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PLATE XII.

C. arehlaci (Edwards & Haime), from Lower Oibunophyllum and8eminula Zones of the Carboniferous Limestone.
Fiys. I a-1 e. "Monense" type. Sections of one specimen. Figs. 1 aand 1 e, transverse sections, fig. 1 b longitudinal section, at theephebie stage ; figs. I d and le, transverse sections at the lateneanic stage, all × 1. S~-Dt beds, Strandhall, Isle of Man.
• ~'g. '~. " Monense " type. Transverse section at the ephebic stage, X I.
D~ beds, Strandhall.
Fig. 8. "Monense" type. Transverse section at the early ephebic stage,
X 1. Sixth Limestone, Dx, Stoekhow Hall, near Kirkland,West Cumberland. Collectedby Mr. C. Edmonds.
Figs. 4 a-4 c. "Monense" type. Transverse section at ophebie stage(4a, × 1), and transverse sections of one specimen at lateneanic (4b, X 1'4:) and middle neanic (4 e, × 3) stages. S beds~
Cliff top, near The Wash, Pembrokeshire.
Fig. 5. ".Bristolense" type. Transverse section at late neanic stage(dissepiments destroyed), × 1"5. S~, Avon Gorge, Bristol.

L X . m N e w or little-known Tipulidm ( D i p t e r a ) . m X L I I I .
A u s t r a l a s i a n Species. By CHARLES P. ALEXANDER,Ph.D.,

F . E . S , Massachusetts
Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Agricultural College, Amherst,

T a g crane-flies discussed in the present paper are all
Australian members of the tribe Hexatomini, chiefly speciesof tlle genus L i m n o p h i l a , which is abundantly represented
in the mountains of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania.
The material was collected by my friends Messrs. Barrett,Borch, the late Dr. Ferguson, Heron, Hill, Mathews, andWilson, to whom my sincere appreciation is extended. The
most i m p o r t a n t series is that taken by Wilson on the
Bogong High Plains, Victoria, under conditions that werediscussed in the preceding part under this general title.
Where not stated to the contrary, the types are preserved in
the writer's collection.
HORISTOMY[A, Alexander.
1924. lto,~stomyia, Alexander, Ann. & Mag.'Nat. Hist. (9) xiii.
p. 504.
A few additional notes regarding the structure of the malehypopygium, based on the accession of two species describedas new at this time, may be given. Basistyles very large
and compressed, the mesal face hollowed out, at the outerend of ttle coacavity with a single dististyle, this simple innew Or little-known Tipulid~e,469

leueoph~a and vlctori~, more or less T-shaped and slender in
occidentalis ; apex of basistyle beyond the point of insertionof the dististyle produced into a stout compressed lobe, more
slender in oeeidentalis; proximal portion of basal region
produced ventrad into a conspicuous lobe, very long andconspicuous in oecidentalis. In the Eastern species thepowerfully-constructed phallosomic structure is bent strongly
dorsad, thence ventrad, forking into three arms as it leaves
the body between the ventral lobes of the basistyle, thetwo simple arms (interpreted as being gonapophyses) variously
constructed in the different species, the median arm (interpreted as being the ~edeagus) again split toward its tip into
two shorter arms that are weakly (victori~e) to strongly(leucoph~ea) spatulate. In occidentalis this structure isshorter and wider, appearing as a highly-compressed blade,the ventral margin with an acute spine that is directedventrad and cephalad; in addition to this median structure,
there is a strongly-curved crook-like rod on the mesal faceof each basistyle near base, this directed dorsad, the tip
curved npon itself and directed ventrad.
Despite the lack of tibial spurs in the present genus, itwould appear that it is most closely allied to PhyUolabls,
Osten-Sacken, of the Holarctic Region.

Horistomyia victoria, sp. n.
Male.--Length about 5"5-6 ram. ; wing 7-7"8 ram.
Female.--Length about 7 ram.; wing 7"5 ram.
Generally similar to H. leucopheea (Skuse), differing
especially in the structure of the male hypopygium. Legs
brownish black to black, including the tarsi. Wings witti
tile stigma and a seam in cell M adjoining vein Cu~ brown ;veins and macrotrichia nearly black. Venation: Scs
close to the tip of Scl; Rs strongly arcuated to feebly
angulated at origin ; R2+3+, longer than R4; cell 1st M2long and narrow, with m-cu at near mid-length of the lower
face. Male hypopygium with the basistyles and dististyles
much as in leucoph~ea, but the ~edeagus and gonapophyses
very different, all relatively slender at tips, the gonapophyses
narrowed into spear-like points and quite unprovided withspinous armature.
Hub. Victoria.
Hol,~type, c~, Ringwood, altitude about 400 feet, September 4, 1927 (C. Barrett).
Allotopotype, ?, pinned with the type.
.Paratopotype, 3 d' ~, August 28, 1927 (C. Barrett) ; paratype, ?, Eltham, August 25, 1928 (F. E. Wilson).

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Horistomyia occidentalis, sp. n.
Allied to H. leueoph~a (Skuse), differing conspicuously inthe structure of the male hypopygium~ the dististyles being
very slender, more or less T-shaped.
Ma/e.--Length about 5"5 ram. ; wing 7-7"2 mm.
Female.--Length about 6"5-7"5 ram. ; wing 7"2-8 ram.
Rostrum grey, the palpi black. Antennae black, the basal
segment sparsely pruinose ; flagellar segments oval. Headgreyish brown, the orbits clearer grey.
Pronotum brown, the lateral margins grey. Mesonotal
prmscutum brown medially, the lateral margins clearer grey,
the interspaces poorly indicated; no tuberculate pits;
pseudoautural fovem comma-like to subcircular, black, lying
near tim margin of the sclerite ; scutum light grey, ttle lobes
more brownish grey; scutellum and postnotum clear lightgrey. Pleura light grey. Halteres relatively long~ paleyellow, tile knobs dark brown. ]begs with the coxm grey;
trochanters dark brown; remainder of legs black 7 thefemoral bases restrictedly paler. Wings whitisli subhyaline,
the oval stigma very pale brown ; a longitudinal brown washin cells Cul and M, adjoining vein Cul ; veins dark brown,
the prearcular veins more yellowish. Venation: Sc~ close
to or slightly removed from tl!e tip of Scl; Rs strongly
arcuated to angulated and short-spurred at origin ; veins R 8
and R, moderately divergent at tips ; cell 1st M2 relatively
long, its inner end arcuated ; outer deflection of M~ variable
in length; m-cu before or near mid-length of cell ]st Me.
Abdomen dark grey. Male hypopygium relatively large
and very complicated in structure. Basistyle with a small
fleshy lobe on dorsal face at base ; ventral portion of style
produced ventrad into a conspicuous flattened lobe, a little
dilated outwardly, the apex narrowed, the inesal margin andface microscopically spiculose. Outer apical angle of basistyle produced caudad into a relatively long and slenderdusky lobe. The single dististyle is of very unusual form,
somewhat resembling a versatile anther of certain grasses,
the arcuated stem stouter, attached to the cross-bar slightly
be.yond mid-length, the short arm terminating in a few
spmous setm. Phallosome projecting ventrad and cephaladfrom between the ventral lobes of the basistyle as a large,
very compressed, yellow blade, bearing a conspicuous acutespine on the margin ; gonapophyses similarly conspicuous,
appearing as strongly-curved yellow hooks, their tips acute.
Ovipositor with the valves nearly straight, dark reddish
horn-colour~ more blackened at base.

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Hab. West Australia.
Holotype, ¢~, Bridgetown, August 29, 1926 (E. /47.
Fer#uson).
Alloto?otype, ~.
Paratopotypes, 1 c~, 2 ~ ~ ; paratypes, 1 sex ?, Pertt b
August 22, 1926; 1 ? , Donnybrook, August 29, 1926;
1 ~, Narrogin, August 30, 1926 (E. IV. Fer#uson) ; 2c~ ¢~,South Perth, August 18, 1927 (IV. 1t. Mathews).
The type was returned to Dr. Ferguson.
The paratype from Narrogin has the three prmscutal
stripes more dearly defined ; wings with a dusky cloud on
the anterior cord.
Ischnothrix verticalis, sp. n.
Male.--Length about 6 ram. ; wing 7 ram. ; antenna
about 10 ram.
Allied to L australaslee (Skuse) and L lawsonensis (Skuse),
and about intermediate between these two in the length of
the antennm of the male sex, which here are approximately
one-half longer than the wing.
The chief further differences lie in the wing-venation andpattern and the structure of the male hypopygium.
Autennm with the flagellar segments brownish black, theextreme tips pale. Head dark grey. Pr~escutum grey,
more yellowish laterally, the brown stripes incomplete;intermediate stripes narrower, extending to near mid-lengthof the sclerite; sublateral stripes broader, occupying theposterior half of the sclerites ; a narrow submarginal brownline belfind the pseudosutural fove~e ; lateral and mesal
margins of the scutal lobes broadly dark brown, leaving thecentres greyish. Halteres chiefly pale. Femora obscureyellow, the broad subterminal ring black, preceded by abrighter yellow subterminal ring; apex of femur narrowly
light yellow; tibim obscure yellow, the tips broadly blackened;a narrow black basal ring on tibiae. Wings with the groundcolour yellow ; a sparse brown pattern, arranged as follows : Small spots in base of cell R, origin of Rs, at Sc~, and at near
mid-length of cell Cu ; cord, outer end of cell 1st M~ and Ra
seamed with brown; conspicuous oval brown clouds justbefore tim ends of veins R4 to 2nd A, inclusive ; axillaryangle rcstrictedly darkened ; veins dark, more yellowish in
the prearcular and costal regions. Venation: R s vertical ;cell 1st M2 shorter and broader, the basal section of M3
shorter than the second section of M3+4 ; cells 2nd M~, Ms,
and M, more shallow than in australasiee. Abdomen

4,72:Dr, (3. P. Alexander onbrownish black, the hypopygium yellow. Male hypopygiumwith the mesa1 apical tubercle of the basistyle terminating
in a s i n g l e long seta. Outer dististyle entirely blackened,
expanded distally, the outer half with teeth along the outermargin, small and appressed near the base, becoming moreelongate outwardly. Inner dististyle pale, subangularly
bent at near mid-length, the angulation a little produced
and bearing about six long pale setm. Gonapophyses appearing as pale plates, one obtusely rounded, the other terminatingin two pale unequal spines.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, c~, Bogong High Plains, altitude 5600-6000
feet, January 1928 (F. E. Wilson).
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.

L{mnoph{la bathro#ramma, sp. n.
General coloration dark brown ; pseudosutural fovem andtuberculate pits black ; antennae (d') short ; wings creamyyellow, with a conspicuous brown pattern, including large
areas in base of cell M; Scl subequal to m-cu; cell M1
present; male hypopygium with the gonapophyses terminating i n s long apical spine.
Male.--Length about 5"8 ram. ; wing 7"2 ram.
Fernale,--Leagth about 6"2-6"5 mm. ; wing 6'2-7 ram.
t~ostrum short, dark brown ; palpidark brown. Antennm(d') short, if bent backward ending far before the wing-root,
dark brown throughout; outer flagcllar segments elongate,with long verticils, the basal segments shorter. Headbrown, with a sparse yellow pollen.
Mesonotum brown with scarcely indicated darker stripes,
the surface of the interspaces with a sparse yellow pollen ;tuberculate pits black, placed behind mid-distance between
the cephalic margin of the sclerite and the level of thepseudosutural fovea~ ; pseudosutural fovem relatively large,
elongate, black, directed caudaA and laterad ; posteriorsclerites of mesonotum more pruinose. Pleura dark,sparsely pruinose ; dorso-pleural region dusky. Halteres
pale yellow. Legs with the coxa~ darkened basally~ especially the middle coxae ; trochanters obscure yellow ; remainder of legs yellow, the tips of the femora and tibiae narrowly
blackened; terminal tarsal segments passing into brownish
black; legs with conspicuous erect setae. Wings creamyyellow, with a conspicuous brown pattern, including areas in
the bases of cells R and M ; a large area in cell M, sometimes
confluent with the first-mentioned; origin of _Rs ; along

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cord; outer end of cell 1st M~ and a series of circularmarginal spots on all veins except R~ and, in some cases, M~ ;in cases additional areas are found at fork of 311+~ and in
the axilla; cell C sometimes infumed; stigma oval, darkbrown; veins yellow, darker in the infuseated areas.
Venation: Sc~ ending shortly before the fork of Rs, Sc~some distance from its tip, Sc~ alone being equal to or longer
than m-cu; R~+s+~ relatively long, nearly equal to cell
1st M~; R~ longer than R1+2; inner ends of cells R4, Rz,
and 1st M2 in transverse alignment ; cell M~ present ; m-cu
about two-thirds to three-fourths its length beyond tim forkof M.
Abdomen dark brown, the surface vaguely pruinose.
Male hypopygium with the outer dististyle having thegeneral structure of thejucunda group, but longer and more
slender. Gonapophyses with the long apical spine much
shorter than in the jucunda group, but longer than in thelepida group. 2Edeagus short.
Hob. New South Wales.
Holotype, ¢~, Brooklana, Eastern Dorrigo, altitude about
2000 feet, April 15, 1928 (H/. Heron).
AliotoTotypG ?, February 19, 1928 (W. Heron).
Paratopotype, ~, March 1928 (/4z. Heron).
In its general appearance and wing-pattern JL. bathrogramma agrees most nearly.with L. subjucunda, Alexander,
differing in the long Scl and the differently-constructedgonapophyses.

Limnophila polymoroides, sp. n.
General coloration dull brownish yellow; pseudosuturalfi)vea~ very reduced; tuberculate pits lacking; legs yellow,
with conspicuous suberect set,e; wings greyish yellow, theouter ends of the radial cells darker; stigma dark brown,with a cream-coloured area at either end; cord narrowly
seamed with dark brown; cell MI present.
Female.--Length about 8 ram. ; wing 8"5 ram.
Rostrum very short, dark brown, pollinose ; palpi short,brownish black. Antennm relatively short, if bent backward
ending far before the root of the halteres; first scapal
segment dark brown; second segment brownish yellow ;basal segments of flagellum pale yellow, the outer ones
passing into dark brown; basal flagellar segments a little
enlarged, the outer ones becoming long-cylindrical~ with conspicuous verticils that exceed the segments. Head yellowish
brown.

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Mesonotum dull brownish yellow, unmarked; pseudosutural fores reduced to a tiny circular dot near tile lateral
margin of the prmscutum; no tuberculate pits. Pleura
more infuscated, the sternopleurite and pteropleurite a littlebrighter. Halteres obscure yellow, the knobs infuscated.
Legs with the cox~e large, brownish testaceous; trochantersobscure yellow; remainder of legs yellow, the tips of thetibim and the outer tarsal segments vaguely infuscated ; legs
stout, with very long, conspicuous, suberect setm. Wings
with a strong greyish-yellow suffusion; stigma long-oval,
preceded and followed by conspicuous cream-coloured areas ;cells R~, Rs, and the extreme tip of R4 more strongly infumed
than the remainder of the ground-colour ; narrow but conspicuous dark brown seams at fork of Sc, origin of Rs, along
the cord and outer end of cell 1st M~ ; a conspicuous whitelongitudinal streak in cell R adjoining vein M, passing
through cell 1st M~ into the base of cell M~; veins paleyellowish brown, dark brown in tile infuscated areas.
Macrotrichia of the veins very long a~d conspicuous.
Venation: Scl ending opposite the fork of Rs, Sc2 at its
tip; Rs elongate; R~+a+4 longer than m-cu; R~ a trifle
shorter than Rl+2 ; inner ends of cells R4, Rs, and 1st M~ innearly transverse alignment ; cell Ms about one-half longer
than its petiole; cell 1st M2 elongate, m-cu at near midlength.
Abdomen dark brown, the sternites a little brighter.
Ovipositor with the valves long and slender~ gently upcurved
to the acute tips, reddish horn-eolour.
Hab. Victoria.
[[olotgpe, ?, Millgrove, altitude 1600-1700 feet, in dense
shade, close to the fast-flowing mountain stream (the Dee),flushed by beating dead fronds beneath tree-ferns, April 7,
1928 (F. E. Wilson).
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.
In the wing-pattern and hairy legs L. polymoroides bears
a rather notable resemblance to species o[ the Chilean genus
Mesolimnophila, Alexander (Polymoria, Philippi, olim).

Limnophila austroalpina, sp. n.
General coloration grey; antennm black throughout ;legs yellow, the tips of the femora and tibiae darkened;wings yellowish subhyaline, heavily marked with brown;
conspicuous white areas before and beyond the stigma.
Male.--Length about 7"5 ram.; wing 8"5 mm.

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Rostrum short~ grey ; palpi black. Antennm black throughout; flagellar segments conspicuously shorter than in obscuripennis, the basal flagellar segments especially crowded.
Head grey.
Pronotum grey, the posterior portions of the seutellum
a little brighter. Mesonotal pr~escutum almost uniformly
dark grey, the usual interspaces and a median line pale
brown, very delicate, and scarcely indicated ; no tuberculatepits ; pseudosutural fove~e very small, marginal in position ;scutum grey, the centres of the lobes slightly darkened;scutellum and postnotum grey. Pleura uniformly grey, thedorso-pleural membrane dusky, paler above the spiracle.
Halteres dusky, the base of the stem obscure yellow. Legs
with the coxm dark, pruinos% the tips pale yellow ; frochanters obscure yellow ; femora yellow, the tips infuseated ;tibim yellowish brown, the tips narrowly dark brown ; tarsi
dark brown; legs conspicuously hairy. Wings yellowish
subhyaline with a heavy brown pattern; stigma long-oval,
dark brown ; the brown clouds include areas in the bases ofcells Sc and R ; origin of Rs ; along cord, outer end of cell
1st M~ and fork of MI+~ ; extensive broken clouds in ceils R1
and/~, and in the extreme outer ends of cells R4 and R~ ;other somewhat paler washes in the medial, cubital, and analcells ; cell C clouded ; whitish pre-stigmal and post-stigmal
areas; veins dark brown, the obliterative areas along cord relatively extensive. Venation : lnner ends of cells R 4 a n d / ~m transverse alignment ; inner end of cell 1st M: lying far
proximad of the rest of the cord ; m-cu in oblique alignment
with the anterior cord and nearly its own length beyond tile
fork of M.
Abdomen above brown ; sternites yellow, narrowly brownish black laterally; hypopygium dark. Male hypopygium
as in obscuripennis.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, c~, Bogong High Plains, altitude 5600-6000
feet, January 1928 (F. E. l~Silson).
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.
L. austroalpina is allied to L. obscuripenni6 Skuse, differing
especially in the shorter, entirely black antennm and thealmost uniform grey thorax.

Zimnophila obscuripennis neptuna, subsp, n.
Male.--Length 10 ram. ; wing ] 1 ram.
Distinguished from typical obscuripennis~ Skuse, chiefly
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Antennae with the basal two flagellar segments yellow, theremainder of the organ black. Thoracic pattern quite as in
obscuripennis. Femora weakly infuseated at tips; tibiae
more narrowly and conspicuously darkened ; terminal tarsal
segments infuscated. Wings with the dark markings so
extensive as to virtually cover the surface~ restricting thecreamy ground-eolour to spots before the origin of Rs, oneither side of the dark cross-band at the cord and lessevidently in the bases of cells ~]/~ to M3 ; the whitish prestigmal, post-stigmal, and apical areas very distinct ; stigma
almost black ; veins along cord and outer end of cell 1st M2
not conspicuously pale.
Hub. New South Wales.
Holot~pe, c~, Brooklana, Eastern Dorrigo, altitude 2000
feet, August 8, 1928 (W'. Heron).

Limnophila bogongensis, sp. n.
Antennae short ; wings with a strong yellow suffusion, tlle
stigma slightly more brownish yellow ; cell M1 present; nomaerotrichia in cells of wing; male hypopygium with theouter dististyle terminating in a single acute spine, the outerface with very long curved set~e.
Male.--Wing about 7"5 mm.
Female.--Wing about 8 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennre dark brown
throughout, short, if bent backward not extending far
beyond the pronotum. Head light grey, with a vague
capillary median brown line and scattered brown setigerous
punctures.
Pronotum light grey. Mesonotum brownish grey medially,
the remainder destroyed by psoeids. Legs with the femora
obscure yellow, the tips broadly dark brown; tibire andbasitarsi obscure yellow, the tips infuseated ; remainder oftarsi black. In the female the segments of the legs areslightly darker. Wings with a strong yellow suffusion, theoval stigma slightly more brownish yellow; veins still
darker yellowish brown. Venation: Sc lo,g, Sc~ ending
opposite the fork of Rs, Sc~ at its tip and slightly longer;
Rs. long, weakly angulated and sometimes short-spurred at
orxgm, m alignment with R~+3+,; cell Rs deep, vein Ra
gently siuuous; R2 very pale, a little more than one-halt'
Rl+~ ; inner ends of cells R4, Rs, and 1st M, in alignment ;cell M~ present, from one-half to two-thirds its petiole ; cell
1st M~ small, the section of M3 gently arcuated ; m-eu atnear mid-length of cell 1st M2.

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Abdomen brownish black, the surface sparsely pruinose;
hypopygium reddish castaneous. Male hypopygium (fig. 1)
with the outer dististyle (d) nearly straight, dilated near
mid-length, thence narrowed to the simple acute terminal
spine; outer surface of style with conspicuous setigerous
tubercles that bear very long pale curved set~e which are
d
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L.
3

b

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v

b

5

M-a

Male hypopygia of Australian alpine species of Zimnophila.
a = aedeagus ; b = basistyle ; d= dististyle ; g =gonapophysis.
Fig. 1.--Limnophila bogongensls, sp. n.
Fig. 2.--Limnotthila implieita, sp. n.
Fig. 8.~Limnophila nebulicola~sp. n.
Fig. 4.~Limnophila angularis, sp. n.
Fig. 5.--LimnopMla alpiea~ sp. n.
approximately two-thirds as long as the entire style. Innerdististyle small, broad-based, arcuated to the obtuse tip.
Phallosome a transverse rectangular chitinized plate. Gonapophyses (g) terminating in two spines, one much smaller
than the other. 2Edeagus (a) short.
Hab, Victoria,

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Holotype, d', in poor condition, Bogong High Plains,altitude 5600-6000 feet, January 1928 (F. E. lVilson).
Allotopo/ype, ? , in poor co,dition.
Paratopotype, ~ , in poor condition.
Type returned to 5~Ir. Wilson.
The structure of the male hypopygium would indicate a
relationship to the otherwise very distinct L. i~ttonsa,
Alexander (Tasmania).
Limnophila implicita, sp. n.
General coloration grey; antennae short, the flagellum
black ; mesonotal prmscutum with a brown median stripe ; legs
brown, the tips of the femora and tibiae narrowly darke,ed ;wings pale greyish; cell M1 pre~ent; male hypopygiumwitl~ "the outer dististyle narrowed to a simple acute spine ;goi!apophysis with two long slender spines in addition to themain mass.
Male.--Le~glh about 6 ram.; wing 7 ram.
Rostrum grey; palpi black. Antennm short, the scapebrownish black, the flagellum black ; basal five or six
flagellar segments incrassated, the succeeding segments
more linear. H e a d dark grey, the anterior vertex andposterior orbits lighter grey.
Pronotum grey. !Viesouotal pr~escutum yellowish greywith a medias dark brown stripe, the lateral stripes muchpaler and ill-delimited ; pseudosutural fovem black, linear~tile cephalic etld curved laterad ; no apparent tuberculate
pits; scutum grey, the lobes infuscated ; posterior sclerites
of mesonotum dark grey. Pleura grey. Halteres pale.
Legs with the coxm light grey ; trochauters testaceousyellow; femora aml tibim brown, the tips narrowly darkbrown; tarsi black. Wings pale greyish, the stigma only
a little darker than tile ground-colour; veins pale brown.
No macrotrichia in cells of wing. Venation: Scl ending
opposite the fork of Rs, Sc~ at its tip ; Rs relatively short,strongly arcuated at origin, in alignment with R~+3+4, the1;ttter shorter than R2+3 ; 112 subequal to R1+~ ; veins R a and/~4 rather strongly diverging ; inner ends of cells R4, Ra, and
1st M~ in approximate transverse alignment; cell Mi small,approximately one-third the length of its petiole ; cell 1st 312
small, m-cu just before mid-length.
Abdomen blackish, sparsely pruinose; hypopygium paler,yellowish brown. Male hypopygium (fig. 2) much as inbogongensis, the outer dististyle (d) being narrowed to asimple acute spine; outer surface of style at near mid4~ngthnew or little-kJwwn Tipulidve.

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and before apex with conspicuous setup; style not at all
dilated near mid-length, being gradually narrowed frombase to apex. Inner dististyle very short, dusky, the basebroad, the narrow apex obtuse. Gonapophyses (g) stout,
each with two slender spines, the outer one longer and very
slender, the main body of the structure stout, terminating
in a more decurved spine. JEdeagus (a) relatively short,superimposed over a pale, median, flattened structure.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, ~ , Bogong High Plains, ou the Little Plain,
altitude 5600-6000 feet, January 1928 (F. ]:2. Wilson).
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.

Limnophila nebulicola, sp. n.
General coloration grey; antenna short, black throughout ; halteres pale ; legs black~ the femoral bases brightened ;wings with cell M1 present but very small ; male hypopygiumwith the outer dististylc relatively broad, blackened, with aconspicuous subterminal spine on outer margin; adeagus
elongate, spiraliform.
Male.--Length about 5"8 mm. ; wing 6"6 mm.
Rostrum pruinose; palpi black. Antenna short, i[ bent
backward not extending beyond the end of the pronotum,
black throughout ; basal five flagellar segments subglabrous,
the outer segments more linear, with conspicuous white sets.
Head light grey, the posterior vertex more infuscated.
Pronotum grey. Mesonotal prascutum grey, the threeusual stripes poorly delimited and confluent, or nearly so,light brown; posterior sclerites of mesonotum dark grey.
Pleura grey throughout, tile dorso-pleural region a little
lighter. Halteres pale. Legs with the coxa dark browlJ,pruinose; trochanters obscure brownish yellow; femora
blaek~ the bases obscure yellow, very narrowly so on tile fore
femora, more extensive on the posterior femora; remainderof legs black. Wings with a yellowish tinge, the oval stigma
brown ; veins brown. No macrotrichia in the cells of wing.
Venation: Scl ending opposite tim fork of Rs, Sc~ slightly
removed from tip, SC 1 alone a little longer than//2 ; R~ ator just beyond the fork of R~+3+~ ; Rl+2 approximately threetimes R2 ; inner ends of cell R~, Rs, and 1st M~ in nearlytransverse alignment ; cell M1 very small to subevanescent,
about one-fourth its petiole ; cell 1st M~ rectangular ; m-cu
about one-halt its length beyond the fork of M.
Abdomen black, pruimlse, the hypopygium obscure brownish
yellow. Male hypopygium (fig. 3) with the basistyles

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relatively long and slender. Outer dististyle (d) entirely
chitinized, relatively broad and gently arcuated, terminating
in a powerful black spine, with a smaller straight spineou outer margin just before apex ; surface of style with
abundant setiferous punctures that bear long conspicuousseta~. Immr dististyle broadly connected with the outer by
pale membrane, gently arcuated. Gonapophyses (g) massive,the cephalic margin with several conspicuous denticles.
2Edeagus (a) elongate, the penis spiraliform.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, c~, Bogong High Plains, Little Plain, at 56006000 feet, January 1928 (F. E. Wilson).
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.
Allied to L. effeta, Alexander (Tasmania), differingin the wing-pattern, venation~ and structure of the malehypopygium.

Limnophila angularis, sp. n.
Male.~Length about 4% ram. ; wing 5"6 mm.
Closely related to L. nebulicola, sp. n., differing especiallyin the structure of the male hypopygium.
Size smaller. Wings greyish yellow, the stigma a little
darker than the ground-colour; veins brown. Venation:
Sc~ only about its own length from the tip of Sc~; R s
subequal to R~+s; cell M~ about one-third its petiole;m-cu at mid-length of cell 1st M~. Male hypopygium(fig. 4) with the details of structure very different fromnebulicola. Outer dististyle (d) shorter and m~re broadly
flattened; lateral spine more compressed~ broad-based;surface of stem somewhat protuberant. Inner dististyleangularly bent at mid-length. Gonapophyses (g) appearing
as stout lobes that are strongly bent upon themselves, thetips blunt and obtuse~ not spiuous as in nebulicola.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, ~, Bogong High Plains, altitude 560t].-6000
feet, January 1928 (F. E. Wilson).
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.
Limnophila alpica, sp. n.
General coloration brown to yellowish brown ; antennae
short, dark throughout; wings with a yellowish tinge, thestigma scarcely indicated ; cell MI present; no macrotrichia
in cells of wing ; male hypopygium with the outer dististyleslender, the apex blackened~ terminating in two teeth that

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are separated from one another by an acute notch; gonapot)hyses produced iuto a long pale b l a d e ; tedeagus
elongate.
Male.--Length about 5 mm. ; wing 5"5 ram.
Female.--Length about 6"5 ram. ; wing 6"2 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennm dark brown,
relatively short, if bent backward not attaining the wingroot. tIead yellowish grey.
Pronotum greyish brown. Mesonotum and pleura ahnost
uniformly brown, in the female more yellowish brown;pr~scutum with a short darker median vitta on tile celih~,lic
portion; pseudosutural fove0e small and inconspicuous; notuberculate pits; central region of pleura darker, more
greyish brown. Halteres pale, the knobs weakly infuscated.
Legs with the coxm obscure yellow; trochanters yellow;
femora brown, the bases brightened, the tips passing into
dark brown ; tibim brown, the tips narrowly dark brown;
tarsi dark brown; legs relatively long and slender, withappressed setm. Wings uith a yellowish tinge, the baseand costal region even brigtiter ; stigma scarcely indicated ;veins brownish yellow. No maerotriehia in ceils of wing.
Vem~tion : Scl ending shortly belbre the fork of Rs, Se~ at
its tip ; Rs long. gently areuated at origin ; 1~+3+ ~ shorter
than R~+3, the latter subequal to /~l+~ ; R2 less than
one-hall _Ri+~; cell .117 present~ small, about one-third to
one-half its petiole ; m-eu at near mid-length of the longrectangular cell 1st M 2.
Abdomen dark brown, the hypopygium brighter. Male
hypopygium (fig. 5) with the outer dististyle (d) slender,
gradually narrowed to the tip, at base on outer margin witha palc. flattened obtuse lobe; apex more heavily chitinized~
bitid, tlleouter lateral t,,oth only a little smaller than theapical ,he, the two separated by a narrow V-shaped notch ;surface of style with relatively long, conspmuous setm.
Inner dististyle small, arcm~ted, terminatit~g in two stout
sette.
(;onapopi~yses (9) appearit,g as compressed palestructures, each produced mesad into a straight pale blade.
2Edeagus (a) elongate, the p~nis spiraliform. Ovipositor
with the tergal wdves broken ; sternal vah'es long, straight,
and slender.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotvpe, ~ , Bogong High Plains, altitude 5600-6000
feet, January 1928 (F. E. Wilson).
Allotopolype, ?.
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.
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Limnophila casta pallidilhorax, subsp, n.
Female.--Length about 5 mm. ; wing 5"6 mm.
Genev~dty similar to typical casts, Alexander (Victoria),
diffevi~lg especially in the pale yellow coloration oi the bodyand legs.
Head .and antennae brown. Mesonotum pale shiny
yellow, the l)r~escutum scarcely darkened medially; tuberculate pits placed only a short distance before the level ofthe pseudosutural fore,e, the latter dark brown. Pleura
weakly infuseated. Legs yeliow~ only the outer tarsal
segments infuscated. Wings pale yellow, tbe stigma
scarcely darker; veins beyond the cord pale brown, thebasal and costal veins yello~v. Venation: cell 1st M~
widened outwardly~ M only a little shorter than the basal
section of Ms. Abdomen yellowish testaceous, the ovipositor
with the elongate wdves horn-coloured, the tergal valves very
slender, gently upcurved to the acute tips.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, 9, Belgrave, in a dark fern gully, altitude 900
fee~, June 4, 1928 (F. E. ~Vilson).
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.
Limnophila antennella, sp. n.
General coloration brown ; antennae ( ~ ) elongate, approximately two-thirds the length of the body ; wings ~ith a faintbrown tinge, the stigma dark brown ; cell M1 present ; basal
abdominal segments bicolored, especially the sternites ; malehypopygium with the ~edeagus long, beyond the base spiraliform.
Male.--Length about 6"2-6"5 ram. ; wing 7"'2-7"6 mm. ;antenna about 4-4"2 mm.
Rostrum brownish testaceous ; basal segment of palpi pale,
the remainder brown. Antennae (~')elongate, approximately two-thirds the length of body, dark brown, the second
scapal segment paler; t~agellar segments elongate-cylindrical, with a dense, ercct, relatively short pubescence andinconspicuous verticils. Head dark bro~vn, more greyish
yellow laterally behind.
Pronotum brown, obscure yellow laterally. Mesonotal
pr~e cutum dark yellow, with a conspicuous median brown
stripe ; no tuberculate pits ; pseudosutural fove~e reduced
to linear marginal impressions ; scutal lobes dark brown,
the median area pa!e ; scutellum testaceous-brown; postnotal medioter~ite darker, except laterally. Pleura with thenew or little-known Tipulidae.

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dorsal membrane and auepisternum darkened, the ventral
sternopleuritb and posterior sclerites of the mesopleura
yellowish testaceous. Halteres elongate, testace0us, theknobs weakly infuscated, the base of the stem restrictedly
brightened. Legs with the coxm and trochauters obscureyellow ; femora brownish yellow ; remainder of legs darkbrown. Wings with a faint b~'ownish tinge, tile oval sligma
dark brown ; very vague brown seams at origin of Rs andon anterior cord ; veins dark brown ; macrotrichia of veinsconspicuous. Venation : Sc long, Sc x ending some distancebeyond the origin of R2+3, S c 2 not far from its tip, SCl alone
being a little shorter than m-cu ; Rs long, feebly angulated
at origin ; R~+2 about twice R~ alone ; inner ends of cetIs R4,
R 5, and 1st M~ in oblique alignment, the last-named lying
most basad; m strongly arcuated; cell _3/1 present, subequal to its petiole; cell 1st M2 long-rectangular; m-cu
shortly before mid-length of the cell.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, the extreme caudal
margins of the basal segments paler; basal sternites bicolorous, chiefly obscure yellow witt~ the incisures narrowly
infuscated, this darkening chiefly on the bases of tim segments; hypopygium dark. Male hypopygium with theninth tergite a little produced medially, this area with abroad U-shaped median notch, the lateral lobes small.
Outer dististyle bifid at apex~ the mesal face with long erect
setm. Inner dististyle with set~e to apex, those on basal
two-thirds long and erect. Gonapophyses small, each with
two large and two very small spines. _~deagus long, beyond
the base strongly spiraliform.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, ~ , Millgrove, altitude 1500 feet, frequenting a
grass-choked drain through which a tiny trickle of water
was flowing; open sunny situation, April 7, 1928 (F. E.
Wilson).
Paratopotypes, 2 injured ~ ~ , altitude 1200-1500 feet ;paratypes, 1 ~ , Belgrave, in (lark fern gully, June 4, 1928
( ~\ E. Wilson), 1 (~ , September 9, 1928 (F. E. Wilson).
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.
The Belgrave (June) paratype is much smaller than thetype ( ~ , length about 5"3 mm.; wing 6 mm.), but undoubtedly represents the same species.
Liranophila nocticolor, ap. n.

Belougs to tile pilosipennis group: general coloration
black; antennae short in both sexes; halt®rea elongat~ ;
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lacking.
Male,--Length about 4"5 ram. ; wing about 5"5 ram.
Female.--Leugth about 4"5-5"5 ram. ; wing 5-5"6 ram.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennm short in both sexes,
if bent backward ending some distance betbre the wingroot, dark brown ; flagellar s~gments oval, with verticils
that slightly exceed the segments in length; terminal segment about one-half longer than the penultimate. Headblack, sparsely pruinose.
Prothorax and mesonotum dull black, in cases with thescutellum obscure brownish yellow. Pleura black, sparsely
pruinose. Halteres elongate, nearly twice as long as theantennae, brownish ~hite, tile knobs darker brown. Legs
with the coxre brownish black, the posterior coxre paler ;trochanters dark brown ; remainder of legs brownish black,the femoral bases restrictedly paler; tibial spurs small but
distinct. Wings with a faint dusky tinge, the stigma barely
evident; veins pale brown. Sparse macrotrichia in theo~ter ends of ceils R3, R4, R~, and 2rid M2, and in somecases in M~; the females have these triehia somewhat
more restricted in area and not involving the extremes aslisted above. Venation: Set elongate, exceeding m-cu;
R2+3+4 very short ; R~ faint, about two-thirds RI+~ ; cell M1
lacking; cell 1st M2 relatively short, with m-cu before
mid-length ; rn longer than the outer deflection of Ms andmore arcuated.
Abdomen black, the basal sternites obscure brownish
yellow. Male hypopygium with the outer dististyle blackened,narrowed to the acute terminal splice. Gonapophyses
appearing as strongly curved rods that terminate in spearlike points. Ovipositor brown, the tergal valves long andslender.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, ~ , Ringwood, altitude 400 feet, May 27, 1927
( C. Barrett).
~4llo/ype, ~ , Cockatoo, May 14-19, 1927 ( G. F. Hill).
Paratypes, 1 ? , with the allotype ; 2 c~ c~, Bayswater,
May 20, 1928 (F. E. Wilson I.
Limnophila nocticolor and the three species next described
are allied to L. e#ena, Alexander (Victoria), differing among
themselves in the coloration and structure of the antenn~
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Limnophila hilli, sp. n.
Male.--Length about 4"5-4"8 ram.; wing 6-6"8 mm.
Female.--Length about 5"5-6"2 ram. ; wing 6'3-7 ram.
Related to L. nocticolor, sp. n., differing in the somewhat
larger size, paler coloration of ttle body, slight differencesin venation, and in the structure of the male hypopygium.
Antennae short, slightly longer than in nocticolor, if bent
backward not attaini1~g the wing-root, brownish black, theflagellar segments oval. Head black, heavily pruinose, thedisk of the vertex only sparsely pruinose to subnitidous.
Mesonotum light reddish brown, the 1)rmscutum with adarker brown median stripe, the lateral stripes barely
evident; scutellum a little darker. Pleura reddish brown,
the surface sparsely pruinose. Halteres elongate, pale, theknobs a little darker, tile extreme base of the stem restrictedly brightened. Legs with the coxm and trochantersbrownish yellow ; remainder of legs black, the bases of thefemora restrictedly pale. Wings with a dusky tinge, thestigma a little darker ; veins darker brown. Sparse macrotrichia in the apices of ceils R3 to 2nd Me, very rarely witha few in cell M3. Venation : Sc relatively short, Scl en(liI~g
before the fork of Rs, Sc~ some distance from its tip, Sca
being subequal or longer thau m-cu; cell 1st M~ elongaterectangular, with m-cu usually at some distance before midlength, in a few instances beyond mid-length.
Abdomen black, the basal sternites obscure brownishyelh)w, margined laterally and caudally with black ; hypopygium brown to brownish black. Male hypopygium withthe outer dististyle longer and more slender than in nocticolor, terminating in an acute splice, the outer margin withsparse long erect setm. Inner dististyle longer, the outer
third conspicuously narrowed. Gonapophyses small, theapex of each stout and microscopically denticulate.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, ~ , Cockatoo, May 14-19, 1927 (G. F. Hill).
Allotopotype, ~.
Paratopotypes, 5 ~ 2 ; paratypes, 8 ~' ? , Belgrave, in
open sunny situations beside railway station~ altitude 740
feet, June 4, 1928 (F. E. Wilson), 2 ~ ?, in copula, altitude 900 feet, flying just over grass-tops ; l (~, Bayswater,
May 20, 1927 (F. E. l/Filson) ; 2 c~ ~ , Warburton, altitude
3500--4000 feet, April 9, 1928 (C. H. Botch).
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Limnoph~la borchi, sp. n.
Belongs to the pilosipennis group ; build slender ; generalcoloration of mesonotum pale brown, more yellowish laterally ; head black, pruinose ; antennm short ; halteres longand slender ; wings with a faint brown tinge ; sparse macrotrichia in distal ends of cells R3 to 2nd Ms; Scl long,cell M1 lacking.
Male.--Length about 4"4-5"2 mm. ; wing 5-6 ram.
Female.--Length about 5"3 mm.; wing about 6 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae short, if bent
backwards ending far before the wing-root, much shorter
than tile halteres, black throughout; flagellar segments
short-cylindrical, the verticils exceedi,)g the segments.
Head black, pruinose, the centre of the disk more lightly
pruinose to be subnitidous to polished black.
Mesonotum uniformly brown, more yellowish brownlaterally, without markings ; pseudosutural fove~e and tuberculate pits very reduced or lacking. Pleura and posteriorsclerites of mesonotum more yellowish brown. Halteresvery long and slender, obscure yellow basally, passing i,~todark brown. Legs with the coxm and troehanters yellowish
testaceous: femora brown, the bases restrictedly yellow ;tibioe and tarsi black. Wings with a faint brownish tinge,
the stigma only alittle darker ; veins brown. Sparse mac,'otriehia in outer ends of cells Ra to 2nd Me. Venation:~C1 ending opposite or just beyond the fork of Rs, Sc~ somedistance from its tip, Scl alone being longer than m-cu ;ilnler ends of cells R4, R~, and 1st Me iu subtransverse to
oblique alignment ; cell R3 widened at distal end ; cell M1
lacking; m-cu at or shortly before mid-length of cell

1st M~.
Abdomen brownish black, the basistyles of the male hypopygium obscure brownish yellow. Male hypopygium withthe outer dististyle slender, terminating in a simple gentlycurved spine. Gonapophyses with the apical hook relatively
long and slender, xvith a simple twist near mid-length, thetip acute.
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, c~, Millgrove, altitude 1500 feet, April 7~ 1928

(F. E. Wilson).
Allotopotype, ~.
Paratopotypes, several ~' ? , altitude 1200--1500 feet;paratype, 1 sex ?, Ferntree Gully, April 15, 1923 (F. E.
Wilson).
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.

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This delicate Limnophila is named in honour of the Lepidopterist, Mr. Clarence H. Botch, who has collected several
new or rare species of Tipulidae. The following notes on
the occurrence of this species have been supplied by Mr.
Wilson : ~ " Plentiful but difficult to net. Keep very close
to the earth, frequently actually alighting on ground.
Difficult to capture owing to their keeping well down amongst
the foliage of the introduced blackberry. Favour the damp
shaded gullies where only tiny shafts of sunshine trickle
through."Limnophila mitoeera, sp. n.
Belongs to the pilosipennis group ; general coloration darkbrown ; antenn~ (d') elongate, nearly as long as the body,the segments with long outspreading setae; halteres very
long ; wings with a dusky suffusion, the stigma very slight]ydarker brown ; macrotrichia in apical cells of wing ; cell M1
lacking.
Male.--Length about 4"5 mm. ; wing 5"3 ram. ; antenna
about 4 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae ( ~ ) elongate,nearly as long as the entire body, dark brown throughout;flagellar segments elongate-cylindrical, with long outspreading setae throughout their length ; terminal segment short,oval. Head black with a sparse grey pruinosity to produce
an opaque to subnitidous appearance.
Mesonotum uniformly dark brown ; no tuberculate pits;
pseudosutural fovem black, lunate; scutellum more testaceousbrown. Pleura brownish testaceous. Halteres very lo~,g(1"2 mm.), testaceous-brown, the base of the stem paler.
Legs with the coxae and trochanters brownish testaceous;remainder of legs dark brown, the femoral bases restrictedly
paler. Wings broad, with a dusky suffusion, the stigma
very slightly darker brown; veins dark brown. Macrotrichia in all apical cells of wing from R~ to M~ inclusive.
Venation: So, extending to opposite the fork of R~+~+4,Se2 some distance from its tip, Sc, alone being longer titan
m-ca ; R~+~+~shorter than the basal section of R~ ; R~ faint,
R,+~ about twice R~ alone ; cell 11//1 lacking; m-ca shortly
beibre mid-length of the rectangular cell 1st M2.
Abdomen dark brown, tim central portions of the basal
two sternites paler. Male hypopygium with the basistyles
relatively long and slender. Outer dististyle entirely
blackened, gradually narrowed to the unequally bidentate
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On new or llttle-know~ Tipuli,t~e.

Inner dististyle shorter, the distal third or more glabrous,
the apex obtuse. Gonapophyses with the free tips appearing
as long slender rods, directed caudad, the tips laterad (inslide mounts).
Hab. Victoria.
Holotype, ~ , Warburton, April 9, 1928 (C. H. Botch).
Type returned to Mr. Wilson.
JLimnophila mitocera is related to L. egena and several
known allied forms, differing from all in the very longantennm of the male sex.

Limnophila defecta, sp. n.
General coloration pale brown ; prmseutum with two subiateral blackened areas ; tuberculate pits nearly on a levelwith the pseudosutural fovem ; wings greyish yellow ; cell R3
at margin very wide ; cell M1 lacking ; cell 1st M~ elongate.
M'ale.--Length about 3"3 mm. ; wing 3"6 ram.
Female.--Length about 5 ram. ; wing 4"6 mm.
l~,ostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae dark brown,
relatively short in both sexes, if bent backward scarcely
attaining the wing-root; flagellar segments oval, the lower
face of' each a little more protuberant than the upper face ;segments clothed with a long erect white pubescence andlong, unilaterally arranged vcrticils. Head greyish brown.
Pronotum burly brown, variegated ~vith darker brown.
Mesonotal pr~escutum light brown with a sparse goldenyellow pollen ; a sublatera] blackened area before thepseudosutural fovem and another behind these fove~e, thelateral margins again pale ; tuberculate pits reduced to tiny
dots that are separated from onc another by a distanceabout equal to the diameter of one, situated just anterior to
the level of the very reduced pseudosutural fovem ; posteriorselerites of mesonotum light brown, the postnotum slightly
more pruit~ose, darker medially. Pleura [~alc, vaguely
marked with darker spots. I:ialteres pale~ the knobs
brighter. Legs with the coxm and trochanters testaceous;remainder of legs brownish testaceous~ the tarsi scarcely
darker. Wings with a greyish-yellow suffusion, the baseand costal region clearer yellow ; veins pale brownish yellow.
No macrotrichia in distal cells of wing. Ve~,ation: Sc
relatively short~ ~cl ending shortly hefot'e the fork of Rs,
Sc2 a little removed from its tip, Sct alone a little shorter
than m-cu; J~ very faint to obsolete; R~+3 gubequal toRl+z; R~+3+4 a trifle longer than m-cu; veins R s and/~4strongly diverging, cell Ra at wing-margin more than twiceOn Coryphmschna longfield~e, sp. n.

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as wide as cell R 2 ; inner ends of cells R4, R6, and 1st M2 intransverse alignment ; cell M1 lacking ; cell 1st M2 unusuallylong, approximately equal to the veins beyond it; m-cu alittle less than its length beyond the fork of M.
Abdomen of male testaceous with a conspicuous black
subterminal ring ; the hypopygium yellow. In the female
the tergites are more variegated brown and testaceons, theouter segments being dark with pale caudal margins ; basal
sternites yellow. Ovipositor with the valves long andslender, nearly straight.
Hab. New South Wales.
Holotype, ~ , Brooklana, Eastern Dorrigo, altitude 2000
feet, November 6, 1927 (W. Heron).
Allotopotype, ~.
Paratopotype, c~; October 21, 1928 (/4r. Heron).
Limnophila defecta is a very interesting species whose
strict affinities and generic position must be held as being
in question.

LXI.--Coryphmschna longfie]d~e, sp. n. ( Odonata), from
Brazil, and its Allies. By D. E. KIMMINS.

Coryphaeschna longfield~e, sp. n.
d'. Occipital triangle yellow, about one-third as longas the length of contact of the eyes. Frontal vesicletransverse, black, with fine black hairs. Face yellow, theanterior margin of the frons brownish, and more obtusely
angled than in C. (z~Ojanuaria , Hag.
Thorax dark brown, clothed with fine dark hairs. Dorsal
bands green, about 1 mm. wide, i, tterrupted above themiddle by a narrow brown line. Lateral bands green, theanterior band about 1"5 ram. wide, the metepimeral band triangular, about 2 ram. in width at its broadest part. Legs
black.
Abdomen nearly five times as lon~ as the thorax~ slender,
the third segment moderately, and the fourth and fifth veryslightly, constricted. Segment 1 raised dorsally to form atransverse tubercle. Tergal margins of segment 1 approximated ventrally, each forming a shining black tooth witha median carina, the tooth being less obliquely truncate thanin C. januaria, Hag. In front of these projections is atransverse piliferous tubercle. Auricles with three or four