The Crane-flies of South Africa. 



In addition to the characters given above, the species may be told 

 from D. Inrtipennis by the shorter flagellar segments, the very different 

 pattern to the wings and mesonotum and the general orange-yellow 

 coloration, not buff as in hirtipennis. 



GEN. GONIOTIPULA, gen. n. 



Frontal prolongation of the head rather short ; nasus distinct. 

 Antennae of the male elongated, apparently but 11 -segmented ; seg- 

 ments without verticils ; first scapal segment shorter than the 

 first flagellar segment, second scapal segment about one-half the 

 length of the first. Halteres long and slender. Legs with the tibial 

 spurs rather small, empodia large. Wings with a long basal petiole, 

 the anal angle practically lacking ; Sc^ lacking, tip of R. 2 atrophied ; 

 fusion of M 3 + 4 and Cu^ extensive, about as long as r-m alone; the 

 abortive anal vein that lies immediately behind vein Cu and has been 

 termed the " anal furrow " in literature is here very evident, and 

 almost attains the wing-margin ; second anal vein straight, rather 

 long, almost parallel to the anal angle of the wing. Veins with few 

 setae. Male hypopygium with the tergite notched behind, distinct 

 from the sterno-pleurite ; eighth sternite unarmed. 



Genotype, Goniotipula cuneipennis, sp. n. (Southern Ethiopian 

 region). 



The genus Goniotipula presents some features in common with both 

 Megistomastix, Alex. (Neotropical region), and Leptotipula, Alex. 

 (Ethiopian region), but cannot be placed with either of these groups 

 by the combination of characters. The elongate anteuual flagellum 

 without verticils and the strikingly petiolate wings furnish the principal 

 generic characters. 



GONIOTIPULA CUNEIPENNIS, sp. n. 



Antennae elongate, longer than the combined head and thorax, 

 dark brown, the flagellar segments without verticils ; wings long- 

 petiolate, faintly greyish, the tip of vein B 2 atrophied. 



Male. Length, 8'6 mm. ; wing, 8'5 mm., its greatest width, 1'6 mm.; 

 fore leg, femur about 6 - 8 mm., tibia, 64 mm., tarsus about 8'3 mm. 



Frontal prolongation of the head short, stout, light grey, the nasus 

 stout ; palpi dark brown, the last segment nearly equal to the second 

 and third combined. Antennae of the male elongated, considerably 

 longer than the head and thorax taken together, dark brown, with a 

 dense erect white pubescence ; flagellar segments elongate-cylindrical, 

 the first and the last shortest. Eyes rather small, widely separated by 

 the vertex. Head greyish-brown, clear grey along the margins of the eye. 

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