The Crane-flies of South Africa (Diptera, Tipulidae). 143 



Male. Length 5 mm. ; wing 6'4 mm. 



Rostrum brown, palpi dark brown. Antennae with the first segment 

 brown beneath, yellow above, the second segment entirely light yellow . 

 flagellar segments dark brown, submoniliform, densely pubescent, the 

 constrictions between the individual segments well defined, the last 

 segment elongated, pointed, slightly darker brown. Eyes closely 

 approximated, but not contiguous ; head brown with a grey bloom. 



Thoracic dorsum brownish-yellow, somewhat shiny, without distinct 

 stripes ; scutellum more yellowish, postnotum more brownish. Pleura 

 dark brown with a very sparse pale bloom. Halteres pale yellow at 

 the extreme base, the remainder of the organ dark brown. Legs with 

 the coxae and trochanters dull yellow ; femora elongate, slender, dull 

 yellow, not darkened ; tibiae brownish-yellow, the apical segments 

 broken. Wings pale greyish subhyaliue, the stigmal spot rounded, 

 pale brown ; veins dark brown. Venation, Sc long, extending to mid- 

 length of the elongate sector; Sec, at the tip of Sc^, r at the tip of R{; 

 Rs about three times the length of the deflection of -Bj + 5 ; inner end 

 of cell 1st M. 2 a little arcuated ; basal deflection of Cu-^ at the fork of M. 



Abdomen more or less discoloured, the tergites yellowish-brown, the 

 sternites more yellowish. 



Habitat. South Africa. 



Holotype, $ , South Africa, without more exact data. 



Type in the South African Museum. 



This fly is named in honour of Director Puriuguey of the South 

 African Museum. 



GEN. RHIPIDIA, Meigeu. 

 1818. Syst. Beschr., vol. 1, p. 153. 



RHIPIDIA AFRA, Bergroth. 

 1888. Entomol. Tidskr., vol. 9, pp. 128, 129. 



Two female specimens, one from East London, South-east Cape 

 Colony, July, 1914 (Lightfoot), the other from Krantz Kloof, Natal, 

 June, 1915 (Marley). The specimens measure in length 6'3-8'5 mm., 

 the wing 7'3-8'8 mm., one of the specimens being much larger than 

 the other, but undoubtedly belonging to the same species. The wing- 

 is shown on Plate X, fig. 5. 



GEN. LIBNOTES, Westwood. 



1876. Trans. Eut. Soc. Loud., p. 505. 



LIBNOTES CAPENSIS, sp. n. 



Basal anteunal segments black, intermediate segments light brown, 

 the terminal segment black ; thorax yellow with a double black mid- 

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