182 Annals of the South African Museum. 



DlCRANOMYIA GARDINERI, Edwards. 



1912. Dicranomyia gardineri, Edwards, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 



vol. 15, pt. 2, pp. 197, 198. 



The following specimens were included in the collection : 

 ? , Barberton, Transvaal, May 6th, 1913 (H. K. Muuro). 

 ? , Maritzburg, Natal, 1917 (K. H. Barnard). 

 <J 9 , Krautzkop, Natal, November, 1917 (K. H. Barnard). 

 ? , Arcturus, Salisbury, Rhodesia, 1916 (Dr. Melle). 

 The wing is shown on Plate III, fig. 1. 



DICRANOMYIA PERINGUEYI, Alexander. 



One male and two females from Oudebosch, Caledou, Cape Colony, 

 altitude 1500 ft., January, 1919 (K. H. Barnard). The exact locality 

 of the type was unknown, but it now seems probable that it came from 

 the same general region as the above specimens. The type seems to be 

 somewhat discoloured, being darker in colour than the fresh specimens 

 mentioned above. 



DICRANOMYIA CONFUSA, sp. n. 



Close to D. peringueyi ; size smaller, wing of male not exceeding 

 5'5 mm.; general coloration pale testaceous yellow; cell 1st M 2 small, 

 subquadrate. 



Male. Length 4-4'l mm.; wing, 5'3-5'5 mm. 



Rostrum unusually long for this genus of flies, somewhat as in the 

 Nearctic D. rostrifera, O. S. ; the condition is very similar to that found 

 in D. peringueyi, being a little more than half the length of the head ; 

 rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with the scapal segments 

 pale brownish-yellow, the flagellum dark brown ; basal flagellar 

 segments short-oval, gradually lengthening to the end of the organ. 

 Head dark grey. 



Thorax pale yellowish testaceous, the praescutum with an indistinct 

 pale median stripe. Pleura dull yellow. Halteres dark brown. Legs 

 pale yellowish testaceous, the tarsi more brownish. Wings subhyaline ; 

 stigma oval, brown ; veins dark brown. Venation : Sc long, extending 

 to about mid-length of the sector, Sc 2 at the tip of Sc l ; cell 1st M z 

 very small, subquadrate, the veins issuing from it correspondingly 

 long ; basal deflection of Cwj a little before the fork of If. 



Abdominal tergites brown, the sternites more yellowish. 



Habitat. South Africa. 



Holotype, $ , Krantzkop, Natal, November, 1917 (K. H. Barnard). 



Paratopotypes, 2 $ . 



Type in the South African Museum. 



