The Crane-Jiies of South Africa {Diptem, Tipididae). 143 
Male. — Length 5 mm. ; wiug 6*4 mm. 
Rostrum browu, 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 browu with a grey bloom. 
Thoracic dorsum brownish-yellow, somewhat shiny, without distinct 
stripes ; scutellum more yellowish, postnotum more brownish. Pleura 
dark browu with a very sparse pale bloom. Halteres pale yellow at 
the extreme base, the remainder of the organ dark browu. 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 subhyaline, the stigmal spot rounded, 
pale browu ; veins dark browu. Venation, Sc loug, extending to mid- 
length of the elongate sector ; Scr, at the tip of 8c^ ; r at the tip of B^ ; 
Bs about three times the length of the deflection of -5, + .- ; iuuer end 
of cell 1st 31.2 ^ l^^^l® arcuated; basal deflection of Cui at the fork of ill. 
Abdomen more or less discoloured, the tergites yellowish-brown, the 
sternites more yellowish. 
Habitat. — South Africa. 
Holotype, $ , South Africa, without more exact data. 
Type iu the South African Museum. 
This fly is named in honour of Director Pcriuguey of the South 
African Museum. 
Gen. RHIPIDIA, Meigeu. 
1818. Syst. Beschr., vol. 1, p. 153. 
Rhipidia afea, Bergroth. 
1888. Eutomol. 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 iu 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. Ent. Soc. Loud., p. 505. 
LiBNOTES CAPENSIS, sp. U. 
Basal antennal segments black, intermediate segments light brown, 
the terminal segment black ; thorax yellow with a double black mid- 
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