NEW OE LITTLE-KNOWN CBANE-FLIES.—ALEXANDEE. 59- 



of the fore coxae. Halteres long and slender, brown, the apices of the knobs pale. 

 Legs with the coxeb brown, the fore coxae darker ; trochanters brownish ; femora 

 pale brown, the tips broadly dark brown; tibiae yellow, the tips narrowly dark 

 brown; tarsi yellowish. Wings hyaline, variegated with dark brown and light 

 grey; the costal cell is brown with three conspicuous hyaline spaces, one just 

 beyond the h crossvein, the last at the end of the cell ; cell Sc hyaline ; the grey 

 areas appear as about four bands that traverse the wings, being continuations 

 of the brown costal areas; in the space immediately behind vein Cit these four 

 bands become dark brown and very conspicuous; the hyaline bands between 

 these grey areas are about one-half the width of the latter; indistinct whitish 

 areas in the base of cell R2, bases of cells Ml, 2nd 312, and M4 and in cell 

 1st M2 ; stigma conspicuous, dark brown ; a narrow brown seam along the cord ; 

 veins dark brown, paler in the hyaline areas. Venation : 8c2 ending just before 

 midlength of B2-\-3 ; Rs short, scarcely longer than cell 1st M2 and shorter 

 than the basal deflection of Cul ; B3 about one-half longer than B2-{-3, running 

 parallel to B4-\-5 except at the extreme tip ; cell 2nd Bl narrow ; inner ends 

 of cells B3, B5 and 1st M2 in alignment ; petiole of cell Ml less than one-half 

 this cell; m and the deflection of M3-\-4 subequal; m-cu obliterated by the 

 punctiform contact of Cul and M3. 



Abdominal tergites yellow, the first brown medially; segments 2 to 5 

 with an oblique dark-brown dash on either side, these marks converging behind, 

 becoming more approximated on the posterior segments, on segments 6 to 8- 

 appearing as confluent median dashes; a triangular brown mark at the anterior 

 lateral angle of tergites 3 to 8 and at midlength of tergite 2 ; sternites yellowish. 

 Valves of the ovipositor long and straight, the tergal valves longer. 



Habitat: Queensland. 



Holotype, 9 , Brisbane (H. Hacker). 



Type in the collection of the Queensland Museum. 



Habromastix paraUela is the largest species so far made known. It is- 

 most closely related to H. remota (Walker) in the long petiole of cell Ml and 

 other characters but is readily told by the pattern of the body and wings and 

 the venational details. 



HABROMASTIX TERR.S-REGIN.a3 sp. n. 



Antenna of the male about one-half longer than the body; legs yellow,- 

 the tips of the femora and tibiae dark brown, remainder of the tarsi dark brown ; 

 wings light grey, sparsely variegated with brown and subhyaline ; petiole of 

 cell Ml very short to lacking; abdomen obscure yellow, the tergites with two 

 brown sublateral stripes. 



3Iale. — Length, 11-5-12-5 mm. ; wing, 14-154 mm. ; antenna, 17-5-17-8 mm. 



Generally similar to H. parallcla. 



Frontal prolongation of the head yellow, with a narrow brown lateral 

 line ; palpi brown. Antenn£e of the male considerably longer than the body, the ■ 



