From ffi.e ANuALs aND l\[le,Lzrrn oF Nerunrr, flrstonv,
Ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 337, October1928.

Ittew or little-icnownTipulidr- (Di,Tttera\.-Xl.
AustralasianSpeci,es. By CnaRLEsP..A.r,pxer.rDER,
Ph.D., I't.E.S.,
Massachusetts Agricultulal L'lollege,Amherst, Massachusetts,U.S.A.
Iu the presentinstalmetrtvarious speciesof Tipuline craneflies are described,chiefly from New South \4rales,Victoria,
and Tasmania. As before,ihe greater number were secured
lr,u Dr. Tonrroir on his L922-23 collecting expedition toAustralia. A few additional specimenswere securedfrom
the following sources: Bishop Museur, Honolulu, collectedby the-l_ate
R. Helrns ; National Nluseur, Victoria, including
material secured b.y the late Mr. l'. P. Spty and by Mr.
q . l ' . H i l l ; U n i v e r s i t y o f Q u e e u s l a n dc, o l l e c t e db y M r .
Hardv ; arr iuterestiug series from Dr. tr'erguson,collectedl r v h i n r s e l fa r r r tbl v l [ r . J . C l a r l <i n W e s t e r r rA u s t r a l i a ; a nripecicsof Dolichope:acollecterlb1'Ifjiiberg arrtl
itttet'estirrg
receivediu e-\clritrrge
l't'r-rtrt
fIr. R,ietlcl. Ilxceptrvherestaterl
I o t h e t : o t t t t ' a t ' rt' ,l t e t t ' 1 l t ' so f ' t l r e ] i ) e c i e s i r r q r r e s t i o r rh a v e
b e e r tr e t u r t t e t it t - rt h e a l l o v e i r r s t i t u t i o n s . l l y s i n c e r et h a n l i s
a1d g'ratitutleare extetrtlerlto the ruanl frierrrlsand colleagues
wlto have assistetlin this st,ucly.
Change q,f Nq,me,-'fhe subspecific name tasmani,ensis
applied to Eleph,antontyiatasmaniensis (Ann. & n{ag. Nat.
I{ist. (10) i. pp. 600-601, Muy f 928) should be altered toll lephuntornyia tasrnan'i,e'nsi,sbamingtonia, subsp. u.
,Dolicltopezafero,n, sp. n.
G e t r e r a lc o l o r a t i o r rl ) r ' o u ' nt,l r e p r r s c u t u n r \ r ' i t l r o u td i s t i n e t
s t r i p e sI a t t t e l n l i e( d ) s l r o r t . r r o t a t t a i r r i r r gt'l r e r v i r r g - r o o;tl c g s d a r k b t ' o ur r , t l r e g e r r u i r r e s t r i r : t e r l l vu ' l r i t e r r e d w; ingsu'ith a stt'ougrlusk.r'tirrge: ulule lr.r'lx)l).\'giuur
rvith the outer
tlististyle flattetre(l.broad at bnse.rrut'r'owect
apically into arr
acute blaclieuedspirre.
Male.-Length altout l0 n)m. ; rving I2'5 mrrr.
Frorttal prolongatiorrof tlre hertdbr<lrvn,the siclesbroadly,t'ellow; palpi dark bt'ott'tr. Arrtrrrurerelatively short, if berit
backwar,l uot attainirrg the u'irrg-root I scapal segments
obscureyellon',tlre flagellunrclarlibrown ; flagellar segments
graclrrallydecreasingirr lerrgth outwardly, tlre first nearly
equal to the fbllowing trvo talierr together. Head darkgreyish browu, the vertical tubercle abruptly fulvous-yellow,
the frorrt yellowish.

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Dr. C. P. Alexand,rrora

Pronotum and mesonotumdark browrr, the pl'Escutum
witlrout distinct stripes,the lateral marginsa trifle darker.
Pleura dark brown.,r'aguelvvariegatedu'ith paler,especia[yon ttre stemopleurite and.meror\. Haltexesdark brown, theextrenrebase of the stem obseurevellow. Legs with thecoxe€brownislr .r'ellow,especiallythe tips, the friaal" eoxre
mol'ounifornrly pale; trochunterstestaceous,
each wit| thedistal half of the inner face blackened;remainder of legs
d1rk brorvu,only t-h" genua lestrictedlyrvhitenecl. \l in[switlr a strong rl*sky ti'ge, paler_bef.orearrd beyond tiie
stigma ancl.jrrst beyondthe fbrk of M ; stigrnalalge, darlier
bron'nI veirrsdarl< bron'n. \rerratiorr:,Sc,pt'e*ei"ed,perperrtlicrrl?tt cell M1 from one-third to one-iralflongertiran
tl! petiolel seconrlsectiorrof Mr*r+, a little shorler tharr
allout two-thirdsits lerrgtlrbefbrethe I'orkof M.
Mr*ri rn-c?(,macrotrichire
Corrspicuouson the veirrsbeyondthe cord,butviltttally lackingorr the nrain veinspr<lximadof'the cord.

Alltlomelt tlat'h llt'orvtt,indistinctlv anuulateduith obscure
blowrrish yellow, the rings medial in position,somervhatb ] ' i g l r t e ro n t h e s t e r n i t e s ; o n t e r s e g m e u t sa n d t h e h y p o p l . gil- nrore urrifonnl.vdark browrr. Male hvpollvgium uriy
dift'erent in strttctrtrt-'from the other rlescrlibe,i-Australiuir
species.
. Ninth tergite with the lateral angle* l)rorlucedcaudadinto. ctlnspicuolrslllaci<enedlolles,the tips ilf u'hrclr
are ollliqtrelv truttcatecl, the llr<lacl rrrerliurrni'eu lrrtiarllrU-shaped,fi'inged.u'ith spal'selorrg setre,the ruerli,,npoirit
yith a tittv ettrargirration. Outer dististyle a lrrortcl
flatferrefl
blade that Ital'rous itttclatr acute black spirrerlir.ectedmcsacl:
s t t t ' l ' a crc- r ft l r c s t y l c ' ,l l u t e s p e c i a l l yt h e ' m e s a l e d g e , r l e r r s e l v
f ringetl n'itlt lorrg s1treI extrt'me baseof style nur-r'ou,ecl
iltL
a s l e r r r l e pr e t i o l e . f t t t t e r . d i s t i s l y l gs n r a l l ,b l a c l i e n e ctl h, c tilr
the outer nrargitrrvitlr short but corrspicuous
rtarl'o11'ed,
setre.
tl'asnrania.
Hah.
__I lolotypt, d , Mt. Stellirrgto', Decetudr, l, lgZZ (A.
Titnnoir).
Dolich'o1tezafero",i* the nrost distinct speciesof the genus
so far discoverecl
irr Australia.
-DolicltopezaTtalli,dula,sp. u.
1899:polighopezu
cinet.'ea,
Slius.e,r)roc..l,rlf. Soc.New South \\'ales,(2).5, 64_it_*^r,D. ciner.ea(Ilacquart),Dipt. exot.,Suppl.i. g_10;
pl. i. fig. 3 (18-16).

General coloratiorr_
pale ochleous-brown; legs .r'ellowirhbrott'ttI wiugs pale, tlre stigma bron'n, tlre coruli"ai,reclwith

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pale brown I mirle hypopvgiurnwith the ninth tergite having
two acute spirrouskrbes; outer dististyleelongtte, the mesal
facewith two teeth placeclnear mid-length of tlre style.
Male.-Leugth 8-9 mm. ; wing I0-I2 mm.
F e m a l e . - - L e n g t h8 ' 5 - 1 0 m m . ; w i u g l 0 ' 5 - I I m m .
Frontal prolongation of head short, vellowich testaceous
to oclrreous; palpi darker. Antennre of moderateleugth, if
bent baekwartl extending to beyond the wing-root; scapal
segmentspaler than the brorvn flagellum. Head pale, thevertex in cases more infuscated behinrl, the orllits broadly
pale.
General coloration of mesonotum pale ochreous toochreorrs-trrorvn,
with poorly clefined darker markings, thepleura pale,r'ell<lwishtestaceous. Halteres elongate, pale,t l r e k r r o b sd a r k . L e g s w i t h t l r e c o x r e y e l l o r v i s ht e s t a c e o u s ;troclr:rrrtersobscure yellow, the mesal face with a brolrr
spot ; remainder of legs yellorvishbrowtt, the tarsi only atrifle rlarlienerl. Wings pale,the stigmaclark llrown, slightly
nlore vellou'i*lr llefrlreirrrtl beyondtlre stigtrla; cortl seameclr l i t l r s l i g l r t l , rr' l i r l k ' ' r 'b r o w r r; v e i t t s l ) l ' o wt t . V e n a t i o t t: c e l l
M , r c l a t i v c l l s l r < l r tu, l r o u t < l t t e - t l r i r ltol t t q t ' r t l r a r ti t s p e t i o l e ;ceII 2nd A of'rnoderateu'idth.
of tlre segmentsnarrowly
the irrcisul'es
Abclomenoclu'eous,darh brorvn; hypopygiurrrperle. Ifale hypop.ygiumwith ther:urrdal rrrargin r;f the tergite prorluced into two slendcr'
slrirrouslobes, the al'eA ltt:tweetrU-slraped,the lolles projet:ting ftrr beyorrrlthe lateral atrglcsof'the tergal region.
Outer clistist.vlevery long aucl pale, rvith tw<l teeth on thernesalface, the broacler basal tooth placed about the same
rlistauce tlom tlre base of the style as the smaller, moreacute, outer tootlr is placed from thtr aPex, the clistance
between the teeth inclutling one-fourth the length of thestyle. Irrrrer riistist.vleslrortcr? approxirnltely three-fifths
tlic length of the outer style, the llasal ]ralf' or less with ablackenedcrest.
Hab. New South Wales.

Holctype, f,, Botan,vBuy, September24,190-[(R. Helms).
Allotype, ? , Sydtt€/,Marclt 14, 1909.
Paratypes,2 d d, Wentworth Falls, tslu9 Mts., November 18, lg2l (/. T'onnoir);I brokend, Sydn€f,March 14,.
1909 (/1. Helnr,s)'lvpe preservedirr the writel"scollectron.
writert s collection.
'firis is the fl,v that Skuse itlentified as being D. ci,nereaci,nerea
to Skuse(Macquart),which is a rlistinctspecies. Acc-ording
pallidula is the commottestspecies_of..thegenus
1)oticiopeza
23x

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I ) r ' . C . P . A l e x a n d e t 'o t r

in New South Wales,beinggenerallvdistributedand on tlre
wing from Septernberto February. The flight-periodis evenlorrgertharr tlris. as can lle seettfrom the recordsgiven above.
Dolichopezaai,ctorie, sp. D.
(ieneral coloration llrown, the prrescutumwith three coufluerrtrlark brown stripes; postnotumand pleura pruinose;
le;5sbrownish lllack ; wings with a faint dusky tingt:, thestignraand seamsaloug the veins darker I abdomenbrowu,
all except the termirral two segmentsringed with paler;male hypopygiumwith the ouberdististyleverv long, terete ;inner dististvlervith the apicalbeak slender.
ilale.-l,ength about 8-8'5 mm. ; wing 9'3-9'8 rnm.
F'rtintal prol<lrrgationof head vellowish brown rvrth a
nal'r'owduskv lateral line; palpi darli brown. Antenrrre
llro.r'rrish
ochreous,the first scapalsegmentdarker apieallv,
the flagellurrrblnck; aut,ennrcof moderatelength, if bent
backwartlexterrdingto shortly lle.voudthe wing-root. Heaclllroacl,darh erelr the anterior vertex yellorv.
Mc-sonotalprresctrtumrvith tlre disk virtuallv covereclbv
three conflrtetttdnrlc ltrown stripes,the lateral margirrsanrl
smulllturneralrt'gionobscureyellow; scutumobscurevellow,
r:ar:lrlohe largel;' dark browu. the posteriorcallus rlark:scutellumpqlg.brown,the caudal.margin
rlarl.9,'; postrrotunr
prrriuose. Ple,rra browrr, heavilS'Srey pruinose; dorsothe dorsalportiondark l)xl$,n,
llleuralmernbranebicolorous,
the ventral portiorryellow. Halterespale,the krrobsdarh
f;rs\rll. Iregs u'ith the coxi€ dark, sparselvpruinose; troclrantersbrownishyellol, with the trsualblack spoton mesal<lf legs brorvnislrblach, onlv the fernor:tl
fa<:e: l'elnirirrderba,s.'svel'vnan'orvlvpaler. Wirrgs rvith a faint duskytinge ;stigmirdarker brorvn; cellsCand S'cand all the longitudirral
veirrsexcept M awl Ist A searnedwith darker; paler areas
the stigma irrrd Acrosstlre cord.at r-m;
beforeand be,vorrd
veittsbr'ownishltlack; obliterativeareasalong the anterior
cortl. I'IacrotrichireoII tlre veins altttost to the wing-base.
Verratinrr: cell Ml rleep,about four to five times its petiole,
itt sotnecasesthe cell shallower,ottly about two and one-halftinres its petiole; ?n-cu about one-half times its length
befbre the fork of M.
Abdomen brorvn, the basal segmentsringed rvith pale,
incltrdrnga colrspicuous
ring before tlre end <lf sterniie 2,much less eviderrt on the tergite; segrnents3 and I at
rnid-length of the tergite, more distiuct on the sternitesI
segments 5 to 7 rlark basally, their tips broadlv paler,neu)or little-lcnoutt,'I'ilrulitla.

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the remaining segments passirrg into brownish black ;hypopygiurn rlark, everr the outer dististyle d rrshv except
at extrenre base. Male hypop.r'giumlvith the uinth tergite
geutly concave,setiferous laterally, the median area nearly
glabrous. Outer dististyle elongate, telete, a little dilated
outwardly, approximatelv twice as long as the inner tlististyle. Ittner style yellou'ishat base,the rernainderinf'uscated,the apex resembling the head of a bird, the apicalsubchitiuizedbeak slerrclerbut obtuse at tip, the crest of thehead very high ; both inner and outer margins of the style
narrowlv blackened.
H'ab. i ictoria.

Holotype,d, 'l'yers(.1/issJeun Galbraith).
Paratype,6, ltrltharn,April 14, 1925 (G. 1t. Hill).
Typ. irr the collectionof the Natioual i\fuseum,Victoria.

a pallitJitarsis,sp. rr.
Doliclrcpez
clark brorvtt,tlte prrescuturn
Gcrreralcoloratiorr
with tlrree
llrou'trish-yellorv
stlipes ; legs dark llrowrr, the zrpicesof' thetarsi ollscure vellow, mol'e ertetrsiveort the llosteriortarsi ;rvings tinged with brorvn ; cell trI| deep; abd<lminalsegments brown, the basal steruites rirrged rvith yellowI nrale
hypopygium with the nirrth tergite having trvo broad obtuse
Iobes, the rrotch betweerr U-shaped; outer dististyle ofmoderatelength, cylinclrical,untoothed.
Male.-Length g mnr.; wirrgl0'5-ll mm.
Female.-Lerrgth 12 trtnt.I u'ing 13 tum.
I'rorrtal prolongatiorrof heatl brou'uishyellorvto yellow,
rlarlier mediall,r'I palpi tlarli llrorvtr. Arrterurrcrvith
in cril5gs
t h e s e a l l a ls e g m e n t sy e l l o u ' ,t l r c f l a g e l l r r u rl l r o r v r r i s hb l a c k ;i f b e n t l l a c l i n ' a r de x t e r r d i r r gt o t l r e l l a s eo [ ' t l r e e l l l d o ! n eour
sliglrtlv be5'st'',1.Head bl'otlrt,t[e ittrterigr portiorrslnot'e
yellowish,in caseswith a capillal'yrnediauclarlierlirre.
Prouotum darli brou'rr. Mesonotal prrescutumdark llrou'rr
stripesthat are soruetimespoorlv
with three br'ownish-yellorv
delimited agairrstll,r- gt'ountl-colour,io other casesnrore
conspicuousI remaiuder eif'lllesouotumtestaceous-brownto
tlre dorso-llleulalrlark brown. Pleura testaceotts-)'ellow,
regiorr soruewhatdarhct'i posteriot'r'egion of the plerrlotergite darker. Halteres elougate, testaceous,the base of
the stem narrowly obscureyellow, the apex <lf'the lirrob darkbrolvrr. Lags witlr the coxa testaceous
I trochattters,\'ellow,
with the usual black spot orr the mesalface I remaiuderoflegs darh lllown, the extreme base palet'; terminal threetarsal segmentsf adirrg irrto pale vellow, ou the hind legs

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orz
Dr. C. P. ^A.lexattdet'

brighter2.
'Wings and rnoreextensive,includirrgthe alrexof segrrrerrt
with a strong brorvnish tinge, the large stignra
dark brown ; a paler brown seam olr tlre arrterior cord ; acorrspicuousobliierative area at the fork of M ; veins rlarlibrown. Macrotrichire l.leyond the t:ord. long and conspicuous. Venation : l?s pale,itt tratlsversealigrrrnentrvith theremainirrg elements of tlre arrteriot'cot'd; Rz+s about trvothirds 83 alone; cell M, deep,approximatelvtwo and onehalf to three times its petiolei m-cu allout two-thirrls its
length before the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, the basal segmentsprrler';tergites 2 to 4 with a pale lateral spot, the remairrirrg
tergites dalk brolvn; basal sternites light brown, r'irrgecl
with yellow, the outel segments darker lvith the crnltr&lmargins broatlly pale; hypopygiumyellowishbrown. ]Ialt:
hvpollygiurrrhaving the tergite with a bload obtuselobe orr
either sideof a deepU-shapedmetlian uotch,the Iobesrrrrrc'lr
wider than the notch, palc iu colout'. Outer rlististlleof inocleratesize <lrrly,much slrortt'r
cylindrical, unarnre,J,tlrarr in D. longi,digitalis,Alexander, ancl allies, the Irirs€
uarrow, the remaiuderof the st"r'lecylindrical. Inrrer rlististyle about one-half the length of the outer, broadest itt
base,thence narrowed to the obtuse paler apex, the stv lt:
rvith the outer margin darkerred,setiferous,witlr a sullapir:alblach spine ; mesal face near baseof style rvith a lorv sctiferous tubercle.
Hab. 'lasmania.
Holotypte,S, Fern 'lree, Mt. \Velliugton, Noverullel I 1,,

1922 (A. To'mrci,r).
Allotype, i , ClatllcValley,Janu&r.y13, 1923(A. Tonnoir).
Puratypesr2 d g , Oradle Valle.v,Jatruary20-24, Ig.'J,i;I J , Zeehan,I,'ebruar!7, 1923 \A. Tortnoir).
Dolichopezasubposticctta,
sp. r.

General coloration dark bro rvn, the auterior porti<lr of
the prrescutum abruptly paler ; pleura yellow, rvith l,lr',,u'uareas oII the auepisternumand sternopletrrite; legs tlarlibrown, the posteriortarsi white; rvingswith a dush.ytirrgc,
with pale areas befrlre aud be-vondthe stigma;"witli abdonrerr
dark, iirrged with pale I rnale itypopygium
the rrirrth
tergite bearirrgtwo very Iorv Iobes.
Mule.-Length 7-7'5 mm. ; wing 7'8 nrru.
Female.-Leilgth 8 lnur. ; r ,i r r g 8 ' 8 n r n r .
Ilrorrtal prolougatiou <lf' h e a d y e l l o r v ; p a l p i b r o w u .
Anteuureelongate,if bent backward exteudiug about to theneu)or little-/cttowrt,Tipulidte.

'J4:lbaseof the third abdorninalsegrnen[; seapalsegmentslightyelk,w, flagellar segrnentsbrown. Head clarli brorvn, theauterior part of the vertex arrd the <lccipital regiou rnore
yellclwish.
Prouotum brown. Mesorrotalprrescutumbroadly obscure
1'ell<lwto yellowish brown iu front, the p<lsteriortwo-thirds
darh llrowu, the usual stripes uearly confluent irr thetlarhenedareas; scuturn pale llrown, tie lobes exteusively
tlarli brown I scuteilurn obscure vellow, margiued behindwith clark brown i postnotum yellorvishbrown, somervhat
darlier lateralll-. Pleura yellow, the anepistel'nu
nl andveutrtrl haif of the steruopletrritebrolvrr,the dorsal half ofthc stet'tropleurite
yellow, slightl.vpruillose,irrterrupting the
bl'ou'nbarrd; nlerou sligirtly dar:lienedventrally. Halterespale, the linobs dark bro\r'u. Legs lvith the coxrearrd trochantersyellow; reurairrclerof legs dark brown, the femoral
basesnarrowly paler'; genua slighrlv paler ; tarsi brown,
tht: fbre tarsi vellowish llrowu, the llostelior tarsi withscgrnerrts2 to 5 allruptly white. Wings rvith iL dushyt i r r g e ,t h e a p i c e s< l f t h e r a t l i u l c e l l s d i t r l i e r 't,l r e s t i g r n ac o r r spicuously dalk brorvtr; t:xtensive u'lritish areus l)t'fot'e,
betteatlt, arrd. bevoutl tlre stigrnaI ltrowrr seums on tlre
autet'iot'cord attt,tless tlistirrt:tlvorr tn-cu,,C'u1,arrd most oft h e o t h e r l o n g i t u d i r r avl e i n s ; r , " i , , sr l a r h b r o o o t i . V e n a t i o n :ftr*r relatively slrort, a little ru)re tharr one-half louger thaun?,-cu; cell Mr of modelate length, rnol'e thau trvice its
petiole; cell Znd rI narrow.
Abdorniual tergites llrorvrrish lllack, segrrrerrt2 rvitlr awhitislr al'ea ou either sirle lteyonrlrnirl-leugth,tlris irrLerru ptetl at the mid-liue ; terg ites 2 to 4 tlalli rvith aw h i t i s l r r i u g l r e a r n r i d - l e r r g t lo
r f e a c h ; l ' e m a i r r i n gt e r g i t e stlre basetnd rirrgs ueru'
dark bt'orvtrI stertritesdarli l)l'tru'rr,base ot' stet'rrites2 to + urrtl irpices of stenrites 5 to 7
b r o a d l y p a l e v e l l o r v ; h y p o p ; ' g i r r r rrrl a r l i , t h e o u t e r d i s t i style paie. Male lr,r'popvgirrrrr
rvith the caudal nrarginof the niuth tergite u'ith trvo vel'v lol lobes, tlre space
betweertscArcelyeruargiuute. Outer dististyle of rnoderate
length, pale, cylirrtlrical. lnner rlististvle clark,about twothirds the length of the outer, the outet'margin dark,rougheuedirrto a few teetlr,inclurlirrga largesubapicalsllirre.
Halt. Victoriar'I'asrnania.
'I'asrnauia,
Holoty'pe,d, Buruie,
Octoller 26, IgzP (A.
Tonnoir).
'fasmauia,
Allotype, 9 , Mt. Welliugton,
Decerrrbet7r 1922.
Pat'atypes, 3 , Sassitfas, l)audenoug Rauge, Vict<lria,

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Dt'. 0. P. Alexanderon

October20, 1922; I I , Mt. Field,Tasrnarriu,l)ecemberl8
L922 (A. Tonnoir).
ts allied to D. niueitarsis,
Skuse,-. Pol:thopezasubpusticatu
differing in the interrupterltrausversebrown band.on thethoracic pleura and the darli colorationof the legs, rvith
only t!." pg..teriortarsi distiuc_tly
rvhite. The t.vpe-sp"e"irrr",,.
weredistributedurrderthe chirot"rpe
narneo('D. posticata,but it uow seemsadvisableto charigethis latter nuior,since,
througha lapsy,-s,
Bru'etti_in_a key to the Oriental spe.ie*(I'aurraBrit. Irrdia,DiPt. Nematocera,pp. roa9f^jhg g_e-lus
565, L9+2) usedthe uame posticata for Dolicltopeza'fiosilca,
Brunetti.
Doli,ch,opeza
pygrnna, sp. n.
1920. Dohclto_pe_za,niaeit.arsis,
Ried_el,Arkiv fiir Zoologi, lB, No. lJ,
Doliahopeat,niueitursis,
Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc.Nerv Sorrtlr
_ti_i
ltt
Wales,(2) 5, 62 (1890).

. size very small ( d , length less than b rnm. ; wing lcs.
than 6 nrm.) ; antetntremore than one-half the length 6f tl,"
Fody-; pleura testaceous-brolvn,without clistrncdstripcs :legs dark, ttre terminal tar.salsegmentsrvhite.
ll1[sls.-Length about 4'5 mm. ; wiug b.b mm.
Frontal prolongation of head ancl the palpi brorvrrislr
testaceous. Antennre ( d ) elongate, if bent backw;,r.rI
extending to beyorrd mid-length of the abdomen, ln.on'rr
throughout. Head dark brown.
Prouotum darli brown. Mesonotum light brown to rt tldish brown, the pl'rescutuutwith a darker browrr mediarr
1t1ipe,the-lateral margirrspaler ; scutal lobesslightly darlier..
Pleura pale testaceous-brown,
without clearly defineddarkcr.
markings. Htrlt_eres_p119,
the hnobs darli browu. Legs
with the coxrelight reddish b_ron'n,
the trochanters yellorr::femora brown, the bases paler; tibire and basitaisi palc
brow_n,the tips of the posterior llasitalsiarrd the remairiing
tarsal segments snowy white. \4'iugs faintly tinged rvitlr
brown, the o-vgl stignra dalker browrr, the costil regiorr
I'aintly yellowish; veins dark brown. Venation : cells'.1/,,
Mr, Mr, and Maall very deep,cell M, being from tn,o arrrl
one-half to three times as long as its petiole.
Abdonriual tergitesdark brown, with lateral whitish spots.
producing. a ringed .effect; sternites paler'. Male hr'pb1,.vgium small, the tergite with t$'o lorv subrnedianlobesu't,lctt
are ollt'uselvrorrrrded,tlte nstch betueerr broadly IJ-slrallerl;lateral "ogl** r-,f tergite consllicuous,pr,rjeciirrg.coi,l*,[beyond the level of the median lobe. Outel dististyleTipulidre.
new or little-known,345

simple,cylindrical,with long coarsesetre. Inner dististyle
structure,the outergently cun'edinto a boomeraug-shetped
denticulate,rrrarginnarrowlv lllackenedarrdmicrclscopicallytlre outelmost tootlr largerI a srrrallobtuseblackenedtooth
shortly before the obtuseapex.
Hab. North Q,ueeusland.
Holotyqte,J, lVlalanda(D. Mjdberg).
Typ* irr the rlriter's collection; other specimensin the
Stockholm.
Riedelcollectionand iu the Riksrnuseets,'l'his tinv flv wassent to me someyearsago as an exchange
fronr IIr. Riedel. Riedel indicatesthat there werenltnrerous
specimensin the Mjiiberg collection,tal<enat Atherton aud
Malanda, North Q,ueensland.
Skuse.
GenrrsPr,usroMYrA,
Ilupr,usroMYrA,subgen.nov.

l'rontal prolougation of head short artd stottt, lvith attistinct nasus,not in alignment with the remairrder<lf thefrorrt as in the typical subgettus. Flagellar segmentstrilateralpectiuate. Postnotalpleurotergitewith a colrspicuous
tubercle. Legs relativelyshort and stout ; tibial spurs lottg.
Venation rvith lis short, ttot muclt longer than cell Lst fo12;
cell M t sholt- petiolate.
Typ" of the subgeuus: Plusiontyianasalis, Alexander
Subregion).
(Australian
Plusi,omyia(Euplusiontyia)optima,sp. tr., likewise belongs
here.
optint,a,sp. u.
Plusiomyia(Drytlusi'om'yia)
General coloration reddish ot'auge; head black; flagellar

lrrancires sltorter than in 1'. nasali,s; rvings strtlrrgly tinged
rvitlr brotvn I c:ell M1shor't-lletiolate.
Male.-Lcrrgth about I3'5 ltlrl. I rviugl2 mtn.
Fent,ale.-Lerrgth 16-18 nrnt.; lt'ittg I3-I5 tttm.
Mule. ,t'rt-rutirlProlorrgatiorr of lreatl as in P. nasali's,notin aligrrment rvith the rernairrtlerof the frotrt, tlarli browtr I
nusrJsmall, brrt distirrct ; pulpi tlarli ltrowtt. Atttetrnrewith
the brancir
the basal flagellar segrrrelrt lt-rrrg-uuipectirrate,
lorrger tharr the segtrtetrtI flagellar segmelrts 2 to 8 tril,eciirrate,tlre basal pairecl branchesallout twice the_.length
bt tlre segment, much shorter tharr in the correspondirrgsex
of nusalis; small subtermiual bt'auclt shorter than the segdecreasingin lerrgth outwardly, subobsolete
rnent, graduallv-brauchedsegment I terminal three flagellar
ou tht outer
segmeutssinrple, the ultimate louger thau the penultimate ;346

Dr'. C. P. Alexanderora

scapeI'ellow, the basalsegmentiufuscatedapically; flagellum
browu. Head blacli, includirrgthe nal'rowvertiealtubercle;
occiput arrd,arrterior portion of vertex a little paler.
Pronotum orange-red. l\fesonotum redclislrbrown, thepri€seutum with three stri pes, the median stripe reddish,the lateral stripes atrtl scutal lobes blackened; scutellunr
darl<ened; postnotal mediotergite obscurereddish,the basal
half marl<edwith blach ; pleurotelgite produced into conspicuoustubercles. Pleura reddislr,ctrongly infuscated, thedot'so-llleuralmembrane obscure yellow. Halteres brolrr,
the extreme baseof the stenr pale, the apicesof the knobs
paler. Legs with tlre coxre reddish brown, more or lessllruinose; troehantersreddish brou'n; femora orange, thetips corrspicuouslv
blacl<erred; tibire black with approximatelv
the basal two-fifths yellorvislr: tarsi dark brown. \ryings
with a strong brolrr tirrge, the base and cells C and, Sc
darher brou'n I a browrr seam aloug veirr Cu; r'eins darlibrown. Venatiorr: Rs shorter than Rs; cell Mr shortpetiolate. the petiole a little less than one-half rn i m-cu
just before mid-length of cell lst M2.
lrrrrrctifr)rrn,
Abdominal tergites dull blar:kish,ttre basalhalf of tergite 2
and the narrow bitse of tergite 3 shiny obscure yellowislr ;hypopygium relatively srnall, brown I sternites obscure
Irrorvnishyellow, segrnents5 to 7 blaehened.
Female.-Genelally sinrilar to tlre tnale. Frontal prolongrttion of head and nasus somewhatshorter ; flagellar brarrches
shorter ; mesorrotunrand pleura not darkened; pale tibial
bases including about one-half the segmentI basal tergite
reddish oranfie, narrowly darl<ermerlially ; tergites 8 and gorange; valvesof ovipositorelorrgate.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype,6, without exaetdata.
Al,lotype, g , I'erntree Gully, Dandeuong Range, Noverubei' 20, I 9I4 (F. P . Spry).
P a r a t y 4 t e sI , ? ; I g , B m e r a l d , N o v e m b e r 2 S r f g O S( M r s .
G. Coghill).
'[yp" irr the collection of the National Museum,]{elttourne.
Plusiomyi,aclar',ti, sp, u.
General coloration of ttrorax yellowishgrey, the prrescutunr
with ttrree llrown stripes; atrterlnreelougate,with very longlrrarrches;first scapal segment about one-half the length of
the first flagellar segnrentI wirrgs tiuged with dusky ; cellrtau)ot' [ittle-known

'l'i

347

p trI i tlre.

R2 r'elativelv small, at wiug-trtargin rrtuch llarrower thartcell fts; alrdomettdark llrolvrr, the basal tergites aud thesternitesvellorvish.
X[ale.--Leugt]r allottt I 0' 5 runl. ; wing I I'2 nlm. I atttettntt
allout7'5 mm.
nearly as lorrg}'roltal prolongationof head relativelv l.orri1.,
As tlre ,'",',lailcleiof the heacl,llrowtt, paler beneath: prrllli
brgrvlisSblack. Anteurrreelongate,with very lortg slerrder
branches; scapal segn)ents smttll, the first of rnoderatelerrst[ ur,it',,tui ,ttotJ tharr one-half tlre length <rf the firsta sirrgle
flagella. .lgrrtent; basal flagellar s-egnrerrt..witht ;bri,rc[ placedat rrerrrone-third ttre leng'thof' the_segmetr
fbllowinlg.,,u"n segrnerrtsrvith trvo verv lolrg b.o:ull)l'trttr:ltes
alcl an uaaitional-lrtanclr that is about two-thirtls a,s l<lug
placed lrear rtricl-lengthof the segmellt ott the sameplanc I
nirrth flagellarsegmeutverv long, with the two basalllrarrcltes
orrllr ttreie uppruximatelv'asloirg as the segment: termirrirl."g-.r,t relaiivelysmall,Iesstltattoue-sixththe lle.rrrrltim:rte,
uplut",rtly fbr,ned b.v the f usiou ol' close allllroxirnation of
onl.vl3-segrtterttcd,
t;'; segnlents,the arrtenurethus appeurittgobscure,vellou'1
being 2+9* l; scapalseg_rnents
the fbr"rnula
dusliy at bitse, tll branches clitrli, theflagellar..g-rtr-t.
-ilt"
segments nart'owl,\'.vellorv, t]re autourtt
oprt". ofrilcreasilg olr the luter segments, tlte terrnirtal t rvo beirrg
elrtirely inrl. . Heacl luftJ' bron n, rvitlr a narrow darli
mediari vitta. \rertex betweerrthe eves producedinto a
rtusilornrtttbelcle,stro.nglycomvery |iglr autl ccnrspicuous
prel.erll tl," anteuire pl aced close together ou its lateralanterior face.
Pronotum vel'y narrow, collar-lilie, dark ltt'owrt. I\{esonotal prrescutuniyellowish gre)' Ylth three lrtowfl stripes,
paler vitta; scutuln
t1e nredianstril,e ilivided bv a capillar'.v
bt'olvttsllotsI scute]lum
SreI, eacll [ebe^lvithtwo coirtig.uotts,i',i postrrotuurliglrt grey. Pieura $r")', the pleurotergite
gale,browtt,
eiirletrt. Halteres_elonl,olcrl the protubei'arr,,*
yellorv. Legs -withilr" lin.e oi' the stctn ttirt'rou'1,\'obscure
a 'l u s t t : dw i t h - l i g h t
t l r e c t l x a ly e l l o t t ' i s lbt u f t v , t h e n r i t l t l l e . ( r o x df'emorallrorvrr,the bases
gre_y; trolhatrters .tbscure yell<lrv.,;'broudlS'
blackerled; tibin:
iati'orvly yellou', the_tip.s m.or?
the tips tiat'ker,the basesllrigltter, tlro.l'e
Irr.olynisirtestacoous,theyellowis[; basaitwo talsal segmentstestitceous-brown,
dark llt'orvtt.
ii1,. llayl'owlydar.her; rernainjrrgtarsal segnrerrts
diug. u'it["a strortl; dusky tiuger.the costalregitxr darker ;stigm'a sruall

aurl

llarl'o-w, dtrrli

blowtt I

veitlsl)rt,tl'tt.

vJnatiou : cell lt2 relativelysmall' veirr Il, being shsrt aud

348I)r. O. P. Alexarrtler.
onrleflectedcephaladat_its tip, so cell fis is rnuch wider atrvurg-rnarg-in
thitn cell Rz j cell Mt narrowly sessile; cell
lrt,d .l rvide.
Abdomen with the basal three tergites yellorv, with aconspicuorls
black latelal stripe begin',i-rgatihe baseof thesecondsegment,becomingbioadei behirid; a similar blackrnetliarrstripe
beytrndthe baseof the secondsegment,.beSirrs
rvidenilg behirrd,restli-ctingthe yellow grouncl-coloi,; o,ithe third segmenttlre yelliv is ,i,op suftuseclwith bro,r,,,ancl liitle Jvident; tergites + i"- g bfck
, trypopygiu'r
bro_wnishyellowI sternlt". ),ellow with a ,rurro* brou,rrrnediauvitta that llecomesrvideron the fifth seement,on t6esixth to. eightl sternites_
suftusing the segments. Ifalewith the rrinth tergitedb.eure yilo*,-caudafthe apicalflp"oqygjum
half da.kerr.with corrspicuous
blachsetre;.urgin 'f
the tergite with a uur,'owU-shapedmediannotch, the laterallobes thus formed broadlytruncated ninth sterniteexte';
sive, producedinto arpoirit at caud,alend.
Hab. West Austlalia.
Holotype.,d, Albarr,v(.,I. Ctark); FergusouNo. 61.
Namedin honouro['the collecfor,ui John clark.
P latyphasiaeuimia, sp. n.
General coloratir' reddish bro'u, grey-pruinose;head^blachblack,the anterior vertex silvery ; antJnu'*
tlrro"gr,o*t ; leg.sbla_ck,
the femoral basesreddishfulvous; all tiflirewith a broad.conspicuousy-ellgwri'g shortly beyond thetergitesZ ti S
F3.".; wingstinged with_blalkish;abcl6minal
black,6 to 9 mo.e reddish, rvith heavy patches"of golden
pollen orr the sides.
Male.-I-rength17-18 mm.; wing l6.b-lg mm.
, Frorrtalprolongationof lead lighl to clarherbrown,longel
than the remainder of the heaii; palpi blach. Ante."ure
black tlyoughout, l8-segnre't_ed,
wiih ..nro branch.a ..g.ments,the fbnnula bejng 2+I+Z +8,_tlre branchespl"c.l1t
at the extremebasesof the.segmentsI hrst flagellarsegmerrt
shorter than thosetlrat follow, unbranched; .i.r.edirr! ,;*ments-grldually irrcreasingin length to the last braiclei
orre which is oulv a littlA shortei than its branch; firstsimple s()gmentbeyondal.routon(:-tralf;i;r l;;rth of the rast
"centrebranchedsegment. Head short, black, theof' tlevertex with a narrowsilveryline ; anterior vertex beforet5e
antenuresilvery pruinose.
Pronoturu very uarrow, redrlish brown. l\fesolotal
prrescutum buffy with three reddish-brownstripes thatne r yo r l i t t le - kno w n ' l ' i 1 ' r ri rl l l r e .

349

alrnost cover ttre surface, r'estricting the ground-eolour totlat'rowintersl)acesthat are rvidest at the suture and broad
lateral margirrs; iu the paratype, the reddish stripes are
lrArl'owlynrargirrecl
rvith darlcerbrorvnI interspac(,sprovidedwith yellow sr:trc of trt<ldelatelength; pseu(lbsuturalfoveres m a l l , b l a e k e n e d ;s c u t u m g r e y , e a c h l o b e w i t h a t r i a u g u l a rr e d d i s hm a r h , c o n t i r i u o u sw i t h t l r e l a t e r a l l l r i € s c u t asl t r i p e ;scntellurn antl llostrrotumsparselvpruinose. 'l'ullerr:lesoftlre pleurotergiteconspicuous. Pleura lreavilvgre)'pruinose,
the dolso-pleural menrbraneclusky. Halterei llrolvn, thel i u o l l s d a r l i e r r v i t h a s m a l l y e l l o w i s ha i r i c u ls p o t . L e g s ' r r i t h
the coxre red.tlislr,ht:avilv pruinose; tr<lchantersierldish
ltrtlwtt; l'emaiuderof leg's blar:k,the f'emoral lla.e* rerlrlish
fulvous, narl'otvesIoll the frlre legs, llroarlestorr the ]rinrll"g*; all tibire with :r broad yellorr rirrg slrortll lle.vonrlthe
l l a s e ,t l r i s r i r r g s u b e q u a li r r e x t e n t o r r r r l l t l r e l e g * e r r r di r r c l u d i n g f r o m o r t e - t l t i r t (l f b r e t i b i a ) t o o n e - f o u r t l r( h i r r dt i b i a )t h e t o t a l e x t e u t . W i n g s r v i t l re t s t r o n g l l l a r : l < i stl irn g e , t h eprearcular arrrlcostal regiorrsclarlir:r; in the ty1le,ecll C is
p a l e r , i r r t u m e c ln e a r / a ; s t i g n r a v e r ' \ , s r n a l l , d a i ' k e r b r o u ' n ;veirrs dark brorvu. \rerration: Rt rneetiug Rr+, shortl.r'
before the forli; fts elorrgate,l'ullv orre-haif longer t,hairJlr*r; cell /l{ short-petiolate; cell lst ,llr large,penta,gorral,
near mid-length ; cell 2nd A relativcly narl.o\r'.
rn-c?t,A bclominal tergite I recklish l)r'ol r,, heavilr' pnrinose;
tergites2 to 5 black, each u'itlr tu'o patchesof deusegolden
pollerr on the sitles,the basal patch snraller; on the fifths e g m e l l t h e p o l l e r ri r r c l u t l e st h e u ' h o l eb t r s a il r a l f o f ' t l r e s e g tnent; dorso-metliauline lessdistinr:tlv$i-re.\r
pruinose; sixthand succeedingsegmerttsrich rerldish f rrlvous,rvi t h latr:ral
golden pollinose areasI sternites reddislr, segments3 to 5
rDoreprurnose.
Hab. Nerv South Wales.

Holotype,6 , tslachheath,Blue Mts., Februarr'26, IgZz
(8. W. -[r'erguson); FergusorrNo. 62.
Paratype,d, Gosford,April 5, 1924(E trl'.Ferguson).
Hubrotnastiunouellq,,
sp. [.
Head arrd thorax buffr', r'ariegatedwitlr dark brown ;rvingsdusky, the costal regiou slightlv darker; a b d o m e r r

oraltge.

Female.-Lerrgth 18 rnm. I rviug 15 nrrn.; itbdomerialorre
l 5 m m . I a n t e u u aa b o n t . 1 ' 8n r u r .
Frontal prolongatiorrof head a little shorter than the rernairrderot' the head, darh brown, n'ithout a rrasus; palgrr

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llrorvrrislrblack, the terminal segrnentrrearly as long a\segments2 and 3 taken together. Antennre setaceous;scapal segmentslight brown, the secondmore yellowish;
flag:ellum-darkb1own, the base of the first segment pale.
Heacl fu lvous-yellow,the vertex with a consllicuolrsdark
brown trianBle,the point in front, the posteriororbits lleirrg
verv broadly of the ground-colour.
Pronotum tlark browrr, the collar-like posterior notrrnr
rvith a yellorv spot on eitlrer sitle. Xfesonotall)rrescutunr
ollscurebuffy yellow with three conspicuousdark browrr
stripes,the broad median stripe verv vaguelv divided ll.r'a
pale line, the cephalic end expancledlaterad as f'ar as thepseurlosuturall'overeI scutum bufly, each lolle with r \rolarge tlark brown areas,the larger posteriorspotseonnectedaorossthe median line I scutellum buffy, more infusr,aterl
irr certain lights, the parascutellapaler ancl lesspollinose;
postnotumwhitish lluffy with an inverted'f-shapednrarking.
Pieura whitish buffy, paler belriud, r'ariegatedwith clarli
browtt, this irrcludirrg trrost of the propl()ul'a,tlre clorsal
pleurites,the ventral half of the arrcpisternurnarrrl sternopIeurite, and the ltosterior portiorr of t]re pleurotergitc
before the haltere; a small shirrypit-like area
i ',rnediately
on the dorso-caudalmargin of tlre anepisternum,
ir secorrrl
orr the suture betweenthe stertropleuriteand pterollleurite
above the middle coxre, a third area immerli:utelyabove
the middle coxa between the stelnopleuriteand meron.
llalteresbrown, the baseof the stem obscurevellow. Legs
with the coxre ext;errsively
buffr,, variegated u'ith b.o,r,ir,
esllecially the basesof the fore coxre; trocharrtersobscure
the tips darker; tibire
ycllowI fenrorabrov,'nishtestaeeous,
tt:staceous,the tips narroll,\' darherred; tarsi beyond thebir.e llassinginto rlat'k brown ; tarsi long ancl slentler,tlre
lra.itarsilonger tlran ttre tiltirc. Wirrgs with a strorrgclusk"r'tirrge, the stigma, costal regiou, and ccplralic prearcularregiorr somewhat darker ; - a vagu-edarker seam on thearrteriot'cord ; cell O and the apical portion of the rvingirr
t:ellsM, to M n v,ith rnirrutepaledropletsI veirrsrlark l)r'orvrr.
Vcrration: Rs short,arcttatedat origin, about tw<l-thirdsthe
straighterR2*3I venationotlrerwisemuch as it H.robinsoni,
Alexander.
Abclomerrorange,the basal tergite testaceous,the discal
lloltion largel,ydarh browtr; genital segmentdarker, shinl'
retldish bt'orvtrI ovipositor reddish horn-colour, tlre valves
long and straight.
Hab, South Q,ueenslaud.

ne'tvor little-knoutt Ti lrrrlirlm.

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Holotypre,I , Eidsvold, in yellon'-pinchscrub, April 27,
1924 (T'.L. Ru.'ncro.ft)
No. 63.
; lr'ergusorr
Distirrguislredf'rom the alliecl Habromasti,nrobinsoni,,
Alexander,bv the surallersrze,t\e corrsllicuouslv
variegatetl
headand tlrorax.and the short radial sector.
sp. Il.
Phymatoptsist onnoi,runq,,(ierreral coloration grelr the prrescutum rvitlr threebrowrrish-black
stripes; female subapterous; rvirrgsof nrale
f ullv developerl,heavily spotted arrd clouded rvith brown ;abrlomerrgre.v,the basal segmetrtsrnore reclclislr,
esllecially
irr tlre rnale,the tergites u'itlr two itrternrerliatedalli ]rrowns r r i p e s ; g e n i t a l i ao t ' l l o t h s e x e sl a r g e a r r d p o r v c l f u l l v c o n strueted.
llrfqls,-Leugth t6-I7 lnm.; rving 16'5-L7 mnr.
Female.-Lengtlr about 23 mm.; rvirrg4'5 mn).
Mule. l,'rontal prolrngatiou ot'lread klttg and slerrder,
longel than t,ht:remairrderof tlre head, errtirelyrvitlxltrt anasrrs,rlark grey; palpi darh llt'ou'n. Attterrttrcl2-segmented,
t l ' t l r e s c a p ep r u i n o s et,h eb t o w n i s l rb l a c k ,t h e b a s a ls e g r n e n osecond segment more reddrsh brown ; flagellur sep;merrts
cvlindrical, graduallv decreasingin leirgt]r outwartlly, theverticils relatively iucorrspicuous. IIead buffr'-grel, thevertex exteusivelydarh brorvtt,restrictirtg tlre gnxrutl-ccllour
to tlre relatively narl'uw llosteriorol'llits.
Pronotum narrow, rlarli gt'ey. tl esorrotal prrescuturrr
gre,v n'itlr three corrspicuousbrolytrish-lllaelistripes, thellroad merliarr stripe nrore narlorveclbehirrrl,trot rerrching
the sutul'e, narrorvly divirled lry ir callillary line of thealmost contiguous rvith the lateral stripesat
grourrd-colour',tlre anterior ends <lf the latter, the irrtelspacessbronglv
wirlened llehinel; pseud.osuturalfbveresnrzll[; scutum Brel,each lobe witlr a brorvn triangular marliing, paler beirind,
alrout touching a circular brownish-black spot in front ;rcutellum light grelr the pal'ascutellarlarher I postnotunr
dark grey with a darker area irr frorrt on either side of themedian line. Pleura light grey, the sternopleuriteverrtlally
and a less clearly defiued area otr the anellisternun)clarker.
Halteres rettdish brown, the hnobs darker. Legs rvith thecox& light grey ; trochantersfulvous ; remainder of lcgs
black, the femoral bases broadly fulvous, rrarroweston thefore legs; basitarsi approximtrtely as lortg' as the tibite.
\Vings creamy-nhite with a heav;'spottedanclcloudetl browu
patteln, the prearcular region and cell Sc nrore fulvous I
stignra oval, darlier brolvn; cells .R and ,fJ1more unif'ormly

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infumed; veins broadly seamed with brown ; two darker
lrrown clouds in cell M adioining vein Cur, these sometimes
completel,vcrossingcell M;_ apiceso.fthe Anal cells.broadll'
rlarkenedI the pale ground-colouris thus most evident in
the basesof the Anal-cells; in cell M; on either side of thecord iu the euds of cells M anJ l^st M, and the baseof cell
; veirrs
Rzt cell 2nd A is usually dark with t*9 creamyspo_ts
llrownish black, paler irr the vellowish areas. Venatiorr:-83,whic-h,itr
to or exce_eding/ls loug to very long, eq_tral
turrr.,is'hore th-anone-halflonger than Jlr*r; cell Mr shortlretiolateto sessile1 m-cu at absut otte-third the leugth ofcell ls/ M2.
Abdomiiral tergite I and basal half of 2 reddish brorvr tospots; r('the first with two br_ownish
cirrnamon-br<lwn,rnainirrg tergites grey, with trvo sulrmedianbrowrt stripes
extencliig from ttG posterior half of tergite_2to tergite_8:
sterrritesI and 2 reddish llrown, the baseof the latter with :r
the remainingsterrritesgre.y;hypopygiurnllrown medianspot,
reddishbrown. Male hvpopygiumverv large and polerttrl,
the sternite-basistyleelotrgate,the dististvles_compressetl.'
densely-hai11',
yel'vlarge and conspjcuous; outer tlistist,vletlre subequal iunerdististyle with the mesal faee likervise
lrairy, thd dolsal margin with a row of about eight scattererl
black spinousteeth.
Femile. Generally similar to tlie ma_le,but djffe_ringi,,
several regarcls,ehiefly sexual or correlated rvith the sullcondition.
apterous^
L"g* slror.tand stout,tlre tibire ttot longe.rthan ttre basit lrsi.
Wings reclucedto narl'ow strap-lilie orgallsr the
vt:nation "ery clistortecl; pl'earculut-region iet{ extensive,
occupyittgottiy u tittle lesJthan the basalhalf of the entire,t'it,guoilu litile paler itr colour,the disk of the wing rather,,,,if"ormlydark bi'own. Abclomenabout as itr the male, butt[e reddishcolorati<lnof the basalsegmeutsrrtorerestrictetl.
Ovipositor rvith the dorsal shield bltrckenetl; r'alvesclarlt,.cddi.lr hortt-colour, ver,\r powerful, the t-ergal valv.'*
especiallyhighly compresied,with a shat'p dor-"al ridge ;gently la,teradI stenral
tips of iltr 1"rgal valves c-r1-rvec!
uulur. approximalelyaslong, likerviseporverfullyconstructetl,bent dorsadat the tiPs.
Hah. Taptuania.
Hototupi, 3, CradleValley, January19, I923 (A. Tonnoir).
Allotopotype,9.
paratipolyp'tt,l0 d f, , Janu_ary13-26, L923 ( A..I'onnoi,r),'lhis ""-u"l able fly is named in honout'of-tnv fliend antl
colleague,Dr. A. Ir. Tooooir, who colleetedthe type-series'

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I am iudebted to Dr. Tonnoir for the following notes on theoccurrence:" This was found in the pupal state rvhen digging foriarvrein the ground near the accommodationhouseon the
Cradle Mountain. The males emerged at the end of mystay there and the female when I had already left."
sp. n.
Ischnotomasku,seana,
General coloration Brey, the prrescutalstripes marginedrvith darh brown, the median stripe divided by u capillarydarker brown vitta; flagellar segrnentsstrongly serrate inboth sexes; wings whitish subhyaline, handsornelycloudecl
with brown; a completeangulatedwhite cross-bandbeyoncl
the cord; cell R, srnall; abdoruellorange-yellowbasally,thesubterminalsegmentsblack,the hypop.vgiumlight brown.
fufsls.-Lengttr t3-I4 mm. ; rving t5-16 mm.
Fenr,ale.-Lengthl5-16 mm. ; rving l7 mm.
Frontal prolongationof head black, with a narrow obscureyellow stripe on either side, the uasus and palpi black.
Antennre black, onl,vthe extremetips of the scapalsegmettts
a trifle paler; antennrel2-segmented in both sexes; in themale flagellarsegmeutI elongate,exceedingsegments2 and 3
taken together; remainirrgsegmentsgradrrallydecreasingin
length ; flagellar segments 2 to 8 with the lower face produced into a triangular tooth to give the organ a strongly
serratedappearance; terminal trvo segmentssimple, nearlY
equal in lengtlr,the last a trifle more slender; in the female,tlie first flagellar segmeut is even longer, nearly as long as
the fo.llorving three segments tal<entogether, the serratiotts
conspicuousbrrt scarcely involving segmentsI to 3 or thelast, very conspicuouson flagellar segments5 to 9. Headdark brown, the vertical tubercle not at all brighterred,theorbits narrowly but conspicuouslyborderedrvith buffy-gre! i
occipital region with two small paler spots.
Pronotum narrow, dark brown, pruinose, especiallylaterally. Mesonotal prrescutum,grgy to buffy with a broatl
median stripe of reddish brown that becomesdarker behind ;in the paratypemale the stripe becomesbuffy-yellow behirxl
on either side of the med.iarrliue ; metlian stripe divided bya relatively broad dark brorvn median vitta and marginedlaterally by slightl,v narrower paler brorvn vittre ; lateral
stripes gre/r rnargiuedrvith dark brolvu, tlre marh encircling
tlre anterior end of the stripe; irr cases,a dark spot ou
lateral margilr of tlre sclerite; pseudosuturalfovereputtctiforrrrI scututu brown, each lol-rervith two blue-grey spots

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Dr. C. P. Alexanderonthat are encircled with darker brown, the posteriorlateralregion of the lobessimilarly blue-grey; scutelllm relatively
uairow and protuberant. BreI, dark brown medially ; postnotum clear light grey with an elongatedark brown _triangle,
the point directed backward. Pleura grey _withindicationsof darker stripes on the sternopleuriteand more dorsally
acrossthe anepisternum; anterior dorsopleuralmembrule,
yellow,the moreextensiveposterior
surrounrlingthe spiracle,-Halteresyellorv, the knobs dark brown.
portion brown.
L.g. with the coxre light gref,.i trocharttersyellowish
brdwn, the posterior trochanters darker ; _femora obscurefulvous-yellow,the tips narrowly blachened; in the femal-e,t[e fore femoradarlier; tibiresimilar,the tips verv narrowly
tllackeued; tarsi brown, passinginto blach on the outer
segments. Wirrgs whitish subhl'aline with a hantlsorue
br6wn pattern; extremebaseof wing ItI]orv, tlte maitt prearcular-regiouwhitish; stigmayellowishbrown ; the llrownmarks includethe rving-tip,this moreor lessinvacledby pale
washesin the cells, this darlc apex precededby a completew[ite angularcross-bandextendiug from t]re costalmargin
in cell R, to the eaudal margin in cell Ms; paler browrt
cloudsin the costalregion beforethe origin of /ls, exteuding
acrosscell y'i, more exteltsivebut paler in cell M ; an exterrsive cloud in the endsof cells M, Cu, and the extremetip of
Ist A; other pale clouds in the outer end of cell ls/ A at
mid-distanceSetweeuthe veirrsand in cell Znd A beyorrd
mid-length of the cell; prearcularregion in cell St, a triat the proximal eud
spot and a srnall t_po-t
angularlrearcular-thestigrnadarker brown ; veins dark brorvn,paler in theofsubhyalirGareas,the obliterativeareasat the cord exteusive.
Venation: vein R, sinuous,its distal portiou bent strongly
cephaladso cell R2is- unusually small, at the _marginonly
abbut two-thirds as rvide as cell Rs. cell Lst L[, elongate;
lretioleof cell Ml variablein leugth, from much louger tomuch shorter than m.
Abdominal segment I light brown; segments2 and 3
narrowly darker sublaterally,.iucaseswith aorange-yellow,
mediin dark vitta ; on the succeedirrgtergites the colour
oDsegmelrts5 to 8 black ; hypopygiurnlight browl'.
deepensr
In ihe female,the general colorationof the abdomentouds
to be ruoreobscure. Ovipositorrvith the tet'galbasalslrieldshiny obscureyellow,the valvesbrolnish yellow,their bases
aud.tips dark.
'I'asmania.
Hab.
Holotype,$ , I'ern Tree, Ilt. Wellingtorr, Noveutller I l,1922 (A. T'umtoir).

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Allotopotype, g .
_ Paratypes, d , Adventure Bay, Deeember 29, 1922 (A.
Tonnoi,r); g , Mt. \Mellington, November 2b, lgZZ (A. Ton??ir)_;.t du f _9, Mt. Wellington, January lg24' (G. H.
Hardy), in the Q,ueenslandUniversity Colleclion.
_ This very distinct crane-fly is named in honour of the latetr'rederickA. A. Skuse, great pioneerstudent of the Tipulidreof Australia.
[schnoton'tatermi,nafa,sp. n.
Size small (length, I , about 12 mm.) ; antennrestrongly
serrate,the terminal segment elongate; general coloration
g-reJrthe prrescutum with three dark brown stripes; wings
with a strong brown tinge, with subhyalirreareasbeforethe
stigma, the outer end of cell M, aud,the basesof cells 2nd M,
and M*; cell Rz uniformly dark ; abdomen dark greyish
llrowu, the caudal margins of the sternites and outer tergites
uarrowly pale.
Fent,ale.-Length about 12 mm.; rving L2'7-I3 mm.
Generally similar to f . pri,onoceroides,
Alexander (Tasmania),from whiehit differsespeciallyin the smaller sizeand
the elongate subulifbrrn terminal segment of the strongly
senated antennre.
Antennre strongly serrate,especially flagellar segments 3
to 9, more nrarkedly produced on flagellar segments6 to 8 ;terminal segment elongate,nearly as long as to longer thau
the first flagellar segment. Head brown, the anterior vertex
aud the orbits narrowly clear grel, the latter wideniug out
beneath.
Pronoturn grey. Mesonotal prrescutumgrey rvith threebroad darli brorvn stripes, the broader nrediau stripe sometirnes narrowly pruinose in f'rout, u'ith a barely indicatedstill darlier vitta i posteriorinterspaces
suffirsedu'ith browrrI
scutum clear grey medial15',
each l<lbewith two contiguolrs
darli brown areas; scutellum and postuotum clear light
BreI, the latter rvithout or rvith bare indicationsof a darker
marlring. Pleura light gre.r',tlre sternopleurite,nleron, anda narrorvline acrossthe veutral portion of t]re arrepisternum
darlier grey ; nlerou protuberant. Halteres light brown,
the baseof the stenl narrou-lydarker, the knobs pale. Legs
rvith the coxreand trochautel's dark, heavily grey pruinose I
remainder of legs broryrrishblach, the femoral basesobscurefulvous, narrowest on the fore fernora where less tban thellasalthird is included, widest on the posteriorfemora where
about the basaltwo-thirds is irrcluded; onlv the llasesof the356

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tibire are slightly brightened. \Mings with a sr,rongbrownish
tinger-thestigmal region darlrer ; su6hyolineareasfirt.ib,rted
as follows : before the stigma in celi Rt i in the outer eudof cell M ; basesof cells Und,M2 and Mo; bases of cells
lst .4 and zrydA_; centresof cells M, and Mr ruruely paler;
c_ellC_slishtlr darlier brown than the groui,d-coluurl celi
Sc a little more yellowish brown; veirrs clark brown, theobliterative areetsextetrsive. Venatiorr: .Rs relativelv 6looS.ate; cell lst M2 elongate,parallel-sided; petiole of LelI M,
shorter than m ; cell 2nd.rl wide.
Alldominal tergites darh greyish brown, the extreme
caudal margin of tergite 7 narrowly pale; in one of theparatypesthe margins segments5 and 6 are slightly pale ;-ofsternites dark g.r'lyishbrown, the caudal margins or tfie segments ringed with pale, the amount increasingon the out6r
sggTgtrts,broadest on sternite 7. Ovipositor with the basal
shield d-ark, shiny, the straight slend6r tergal valveshorncoloured.
Hab. Tasmania.

Holotype,I , Hartz lVlts.,DecemberI o,lgzz (A. Tonnoir).
g , Mt. Field, Decernber18, lgZZ; g , Mi.
___P_?!oty7tes,_
Wellirrgtou,November30, lg22 (A. Tonnoir).
Ischnotonta t at'uti,nensis,
sp. n.
Anteunre ..ipn-I. j.. both sexes; general coloration gl.e.\',variegatedwith dark brown, the prrc.scutumwith four brouln
stripes ; wings with a browrrish-yellowtinge, the stigma
darher ; alldomen obscure glange, the terminal segmeuts
darker ; _maleh)'pop"vgiumwith the tergite lar.ge,with-a vel'y
deep median notch.
ll[qls.-Lengt]r about l2'5 mm. ; rving li mm.
Frontal prolongation of head of moderatelength, approximatelv as long as the remaiuder of the head, narrrrwiy dr,rli
grey above, the sides arrd ventral portions of the frglt
obscurelrrowrrishyellow ; palpi black ; nasus long and.conspicuous. Antennre very sholt, about trvo-tlrirds the total
length of the headr_
l2-segmented,the basalsegmentelorrg.ate,
sligtrtly constrictednear mid-leugt_h;basal si" flagellar'segments stouter, sullcvlindrieal,graduu-llyd.ecreasing:in
let,gil,and diameter outwardly -only\rerv; termirral four segtri"trr.
'itru"
slender,the last elonslte,
a little shorter
tit. 1,r*ceding two taken togetlrer ; scapalsegmentsbroryn, the hrst
pruinose above, lhg second darker ; flagellum black, withconspicuousverticils. Head gre,r'ishbrorvn, the auterior
portiou of the vertex couspicuotrslydullicr brorou, thenewor little-knounTipulidre.

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frontal prolongation and the orbits narrowly margined with
light
grey.
Prouolum Brey, brighter, more browrrish, dorsally, thesclerites vely thin and plate-lihe. Lateral pretergites
obscure orange, Ilarrow. Mesotrotal prrescutum yellowish
SreI, brighter laterallv, with four long darh brown stripes,[he-intermediatepair separatedfrom otle artotlrerby " capillary reddislr-greyline, the lateral st,ripesseparatedfrorn the
intbrmediates by a slightly wicler clarh grey line; pseudosutural foverepunctiform ; sctrtum brownish greV, eacltlobe
almost col'eredby two coufluentdarh browtt spotsI scutellurn
black, pruinose, rvith all elongate-oval reddish spot_in
middle, parascutellayellow.; postnotttm.lig-l! gre{ with ?
consplcuousdarh brdwn triangle, the point directed caudad
but not quite attaining the caudal margin. Pleur,r clear
light grey, the dorso-pleural membrane brownish yellow ;.
1ll-eurolergitebrown, sparsely pruiuose, more heavily.oventrally. Halteres darh br<rwtr,the stem rlarrowiy reddish
brorvn at base. Legs with the coxre pale, heavilv light grey
pruiuoseI troclrartters f ulvous-5'ellow; _remainderof _legs
blaclr, the basal two-thirds of the femoradark fulvous; basitarsi much louger than the tibire. \Mings rvith a brownishyellow tinge, the extreme base bright o_range; stigrya
yellowish brrtrvn, the p_roximalentl darher brown ; cell Sc
more yellowish browr, but cell C entirely clear i *ing-apex
irr celis R2 and Re a little darkened ; a uarrow duslty seamrrlcrngveims Cu, ancl nt-cu I veius_black, n'ith cotrspicuou$
oblitbrative areasat enrl <lf y'3saud acrosstlre proxirnal eudof cell Ist Mr. Venation : ftr*, about four-fifths .llsi Rt+z
courplete, Rz abotrt in aligrrment with the apex ; cell Il,
relatitelv srrrall,t'ells l?2 and Rs at rvi1g-Targiu being subof cell llt a little louger thau rn ;cqual in extent ; pe_tio_le
ni-tu ot IVIs*nshortl.v before its fork.
Abdominal-tergitesobscure orarrge,the sides of tergite I
darli [rou'n.,leaving a median triarrgleof tlre groutrcl-colour,
tire telmintrl segmentsa little tlat'lier,ntol'ereddish brorvn;
stepritessirnilar, the base of tlre eighth sternite a little
rlar.lier. llale hvpopygium redtlishbrorvn,of modelatesize
a1d length. Nirrth tergite large, u'ith a de_epanclllarrow;rleelial lotch, the lateral lohes thus formed conspictrous
surfaceof tergite on distal half with abundant short l.rlack
setre. tf'he fused stenrite and llasistvle llrojects caudad
slig|tly beyondthe level of the terg-ite,providedwith sl)arse
blicli setre-thatbeconrelouger and lig'ht I'ellowon the caudal
portious; suture bc,tweerrbasist-ylezrtttl sterrrite irrdicatecl
ileleat[. Dististyle flatteuetl,elotrgate,the dorsal portitlrr

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nrargirredwith a crown of about a dozen small black teeth,
the lorrg apical beah jutting into the uotch of the tergite.
Eighth stenrite unarmed.
Hub. Victoria.
Holotype, J , Lower Tarwin, November 22, 1925 (G. F.
Hill).
Typ. in the collection of the National Museum, Victoria.
Macromustis igniceps,sp. r.
fufsls.-Length about l0 mm. I wing l4'5 mm.
Alexander (Nerv
Generally similar to M. au,ranti,oceps,
South Wales), differing a,sfollows :Frontal prolongation of head entirely fiery orange ; nasus
relatively conspicuous,a little darker in colottr. Head fieryorange, more intense behind, the vertex wide, just behirrd
its narrowest point a somewhat darker suffusiou on theorbits.
Pronotum narrower. Mesonotal prrescutumentirely dull
lig ht bufty brown, with three conspicuous dark brown
stripes,the median stripe narrorvly split by u capillary paler
vitta ; pseudosuturalfoverepunctiform, with a curved.line
frt-rm the margin extending through the fovea ; thence
directed anteriotly ; rernainder of mesonotum pale buffy
brorvrrI scutal lobes almost covered by a darh brotvn
marliing prolonged. across the suture from the lateralprrcscutal stripes. Pleura fulvous-yellow,without evident
pruinosity. Halteres darh brown, the extreme baseof thestem narrowly paler. Legs with the coxreconcolorouswith
tlre pleura ; trochatrtersobscureyellow ; femora yellow, thetills broarllv lllackerted,especiallyon the fore femora wheremore than the distal third is included, narrowest on theposterior f'ernorawhere about the distal fifth is irrcluded;
tibire and basitarsi brown, darkened.distally ; remainder o1'
tarsi black. Wings with a strong bron'nish-yellowtinge,
the stigma and costal region darher, the costal cell a littlebrighter than the subcostal; veins dark brown. The left
rvirrgof' the type showspaler washesin cells ,Ruto Znd Mz;
the right wing sinrilar washesin the Anal cells. No palespots before and beyond the stignra and the usual bullate
areas on the cord not evid.ent. Venation: ,Rs short andstraight, a little shorter than Rr*, i Rs about one-half longer'
tlran Rr*r; cell Mr short-petiolateto nearly sessile; cell
Znd A rclatively narrow.
Allclominal tergites obscure orange, the black triangles
extensive,each producedanteriorly so as to form a comllletc

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or nearly completedorso-medianstripe ; extrememargins of
the tergites narrowly blackened; stemites orange,the outersternites darker medially ; eighth segment entirely darkbrown; hypopygium yrilo*. Male h"ypop,tgium*ith thecaudal margin of the tergite gently emarginate,the marginsof the very short lobes densely fringed with short setre,thesurface of the lobes with long conspicuoussetre. Outerdististyle flattened, extendedinto a slender point, the outernrargin before this elongate point with a shorter conicaltooth ; surfaceof style with numerouslong ct-rnspicuous
setrefrom.conspicuoustubercles. Inner dististylewith the caudal
nrargin expanded.into a flattened,wing or flange, the baseor
lateral portiorr further produced into a sharp spinousprolongation ; apex of style producedmesadinto a stout gently
curved arm that is terminated by severalstout spiuoussetre.
Neither of the dististylesare provided with true spines.
Hub. Tasmania.
Holotype, S, Burnie, n'ebruary l, 1923 (A. Tonnoi,r).
Macromasti,unigropolita, sp. n.
Head dark grey ; mesonotal prrescutumand the scutallolles shiny polished black, the rerrrairrderof the notum
obscure yellorv; mesopleura pruinose ; tips of fernora
narrowly blackened; rvirrgsrvith ir stroug brou'nishtingc,
the prearcularregiou ulol'e ,r'ellowish;abclorrren;'ellow,thetergites triliueate wittr black, the sterrriteswith a rnetlian
black stripe ; abdominal segments6 aud 7 entirely blach ;genitalia yellow.
Female.-Length about 9 mm. I wirrg Il'5 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head relatively short, darh brownabove, obscure yellow beneath; nasus elongate, brorvnish
black; palpi brorvnish blach. Anteurrreverv short, orrly
altout as long as the head, lZ-segmeutecl; basal segrneut<-rfflagellum enlarged,much stouter anrl longer thau the next,
the succeedingsegrnentscyliudrical,gradrrallvdecreasingin
Iength and diameter,the tenuirral se;4'merrt
a little longer
than the penultimate; scapal segnreutspale, a little darker
above; flagellar segments beyoud the second blackened.
Head dark grelr paler grey in front, the area surroundiug
the antennal fossre, yellow ; vertical tubercle scarcely
developed.
Pronotum obscure yellow. I'Iesonotal prrescutum shiny
coal-black, highly polished, the very restrieted humeral
region and lateral margins a trifle paler ; interspaces nottlift'erentin colour, indicated only by u ferv short seteubehind ;36()Dr'. C. P. Alexatrtleron

suture pale I seutum obseure yellon', the atrtero-mesalhalf
of each lobe entirely shiny coal-blach, the median area ofthe scutum obscure ltrownish yel low ; scutellum and llostnotum obscure yellorv, the posterior nrargin of the mediotergite rvittr two coufluent shiny lllach spots. Pleura pale,ttre propleura, anepisterlrum, sternopleurite, and vetrtralpruinose;
portion of the meron infuscatedand eotrspicuously
pleurotergitemore shiny, the ventral margin trarrorvly
blaclienetl. Halteres short, pale,the knobs more infuscatecl.
Legs rvith the coxre obscureyellow, very sparselypruirrose;
troctrantersobscureyellow ; femora vellow, the tips narrowly
but verv conspicuouslyblacliened,the amount subequaloll
all the legs ; tibire pale brown, the basesnarrowly, the tips
more llroadly blacliened; tarsi black ; tarsi slender, thebasitarsiconsiclerablvlonger than the tibire. Wings with astrong brorvnish tirrge; prearcular regiorr mol'e yellorvish;
costal region a tritle darlier than the gr'ound-colour; stigmaoval, darlier brown I veins clark,the prearcularveinsyellorv.
Venatiorr : /ls straight, subequal to or a trifle shorter thanz+t i cell M, sltort-petiolate; cell 2nd z{ narrow.
Abdominal tergites yellow with a lrroad contirruousblacl<

rnedianstripe that widensout at the posterior marginsof
segments2 to 5, tergite 6 being entirely black ; tergite 7
black excepuf<rr a restricteclpale margiu olr either side of
the median line; tergites 8 and I obscureyellorv; lateral
marginsof the tergitesnarrowlyblackeuetl,more broadl"vs<lon segments2 ancl3; sternitesbright yellow with a mediarr
by tlvo isolateds1l<lts
black stripe,on stenrite2 represented;
on sternites3 to 5 continuous; sternites6 artd 7 entirelv
blacli; sternite 8 yellow. Ovipositor with the vah'esverv
short and blunt, as in the genus,the tergal valvesiuglewith
a small caudaluotch.
Hab. Nelv South Wales.

Holotype,?, Mt. Wilson, Blue Mts., Novetnber19, t92l
(A. Tonnoir).
sp. n.
Macromastinmutabi,li.s,
General coloration of thorax of male buffy, with fulvous
stripes, of the female darker hrown I antennre short in bsth
sex.s I eeutre of the vertex infuscated; wings with A bt'orvtr
tinge, the costal and prearctrlar regions darker; petiole ofcell Mr longer than rn; abdominal bergiteswith two t'ows
of darli spots that are somctirnesexparrcledirrt,oitrtcrrupted
subltteral stripes.
Mule.-Lrerrgth about 8'5-9 mm. ; wirtg 12'8-13'5 nrm.

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Ilemale.--rrollsthabo't 8 rlrl. I wi.g lg.B m m.
Mule. Ft'otttrtl_prolorrgationof head relatively s5ort, lesstharr the remzrirrderof tfe head, brow'ish;"*.
.o"ilo*;'brorurr,
short anrl stout I palpi dark brrrwri. Anterrr,* short,the basalsegment'rore J)rui'ose; flagellarsegmentsgradually decreasiugin size,-the fir,st larlest, s.b"pyriforri, thesucceeding^thre_esegmentscylinclricailthe remalnderliirear.
Head buffv-yellow, the cejrtre of ih* vertex infusca;;,sendingu tiuttuw line cephaln,lor tu tl,e vertieal tubercle.
Ilesonotum bt-ffy,-theprrescutumwith four sligStly-au*kr"
f nlvous stripes,the intermediate pair bale]y .rfiur"ted by aline of the
I scutum greyish buff, t'e 1o6",.gr<lund-colour
mol.eferruginous; scutellum.arrd.p".[roium darker, sparsely
pr9inose'the posteriormargin of ihe latter with two^lateral
paler triangles. Pleura buffy. Halteres pale brown, t'e.
baseof the item buffy. Legs'with the coxreand troc6anterst?rfly, yellow I I'emora browrrish yellow, the tips narrowly
tlalk brorvtt;. tibire.yellorvishbrown,the'tips narrowly i'fus"eated ; tarsi passing irrto dark bru*o.- !I'i'gs "with abrorvrrishtinge,.
lhr- costal region, arrd especialli cell s",
darlier browtr, this clourling inclu,iir,g the baseof'cell R andthe prearcularregion; stigma darker-brorvn; a brown cloudon the atrterio_r
corcl; veirrselarhelbrowrrI ,iblituruti'e areas
distinct;_a pale streak in outer end of celi/t and the traseof
cell lst M 2. Verratiorr: Il, nearly straight, about ope-lralf
lorrger than. Rr*r; petiole of "ejl ML Irt,g.e, tha, nt, cell;lst M, relatively snrall, irregularlv pei,tag<l-rral
celli,nd A;
relativelyrrarrou'.
Abdtlminal tergites buffv, bey<lrrdthe first rvitl a darli
sublateralspotorr citlrer sicle,thoie on the posteliorsegments
Irlore extensive ; segments 7 and 8 uniiormly aurT..rr.a"Mul";ster.ites pu]r ;. hypopl'gium obscure.yello_w.
l,;,poiPygiu.rtrryi.tltthe rrirrth tergite relatively large, the cauilal
tttartgittrvith a broad but shallow V-shaprd nui"lr, t5e o1ri".*of the llroarllolles thtts fbrmed rvitlr an exterrsiveareathat
is derrselyset rrith et'ect spirr,russeta:; furtlrer cephalad;,^At l r e s c l e r i t et l r e s e t r eb e c o m el,o n g e ' a ' d l a r g e r .
,i,,gt;colnltlexdististvle,lelat!vely.large-,.thedistal"halfexpa.rLcl
into a lreatl,tlre lleali lleing short,obtuse,the ventralp"rtio'
llrotuber.attt,lreitt'llt' lllitt'lierrerlarrd arn,ed n'ith abi,rrclaut
lriattli sllitres: olr tire latet'irlface of tlre style a flattenetl
g l a b r o t r sr v i r r g - l i k t t: ',x p a r r s i o r r ;l l a s e o f: t y"facel" rvitS a l";.;;
fleshy setiferotrs lolre olr verrtro-nresali a ,,al,l,orv
setiferous lobule at the extl'elnebaee,directecllatera4 a.cldorsad,this continuousu'ith the wilg'-like expansionabove
described. undeaguslong ancl sleudei'.

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On new or little-known'Tiprrlidre.

In the paratypemale the prrescutumis an alrnostuuifortu
fulvous,the stripesnot evideut.
Fentale.The iemalesthat are referred to this speciesare
from the males,but thevery differentin gerreralappearauce
to bs correct. The head,tltorax, aud
is beli"eved.
assbciation
abrlomenare largelv brown, more pruinoseotr tf q pleura.
Prrescutumobscure buffy-yellow wrth four reddish-browtt
stripesthat are narrowly-rnarginedwith darker, completqly
obliterating the interspaces. Abdonrengreyish browtr,thecaudal,oufrios of tergites-In 2 to 5 brighter hrownI sternites
brownishte"staceous. the paratypefemaletlte sanredarlt
are welIcoloration ir found, but the prrescutalstripes'I'hesublateralseparated,the median stripe pal-erin frottt.
.pbtr on the abdomenare hereso extettsiveas to fbrm twointerrupted,dorsal stripes.
Hab. Tasmania.
Holotype, 3, Adventure Buy, December31, L922 (A.
Tonnoir).
Alttttype,? , Strahan,FebruarY6, I92? (4:'I'ortnob').
Paralipotype,g ; pafatUpe,g, with the allotype.