From the Proceeilingsof the Li,nnean
i:ri:;t,NEW

OR, LITTLE-KNO\YN

of New South lVatets,nlaii.. part 4,

SPECIES OI'AUSTRALIAN( DTPT E R A ) . i .

TIPULIDAE

By Crrenr,as P, Ar,Bxaxopn, Ph.D., Amherst, Ilass., U.S.A.
(Communicated by Dr. E. W. Ferguson.)lRead 29th November, 1922.1
During the past ten years the writer has been engagecl in a stucly of thecrane-flies of the Australasian Region, with the ultimate view of monographing
the group from this Region. During the progtess of this study, very large andinteresting collections of Australian Tipulidae have been received for stucly fromthe authorities in charge of the collections of the South Australian Museum, theQueenslancl Museum, the British Museum of Natural History, the Paris Museum,
the Natural History Museum in Vienna, the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu, and other notable collections. lery valuable notes on the present conditionof the Skuse Collection in the Macleay }luseum were sent me by the Acting
Curator, nfr. John Shewan, through the courtesy of the Senate of the University
of Syciney, In adclition, many incliviclual collectors have generously submitteil
material, among these men being Messrs. A-lan P. Dodd, Harcly, Eleron, Hilll
Illingworth,
The writer's sincere thanks ancl appreciation
Searle ancl Tillyard.
are extended to these collectors and custodians of the collections above listecl for
their kind co-operation in this matter. In the present paper, a few undescribetl
species are discussed and some records of distribution for other species given.
Unless stated to the contrary, the iypes of the new species described herein arepreserved in the collection of the rvriter.
DrcnlNolryre(forocr,ocurxe) eusrner,rrNsrs, n.sp.

General colouration brown, the pleura pruinose I wings grey; cell 1st Mz
about as long as vein Cur beyond it.
6 . Lengt h, 4. 5 m m . ; wing, 4. 8 m m . ? . L e n g t h , 4 . 5 m m . I w i n g , 5 m m .
Rostrum ancl the very short palpi brown. Antennae light yellowish-brown,
the scape a little more yellowish. Ilead brorvn, the orbits somervhat paler.
Mesonotum greyish brown, the dorsum clearer brown, the humeral regionslightly palerl scutellum obscure yellow. fn the female, the mesonotum is morerufous brown. Pleura grey, the lateral sclerites of the postnotum more whitish.
Halteres )'ellow, the knob-s brown. Legs with the coxae brown, dusted withgrey; trochanters yellowish-brown; remainder of the legs pale brown. Wings

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greyl veins brown. Venation: As in D.(1.) debeau'fort'i(de Meijere) but Rs
more gently arcuated, so cell 1st R'r is elongate-oval in outlinel cell 1st Mz about
as long as vein Cur beyond it. In the female, Rs is straighter.
Abclomen brown, the hypopygium obscure yellon'. Ovipositor with tire valves
long ancl straight.
Zlab.-North Australia.
Holottlpe, d, "l\[ou. Isl." * (G. F. Hill) ; Allotopotype, ?.
The subgenus Idioglochina now includes four describecl species, all being
The gtoup hacl not
Australasian, rvith the exception of one Formosan form.
hitherto been found in Australia.
DrcneNourre zoNera Skuse.
1889. Di,cranomgia zonat&, Skuse, Froc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2), iv.,770.
Tasmania: Wilmot (Carter and Lea); Coll. South Australian Museum.
GonaNolrvre(Pnoeronose)

BANcRorrr, n,sp.

General colouration obscure X.ellow, the disc of the praescutum and the scutal
lobes clarkerl wings subhyaline with brown dots at tire origin of Rs, at r and at
the supernumeraxy crossvein in cell Sc.
6. Length, excluding rostrum, about 5.5 mm. I wing, 7.3 mm. 9. Lengtir,
exclucling rostrum, about 6 mm. I wing, 7.5 mm.
Rostrum about one-thircl longer than the head, pale brown, the uni-articulate
palpi a little darker, Antennae obscure yellow. Heacl pale brownish testaceous.
Mesonotum pale testaceous yellow, the disc of the praescutum reclilish-brown,
produced by the confluent stripes, the colouration continued caudad onto thescutal lobes. Pleura obscure yellow. Halteres yellon. Legs with the coxae andtrochanters yellow; remaincler of the legs pale brownish testaceous, the terminal
tarsal segments clarker. Winp subhyaline with three very indistinct brown dots,
one at the stigma, one at the origin of Rs, the third at the supernumeraxy crossvein in cell Sc; veins pale brown. Venation: Sc short, Scr encling about opposite one-third the length of Rs, Sez immecliately beyond the origin of Rs; Rsangulateil at originl cell 1st Mz large, rectangular, gently wiclened distally; rn
in alignment 'rvith the outer cleflection of Ma I basal cleflection of Cur about onethird its length beyontl the fork of M.
Abclomen light brown, the intermediate segments cliscoloured i! the type.
Hypopygium rvith the clorsal pleural appendage stout and black, the acute tip
short.
-Efab.-South Queensland.
Hol,otgpe, d, Burpengary, September 2, 1899 (T. L. Bancroft); Allotopotype,
9, September 8, 1899. T5'pes in the collection of the British Museum (Natural
History).
Geranom,yia bancrofti is relatecl to G. Ttictitkorar Llex., differing in thc
larger size ancl the colouration of the wings ancl thorax.
DrscoBor,A AUSTRALTs( Skuse) .
1889. Trockobol,a austral,is, Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2), ir'., 781-785.
New South Wales: Dorrigo (W. Ileron), Coll. South Australian l\fuseum;
Ourimbah, September 3, 1904 (R,. Helnns), Coll. Bishop Museuml Victoria: Ringwood, September 23, 1918 (G. F. Hill), Alexander Coll.; Tasmania: Strahan(Carter anil Lea), Coll. South Australian Museum.
*[Tliis is probably Moa or Banks L, Torres Strait.-Ed.]BY C. P. AIJEXANDER.

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I)epexoprsne RicHMoNDrANeSkuse.
1896. Dapanoptera richmondiana, Skuse, Ree. Aust. Ifus., 2, 106-110.
Queensland: Babinda, Oetober ancl November 10, 1920 (J. F. Illing'worth),in wet caverns along streams, Alexancler Coll'; Cairns District (A. n[. Lea)t
Coll. South Australian Museum.
Hitherto known only frorn the types taken in New South Wales (Upper
Richmoncl River, in March).
PI neG YM NA S T E S ,n.gen.

Legs provicled with numerous flattenecl scales in acldition to the usual setaeI
femora not clavate. Cell Rz of the wings large and conspicuous, vein Rz being
elongatel cell 1st Mz short-rectangular, sometimes open by the atrophy of Ma.
Genotype, Gnophomyia fascipennis (Thomson). (Australia)..
Eclwarcls has pointecl out the close relationship existing between the genus
G3lmnastes Brunetti ancl the present group, which'includas, besicles the genotype'P. gloria (Alex.), P. cyanoceps (Alex.) ancl P. nigripes, n.sp., all the known
It is probable that the Gymnastes gToup has been tlespecies being Australian.
rivecl from flies that were generally similar to the above group of species. The
species of Paraggmnest€s sho.w a conspicuous sexual climorphism, the pattern of
the wings of the female (except P. glori,a) being very clifferent from that of themale. The species of Gymnastes, which occur in the Eastern Palaearctic, oriental ancl Ethiopian Regions, are to be clisting'nished from those of Paragyrnnastes
not only by the venational characters listecl above, but by the structure of thelegs ancl the male hypopygium'
The following comparison of characters rvill suffice to sho'rv the more important venafional differences between the groups:
Gymnastes Brunetti. Yein Rz sbort, oblique, more or less fusecl basally withr, cell 2nd Rr being very small or triangr:rlar lG' ornatipennis (c1eMeijere), pictipennis (Erlwards), pennipes Brunetti, fleuitibia (Alexantler) and' kyalipennis(Alexander) l, or cell Rz being completely obliterated lG. cyanea (Ed'warils),
bistriati,pennis Brunetti, teuchotraboides (Alexancler) and. skirak'di (Alexander) ] ;Rs shorier, more or less arcuatecl at origin I cell 1st Mz very elongate, strongly
widenecl distally, approximately as long as, to one-thiril shorter than, vein Ma
beyoncl it.
Paragymnastes, n. gen. Vein Rz long, running generally parallel to vein Rs,
cell 2nd R,r being elongatel r present, rarely lacking lP. cyanoceps (Alexander) ];Rs elongatel cell 1st Mz short-rectangular, gently wiclenecl c'listally, ahout onethirtl the length of vein Ms beyonil it; rarely (P. cyattoceps) open by the atrophyof the outer cleflection of 1\[e.
n.sp.
PenaGvuxesrEs NIGRTPES,
Legs of the male largeiy black, in the female rvith an orange subterminal
ring on the femora ancl with the basal half of the metatarsi pale.
3. Length, 4.2 mm.; wing,5.2 mm. ?. Lengthr 6.8 mm'; wing, 5.6 mm'
Male. Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae with the scapal segments obscureyellow, the frst seguent <iark basally, the seconcl segment dark apically; flagellum
black. Heacl black, sparsely pruinose, the genae passing into reddish.
Pronotum and mesonotum shiny recldish-yellow, the praescutum with four
black stripes on the posterior half of the sclerite, obliteratetl anteriorlyl scutal
lobes black; remainder of the mesonotum more yellowish. Pleura yellow, the

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SPECIES OE AUSTRALIAN

TIPULIDAE,

i.qmesepimeron sparsely pruinose. Halteres brown, the base of the stems and thehnobs blackish. Legs with the coxae and trochanters yellow, the posterior andmiddle coxae sparcely pruinose; legs black with about the basal third of the femora
obscurely paler. Wings geyish, subhyaline, the base anil costal region yellowish; clisc almost covered by dusky bands, leaving narrow areas of the groundcolour before the cord, before th,e origin of Rs ancl in the bases of the analcells. Venation: As in P. fascipennis (Thoms.); cell 1st Mz tending to be open
by the atrophy of the outer cleflection of Ms.
Abclominal tergites obscure orange-yellow, the cautlal half of each segment
black, the basal half less clistinctly clarkened medially; sternites obscure yellowl
hypopygium orange-yellow.
Female. Like the male, differing as follows: The praescutal stripes represented only by a vague clarkening before the suture, tr'emora with a conspicuousorange ring before the tip, more ctrearly clefined on the fore legs I metatarsi withthe basal half fulvous. Wings clark brown with three white cross-bands, thesecon{ complete, immecliately before the cord, the last narrow, straight, extenclingfrom cell Rz through Ms; cell 1st Mz closecl. Abclomen blue-black, the hypopygium ancl genital seguent rich orange-fulvous.
"Eab.-New South Wales.
Hol,otype, d, Dorrigo, altitude 2,000 feet, January, 1.922 (W- Heron) ; AlIotopotgp,e, ?.
Tnorrpporrr,ra (MoNGoMA) eusrnar,esrAE Skuse.
1889. Iremtepohlia au,stralasiae, Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2), iv.t
834-835.
Queensland: Kuranda (X'. P. Dodd), Coll. South Australian Museuml Gorbred from cage containi:rg cane plants, Alexandertlonvile (J. F. Illingworth),coll'
coNosre rRRoRAlrA(w'iedemann).
Li'mnobi,a i'rrorata, Wieclemann, Aussereur. Zweifl. Ins., i., 574.
Darwi" (9.
Queenslantl: Meringa, November 14, 1920 (J. F. Ilingworth),
Alexander Coll.; South Australia: Adelaide
X'. Hill), Townsville (G.I.'. Ilill),(Barri:rger), Coll. South Australian Museum.
18%.

Eprpunecrvra rrARDyr, n.sp.
the mssonotum marked with dark
General colouration brownish-yellow,
brownl pleura largely dark brownl femora dark brown with a postmealial yellow
ring; tibiae yellow with three black ringsl wings light yellow, the ground-colour
almost concealed by a heavy pattern of brown spots antl tlots.
Sec?-'Wing, 9.5 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with the scapal seguents brownl
flagellum broken; basal scapal segment very long. Head with a greyish-yellow
pollen.
Mesonotal praescutum obscure brownish-yellow, handsomely patternecl withdark brownl a conspicuous median stripe that is paler anteriorly, broatlening out
ancl becoming darker behind; this stripe is split by a capillary, darker brownvitta, on either sicle of which, before the suture, is a pale linear streak of the
stripes small, barely attaini:rg the suture; lateralground-colourl sublateralpale brown spot that is marginetl with clalker
circular,Largin with a large,
broin; scutum with the meclian area dark brown, the lobes obscure brownishyellow with dark brown centresl lateral margins of the scutal lobes tlark brownl
clarker basally; postnotum with the medianseutellum pale yellowish-brown,

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585

scle dte ob s c ur ey ello. r v is h- br ownwit har - s h a p e d b r o r v n m a r k , t h e c r o s s - b a r b e'
unmarkecl. Pleura
lob& of postnotum-pale
ing near midlength ot ifr" *.f.tite, lateral
Iongitu'
ye1tral'and rather indistinct'
dark brown with a-brown'.
"";;;;
brown' Legs with the fore coxae
dinal stripe. Halteres U""*", tnt kn-obs darker
u"a-hincl-coxae light yellow' the extreme
dark brown, only the U"* plftL*iapaler
light vellow; femora dark brown'bases abruptly clark Ut"*";'t""Jft"nters
tip on onter
before-the.
basally; a nanow p"-t--ii"lyJr"*.ringl.l.mmediaiely
with tlree black rings' one sub'tibiaeleilowt;tt;face a small, circular, v;i;;'tno"
approximately equal in ex'
areas
ur""t
;;;";pf;,
basal, one medialwhich-had become detachecl the""dooe-fr"o*o'";;J of the- legs
tent to the yellow i"t."rpu..J;"n
Wings Iight vellow' thed;*outer yellow ring is ;fti;;*i;gro un cl-c olour alm os t oblit er at ed, by apat t e r n o f c l a r ] r b r o . w n s p o t s a n d dtheo t s t hgroundat
the surface' restricting
are confluent o" ttuu"ii'*o;;;"-;;J;fatareas
largeroferrtrre clisc1 a series
colour to abundant tiny spaces over tlre
e nclso fve ins f ir , Rz andR, s lc os t alc elly ell o w r r i t h a b o u t e i g h t . b r o w n s p o t s
th ata rea bout as ex t ens iv eas t heint er s pace s ; s i m i l a r l l L S g y e
l l g w t r l o t c U - e , s -area
U ; '- - rnradial lreios; an ill-deflned pale;"d,-ift" of tfru
tween the b"o*o u".ul";
areas
the
to
corcl l veins, conforming in colour
cell R, immediately Utf""tsupernumerarytheBesides
Yenation:traversecl; costar mn!l^'i;;";t;pt:i;us'
cro ss-ve inineellC, t her ear ef aint r em nan t s o f s t i l l o t h e r s p u r s i n t h e c i a r k Rz.'a shortr

alcylted i! Tlgi"i,spotsI Scz longer than Scr; Rs long, strongiv
by atrophv,abouttrpieeits
obTiterated
toogu";uJi-;-;;;
one_hatt
about"i;":r
Ra' R'r and 1st lVIz in alignment;

cells
lenqth from tip of R'r; inner ends-of
i-t Mz long and. narrow, widened
petiore of cell Mr short, about twice Rz4s; ..ri
arcular crossvein distinct'
micllengJth;near
dirtatty; basal deflectioi oi C"tilark brown laterallv; secontlt"oi",
Abclomen with the basal tergite rigrrt
basal sternites pale brownishb;;il;";otirao*".r,tergite ctark brownl";il;;
vellow.
Eab.-South
Queenslancl'
Macpherson Range' altitude 3'000
Ilolotype, Sex?, Queenslald-]{at-iolal Park'
feet, February 27,1927 (G' H' llardy)'
This int er es t ingf ly is nam ec linhonou r o f t h e c o l l e c t o r , M r . G . I l . I l a r d v .
GvNopr,rsrre suBIr[MAcuTrATA,n'sp'
18-segmenteill pleura ancl coxae
General colouration shiny black; antennae
tot'-nyaine' almost immaculatel*log*greyl femora yellow, the tips dark brownl
tergite dark'
basal
and
nypopygium
abdomen reilclish-browo,-ttt"3. Length, 9.2 mm'; wilg,8'5 m]n'with conspicuous vellow setae'
the former;;;"'
Rostrum u.rra pufrf^du"tdark brownish black

Antennae 18-segmentJd, the formul u t'"ioJ-Ziz+io++'shiny coal blaek'-*itu - len$hl HeadthroughoutI pectinatioil ot Loa""ut"four usual stripes transthe
tints'
g"u.""i.h,hi";;;k'Pleu"aMesonotum
almost entirelv coveretl
setae'
with !e[owversely wrinkled; ;;";;;;;bloom'g"ey pubescencethat appears-like a heavy
with a microscopic ;;;t*brown'
pale
O-"t1.es
glabrous'
the lateral selerites of the postnotum abruptly
pleural*itf, the-c&ae concoiorous with thel.gr
the knobs a little .l"rk*
narrowrather
but
conspicuously
tips
trochanters au"t rrroJo]"r1r*o"J yato*, theputii"g inio brown at the tips; tarsi
ly dark brownl titiae t'"ownish-yellow'
siigda small' brown'sending a small
brown. Wings ,ounyuiio*, cell Sc darker;
at origin of Rs; veins tlark
u*#o-*-.u*seam ac oss tn. to#"i?".il;",tt
br own ;w i n g -b a s e y e l l o t' Ve n a ti o n i r-nx-vetyshort' encroacheduponbvthe

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rIpuLIDer, i.,long deflection of Rl1ol cell lrr tending to become evanescent, lackinE in theleft rving of the type; basal deflection of cur a rittle more than one-lalf its
lengtir beyond the fork of M.
Abdomen with the first tergite shiny black; remainder of the abclomen cr,eep
reddish-brown, the hypopygium darker.
Hab.-Yictoria.
Holotgpe, d, Ararat (G. F. Hill).
STIBADOCEREI,IJA

AUSTRAIJIENSIS,

N.SP.

General colouration pale brorvnl pleura yellow with a transverse clark brorvn
gircile o:r mesepisternun l terminal tarsal segments white; wings greyish-yellow;
macrotrichiae in distal end of cell Rr; r present, without macrotrichiae; cell 1rt
Mz open by the atrophy of the outer deflection of Ms ; abclomen bicoloured.
3, Length, 9,6 mm.; wing, 8 mm. I antenna about 12 mm.
Rostrum and palpi pale. Antennae of the male very long, the small seapal
segments yellow, the flagellum dark brorvn, except the basal three-quarters of thefirst segment rvhich is obscure brownish-yellow.
Head brown.
Pronotum pale whitish-yellow.
Mesonotum dark brown, the three usual
praescutal stripes a little paler I lateral margins of median sclerite of postnotum
a little more darkened. Propleura light yellow, l\Iesopleura .yellow, the sternum
and mesepisternum dark brorvn, giving the pleura the appearance of being transversely girdled; mid-ventral area of sternum pale. Halteres very long, brorvn.
Legs with the coxae anil trochanters yellowl femora dark brorvn, paler basally;remainder of legs dark brorvn, the tips of the posterior metatarsi and the remaining tarsal segments snon'y-whitel most of the other legs are cletacheclblt in.r,r'hat'would seem to be the fore and miitdle legs all the metatarsi
ancl the basal half oftarsal segment two are darkened. wings u'ith a uniform greyish-yellot
tinge;
r.'eins dark brorvn. venation: sc ending about opposite six-sevenths the Iengthof Rs, both Sct ancl Scg subobsolete; Rs elongate, gently arcuated at origin; tipof Rr entirely atrophiecl, the apparent r (rvhich is presumably the free base ofRz) is preserved, but entirely without macrotrichiae; petiole of cell ft3 sirort,
less than the basal deflection of lfrlz;
r-m y,et:y.long, one-half longer than thebasal deflection of cur I cell 1st Mz open by the atrophy of the outer deflectionof Me; basal deflection of cur about two-thirds its length beyond the fork of
M I a row of macrotrichiae in the distal third of cell R;; a few macrotrichiae inthe outer end of cell fI:.
Abdoqen bieoloured, dark brorvn, the apices of the basal segments broadly
palerl on the subterminal segments the colouration is uniformlv dark brown.
Hypopygium dark brown.
Ilab.-NewSouth Wales.
Holotype, d, Narrabeen, December 3, 1921 (G.H.Harily).
llocrsnocBne r"uscANA (Wieclemann).
1821. Nematocera fwcana, Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot., i., 2g.
Queensland: Gordonvale, October, 1920 (J. F. Illingworth), Aiexa'der Coll.
This conspicuous genus of crane-flies hatl not hitherto been recordecl from
Australia.
Pr,eryprru,sre REGINA,n.sp.
Legs brownislr-yellow, the tips of the femora ancl tibiae narrowly blackened;wings with R:1s and Rs subequal; r-rn presenl or obliterateci by the fusion of
R+*r on Mr-.2; cell Mr usuallv sessile.

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587

6. Length, 20-26 mm. 1 wing, 21-23.5 mm. 9. Length, 85 rnm.l rving.
25 mm.
Frontal prolongation of the heacl light brown, darker apically above; palpi
dark brownish-black. Antennae black, the seconal segment more reddish; pectiaations of female antennae shorter than those of male. Heacl black, the orbital
region light brown, especially behind; vertex anteriorly more or less pruinose.
Praescutum dark velvety black with four gr:eyish-brorrn stripes tha,t rimit
the ground-colour to the lateral margins of the sclerite and the anterior enils of
the interspaces, the latter behind more yellowishl humeral region restrictedly
pale I remainder of mesonotum grey or yellowish-grey in the female, the scutellurn
blackenecl. Pleura grey, conspicuously stripecl longitudinally with silvery rvhite
ancl brown I the broacl silvery stripe inclucles the mesepisternum, mesepimeron
ancl lateral sclerites of postnotum. Halteres clark brolvn. Legs with the coxae
brownish-greyl trochanters brownl femora brownish-yello.lr', the tips narro.wly
blackened, these measuring less than 3 mm.; tibiae similar, the tips still morenarrowly blackened; metatarsi clark brown, passing into black; remaincler of tarsi
black. Wings infuscated, the base and costal region broadly bright brown; afaint brown cloucling along the cord, more eviclent along the first section of Ms1+;
Cu seamed with brownl stigma small, pale brown. Venation: Rzla subequal toRs, sometimes a litUe longer or shorterl r at fork of Rzla 1 r-m shot:t, in somecases obliterated by the short fusion of trl,t_pson 1\{1121 cell Mr. varying fromshort-petiolate to rather broaclly sessilel m-cw short to punctiform; cell 2ncl A
broad.
Abciomen with the first segment greyl second segment redclish basally, withthree black stripes that are confluent posteriorlyl segments three to five blackwith a faint reddish sublateral spot at basel remainder of tergites black, pruinose;
hypopygium recldish; basal sternites reclclish, the terminal segments grey pruinose.
In the f,emale, the tergites are conspicuously reildish, comparatively nauowly
trivittate with black, the meclian stripe much broader than the lateral stripes.
Ovipositor with the valves cleep horn-colour.
flab.-NewSouth Wales.
Holotgpe, d, Dorrigo, altitude 2,000 feet, January, 1922 (W. Heron). AlIotogtotype, 9. Paratopotypes, 2 6, 7 ?.
Lnpmrensus

MACQUARTT
Gu6rin.

1838. Leptotarsus macquarti, Gu6rin, Yoy. de la Coquille, Zool. ii., Dipt.,p.286, Pl. xx., fig. 1.
Victoria: Seaford (W. F. Hill), Tooradin, February 3, 1918 (G. F. Hill),near Melbourne (G. tr'. Hill), Alexancler Coll.
Lnprorensus

scurnr,r,enrs Skuse.

1890. Leyttotarsu,sscut.ellaris,.Skuse,Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.,(2), v., 107-

108.
New South Wales: Blackheath, January, 1904 (R. Helms), Coll. Bishop
Museum.
Luprorensus NrcRrrrroRAx (Macquart).
1850. Tipula nigrithorau, Macquart, Dipt. Exot., iv., 15, Pl. 1, flg. 5.
New South Wales: Mittagong (A. M.Lea), Coll. South Australian l\{useum.
Ileenorresrrx

rERGRANDTs,
n.sp,

Size very large (wing of ?,23 mm.)l general colouration dark brownl inner
margin of eyes narrowly borderecl with dull fulvous I wings darkenecl, narrowly

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NEw oR r'lTTLE-KNowN

TrPurrrDAE' r't

markedwit hc r eam . c olour ec lc las hes a n d d o t s l r r r - c u a t t r v o - t h i r d s t h e l e n g t h o ff.-t Mz; cetl M:' sessile'"af"}"ii*tufft,.#t'3.*":",tt,f,i,,;"J{}k'Hf
Jl"J,1l:};l'1$

Antennae brownish

tesl

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Range,
park,l\racphersonmm'; wing' 13-13'5

mm'I antenna' about 7 '5-9

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General colouration more ochreo*s, only the pleura grey. Wings wiflr the
pale central stripe almost obliterated, representeil by tu'o indistinct subhyaline
areas in cell M, ancl a thircl in cell 1st Mz ancl the base of R;; Rs much longer,
one-half longer than Rzaal cell Mr long-petiolate, the petiole about twice nzl
m-cu ohllLerated by fusion. Abclomen with two sublateral brown stripes, indistinctly separatetl by a line of the grouncl colour. Valves of the ovipositor acit'ular.
Hab.-Yictoia.
Eolotltpe,9, Ringwood, April 6, 1918 (G. F. Hill).
Mecnolresrrs cosrAr,rs (S.rvederus).
1787. Ti,pula costalis, Swederus, Act. Holm., p. 286.
Victoria: Seaford, J*ne, 1919 (W. F. Hill), Alexantler Coll.; Tasmania:\\'ilmot (Carter and Lea), Devonport (A.M.tea),
Hobart (A. M. Lea), Coll"
South Australian Museum

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Ar:arat (G. F. Hill),
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coxsrnrcre

Skuse.

1890. Macromastin corzstricta, Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2), v., lB4_
135.
New South \\rales: Sydney, September, 190.1 (R.
Museum.
MacRolrlsrrx
rrumrr,rs Skuse.

Helms),

Coll.

Bishop1890. Macromasti:r hum,ilis, Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2),r,., 136_

737.
\rictoria: Moonsons, October 19, 1918 (G. F. Hill),(F. E. Wilson), Alexander Coll.

Lorne, October 24, Ig]:g

Trptrr,e DrcrrA\-A,n.sp.
Alliecl to T. lepto%eura Alexanclerl fusion of veins Me r-nd cur extensivel
cell 2nd A broacl; male hypopygium with trvo clavate appendages extenrling
caudati.
3. Length, 21 mm.; t'ing, 24.5 mm.
Frontal prolongation of the hea,tl buffy above, darker raterally, the elongate
nasus brorrn; palpi light brown, the terminal segment dark brown. Antennae
short, the scape ochraceousl flagellum bicoloured, the base of each segment black,
the remainder of eaeh segrnent paler, Head brown, beconring mole buffv anteriorly.
Mesonotum greyish-brown rvith three darker brown striFes that are subconfluentl remainder of the mesonotum brown, the meclian aiea of the scutum
and scutellum indistinctly and narror,vly paler.
Pleura pale brolvn, sparsely
pruineseent. Halteres brown, the base of the stem narrowly yellowish. Legs
rvith the coxae patre, whitish pruinescentl trochanters yellow; remainder of thelegs hroken. wings
faintly tinged rvith brown, the costal region yellowisir I
stigrna small, dark brown I veins brown. Ymation:
As in ?. leptoneura andallies, in the small, pointecl cell Rz; Rs short, about trro-thirds Rz*a; cell
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NEw oR rrrrrrJn-KNowN sPEclES or AUSTRAT,TAN

B,z very smalll cell 1st Mz large, the inner end long-pointed; ra and petiole ofcell Mi subequall fusion of veins Ms ancl Cur extensive, Ionger than r-m\ eell
2nil A broatl'
Abdominal tergites reclclish-brown, the seconcl segment with a narrow medianancl lateral black Jtripes; flfth and sixth tergites largely brownish-blaekl an indistinct dorso-meclian brown stripe on the intermediate tergites; tergite seventergite eight buffy; basal sternites recldish, the terminal segchestnut-brownl
hypopygium with the ninth tergite terminating in two apMale
clarker.
ments
proximatecl flatteired lobes that are feebly divergent, these lobes separated by aWhat. seem to reV-shaped notchl ninth tergite distinct from the pleurite'
pr.r".rt the modiflecl outei pleural appcndages eonsis-t of conspicuous clavate
iobes directed caudad, the apex of each dilated. and feebly bifid (these appenclages
off,
are very narrowly attached antl those of the type were accidentally broken
unarmecl'
sternite
mounteci separately in balsarn). Eighth
Australia.
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