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Frorn the Proceedtngn ol the I'tnneon Boclety ol Naw Bouth walet,
VoL litt, Part 2, 1928.

CRANE.FLIES.

(TIPULIDAB, DIPTERA) F-RO}I I]ARRINGTO}ITOPS, NEW SOUTI WALES.

By Csenr.ss P. Ar.nxanDn&F.E.S, Amherst, Massechusetts,U.S.A,(Cammu,ntcated,bU I. M. Mactcerras, 1t.8., Ck,M., B.Bc.)[Read 2?th Aprll, 1928.1

IIssued 15th May, 1928.]).

CRANE-F'LIES (TIPULIDAE, DIPTERA) T''ROM BARRINGTON TOPS,NEW SOUTH WALES.
By cuenlns P. Arpxeworn, F.E.s., Amherst, Massachusetts,u.s.A.1(Communicated,by I. M. Mackerras,M.8., Ch.M.,B.,Sc.)
lRead 21th April, 1928.1
The crane-flies collected by the members of the Sydney University Zoological
Expedition to the Barrington Tops, New South Wales, have been sent to me by
Dr. I. M. Mackerras for examination and report. Very few specimens of Tipulidae
have been previously taken on the Barrington Tops, and our knowledge of theseflies from the higher altitudes of northern New South Wales is still extremely
limited. It is for this reason, chiefly, that the percentage of undescribed species
in the present series is unusually high, including nearly one-half of the total
number taken.
The collections considered herein were taken mostly at an elevation ot
approximately 5,000 feet cluring January, 1925. All typcs and uniques have beenreturned to Dr. I\fackerras and will be cleposited in the Macleay Collections in the
University of Sydney. 1\[y sincere thanks are extended to Dr. Mackerras andothers of the Expedition who aided in the collection of material for the prlvilegeof studying this very interesting series of Australian Tipulidae.
The total number of Tipulidae taken on the Tops is approximately b0, but there
are a few species, chiefly in the involved genus Moloph,ilus, that are represented
only by females and which cannot be finally determined on this material.
The complete list of species in the collection is as follows:
Plttsiontyia(Pltr,siontAia) ntackercasi, n.
sp.
Act'ocatt,tlta syritteyettsis Skuse
Iscltu,otortta scn-ic<,rrrris ( f,Iacquart )I. par (Walker)
L ru,brivettris( Jlircrluart ).
I, su,babrwrltnlis, n. sp.
Phyntatopsis Tteriploc.u, n. sp.
P, itttt'icata, n. sp.
Habrontastit
sintilior Alexander
Macront astit costalis (Swederus)
M, axerantioceps su,bttitrtdc Alexander
Dolichopeza
annulipes
oresitropho,n.
subsp,
D. lou,gitligitolis Alexander(T\iphana)
Geranontgia
tenebricoso
Alexander
G. (7.) r'isibili.s, n. sp.
Dicratr,ontyia punctiperltis
Skuse
D. soaatilis Skuse
D. obscura Skuse
D. ochrh'osfris
Alexander
Lintottio obscttripennis (Skuse)I'. aonoto (Sktrse)
Discobolo austt'cclis ( Skuse )r Contribution
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Orintat'gula att,straliensis Alexander:lustrolitrt,ttoTtlttlu, nt urtilica, n. sp.
Litnttophilo edita, n. sp.
(Pat al,itttrr,ophilo)
C ytr.oltlistiefuscoil,orsofo, n. s1r.
G. (P.) rentulsa, n. sp.
G. (P.) horrison'i, n. sp.
G. (P.) botitt.gtotti@, n. sp.
G. (P.) rnXlstica, n. sp.
G. (Ggnoplistia)
fl,auofemorata., n. sp.
G. (e.) utestusood,i opima, n. subsp.
G. (G.) nicholsotr,i, n. sp.
G. (G.) cultrato, n. sp.
G. ( G. ) bimocu'lata nigrotibtolis
Alexander
C. (C.) obscLri,ueno Skuse
G. (G.) histrionico,n. sp.
C. (G.) ulridis helmsi Alexander
G. (C.) pamtnelas, D. sp.
E lephontomgia
t osmani,ensis b arcing t ottio
Alexander
Taaiocero, borritr,gtonensis,
n. sp.
trI ololthilus lrog gatti Skuse.ilI. nt,acleayo?ot s, n. sp.
lI. fl,auocingalofrcs, n. sp.
M. Ttulch.rdpes Skuse

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cn.{NE-t'r,rEs l'Ro}rII^{IIBTNGTON I'()PS, \.S.1\'.'

Descriptions of Nerc Bpecies ond Subsf)ecies.
MAcr(EBnASr,n. sp.
PrusroMrrr (Pr,usroutn)
General coloration grey, the prescutum with four brown stripes; pleura silverygrey with two brown longitudinal stripes; winS;s bron'n with a whitish patternthat includes a nearly complete, narrow crossband beyond the cord, extending fromcosta into cell M..
33'34 mm.; rving'
S.Length about 26 mm.; *'ing, 22-24 mm. 9.Length
22'5-23 mm.
Frontal prolongation of the head elongate, dark fulvous, the nasus stout;
palpi black. Antennae brownish-black, the tour simple terminal segments sonletimes a little paler; first flagellar segment with a stout subapical protuberance :flagellar segments two to seven each with a pair of basal appendages that areapproximately as long as the segments; in some, the eighth flagellar segment
bears a single weak basal protuberance. Head grey, the centre of the vertex
more lnfuscated.
Lateral pretergites dark brou'n.
Pronotum fulvous-brown, silvery laterally.
prescutum
grey
lllesonotal
with four brown stripes, the intermediate pair separated
only by a dark reddish-brown median vitta; lateral margin of the sclerite darkbrown; pseudosutural foveae small, black; scutum light grey, the lobes almost
covered by dark brown areas; remainder of the mesonotum light grey, the central
portion of the scutum, the scutellum and a broad median line on the postnotal
mediotergite brown. Pleura silvery grey pruinose, with tu'o narrow, longitudinal.
brown stripes, the more dorsal extending from the cervical region across theventral propleura on to the anepisternum and pteropleurite; the ventral stripe
Halteles brown, the knobs
includes the ventral sternopleurite and meron.
darker. Legs with the coxae silvery grey; trochanters obscure yellow, the apex
brown; femora yellowish-brown to brorrn, the llases nat'rorvl]'clearer yellow, thetips brownish-black; tibiae dark brown, the tips still <larker; tarsi black. Wings
pale brown, with a handsome whitish pattern, distrillutetl as follows: A spot itt
cell R, before the origiin of Rs, confluent with a large area in the outer half of cell
M; a broad, oblique crossband beyond the cord, including the bases of cells R", R.
and R5, almost all of cell 1st M, the extreme outer end of cell R and the basal
portions of cells M, and Mn; bases of cells Cu, 1st A and 2nd A conspicuously pale;remainder of cubital and anal cells greyish-brown; outer medial cells paler than
the general dark colour of the wing; veins dark brolt'n. Venation: Cell M' sessile.
Abdomen with the basal tergite pruinose, brown medially; second tergite lightfawn-brown, sparsely pruinose, the median line clark brown; terS;ites three andfour grey, with a dark brorvn median line, the basal ring a little brighter laterally;a dark brown lateral stripe on tergites one to three; tergites five to seven dark 8rey,
with a brown median line that becomes obsolete on the seventh segment;
hypopygium dark; sternites pale reddish-brown, darker medially, the outer
segments darker. In some specimens, the abdomen is trulform grey and brown,
without the brighter basal coloration. In the female, the bright coloration of thebasal rings of the tergites includes segments two to seven.
Holotype, J, Barrington Tops, January, 1925 (S.U. Zool. Exp.). Allotopotype,?. Paratopotypes, 2 d, 1 9.
This interesting species is named in honour of Dr. Ian Mackerras, to whom
I would express my deep indebtedness for many kind favours in the past.
plusi,omyia nlackercosi somewhat resembles a small specimen of P. olliflfi' Skusein the general pattern of the wing, but differs conspicuously in the broaderliugs

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with a narrower and more oblique white crossband beyond the cord, togetheru'ith the whitened eentre of the small cell M{.
Iscgxorou,r suBABNoRMALrs,
n. sp.
General coloration grey; mesonotal prescutum with four brown stripes; wings
greyish, the veins beyond the cord vaguely seamed with pale brown; basal
abdominal segments reddish-brown, the subterminal segments darkened.
d. Length about 13 mm.; wing, 13.b mm. Q. Length, 1?-1g mm.; wing,
1 6 - 1 7m m .
Frontal prolongation of head reddish-brown, darker above, including the longnasus; palpi brownish-black. Antennae with the basal segment of the Bcape
buffy-yellow, the seeond segment reddish-brown; flagellum black. Head brown,
the orbits and genae light grey.
Mesonotal preseutum clear grey to yellowish-grey laterally, with four entlre
brown stripes, the interspaces more greyish, especially near the suture; scutum
dark brown, the posterior angles of the lobes a littte brightened; scutellum
brownish-black, the parascutella grey; postnotum grey with a dusky median
triangle, the point directed backward. Pleura light grey, variegated with darker
grey to form two vague longitudinal stripes, the more dorsal including the
propleura and anepisternum, the ventral stripe occupying the ventral sternopleurite; dorso-pleural region infuscated, restrictedly sulphur-yellow near theanterior spiracle. Halteres dark brown, the base of the stem restrictedly paler.
Legs with the coxae light grey; trochanters light brown; femora yellow, theapices broadly brownish-black; in the type male this darkening includes thetlistal third or more, in other specimensthe darkened tips narrower; tibiae brown,'Wingsthe tips darker; tarsi dark brown.
greyish; stigma pale yellowish-brown,
the caudal portion darker; veins beyond the level of the origin of Rs vaguely
seamed with pale brown; veins dark brown. Venation: R. evenly and gently
areuated for its entire length, diverging from R.,.,.
Basal abdominal tergite dark brorvn; tergites two to four reddish-brown,
extensively darkened medially; subterminal segments more uniformly darkened;hypopygium obseure yellon'; basal sternites uniformly reddish-brown. Male
hypopygium with the ninth tergite having the lateral lobes very broad, obliquely
truncated. Outer dististl'le flattened, the apex with a conspicuous rounded notch,
the two apical points nearly equal in size, obtuse at their tips; a small basal
lobe on the style, this provided with one or two apical spines. Armature of theinner dististyle relatively sparse.
Holotype, J, Barrington Tops, January, 1925 (S.U. Zool. Exp.). Allotopotype,
9. Paratopotypes. 4 9.
Isehnotoma subabttormalisis very closely related to I. abnornlalis (Alexander)and f. im'maculi1tennisAlexander. It differs from abnormalis especially in thedetails of structure of the male hypopygium. I. immaculipennis is stiil known
only from temales. It differs from the present species in the unmarked wings,
with Rs more angulated. and R, more extended on its distal half, not arcuatedto the margin.
Prrr..u.rropsrspERrpLocA,n. sp.
General coloration obscure yellow, the prescutum with four nearly confluent
brown stripes; wings creamy, with an intricate more or less angularly crossbanded brown pattern; anterior cortl narrowly margined with creamyi Rs a little

CRANE-FLIES FBOM BARRINGTON TOPS, N.S.\Y.,

longer than Rr*,i abdominal tergites buffy-brown, the caudal margins of thesegments conspicuously blackened.
6. Length about 7 mm.; wing, 8'5-8'6 mm.
Frontal prolongation of the head obscure brownish-yellow, without a nasus;
palpi brownish-black. Antennae short, if bent backward not extending far beyond
the pronotum; scapal segments testaceous, the flagellum dark brown; basal
flagellar segment conspicuously larger than the others. Head brown, the posterior
orbits a little paler.
Pronotum testaceous above, dark brown laterally. Mesonotum obscure yellow
with four nearly confluent dark brown stripes; scutum similarly dark brown, palerin the vicinity of the suture; remainder of mesonotum rather dark testaceousbrown, the base of the postnotal mediotergite brighter; posterior area of thepleurotergite conspicuously blackened. Remainder of the pleura yellorvish
pollinose, with two vague brownish areas, the more dorsal occupying
the ventral anepisternum, the lower stripe occupying the ventral sternopleurite. Halteres obscure yellow, the knobs dark brown. Legs with thecoxae brownish-yellow, the posterior coxae clearer yellow; trochanters yellow;
femora brownish-testaceous,the tips narrowly blackened; tibiae brown, the tips
narrowly blackened; tarsi black. Wings with a crearny ground colour, handsomely variegated with pale brown, the stigma darker brown; the brown clouds
are distributed more or less in the form of crossbands,as follows: A relatively
extensive mark immediately beyond the arculus, including the bases of cells
C, R, M and Cur; an irregular band before the origin of Rs. extending to vein Cu;
a smaller dark cloud at origin of Rs, connecterlrvith a narrow irregular fascia
that crossescells R and M immediately before the corrl; fork of Rs and anterior
cord narrowly bordered by creamy; a brorvn fascia beyond the cord includes
the base of cell Ru and most of cell 1st N'I,; a broarl band on the posterior cord;
wing-tip broadly darkened; cells Cu, and anal cells infunred except near the baseof cell lst A; veins dark brown, paler in the creamy areas. Venation: Rs a little
longer than Rr*r; R, relatively long, subequal to or longer than r-m; cell ]I,
narrowly sessile to short-petiolate; cell 2nd A narrow.
Abdominal tergites buffy-brown, the caudal margins of the tergites blackened,
more conspicuously so on segments two to four, narrower on segments five andsix; a subterminal blackish ring; sternites more uniformly Bale brown, the caudal
margins of the segments rveakly infuscated.
Holotype, J, Barrington. Tops, January, 7925 (S.U. Zool Exp.). Par;rtopotype, d.
Pltrrr.r'ropsISr r i ' r l t l c r . \ ' l ' . \ .n . s p .

3. Length about 9 mm.; rving, 11.3 mm.
Generally similar to P. perigtloca,D. sD., differing as foilows: Size larger', asshown by the measurements. Head rvith the orbits and Senae conspicuously paler
than the vertex. Posterior pleurotergite darker than the anterior portions but
scarcely blackened. Wings much as in periytloca but the pattern even more
intricate; cells R and M cream-coloured,the basal darkening very restricted; thesecond dark band is angularly bent, in cell M lying more distad than in cell R;
Rs is sunounded by a semicircular dark marking, the extreme centre adjoining
the veins being pale; an extensive dark cloud oecupies cell R, before the stigma
and along the cord, interrupted by cream-colouredspots at the fork of Rs and near
the fork of M; the extensive cream-coloured crossband beyond the cord is inter-

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rupted at vein Mr*r, in the median fietd being broken into creamy spots rn thebases of cells M, to M.. Venation: Rs unusually long, nrore than one-third longer
than Rr*.; r-m greatly reduced; cell M, very short-petiolate to nearly sessile.
Abdominal tergites conspicuously banded with black.
Holotype, d, Barrington Tops, January, 1g2b (S.U. Zool. Exp.).
The four small speciesof Phymato\tsis in Eastern Australia may be separated
as follows:
1. Wings unmarked except for the stiglna (N. eueensland)
breuiTtalpis Alexander
Wings cream-coloured, cross-band.ed with pale brolvn
Z
2. Rs short, about two-thirds R"*r; cells R and M evenly cross-banded with brown(New South Wales)breuirostrato Alexander
Rs as long as or longer than Rr*.; cells R and M irregularly
cross-banded withbrown........8
3. Size large (u'ing, cf, more than 10 mm.); Rs fully one-third longer than Rr*r; baseof Rs with a large dark cloud rvith a small pale centre (New South Wales). itttticata, n. sp.
Size small (wing, cf, less than g mm.); Rs subequal to or only a little longer thanRr*r; base of Rs with a small dark cloud (Nerv South ll'ales) . . . . Tteriptoco. n. sp.

Dor-rcrropnzl ANNUr,rt,EsonnsrrnoprtA, n. subsp.
6. Length about 11 mm.; wing, 12 mm.
14 mm.

!. Length, 11-15 mm.; wing, 11.b-Allied to annulipes Skuse, differing in the followingr,egards:

Rostrum brownish with a brown median line. Anterior vertex bright yellow.
The oblique pleural stripe is bright sulphur-yellow on the humeral region of theprescutum, the lateral pretergites and the dorsopleural region, on the remainder ofthe pleura (anepisternum, posterior sternopleurite, pteropleurite and metapleura)pale in colour, but dull, the surface sparsely pruinose. Halteres dark brown, the baseof the stem brighter; in a few examples, the halteres are yellow with only theknobs dark brown. Legs with the terminal tarsal segmeilrs a little darkened;
fore and middle coxae chiefly blackened; the amount of rvhite on the tibial apices
is least on the mid-tibiae. Wings rvith the ground-colour very dark, rvith three
cream-coloured areas, before and beyond the stigma and near the fork of M;
stigma and cell Sc darker than the remainder of the $ing; most of the veins
further seamed with brorvn. Anal angle of the wing slightly prominent. Venation:
fo-cu approximately its orvn length before the fork of M. Abdominal tergites
dark brown, each of segments two to five with a conspicuous yellowish triangle oneither side, lying between the uniformly darkened basal ring and the dark median
triangle that occupies the caudal end of each segment; on tergites six to eightthe pale coloration is restricted to a spot on either side; sternites dark, the caudal
margins of the segments pale, widest on segment seven; hypopygium chiefly pale.
The dark brown posterior vertex and occiput contrast conspicuously with thebright yellow-anterior vertex, the point of union being somewhat darker brownishblack and more shiny. Frontal prolongation of the head pale greyish-brown, thebrown median line conspicuous. Pronotum with the scutellum brownish-black,extending to the concolorous coxae. The entire disk of the prescutum isblackened, the humeral triangles remaining bright yellow; interspaces slightly
more velvety-black than the stripes.
Holotype, J, Barrington
Paratopotypes,
LZ 6,?.
?.

Tops, January, L925 (S.U. Zool. Exp.).

Allotopotype,(.RANE-FLIES }-NO}T RARRIIiGTON TOPS. N.S.W..

Gnn,rxorvryre(Tnrprrexe) nrsrBrr,rs,n. sp.
General coloration brownish-yellow, the prescutum with three black stripes;
femora obscure yellow, all with a relatively narrow brownish-black subterminal
ring; wings brownish-yellow, with a relatively sparse brown pattern; malehypopygium with the rostral prolongation of the ventral rlististyle short and broad.
J. Length (excluding rostrum) about 8-8'5 mm.; wing,7.8-8.5 rnm.; rostrum,
1 . 7 - 1 . 9m m . t . L e n g t h ( e x c l u d i n g r o s t r u m ) a b o u t 1 0 m m . ; w i n g , 9 m m . ; r o s t r u m ,2.1-2.2 mm.
Rostrum and palpi black; rostrum short, it bent backward not extending far
beyond the wing-root. Antennae brownish-black throughout. Head velvety-black,with a capillary silvery-grey median vitta.
Pronotum dark brown, the sides brownish-yellou'. Mesonotum brownishyellow, the humeral region of the prescutum clearer yellow; three clearl]' defined
black stripes, the median stripe not reaching the suture, the lateral stripes
crossing the suture and sufiusing the scutal lobes; median region of scutum
pale, sparsely pruinose; scutellum brownish-yellow, in some cases dark brown;
postnotum dark brown medially, paler laterally, the surface vaguely pruinose.
In some specimens, the lateral prescutal stripes are less distinct. Pleura obseureyellow, the anepisternum and pleurotergite more infuscated; dorsopleural region
dusky. Halteres yellow, the knobs brown. Legs with the coxae obscure brownishyellow; trochanters testaceous yellow; femora obscure yellow with a relativel]'narrow brownish-black subterminal ring on all the legs, a little narrow on the
middle femora; tibiae light brown. the tips darker brown; tarsi dark bron'n.
'Wingsbrorvnish-yellou'rvith a relativel)- sparse but eonspicuous blorrn pattern.
distributed as follon's: A rectangular area at origin of Ils. ineluding cells Sc andR, cell C being less evidentll' darkened; an oval spr)t on Sc.: stigma oval,
connected with a large circular spot at the fork of Rs: narro$' brorvn seams
along the cord and outer end of cell 1st lI.: rving-tip nalrowll- but evidently
darkened; a pale brown cloud in outer end of cell 1st A: veins brorvn, darker in
the infuscated areas. Venation: Sc long, Sc, ending near two-thirds the length ofthe long Rs, Sc, from two to three times its length from the tip; R= about trvice
the free tip of Sc, beyond it; m-cu varying from about one-third to one-fifth its
length before the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites dark brown; basal sternites brown, a little darker basall]',the outer sternites more uniformly darkened. Male hypopygium as in artnulata.
differing especially in the short and broad rostral prolongation of the ventral
dististyle, with the spines placed close to the base,and the longer and more slenderapical lobes of the gonapophyses.
Holotype, d, Barrington Tops, January, 1925 (S.U. Zool. Exp.). Allotopotype,?. Paratopotypes, 4 3, ?.
Geranomyia ri,sibilis is most closely related to G. (7.) annulato Skuse, difrering
especially in the uniform nature of the subterminal brov;n annuli of the femora
and in the details of structure of the male hypopygium.
AusrnorrrrNoprrrr,A MUNrFrcA,n. sp.
General coloration dark brou'n, the prescutal stripes more reddish-brown;
femora chiefly brownish-black with a narrow subtermtnal yellow ring; wings
yellow with a heavy solid brown pattern, including a cr(,ssbandat the cord andconspicuousseams to the veins i R,-*-, longer than m-cu, the latter placed at midlength of cell lst Mr.
?. Length about 13 mm.; wing, 13 mm.

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Rostrum brown; palpi black. Antennae (9) relatively long tor this sex, lf
bent backward extending to the base of the abdomeu; seapal segments darkbrown; basal two or three flagellar segments dark brov'n, their apices yellow, theamount decreasing on the outer segments; following flagellar segments uniformly
dark brown; flagellar segments long-cylindrical, with relatively long verticils. Headdark brown medially, the anterior vertex and orbits a Iittle brighter.
Pronotum brownish-black. Mesonotal prescutum brownish-black, the usual
stripes more reddish-brown, virtually confluent; median region of scutum andthe scutellum obscure yellor', the scutal lobes and parascutella darker; postnotal mediotergite pale brown. Pleura extensively blackened, the pleurotergite
chiefly pale brown, with a darker area on the cephalic portion. Halteres darkbrown, the base of the stem and apex of the knob obscure yellow. Legs with thecoxae dark brown basally, the tips obscure yellow; trochanters obscure brownishyellow; femora with the bases narrowly obscure yellow, passing through brownto dark brown, the tips blackened, preceded by a relatively narrow yellow ring;tibiae brownish-black, the bases very narrowly obscure yellow. rvith a vague diffuse
paler ring before the tips; basitarsi light brown, the outer segments passing into
darker brown. Wings with a strong yellowish ground-colour, the base and costal
region brighter; a heavy solid brorvn pattern, arranged as follows: At Scr; aprearcular spot; a large postarcular spot extending from costa to vein M; a large
area at origin of Rs, reaching costa and continued along vein M as a conspicuous
seam; broad seams along the cord and outer end of cell 1st Mr; large marginal
clouds at ends of veins Rr*, and R., with smaller marginal clouds on the otherlongitudinal veins; broad seams on the veins back from ttie margin and a narrow
apical margin completely surrounding the wing from vein Rn back to the anal
region; all of the above tend to restrict the ground-colour beyond the cord tosmall isolated patches; anal and cubital veins broadl-v seamed with brown; veinsbrownish-black, C and Sc somewhat brighter; no yellorv seams surrounding certainof the veins, as in Ttristina. Venation: Se, and Sc,, both ending shortly beyond
the origin of Rr,.; Rs angulated and spurred at origint R,,,-* about one-half longer
than m-cu; R, pale yellow, a little shorter than Rr-,: nl more arcuated than theouter deflection of Mr; m-cu at midlensth of the long cell lst lI,.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, the caudal margins of the segments
restrictedly paler, the intermediate tergites somewhat brighter; a narrow darklateral stripe; basal sternites ]'ellov, the outer segments darker. Ovipositor withthe shields brownish-yellon'; valves relatively short and powerful, dark reddish
horn-colour.
Holotype, Q, Barrington Tops, January, L925 (S.U. Zool. Exp.).
The only described species with which A. munifica might be confused isA. pristino (Alexander) of Victoria, which differs conspieuously in the wing- andleg-pattern and in the position of m-cu.
LrrrnopHrt,A EDrrA, n. sp.
Belongs to the pilosipertnis group; general coloration brownislr-yellow;
posterior vertex dark brown; legs yellow, only the outer segments of the tarsi
darkened; wings lisht yellow; sparse macrotrichiae in the outer ends of cells
R. to Mr; Sc, short, less than one-half m-cu.
9. Length about ?.5 mm.; wing, ?.6 mm.
Rostrum pale brown; palpi dark brown. Antennae pale brownish-yellow, theouter segments darker; flagellar segments oval, the outer segments more elongate;

CRANE.FLIES FROM BANRII{GTON TOPS. N.s.]ilI..

verticils longer than the segments. Head with the posterior vertex dark browu,
sparsely pruinose, the anterior vertex pale silvery; occiput brownish-yellow.
Pronotum pale buffy. Mesonotum shiny brownish-yellow, without markings,
the posterior sclerites more testaceous,the surface dull. Pleura concolorous withthe postnotum, without markings, the surface very sparsely pruinose. Halteres
pale yellow. Legs with the coxae testaceousyellow; remainder of the legs yellow,
the outer segments of the tarsi darkened. Wings light yellow, the base andcostal region even brighter coloured; veins pale brownish-yellow. Sparse
macrotrichiae in outer ends of cells Rn, Ro and Mr. Veuation: Sc, not far fromthe tip of Scr, the latter alone being less than one-half m-cu; remainder ofvenation much as in pilosipennis, R, being obsolete or virtually so; Rs in alignment with Rr*r*nand the inner ends of cells Rn, Ru and 1st M, in transversealignment; veins R, and Rn more divergent at margin; r;ells M, and 1st M, moreelongate.
Abdominal tergites medium brown, the sternites brighter coloured; genital
segment yellow. Ovipositor with the tergal valves relatively long, only gently
upcurved.
llolotype, t, Barrington ToDs, January, 1925 (S.U. Zool. Exp.).
Limnophila edita is generally similar to L. pilosipennis Alexander (Lord
Ilowe Island), differing in the details of coloration, the short Sc, and the more
restricted wing-trichiation.
GyNopr,rsrrA(P.rnar,ruxorrrrr,e) l'uscoDoRSA.rA,
n. sp.
Belongs to the aurantiipennis group; antennae l5-segmented,rvith eight shortbranched segmentsin the male; thoracic dorsum chiefly dark brown, the pronotumand dorsal pleurites brighter coloured; wings brorvnish-yellorv,
eell C dark brown.
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2
m
m
.
L
e
n
g
t
h
. 1 3 - 1 5m m . ; w i n g ,;f.
t.
12-13.5mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae (d) l5-segmented, the formula
being 2 + 8 + 5; scapal segments obscure yellow; flagellum and branches darkbrown, the extreme base of segments one and two obscure yellow; longest branch(flagellar segment four) about one-third longer than the segment; flagellar
segment nine with the inner face toward apex a little produced. In the female,the antennae are likewise l5-segmented,the formula being 2+7 + 6, the brauches
being reduced to stout serrations; terminal two segments partially fused into asingle segment. Head greyish-bron'n, the orbits clearer gr€y, the genae obscurereddish-brown.
Pronotum obscure yellow to orange-yellow, restrictedly darker medialll'.
Dorsum of the mesonotum dark brorvn, the humeral region and lateral margins of
the prescutum dark yellow; in cases, the prescutal stri.fres are better indicated,brown, narrowly margined with still darker brown, the surface vaguely pruinose,
the interspaces a trifle more reddish; postnotal mediotergite a little brightened
laterally near base. Pleura dark brown to reddish-brown, very sparsely pruinose;
propleura and dorsopleural membrane brighter, orange-yellow; sonle specimens
have the dorsal sternopleurite and ventral pteropleurite more yellorvish to produce
a vague longitudinal stripe, with a darker brown stripe immediately dorsad of it.
Halteres dark brown. Legs with the coxae varying from obscure yellow to dark
reddish-brown, the surface very sparsely pruinose; femora dark brown to black,their bases restrictedly obscure yellow, including approximately the basal third to
fourth; tibiae dark brown, the tips passing into black; tarsi black, the basitarsi

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59

a very little paler basally. Wings with a strong brownish yellow suffusion, cell C
and the stigma dark brown, especially the former; the anterior radial field, thewing-base and cell Cu, somewhat brighter yellow; outer costal margin in cells
R, and R, more saturated, especially near the veins; indistinct dusky clouds atorigin of Rs, m-cu, outer end of cell 1st M, and the fork of Mr*r; 2nd anal cellmore or less infuscated; veins pale brown, the costa darlier, the prearcular veins
more yellowish. Venation: Cell M, about one-half longer than its petiole; m-cu
at or shortly beyond the fork of M, a little shorter than the distal section of Cur.
Abdomen, including the hypopygium, dark brown; outer sternites sometimes
yellowish-brown; in the female, the base of the second ter.gite and the genital
segment brighter yellow. Male hypopygium as in thr.: subgenus, the tergite
narrowed to a small rounded lobe that is tipped with a microscopic tubercle.
Outer dististyle with the outer apical spine strongly decurved, the apical notch
being small. Inner dististyle with a large, basal, fleshy lobe that is strongly
setiferous, the outer flattened blade-like portion bearing a small subapical lobule.
Gonapophysesslender, gradually narrowed outwardly, a irifle expanded just before
the tip, this bulbous portion being further produced into a long. curved spine.
Holotype, J, Barrington Tops, Jauuary, \925 (S.U. Zool. Exp.). Allotopotype,
Paratopotypes,
several J, t.
?.
GyrtoTtlistiafuscodorsata is readily told from aurantiiTtennis Alexander, by
the small size, dark brown thoracic dorsum and abdomen, anrl the darker groundcolour of the wings.
Gtxopr,rsrra (Pener,ruxorurr,e) REMULSA.n. sp.
General coloration reddish to greyish-brown, the pleura with a broad, velvety,brownish-black longitudinal stripe; antennae (J) 23-segmented,with 20 very long
branches; halteres dark brown; legs black, the tips of the femora and bases of
the tibiae narrowly white; tarsi largely white; wings with a strong fulvous tobrownish tinge, variegated rvith dark brou'n.
6 - L e n g t h a b o u t 1 6 m m . ; r v i n g , 1 5 ' 5 m m . ; a n t e n n a e ,a l t o u t S m m . Q . L e n g t habout 20-22mm.; rving, 16-1?.5mm.; antennae,about 4 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brorvn. Antennae ($ 23-segmented,the formula
being 2+20+1: seape and basal segments of the flagellum obscure yellow, theouter flagellar segments and all branches black; branches very long, the longest
slightly exceeding one-third the length of the entire antenna; terminal segment
elongate, the tip narrowed; pubescenceof the flagellar branches long and delicate.
In the female, the antennae are l9-segmented,the formula being 2+8+9; antennae
obscure yellow, darkened outwardly; basal flagellar segments merely shortpectinate, the longest branch scarcely one-half the segnent. Head grey togreyish-brown, clearer grey on the anterior vertex and posterior orbits.
Pronotum buffy, a trifle darker laterally. Mesonotal prescutum strongly
narrowed in front of the large, pale, oval pseudosutural foveae; prescutum withfour reddish-brown to greyish-brown stripes that are narrowly margined withslightly darker brown; intermediate stripes separated by a capillary dark brownto velvety-black median vitta that becomes very narrow and finally obsolete near
the suture; lateral stripes bordered outwardly by a broarl velvety brownish-black
stripe that includes the cephalic portion of the stripe, thence extending back to
the wing-root, more or less interrupted at the suture; humeral and lateral regions
obscure greyish-yellow; posterior interspaces obscure buffy-yellow, narrowed in
front, and, in cases, infuscated near the foveae; scutum obscure brownish-60

CR.|NE-FLIES FNO}I BAIIIII]IGTO]I

T0PS, N.S.lV.,

yellow, the lobes reddish-brown to dark brown; scutellum brorvnish-yellow
tobrown, with a darker spot on either side; postnotum pale brorvn, rvith a yellowish
pollen, more or less divided by a linear brown median vitta. Pleura buffy, with abroad velvety-black stripe extending from the cervical sclerites, crossing the entire
pleura at near mid-height, becoming narrower and slishtly less distinct on the
postnotum; ventral pleurites and the sternites slightly more pruinose. Halteresdark brown, the extreme base of the stem obseure yellow. Legs with the coxae
pale ochreous-grey,the small fore coxae with the apical half li8ht grey; trochanters
yellow; femora brownish-black, the bases very narrowly paler, the tips narrowly
whitened; tibiae black, the bases narrowly rvhitened, the amount subequal to thefemoral tips; tarsi white, with about the proximal three-fifths of the basitarsi'Wingsblack.
with a strong fulvous to brownish tinge, more intense in the entire
radial fleld; cell C dark brown on basal half, the distal haif yellowish-brorvn; cell
Sc darkened basally and along the cephalic margin; stigma oval, dark bro'wn; asparse dark brown pattern, distributed as follows: Basal fourth of cell R, notquite reaching vein M; a large rectangular area at origin of Rs, not reaching II;
smaller clouds at Sc, fork of Rs, fork of Rr,.*r, fork of Mr*r, posterior cord andouter ends of veins R., Rn and Rr; paler brown washes along the distal third ofvein R' anterior cord and outer end of cell 1st Mr, and beyond midlength of the
cubital and anal cells; veins yellow, darker in the infuscated areas. Venation:
Rr,**r in alignment with Rs; R. about one-half Rr,. and about one-third
Rr.r; cell R, strongly rvidened at outer end; m-cu close to the fork of 1\[.
Abdominal tergites dark brorvn to I'ellorvish-bro'wn.nlore or less pruinose,
the lateral margins darker; sternites paler. Ovipositol rvith the tergal valveselongate, slender, gentll' upcurved. reddi-sh horn-c'olour'.the lrases blackened.
Holotype, t, Ulong, Eastern Dorrigo. Nerv Sotttlt \\'ales. lffth October, 1926
(W. Heron). Allotype, 6, Barrington Tops. Janttar]'. i92ir tS.L-. Zool. Exp.).
P a r a t y p e s ,t 6 , 3 t , w i t h t h e a l l o t - v p e .
(Prtt.rurtxoPrrII..\) II.\Itltls().\t. l]. sp.
rvith 19 long
General coloration clean light grey; antennae (d) 22-segnrented.
pleurarvith abranches; mesonotal prescutum with three narrow brorvtt stlipes:
genua
t'hitewithsetae;
tarsi
theextensivel]'legs
black,
brown longitudinal stripe;
whitened; wings narrow, with a relatively sparse brown pattern'
3. Length about 14 mm.; wing, 12'5 mm.; antennae, about 8 mm.
Rostrum light grey; palpi brownish-black. Antennae (J) 22-segmented,theformula being 2 + 19 + 1; scapal segment dark brown, dusted tvith grey; remainderof organ brorvnish-black, the basal segments of the flagellum vaguely paler;longest branch approximately one-fourth the length of the entire antenna;
terminal segment elongate, a little dilated just before the apex; pubescenceof theflagellar segments long and delicate. Head clear light grey. the vertex rvith alongitudinal brown marking.
Pronotum lieht grey. Mesonotal prescutum light grey, rvith three distinct
brown stripes, the median stripe paler in front, narrowed behind, crossing thesuture, divided by a more or less distinct darker brown meclian vitta; lateral
stripes very narrow; pseudosutural foveae distinct, black; scutum light grey,
each lobe with a dark brown mark, the median area dalkened, as describedabove; scutellum and postnotum light grey, with a capiliary brown median vitta.
Pleura clear lisht grey, rvith a brown longitudinal stripe extending from thecervical sclerites across the dorsal sclerites to beneath the rving-root. Halteres
Grxoprrsrrr

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obscure yellow, the knobs dark brown. Legs with the coxae pale, sparsely
pruinose; trochanters obscure yellow; femora black, the bases obscure yellow,
narrowest on the fore femora where about the basal fourth is included, broadeston the hind femora where it includes about the basal third; tips of femora andbases of tibiae blackened, but provided with consplcuous, snowy-white setae, mostconspicuous on the posterior legs; tibiae black; basitarsi black, the distal two.
fltths whitened; tarsal segments two and three whitened, with white setae anddarkened tlps; remainder of tarsi darkened, with white setae. 'Wings relatively
long and narrow, with a brownish tinge; cells C and Sc and the stigma darkbrown; paler brown washes at origin of Rs; beyond midlongth of cell R, adjoining
vein R; along the cord and outer end of cell lst Mri tip of R, and torkof Mr*r;and as vague seams to most of the veins; outer margin of cell R, more naryowly
and heavily darkened; veins dark brown. Venation: R, about one-half Rr*ri Rr_,
relatively long, about equal to m-cu; cell M, nearly twice its petiole: m-cu at about
one-third its length beyond the fork of M.
Abdomen dark brownish'$rey, the lateral margins of the tergites narrowly
more yellowish
Holotype J, Barrington Tops, January, rgzi (s.u. Zool. Exp.). paratopotypes,

23.

This interesting P(lrqlintnophilrt is namecl in honour ofthe late professor
Launcelot Har.rison, of the Universitl, of Syclnel..

Gtxoprrsrrr(P.rn-rr,rrrrlopurt..{)nrnRrxcrollrA, n. sp.
General coloration grey; prescutum with four dark grey stripes that are
narrowly margined with dark brown; pleura light grey, rvith a narrow,velvet)'black longitudinal stripe; femora and tibiae black, the genua narrowly
white;
tarsi extensively white; wings whitish, with a heavy brown pattern,
the costal
reglon dark brown.
?. Length about 19 mm.; wing, 1b.b mnt.; abdontenalo,e about lg.b mnl.
Rostrum dark, sparsely pruinose; palpi black. Antennae rviilr
the scapal
segments obscure brorvnish-1'ellou',the first segment alittle darker ancl vaguelypruinose; flagellum broken. Head light grey,
the anterior vertex behind theantennal bases a litile darker.
Pronotum buffy, the region between the scutum and scutellum
darkened.
Mesonotal prescutunr with four dark grey stripes that are narrowly
margined wiilr
dark brown, the humeral reglon and lateral margins obscure yellou',sparsely
Druinose; posterior interspaces moderately dark reddish-brown, sparsely pruinose,
Daler than the stripes; pseudosutural foveae relatively long and narrow, dark
reddish'brown; scutum pale, sparsely pruinose, the centre ofeach lobe very
extenslvely darkened, scutellum dark; postnotal mediotergite light grey,with arelatlvely indistinct median brown line. Pleura clear light grey, witha narrovf
but consplcuous velvety black stripe that extends from the eervical sclerites tobeneath the wing-root; anterior spiracle and a small spot on the dorsal pteropleurite blackened; dorsopleural region buffy behincl. Halteres pale
brown, ilrebase of the stem restrictedly brightened, the knobs dark brown. Legs with
thecox'ae pale yellow, sparsely pruinose; trochanters yellow; femora black, thebases obscure yellor*', the amount including approximately the basal third or
fourth; extreme tips of the femora and bases of the tibiae pale yellow, withwhite setae; remainder of tibiae black; basitarsi brorvnish-black,the distal third
white; tarsal segments two and three white, with pale setae; terminal two

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segments dark; two stout black spines at tip of each of tarsal segments one and'Wingstwo.
with a whitish ground-colour, heavily patterned with brown; cell C
dark brown; cell Sc similar, the outer end more yellowish; large conspicuous
brown clouds as follows: Base of cell R; origin of Rs; a c<lmpleteseam extending
from the slightly darker stigma across the wing; outer end of cell 1st M,; tip ofR, and fork of Mr*r; wing-apex narrowly but extensively darkened, deepest in cellRr; most of the longitudinal veins near the wing-tip seamed with brown; a broad,
paler brown seam on the distal half of vein M, with others along vein 1st A andas marginal clouds in both anal cells; cell cu, darker brown; the whole effectthus produced is a heavily-patterned wing; veins pale brown, darker in theinfuscated areas, more yellowish in the posterior region of the rving-base.
Venation i Rr*.*n straight, subequal to Rr*,i Rs a iittle less than one-half
Rr*ri cell M, nearly twice its petiole; m-cu shortly before midlength of celllst Mr.
Abdominal tergites brownish-grey, more pruinose laterallyi sternites more
reddish-brown, more dusky laterally, with a longitudinal row of black punctureson either side. Ovipositor with the tergal valves relatively slender, genly
upcurved; valves reddish horn-coloured, the bases darker.
Holotype ?, Barrington Tops, January, \gZ5 (S.U. Zool. Exp.).
In its heavy wing-pattern, the present species agrees most closely withG. (p.)
fl'auipes Alexander (Tasmania), differing in the size, conspicuously whitened
genua, and the details of body- and wing_coloration.
GyNoprrsr.rr (p,rn-ruMNoprrrr..\)lrxsrrc.r, t. sp.
Thorax brownish-grey, rvith four nearll' concolorousstripes that are narrowly
margined with dark brown; scutal lobes similarll. ringed ,sith brorvn; pleura
extensivelY blackened; femora obscure I'ellorv, rvith a l;rorvn subterminal
ring;
wings creamy, with au extensive spotted, rlotted and clourled pattern.
6. Length about 10 mm.; wing, 10 mm.
Rostrum dark brown, sparsely pruinose; palpi dark br.orvn. Antennae r*'iilr
the scapal segments yellow; flagellum broken. Head dark grey.
Pronotum buffy'grey. Mesonotum brownish-grey with four almost concolorous
stripes, the intermediate pair behind a little brighter; intermediate
stripes infront passing into grey; caudad of the level of the pseudosutural
foveae, thestripes conspicuously margined wlth dark brown; lateral strlpes grey,
similarly
margined with brown, the lateral margin being broader and more
intensely
coloured; lateral margin of sclerite clearer buffy-grey; pseudosutural toveae
large,
pale; scutum pale brownish-grey, each lobe with aslighily more brownish centre
that is completely bordered with dark brown to form a conspicuous ring;
scutellum and postnotum buffy-grey, each with a capillary median brown vitta.
Pleura almost covered by a broad black stripe that extends from the cei:vicalsclerites across the pleurotergite, the narrow dorsopleural region buffl'-grey,
theventral portion of the sternopleurite concolorous. Halteres pale brown, the baseof the stem narrowly obscure yellow, the knobs dark bro.vn. Legs rn'ith the eoxae
pale yellow, the basal half of the fore coxae infuscated; trochanters obscureyellow; femora obscure yellow, darkened outwardly, forming a relatively narrow
subterminal brown ring before the narrow yellow apex; tibiae obscure yellow,
the tips narrowly infuscated; basitarsi with the proximal three-flfths a trifle
intuscated, most evident on the fore tarsi, the posterior llasitarsi more uniformly
pale yellow; remainder of the basitarsus and tarsal segments two to four obscureBY C. P. ALEXANDEIT.

63

yellow; terminal tarsal segment dark brown. 'Wings with a creamy ground.
colour, handsomely spotted and clouded with brown; cell C infumed on basal
portion i the largest brown cloutls are near the base of cell R, at
origin of Rs,
the stigma, and as a broad seam on the anterior cord; smaller clouds at baseof vein M, on the posterior cord and outer end of celr 1st Mr; tip ofvein R,and fork of Mr*, clouded; cells lst A and 2nd A with a conspicuous palebrown
wash near midlength; conspicuous darker brown marginal spots at endsof alllongitudinal veins and on Scr, that at 2nd A largest; a series ofsmall dots on
certain of the veins, including the outer end of vein M; Cu, one being
larger; atbase of R, and along vein M.; a dusky wash in outer entl ofcell Rr; veins pale,dark brown in the infuscated areas. venation r Rr*r*na litile
longer than Rr*. andR'.r; cell M, longer than its petiole; cell 1st M, relatively
short and deep, withm-cu at or shorily before midlength.
Abdomen brownish-yellow, the segments narrowly margined laterally
andcaudallv with darker brown; hypopygium dark brown. Male
hypopygium as in
the subgenus. Outer dististyle chitinized to the base, the stem
relatively slend.er,
the apex expanded, the outer apical angle a slender, curved
spine, the inner apicalangle a conspicuous obtuse lobe. Inner dististyle relatively
long, the base very
conspicuous,setiferous and elevated into two obtuse
lobules; apex a flattened,obtuse blade.
Holotype J, Barrington Tops, January, lgZE ( S.U. Zool.
Exp. ).
G' (p') rnustica is most closely related to G. (P.) puelto
Alexander (Vicioria)
from which it differs in the body-colorationand the more abundantly spotted anddotted wing-patteru.
Gynopr,lsrte (GrNonrsrra) Fr-c,voFEMonA.rA,
n. sp.
General coloration of the thorax blackish to bluish-green;
antennae 1gsegmented, with 12 branched segments; femora
chiefly Jellow; posterior tibiae
with a very broad, pale yellow ring immediately
betore the apex; halteres obscure
Yellow; wings with a faint dusky tinge, nearly immacular.eexcept forthe stigma;
abdominal segments two to eight reddish-yellorv,
the hypopt.gium blackened.
6 . L e n g t h , l Z . 5 - L 4m m . ; w i n g , g . b _ l 0 . 5m m .
Rostrum dark, the palpi dark at extreme base, the outer
segments obscurefulvous' Antennae (d) l9'segmented, the formula
being 2 + 2 +10 + b, brownishblack throughout; longest branch approximately
two-fifths the length of theflagellum; no branch on flagellar segment 13, asin fergusoniana. Head shiny
blue-black, with violaceous reflections.
Mesonotal prescutum and scutum ranging from black,with greenish
reflections, to bluish-green, the surface with microscopictransverse striolae;
scutellum in the type fulvous, in the paratypes black; parascutella
black; postnotum dark, with violaceous reflexions, the surface withtransverse basal and
Iongitudinal discal striolations; postnotal pleurotergite
with the conspicuous
tubercle reddish beneath. Pleura almost entirely dull, pruinose,
the sternopleurite
and pleurotergal tubercle shiny. Halteres short, obscure yellow,
the extreme baseof the stem darker. Legs with the coxae dark, the surface pruinose;
trochantersobscure yellow; femora yellow, the upper surface of the posterior
femora more
infuscated; tibiae and tarsi black, the posterior tibiae witha broad, yellow, nearlyterminal annulus that includes approrimately two_fifths of the wholeextent of thetibia, the extreme tip darkened; tibial spurs and the tar.si mueh shorter thaninfergusoniana. Wings with a faint dusky tinge, the base and costal region pale

CR-\NE-['LI[:S]'ROM RARRTSGT()I

TOPS, N.S.W.,

yellow; stigma oval, dark brown, cell Sc infuscated; no distinct dark patternother than the above. Macrotrichiae relativell' sparse, on vein R, including only
about six to ten scattered trichiae. Venation: R. almost straight; cell R, notconsplcuously widened at margin.
Abdomen with the basal tergite blue-black; following tergites reddish-yellow,
the apices of the segments a little darker, the surface rvith metallic reflections;the corresponding sternites more uniformly fulvous-yellow; hypopygium blackened.
Male hypoDygium with the outer dististyle very small, elongate-oval. Innerdististyle gently eurved to the acute apex, the inner or concave face provided withsmall erect setae.
Holotype, J, Millgrove, Victoria, altitude 3,900feet,21st January, 192? (F. E.
Wilson); in the National Museum, Victoria. Paratypes, 1 3, Kosciusko, ?thDecember, 1922 (A. J. Nicholson), in the Macleay Collectionsl. 1 6, Barrington
Tops, January, L925 (S.U. Zool. Exp.), in the author's collection.
Gynoplistia fl,a'"^ofemorataresembles G. fergusantiono Alexander (New South'Wales)in the general coloratlon of the wings and body, the thoraclc sculpture
and in the pattern of the posterior ttblae. It difiers in the structure of theantennae, the yellow halteres, trichlatlon of the wing-veins and the strueture of
the legs.
Grxoprrsrr-l(Grxorr-rsrrl)

wns.r'wooDroprMA, rr. subsp.

9. Length about 1? mm.; wing, 14 mm.
Generally similar to the typlcal form, cliffering as follows: Antennae 20s e g m e n t e d ,t h e f o r m u l a b e i n g 2 + 2 + 8 - - S ; l a s t b r a n c h l o n g e r t h a n t h e s e g m e n tthat bears it. Brorvn marking on anepisternunr darker colouredand ntore restricted
in amount, the greyish-n'hite pubesceneeyer)' dense. \\'ings n ith the brownpattern much heavier, especially the post-arcular marklnE in cells R and lI rvhlch
is broadly connected along cell Cu with a spot near the outer end ol cell lst A;
mark at origin of Rs large, subquadrate; cell Sc and adjolrring portions of cell C
conspicuously darkened; dark band at the corcl rvider, c'xtendlng distad about tothe level of the outer end of cell lst Mri dark spots in cell 2nd A and adjoining
portion of cell 1st A more clearly delimited, geminate. Macrotrichtae ol veins moresparse, on Rs belng restricted to the distal third and only five or six in number.
Abdomen wlth tergites two to four bronzy-yellow; segrnents flve to seven moreelongate, producing a longer abdomen.
Holotype t, Barrington Tops, January, L}ZS (S.U. Zool. Exp.).
Grxoprrsrn(Grrorursrr.r) Nrcuor.soNr, ll. sp.
Head and thorax velvety-black; abdomen brlck_ora:rge; femora. tibiae andbasitarsi orange, their tips blackened; halteres orange; wings luteous, the baseorange; costal margin black; a clearly deflned brownish_black pattern; veins
beyond the cord almost without macrotrichiae.
9. Length about 20 mm.; wing, lb mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae black throughout, l9-segmented, theformula (9) belng 2+2-?+8;
branch of the thlrd flagellar segment occupying
a plane that ls about intermediate between those of segments two and four;
longest branch (flagellar segments four to six) nearly three times the segment;
branch of flagellar segment nine subequal to the segment; flagellar segment ten
with the face merely protuberant; remaining flagellar segments subcyllndrical,
crowded, the terminal setment about twice the length of the penultimate, strongly

BY C. P. ALEXANDER.

constricted n€ar midlength
segments. Head black.

andapparently

formedbythefusionoftwoProthorax and mesothorax deep velvety-black; prosternum on either sideproduced ventrad into a hemispherical lobe that is densely pfovided with very
short setae; sternopleurite and ventral portion of anepisternum subglabrous.
Halteres short, orange. Legs with the coxae velvety-black; trochanters black;femora orange, the tips conspicuously blackened, most narrowly on the fore
femora where the amount is scarcely one-half that of the corresponding blackened
apex of the tibia; on the middle femora the amount is greater, including morethan the distal quarter and subequal in amount to the blackened mid-tibial apex;
on the hind femora, the black is very extensive, including more than two-flfths
of the segment and about one-half wider than the blackened apex of the corresponding tibia; tibiae orange, the tips blackened as described above; tarsi bla,ck,.
all basitarsi orange, with only the tips narrowly blackened; on the posteriortarsi, the prorimal half of the second tarsal segment is obscure orange. Wings
pale luteous, handsomely patterned with brownish-black, the base broadly andconspicuously orange; cell C beyond arculus blackened; base of cell Sc similarly
darkened, the outer portion adjoining vein R more yellowish; a series of clearly
delimited dark spots as follows: Bases of cells R and M; origin of Rs, reachingvein M; a broad band at the eord, including the stigma, suffusing cell 1st M,
ercept for two small droplets of the ground-colour, sendlng a narrower seam alongvein Cu' to the wing-margin; wing-tip conspicuously darkened, including the outerends of cells Rr, R. and R' the outer two-thirds of M, and the extreme outer end ofcell 2nd Mri e very conspicuous, clearly deflned, oval spot in cell 1st A adJoining
the vein shortly before its outer end; a second, more irregular spot crosses vein
2nd A near midlength, the majority lying in cell 2nd A; veins black in thedarkened areas, pale yellow in the luteous regions, thc base and pale costal
margin more orange. Macrotrichiae of veins corresponding in colour to the veins
themselves. Costa at base incrassated and strongly setiferous. Macrotrichiae ofveins beyond the cord very small and sparse, there being none on Rr,r, Rr, R. or the
medial veins, and only a scattered series of about a dozen on vein R.. Venation:
R*r*. short, a little longer than r-m; cell M, nearly one-half longer than its petiole;m-cu at or just beyond midlength of cell 1st M..
Abdomen with the first segment black; segments two to seven dull brickorange; remaining segments black; ovipositor with the valves yellowish horncolour, the tergal valves rather strongly upcurved.
Holotype i, Barrington Tops, January, Lg25 (S.U. Zool. Exp.).
.This very distinct species is named in honour of Mr. A. J. Nicholson, of the
University of Sydney, who has collected several interesting Tipulidae on the
Barrington Tops and on Kosciusko. It is very distinct from all described species,
coming closest, perhaps, to Gynoptistia bella Walker and G. westuood.i Skuse.
GyNopr.rsrr-l (Grxorr,rsrre)

cur.TnATA,n. sp.

General coloration black; antennae (d) 17- to l9-segurented, with 12 branchedsegments; pleura heavily pruinose; halteres dark; legs black, the femoral bases
rather narrowly fulvous; wings whitish, with a relatively sparse brown pattern,
the costal cell pale; abdomen violaceous; male hypopygium with the dististyle
powerful, shaped somewhat like a pruning-knife.
3. Length 9-11 mm.; wing, 9.b-11.bmm.
E

66('B-rN FiI,'LIES I'ROM BAITRINGTON'I'OI'F. r-. S. \\'..

Head and appendages black. Antennae (J) 1? to l9-segmented, the formula
being 2 + 2 +10 + 3 to 2 + 2 + 10 + 5; branch of first flagellar segment a little morethan three times the segment; longest branch (flagellar segment five) approximately six times the segment; flagellar segment twelve with the branch about equal
to the segment; number of simple terminal segments varying from three to five.
Pronotum and mesonotum shiny black, the scutellum and median region of
the scutum with long yellow setae. Pleura heavily pruinose. Halteres brown.
the knobs blackened. Legs with the coxae pruinose; trochanters black; remainderof legs black, the femoral bases rather narrowly fulvous, this including about the
prorimal third of the fore femora and a little more than the proximal quarter ofthe posterior femora. Wings whitish, including the costal cell; cell Sc and thestigma dark brown; a relatively sparse brown pattern, arranged as follows: At
origin of Rs; a seam on anterior cord; cell Cur; brown seams on the distal halfof vein M, Mr*. and Cur; wing-tip broadly but not conspicuouslyinfumed, in cases
restricted to seams along the veins in this region; outer end of cell 1st II. witha narrow seam; a small brown cloud in cell lst A adjoining the vein at near twothirds the length; a similar narking at near midlength of vein 2nd A; veinsdark brown. Venationr Rrrr*nvery short; veins R, and R. divergent; cell R, wide
at margin; cell M' about one-half longer than its petiole; m-cu before nridlengthof cell 1st Mr.
Abdomen brown, including the hypopygium, the tergites with strong violaceousreflections; lateral margins of the segments with relatively conspicuous yellorv
setae. Male hypopygium rvith the single dististyle very powerful, terminal irr
position, shaped somervhat like a pruning-knife, being flattenetl. rvidenecldistally,t h e a p e x o b l i q u e l y t r u n c a t e d , r v i t h t h e i n n c l a p i c a l a n g l e p r o t l u c e di n t o a s h a r p ,gently curved, blackened point.
H o l o t y p e J , B a r r i n g t o n T o p s . J a n u a r l ' . 1 9 2 5 r S . t ' . Z o o l . F ) x p r. . I ) a r a t o p o t y p e s .
6d.
In its extensive black coloration, G.AnrtDli.st
irt t'uItrutrt sonrervhat resenrltles
G. sim2ttecAlexander, which has a very different hypopygiunr.
GytOt,r,tstrr (Gr*-roPrrsl't.r) rrlsrrtIoNIcA,n. sp.
General coloration shiny-black and reddish-yellow; prescutum and scutunr
black; pleura polished, without pruinosity, reddish with a transverse black girtlle
and a large spot on the pleurotergitei legs yellow, the tips of the femora, bases
and tips of the tibiae anrl the tarsi black; wings pale luteous, with a conspicuous
brown pattern; abdomen shiny-yellorv. the lateral margins of tergites tu'o anrl
three shiny-black.
9 . L e n g t h a b o u t 1 1 - 1 1 . 5m m . ; u ' i n g , 8 . 5 - 9 ' 5m m .
Rostrum reddish-yellotv; palpi dark brown. Antennae (?l 16-segmented,theformula being 2 + 8 + 6; scape and basal segment of flagellum obscure yellow, theremaining segments and all pectinations black; tip of first scapal segment moreor less infuscated; longest branch about one-half longer than the segment; last
branch scarcely one-half the segment; terminal segment neally twice the penultimate and evidently representing two fused segments. Head'shiny-reddish,with a narrow and more or less indistinct blackened band acloss the vertex
connecting the posterior angles of the eyes.
Pronotum shiny-reddish. Mesonotal prescutum and scuturn polished black,
only the humeral regions of the former restrictedly obscure reddish; surface ofprescutum nearly smooth; median region of suture more or less reddish; medianBIC. I). ALEXANDER.

area of scutum behind restrictedly reddish; scutellum obscure reddish, the parascutella blackened; postnotal mediotergite shiny-reddish. Pleura reddish, with abroad, complete black girdle that includes all of the anepisternum and sternopleurite, leaving the propleura, pteropleurite and meron of the ground-colour;
pleurotergite black, narrowly margined dorsally an<l caudally with reddish.
Pleura hiehly polished, without pubescence. Halteres obscure orange, the knobs
vaguely to more strongly infuscated. Legs with the coxae and trochanters orange;
femora yellow, the tips broadly and abruptly blackened, the amount subequalon all the legs; tibiae yellow with the bases and apices narrowly but conspicuously
blackened, the latter a little more extensively so; tarsi black. 'wing:s with a paleluteous tinge, the base and costal margin more strongly flavous; a restricted but
conspicuousdark wing-pattern, as follows: An irregularly circular spot at originof Rs, not reaching M; stigma broadly connected with an area on the anterior
cord to form a conspicuous triangle; posterior cord and outer end of cell 1st M.
more narrowly seamed; wing-tip broadly paler broln, including almost all of cell
Mr; cell Cu, dusky, including pale brown clouds in the basal half of cell Cu andas a broad diffuse marginal cloud on the distal section of Cur; veins dark brown,
the prearcular veins yellow. Macrotrichiae abundant, including close series on
the radial veins. Venation: Rs angulated at origin i Rr*r*nvery short, the basal
section of R, correspondingly lengthened ; cell R, at margin very wide; cell M, alittle shorter than its petiole; m-cu at near midlength of cell 1st Mr.
Abdomen shiny reddish-yellorv,eonspicuously variegated with shiny black on
the lateral margins of segments two and three; dorsum of tergites three to six
more or less blackened; sternites more or less blackened, especially laterally, thecaudal margins narrowly yellowish. Ovipositor very elongate, the tergal valvesbright reddish horn-colour, nearly straight, the tips gently upcurved.
Holotype ?, Barrington Tops, January, Lg25 (S.U. Zool. Exp.). paratopotypes, 2 9.
GvNopttsrr.r (Grxonr,rs'rr-.r)p-{}r}rEr.-\s.n. sp.
General coloration shiny coal-black; antennae ( ? ) 1G-segmented,with gbranched segments; pleura and coxae heavily pruinose; halteres and legs black;posterior tibiae with a narrow lvhite ring; wings strongly infumed, the costal
region, a cloud at origin of Rs and a broad band along the cord darker; Sc
relatively short, both Sc, and Sc, ending about opposite the fork of Rs; cell Ml
about equal to its petiole.
9. Length about 11.5 mm.; wing, 9.5 mm.
Head and appendages entirely black. Antennae 16-segmented, the formula(?) beins 2 + 2 + 7 + 5; longest branch about two and one-half times the segment;
branch of the ninth flagellar segment about one-half the segment; terminal
segment enlarged, approximately twice as long as the penultimate.
Mesonotum hishly polished, black, with the impressions subobsolete. pleurawith a heavy grey pubescence,especially the ventral pleurites. Halteres black.
Legs with the coxae heavily pruinose; remainder of legs black; posterior tibiae
with a conspicuous snowy band at approximately its own length, or a little less,from the tip. Wings with a strong dusky tinge, the costal region still darker; twoconspicuous dark brown areas, a quadrate one at origin at Rs, not attaining M,
and a conspicuous transverse band extending from the stigma to m-cu, broadeston the anterior cord, the centre of cell lst M, pale; wing-tip a little more intumed;
veins brownish-black. Macrotrichiae relatively abundant, on the radial veins

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except Rr*, and the outer end of R, i a series ot' about 15 on the distal two-thirds of
Rs; no macrotrichiae on Mr*r, M, or M3. Venation: Sc relatlvely short, Sc, at the
tip of Sc' both ending opposite the fork of Rs; Rs relatively long, weakly
angulated at origin; R. sinuous, on outer half deflected strongly caudad; cell M,
relatively short, subequal to its petiole.
Abdomen shiny-black, with very slight greenish reflections; ovipositor blaek.
Holotype 9, Barriugton Tops, January, Lg25 (S.U. Zool. Exp.).
Gunoplistia pornrnelos is closely allied to G. fumipennis Walker (Tasmania),
difiering ln the antennal structure, the more shiny thoracic notum, the leg.
coloration, wing-pattern and the details of venation and trichiation.
Tesrocpne BARBrNcroNENsrs,
n. sp.
3. Length about 3.3 mm.; wing, 4.? mm.; antenna, about 5.2 mm.
Generally similar to Tasl,ocera attenuata Alexander (Tasmania), differing
especially in the details of structure of the male hypopygium.
Antennal scape obscure yellow; flagellum brownish-black. Head dark grey.
Pronotum and anterior lateral pretergites obscure yellow. Mesonotum shiny-brown,
the humeral reglons a little brighter. Wings with a stronger brownish suffusion.
Venation: Cell R3 sesslle or very short-petiolate; vein 2nd A unusually long,extending to shortly beyond the origin of Rs. Abdomen dark, the hypopygium
reddish-brown. Male hypopygium generally as in attenuata (Ann. trIag. Tat rfist..
( 9 ) 1 7 , 1 9 2 6 ,f i 8 . 4 , p . 1 7 0 ) i n t h e s u b t e r m i n a l d i s t i s t y l e a n d h e a v i l y b l a c k e n e dasymmetrical phallosome. Basistyle rvith the apex produced and eonstricted nearb a s e ,t h e t i p w i t h a b o u t f i v e p o w e r f u l s p i n o u s b r i s t l e s . D i s t i s t l ' l e r e l a t i v e l y l o n g
and slender, the outer half very narrow, rvith apical and marginal denticles,
including a larger subterminal tooth. Phallosome blackened, the head portion
direetly prolonged into a long beak-like spine; the spine on the disk of the phallosome is greatly dilated beyond the base, the actual attachment narrow, the dilated
portion produced into an acute spine, as well as the more blackened finger-like
portion in attenuata.
Holotype J, Barrington Tops,in Fagus brush, January, 1g2b (S.U. Zool. Exp.).
Paratopotype, d.
Mor,oprrr.ug MAcLEAyANUs,n. sp.
Belongs to tt^e graeilfs group, ruficollis subgroup; general coloration lightbrown; antennae (d) elongate, nodulose; halteres dark; wings broad, pale brown,with dark macrotrichiae; male hypopygium with the basal dististyle a small
compact black mass that terminates in a long slender rod, with a smaller lobe
bearing a group of about four small spines at apex.
3. Length about 3-3.2 mm.; rving, 4.5-4.Tmm.; antenna, about S.b mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae (d) elongate, longer than the body,brownish-black; antennae strongly nodulose, the basal two-thirds of the flagellar
segments beyond the first strongly dilated and bearing a whorl of long eonspicuous
yerticils; apical pedicel glabrous. Head brownish-black.
Mesonotum lisht brown, the humeral region of the prescutum obscure yellow.
Pleura pale brown, the dorsal region vaguely darker. Halteres dark brown, thebase of the stem restrictedly pale. Legs wlth the coxae and trochanters yellowishtestaceous; remainder of legs yellowish-brown, densely clothed with dark setae,
the terminal segments darker brown; posterior legs more unitormly pale. Wings
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brown, the costal fringe very long and dense. Venation: Rr*, shorter than Rr*o;petiole of cell M, at least three times m-cu; vein 2nd A relatively short, ending alittle before m-cu.
Male hypopygium
Abdomen, including the hypopygium, dark brown.
lobes
broad and obtuse.
with
the
very
basistyles
relatively small and compact;
Outer dististyle with the stem long and slender, the apex bifid, the outer arm
strongly expanded, the inner arm more slender. Basal dististyle a heavily
blackened compact mass that is prolonged apically into a slender, gently curved
rod; before the apex, on the outer face at the base of the rod, a small stout lobe
that terminates in a group of about four irregular spines; this lobe in a slightly
different plane from that of the apical spine. Aedeagus relatively short, yellow.
Holotype 3, Barrington Tops, in Fagus brush, January, 1925 (S.U. Zool.
Exp.) . Paratopotype, d.
Molophiltcs nxacleavanusis a very distinct species, most nearly allied, perhaps,
to IlI. uariistylus Alexander (Tasmania). It is named in honour of Sir'William
Ilacleay, eminent patron of the sciences in Australia.
n. sp.
Mor,opurr-us FLAvocTNGULATUS,
Belongs to the gracilis group and subgroup: head obscure yellow, the diskof the vertex darker; scutellum obscure yellow; halteres yellow; abdomen brown,
the segments conspicuously ringed caudally with yellow; male hypopygium withthe dorsal lobe of the basistyle an acute spine; ventral lobe very small; outerdistiStyle attached laterally, the outer end a long acute spine; inner dististyle astout yellow rod that bears an acute black lateral spine beyond midlength.
J. Length about 3'8 mm.; wing, 5'3 mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae with the basal three or four segments
brownish-yellow, the sueceeding segments passing into brown; terminal flagellar
segments broken; flagellar segments oval. Head obscure yellow, the disk of thevertex extensively brownish-grey.
Pronotum yellowish-bro'wn, the scutellum brighter; Iateral pretergites palesulphur-yellow. Mesonotal prescutum and scutum rich reddish-brorvn,the surface
slightly pruinose, especially laterally; humeral region of prescutum obscurel-ellow; scutellum grey, the apex broadly obscure yellow; postnotum dark brown.
Pleura dark brown, slightly paler ventrally; dorso-pleural region conspicuously
yellos.. Halteres pale yellow, the knobs very conspicuously so. Legs with thecoxae dark brown, paler apically and mesially; trochanters obscure yellow;
remainder of legs broken. Wings with a strong; yellow tinge, the base andcostal region somewhat more saturated; anal angle weakly darkened; veins pale.
Venation I R,*. nearly three times Rn*u,gently arcuated; petiole of cell Mr a little
less than trvice the oblique m-cu; vein 2nd A relatively long, ending shortly beyond
the cephalic end of m-cu.
Abdominal tergites brown, the segments broadly and conspicuously margined
caudally with bright yellow; sternites similar but the yellow csudal margins
narrower, more obscure and ill-deflned; hypopygium dark reddish-brown. Male
hypopygium with the dorsal lobe of the basistyle prolonged into a conspicuous
acute spine, the basal three-fifths stouter, setiferous, the distal spine yellowish
horn-colour, the tip acute; ventral lobe of basistyle small, fleshy, shorter andsmaller than the mesal lobe, the mesal face with relatively few conspicuous setae;
mesal lobe of basistyle large and fleshy, with scattered setae and abundantmicroscopie setulae. Outer dististyle of very peculiar form, attached laterally,

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the mesal end produced into a flattened, obtusely rounded blade, the lateral end
Boon bent at a rlght angle into a long, slender, nearly straight black spine thatis about twice as long as the dorsal spine of the basistyle, its surtace roughened.
Inner dlstlstyle a long yellow rod, gently slnuous, beyond mldlength on the outerface bearlng a long, curved, black spine; apex of the style a spear-shaped dusky
head. Aedeagus relatlvely long and sledder, ln slldes extending caudad to beyond
the level of the mesal lobe of the basistyle.
I{olotype J, Barrlngton Tops, on I'eptosperrnurn, Allyn Range, X'ebruary, 1926
(S.U. Zool. Exp.), tn poor conditlon.