102 AUSTRALIAN CRANE-FLIES. 



veins with dense, moderately long macrotrichiae. a group 

 of about four macrotrichise at al^out midlength of the basal 

 deflection of Cuy. Venation : Sco at the tip of Sci ; 

 r-m connecting with Es at a distance, before the tip of the 

 latter about equal to its own length ; ^2 apparently fused 

 with El, the fusion less than one-half of the section of Ei 

 between Sco and the juncture of E.2 ; basal deflection of 

 Cui about one-third the length of cell \sf Mo. 



Abdominal tergites dark brown, the lateral margins 

 of the segments broadly paler ; sternites pale brownish 

 yellow, the ninth segment entirely dark brown. Male 

 hypopygium with two pleural appendages, the outer append- 

 age shortest, ending in an abrupt, slightly curved chitinized 

 point, the inner face liefore the point microscopically 

 denticulated ; inner appendage pale, shaped like a 

 boomerang. Gonaj)ophyses four in number, the lateral 

 pair flattened, blade-like, the proximal pair slender with 

 the tips acute and slightly divergent. Ovipositor with 

 the tergal valves long, strongly upcurved. greatly exceeding 

 the sternal valves. 



Habitat. — North Queensland. 



Holotype, 9. Oordonvale, Nov(;mber, 1917 (J. F. 

 Illingworth). 



Allotopotype, $. 



Paratopotype, (^. ^ 



The types were found resting on tree-trunks. 



Lechria rufitkorasc agrees most nearly with L. 

 bengalensis Brunetti (.India) which species is known to the 

 writer only from the figure and description. From these 

 it is seen that the Indian species is much smaller (length 

 4 mm.) with the front broad and flat ; the coloration of 

 the thorax, legs and abdomen and the venational details 

 differ as indicated in the accompanying key. 



Key to I he Species of the Genus Li-:chria Skuse. 

 1. Ii\ beyond the stigma bent down to It^ to 



form an apparent X ( New South Wales) .. Z.. .singidaris ,Skuse 

 .\o such X-shaped combination of veins in the 

 radial field, R^ being apparently fused 

 with R\ for a varying distance back 

 from tlie \vin<;-mar<iin 2 



