcoloration<lf the body, legs, aud wirrgr^. Ii istlistirrguishedb"vthe coloration of the thorax, details of thelegsand halteres,and the trichiation of the wings.
Gynoplistia(Gynoplistia) tillyardi,, sp. r.
Allied to !. qa.truelis,.Alexander; antennre( d ) l9-scgmentecl,with thirteen branched segments; rnesonotunr
metallicgreen,microscopicallystriate; halteresclarkbrown;
femoraand tibire orantie,narrowlytipped with black ; wings
brorvnishyellow, with a very sparsebrorvn pattenr ; veiirs
almost without macrotrichire,there being rione on either
surfaceof vein R3.
llfuls.-Length 12 mm.; wing 10'6 nrm.
Rostrum short, black, with conspicuousvellow setre;
palpi b_lack. Antennre l9-segmerrtcd,the lbrmula being
2+2+ tl * 1; blachthroughour; longestbranchabouttwofifths the length of the flagellum; Iast branch short, about
two-thirtls the segmetrt
I termirral flagellar segmentabout
one-half longer than the penultinrate. H ead broad,shirrygreenishblack.

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Pronotum blaclr. Mesonotal prrescutum darh metallic
green, the usual stripes finely transversel,vstriate, theauterior half of the medianareaslightly elevated;the narroryirrterspacesand lateral margins smooth; centres of the
scutal lobesextettsivelystriate, the margins and medianareasmooth; scutellum black ; postnotum dark metallic green,
ratlrer coarselylongitudinally striate; pleurotergite transversely striate, glabrous. Pleura and cox& dark, heavilv
Eey pruinose. Halteres dark broln throughout. Legs
with the coxre as described; trochanters black ; femor;aol'ange basally, the tips rather uarrolvly but distinctly
blackened;tibire obscureorange,the tips uarrowly blackenecl;
tarsi black, the posterior basitarsi with the proxinral half
pal_er. {ings. with a faint brownish-yellorvtinge, the basearrdcostalregion clearer; cell Sc brorvn; stigma oval, darlibrown_;yery restrictedpaler brown spotsat oiigin of Rs andbasal deflection of Rs i vein Cu, and the remainder of' theeord very vagqe_ly
and indistinctly seamedwith pale brorvuI
veins black. Macrotrichire very sparse,as n pat,ru,eli,s,oritlre upper surfacerestricteclto vein Rr ; orr the lorver.sur.lacc
with about a sc.oreon ./?s,a few on Rn, but apparerrtlynone
on ,1?s. Venation : as rn patrueli,s; Sc shorter, Sc, endiug
near rnid-lengthof Rr*r+n.
First abdominal tergite nretallic violet, the succeedirrg
terg-itestiS_htoralrge,the eighth tergite dark ; rrinth tergire
yellow,with a brown spot on either side of'the med.iarr
liire ;
stenrites orange. I\[ale hypollygiurn rvith the basistyk's
relativelysmall,the lpe{ produeedinto au obtusehairy
lobe,-apicalthis dusky and _providedl'ith conspicuoussetre,theolles vellorv. Outer dististyle snrall but eviderrt,straig-hr,
the up** olltuse. futter dististyle a stout cl,liridrical or
flatteneclreddish-brownrorl, at -ab9ut two-thirds the length
narro*qd into a.l)orrerfulltlach spirrethat is sparsil.l'
sudde-nly
pro_r'idedwith microscopicsetulre along the inner pbrtiou.
Adeagus very slender.
Hnb. New South Wales.
_HuloQtFe,8, Mt. Kosciusko, November 21, 1921 (R. J.
Tillyard,).
'l'yprreturned to Dr. 'l'onnoir.
Gynoplisti,atillyardi is namedirr horrourof the Dominigrr
Dr. R. J. Tillyard,to'whom r am iudebtedfbr
Errtomologist,
mauy kind f'avoursin the past.

Gynoplistia(Gynopli,stia)
sculTtturata,
sp. n.
Mesouoturumetallic green,the praescutal
stripesrlelicatel;,but conspicuouslystriate; atrtenure( d ) l9-segmerrted,
rtitirneu)or little-known Tipulidre.

tr i)twelve branchedsegments; haltereswith darh brown knobs;
femoraobscurefulvous, the tips narrou'ly blacliened; posterior tibire obscure fulvous, the tips namowly blackeued;
wings with a strong yellorvishtinge, rvith two brown spots;
a seatteredseries of macrotrichire orr vein lls ; abdomen
fulvous-yellow,including the hypopygium.
Male.-Length about 12 mrn. ; wiug 9'3 mm.
llelated to G. patrueli,s, Alexander, and allied speciesin
the sculpturing of the mesouotum,differirrg in details of
structure of the antennrcand male hypopygium, and irr thewing-trichiation.
Rostrurn short, dark green,the nasalregion with llumerous
yellow setre; palpi black. Antennre ( d ) I9-segmeuted,tlte
formula being 2+2+ t0+ 5 ; Iorrgestbranch(about flagellar
segment5) about two-fifths the length of the flagellum; last
branch about three times the length of ttre segment. Headmetallic green,irregularly pitted.
Mesonotum metallic green, the stripes of the prrescuturn
finely transverselystriate, the interspacesanellateral margins
srnooth,with rvhite setm; scutal lobes rvith the disli sirnilarly
striate, the mecliarrarea and scutellutn purplish blacli;postuotum greeu, more coarsely aud longitudinally striate.
Pleura black, with a heavy wlrite pruinosity, this irrcluding
the pleurotergite,the ventral angle of the latter, immediately
in fr<lnt of the halteres,more reddish. I-Ialterespale brown,
the linobs dark brown. Legs with the coxrcand.trochauters
black, the former heavily white pruinoseI femora obscurefulvous, the tips narrowly blackerted,nlol'eextensivelyso on
the fore femorawhereabout the rlistalfifth is inclutled; tibize
blackish,the posterior tibire obscure fulvous rvith the tips
narrowly blachened; tarsi black,the posteriorbasitarsimore
fulvous-brownorr the basaltrvo-thirds. Wirrgs with a strong
yellowish suffusion; stigma oval, brown, confluent rvith asmaller brorvn cloud on the anterior corcl; a secclttdllrowrt
cloud ou the origin of fts; veins darh broutt. llacrotrichireon veins relatively sparse but evideut; upper sttrfacewith
about three ou -R3; about thirty or more oll Jln and on Rr,ton the latter much more crowdedoutu'at'dly.
Abdomiual tergites shiny fulvous-yellow,the basaltergite
purplish black, the hypopygium scarcely clarkerted. IVIale
hy.popygium rvith the outer dististyle small and ineottspicuous, roughly oval in outlitre. Inner dististyle acylindrical horn that uarro\rs graclually to the acute tip.
gerrtly curvecl,the lorrg apex blackened.
Hub. 'I'asruania.

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Ilolotype, d , National Park, December16, 1922 (A.
Tonnoir).
Typr returuedto Dr. Torrnoir.
Gynoplisti,a(Gynoltlistia) alpigena,sp. n.
General coloratiouof head and thorax nretallic greeu, then)esonotumsculptured; autennre(d) l8-segmeuted,u'ith
tett or elevenbranched segmerrtsI krrobs <lf halteresiuf uscated; legs black, the f'enroralbasescouspicuouslyorarrge;
wiugs with a faiut dusky tinge, spalsely variegated withdarker ; abtloruenorange,iucluding the hypopygiuur.
M a l e . - L e n g t h a b o u t8 ' 5 - 9 ' 5 ' m m . ; w i n g 9 - 1 0 m m .
tr'enrule.-Leugthabout 13 rnru. ; rviug lI rnru.
Mule.-Rostrum aud palpi black. Anteune l8-segmented,
tlre fornula beiug 2+2+8+6
or 2+2*9*5;
black
il-rroughout; lougest branch (about flagellarsegmeut4 or 5)
approxinratelyas loug as the six simple terrniual segrneuts
talieu together; brauch of the last segmeut subequal to thesegrueut,or, in cases,rrearly t wice this length ; flagellar
segmeutI t lvith a small to scarcelyevideut protuberance.
Ilead ruetallic greeu.
Prorrotumaud mesonotummetallic green, the prrescutum
rvith the transverse sculpturing very delicate and relatively
rncouspicuous; posteriorscleritesci'fmesonotummore bluisf,
g'l'eerrand more conspicuouslvsculptured. Pleura withtleusewhite pruinosity, the ventral stemopleurite glabrousa
shiuy. Haltereswith the stem obscurebrowuishyellow, the,base narrowly darkened, the knobs strongly irrfuscated.
Legs rvith the coxreand tr'ochantersblack,the former heavily
pruinoseI femora black, the fore aud middle fenrora with
about the basalthird couspicuouslyoralrge; posteriorfemora
rvith the distal tLird to two-thirds blaclicued; rernairrder<ll'
legs blacli.' \\'irrgs u'ith a t'aiut dusky tirrge,the prearcularregiorrand baseof cell ,Scmoreyell<lwish; distal portion ofcell Sc darker ; stignra loug-oval,darh brown ; a srnall but
couspicuousbrorvtr cloud at <lrigin of /ir ; a very llarrow,scarcelyirrdicatecl,clusliycloud on the anterior cord I veitrs
tlarli bron'n. Il.rrclotrichia of the veins of tlre radial liekl
ileyorrdcolrl Ilurnerousand on all the veiusexcept.llr,there
beirrgapproxinratelysix ou /lr*r+n arrd rnolo than a dozerr
orr each of flr*t arrd ,llr. Ye natiotr : cell /13relativel;' deell ;cell llt deep, approxinratelynvice its petiole; cell lsl il[2clorrgat.e; nt, sirorti Tt-cu about one-half to orre-third its
lerrgtlrbevc,trtl
the torl< ot'-MI.
Alldornerru'itlr the {irst tergite arrd lateral ttrerrginsof thcnewor little-knorcn'llipulidre.

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seeond violaeeous
I remainder of abdomen light orange,
including the hypopygium. Male hypop,vgium rvith theouter dististyle srnall but elongate, pale, the apeK obtuse.
Inner distisiyle fully four tirnes the outet,- graduall.ynarrowed to the subacute,narrowly blaclieneclallex.
Female.-Generallysimilar to the male,dift'eringespeciall;'in the sexual cltaraeters. Antennrc l7-segmented, thc
formula beiug 2 +7 * 8 ; longest branch (about flagellar'segment4) allout one-half longer than the segrnerrtitself ;terminal segmentelongate,nearly as lorrg as the precedirrg
trvo tahen together. Pronotalscutellumand humeral regi<lnof prrescutum castaneous. All femora orange, rvith the
distal fourth to fifth infuseated; titlirc obscure brorvnish
yellow, the tips llroadly darkeued; tarsi black. Wings
clearer,more greyish yellorv, than in male, the dark patternlight vellorv.
clearly clefined,the wing-basecorrspicuousl.yHab. Victoria.
Holotqpe,6, Bogong High Plains,altitnde 5600-6000feet.Iarrrrary1928 (?. It. ITi,lson).
Allotoqtotrtpe,I .
Paratopotypes,6d d.
Typt returued to Mr. Wilson.
One parat,r'pemale has the antetttta of orre side orrl.\'
the tertuirrall 6 - s e g m e n t e dt,h e f o r m u l a b e i n g 2 + 2 + 8 * 4 ,segmentappearingttt lle uttbroken.

uariabilis,sp. n.
Gynopli,stia(Gynopli,sti'a)Il'fale.-Length about 8 mm. ; wing 8 ntm.
Fernale.-Iretrgth about 9-10'5 mm. ; rvilrg 8-9'3 rnm.
,Llexander,difl'ering especiallf irr
Allied to G. clari:penni's,
the structure of the male hVpopygium, coloration of thehalteres,and the wing-Pattern.
Male.-ll,ostrum and palpi black. Antennre l7-segmentecl,
tlre formula being 2+2+ l0 * 3 ; lougest bratrchalrouttrvofifths the length of the flagellum,the last branch only about
one-halfthe length of the segmentbearingit. Ilead shiuy
coal-black, transverselystriolate ; rnediau regiorr of vertex
rvith a delicateimpressednred'iattline.
Pronotum shiny coal-black. Mesonotal prescutum eoalltlack, the surfacehighly p<llished,smootlt or orrly vagrrt:ly
striolatellehirrd; remainclerof mesolrottrmshiny coal-black,with vague bronzy reflectiotls. Pleura blach, the srrlface
r v i t t r a d e n s ea p p r e s s e t sl i l v e r v p t t l t e s c e n c el;l l e t r r o t o ' g i t e
dtrll, glallrous. Haltcres otrscut'eoralllie-;'ellow,orrly theextremebaseof the stetrt hlacketred. Legs rvith the coxrg

68rnI ) r ' .( 1 . P . A l e x a t t r l e oblack,pruinoseI trochatttcrsblack ; femora orange,the tips
rather narrorvly lrlaekened,the amoutrt more extensiveon
the fore and middle femora lvhere a little more than theapicalfourth is included; fore and middle tibire and tarsi
lllack; posterior tibire oralrge, the extreme base artd thebroadertip blacliened,leaving the irrterveningporti<ln(full"vfour-fifths of the segment) of the ground-colour,the setre
similarlv orange; tarsi black. \Mings whitish rullhyaline,
tlre prearcrrlarregion orange; costalcell a trifle more yellorv
tlrau the grouncl-colour; cell Sc darker brown ; wing-ti1r
b r o a d l va n d e v e n l yd a r l i e u e d ; a c o n s p i c u o ubsr o w t r s p o t a torigirr of /ls ancl arrother,more extetrsive,on the anteriorcord, broadly confluetrtwith the stigma ; posteriorcorrl andouter end of cell ls/ M, more Ilarrowly seamedwith brown ;veirrsllrownishblack. Venationz Rz about one-half lil+z;
Jlz+, subequalto lls; cell M1 longer thau its_petiole.
Alldornencoppervblack; Itypopvgiurnblack. Male hypomuch asin clari,.1rcnnisp)'fi-irrnl; basistyleterminating in trvo
with lorrg coarsesetre,the mesalface
lobesthat are pr'ovidecl
u'ith a pendant fleshy lobe that is tufted with long setre.
Dististyle lllaek, greatl,\Iexpalrdedbeyond the base,the apex
truncaterl,its margirr rougltenerl. ,.Edeaguswith a slender
lateral llranch on either side, these forming a f-shaped
structure,the apexbeyorrdabout three times the length of
this branch.
Female.-Differing considerably from the male in the
cr;lorationof the legs,especiallythe posteriortibire. Antenttrel 6 - s e g m e n t e dt,h e f o r m u l a b e i n g 2 + 2 f 6 * 6 , t h e l o r r g e s t
ltr.arrchmore tharr three tirnes the segrnentI terminal
longer than the penultimate. Legs black, only the
segnrerrt
basaltrvo-fifthsof the fbre aud middle femot'a,and the basal
thl'ee-fonrthsof the posteriorfemora are orange ; posterior
tibire blacli, with & narrow yellow ring that includes only
segmeut,the basal
allout oue-fburth the total length of' the'Wingsas in the male,half or a little lessof the tibia blach.
but cell Cdarker, more infuscatetllwing-apexand marking on
arrteriorcord sornetimesvery exteusive. Altdomen entirely
iuclrrdingthe valvesof the ovipositor.
violaceous-blaeli,
Hub. New South Wales, \rictoria.
Holotype, J, Wentworth [t'alls, Blue Mts., New South
Wales, altit,utle2841feet, November 18, l92l (A. I'onnoir).
Allotoptotype, ? .
Paratoltot'ype,I ; paratAPe, i, Ferntree Gully, Victoria,
October 25, l92L (A. T'onnoi,r).
'l'onnoir.
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and branchesu'ith conone-half the last branch; segmerrts
spicuouserect setre. Head blaclc,very sparselypruinose.
Pronotum' brorvnish black. Mesonotalprrescutumand
scutum brownish blach, the anterior lateral pretergites
restrictedly brighter; posterior sclerites <lf mesonotunt
ollscure brownish yellow to light llrown, especiallv tlre
scutellurn. Pleura brownish black, including the sternopleurite; remaining ventr:rl pleurites pale. Halteres palellrown, the knobs weakly darkened. Legs with the eoxrc
furownish yellow, the posterior coxre clearer; trochattters
yellow ; femora darh brown,irr caseswith the basesnarron'ly
vellow ; tibire darh brorvn; posterior tarsi paling into lightbrown; remainder of tarsi llrolien. !\rings rvith a pale
brown suffusion,tlte oval stigma slightly darker ; veins darlt
brown. Venation : Rt+z vely reduced; cell M1 about twice
its petiole ; rn-cu at or before mid-length of cell lst M2.
Abdomen, inclucling the hypopygium, light brown, thetergites vaguelv variegated with paler I sterrrites brownish
yellow. l\fale hypopygium of simple structure. Basistylewith a small fleshy interbasa,llobe. Both dististylessimple,

the outer more slender,gently curvedto the cultriform apex;
inner dististvlea little shorter and broader. Gonapophyses
slender, appearingas simple divergerrt ltortts. zlEdeagus
short.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, 3 , Tyers, near Traralgou, August L927 (J.
Galbraith).
Paratopotypes,d .
Typ" irr the NatiorralMuseum,\rictoria.
Gynoplistia
galbraith,eis uamedin lronourof the collector,
Miss J ean Galbraitlr, rvho has discoveredmalry unusual
plantsand anirnalsin the vicinity of 'I'yers. Tlre speciesis
eutirely distinct from any describedmenrberof the genus.
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lteror'i,,sp. n.
Gynoplistia (Gynoptli,sti'a)Sizesmall(u'ing,J , uuder6 lnm.); antennrel7-segmentecl,
with eleven branched segmentsI mesonotum shiny castaneous; pleura pale with a black longitudirralstripe;
posteriortibire with a small white basalrirrg; posteriortarsi
irroroywhite ; wings grevish sullhyaline,the dark patternvery reduced; male lypopygiurn with the gonapophl'ses
as slenderpale hairy rods.
appearirrg
Male.-Length abouL4'9 mm. ; rving 5'2 mm.
Rostrum and palpi brownish yellow. Antennre l7-segmented,the formulabeing 2 + 2+9 *4 ; scapeand apex offla;;ellal'segmentsI atrtl2 pale,the remaintlerof the orgalr

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darli llrorvn; flagellar braneheselongate,the longest-the (about
flagellar segment 3 or 4) more than orre-halfentireflagellum; branchof flagellarsegmentlI nearly three times!ll" ._.Sment; terminal segmentlonger than ths penultimate.
Head shinv castaneous.
Mesottoln- shiny castaneous,the scutal lobes somewhat
darliened. Pleura pale yellow with a silvery pruinosity ; aconspicuousblack dorso-longitudirralstripe extending fromthe cervical sclerites to the abdomen. Haiteres dusky.
!og. rvith the coxreaud trochanterspaleyellowishtestaceoui;fenroraobscuretestaceous-yellorr,
the tips broadly blackened;
fore aud rniddle tibire obscure yellow, the tips blackened,
the tarsi passirrginto black,the proxirnalthird of the basitarsi
paler ; posteriortibire black, rvith a conspicuouswhite rirrg
occulryingtlre basal fifth ; posterior tarsi snowy white, thetenrrirral segrnenta trifle darhened. W ings greyish subhyaline,the markings very restricted,including the stigma
atrd vague seamsat origin of Rs and along the cord ; veinsdark brown. Venation : Sc1errdingjust before the fork of
R!, ft, at, its tip ; lls strongly arigulated at origin ; /fg
t'elativelyshort ancldiverging strongly from Ra, cell l?3 beingu_erywide at margin ; cell M I about one-third longei
tlrarr i_t. petiole; cell lst Mz small, m-cu,just beyond thefbrli of M.
Abdominal tergites black,the apical third of the individual
segrnerrts
obscureyellorv,producing a conspicuousannulated
appeararrce; on the sternites,the pale colour is even more
exterrsive
I subterrninalsegmentsuniformly darkened. Male
hypopygium with the basistylesrelatively long and slender.
lJoth rlististyles nearly apical, subequal in length I outer
st,\'leblacliened,a little dilated at apex and herewith several
a1lpressed; inuer dististyle slender, gerrtly sinuous,_spiuels
the apex obtugelyrounded. fnterbasal rods very long andcorrsllicuous,nearly as long as the basistyles,the bases
expatrcled. Gonapophysesappearing as very sleuder palerods, the long needle-like tips acute, the surface of the rlclds
with couspicuouserect setre, the two apophysestogether
appearingsomewhatlyriform.
Hab. Nerv South lYales.
Holgtype,3, Broohlana, Eastern l)orrigo, altiiude about
2000 feet, April 28, 1928 Qf. Heron).
Gyngplistiaheroni ig named in honour of the collector,
JIr. William Heron, rvho has added materially to our knowledge of the insect fauna of the l)olrigo Plateau. The
specieshas rro closerelative irr the Austrillian f'atrrra.