Alexander — Crane Flies 2§3 



(.'('Us paler thau their marpins. A^enation : Rs shorter than K- ^"^ ; basal deflection 

 of K- perpendicular; !{•' lonj^'ci- than IV+'^ ; petiole of cell M^ and ni snbeqiial. 

 Abdominal tergites testaceons-yello^v, the median line and the caudal margins of 

 each segment black, to form an inverted T on each segment, the lateral margins 

 most distinct on tergites two to five ; sternites ()l)scure yellow, the caudal margins 

 of the segments narrowly blackened ; distal abdominal segments with a t^light 

 silvery bloom. Ovipositor very short and blnnt as in the genus. 



JIah. North Queensland: Knranda (F. P. Dodd). Type, I. 12177. 



HABROMASTIX Skuse, 1890. 

 HABROMASTIX HERONI sp. nov. 



Cleneral colouration brownish-yellow ; vertex with a conspicuous dark brown 

 mark ; praescutum with three broad dark brown stripes, the median one split by 

 a pale line; postnotum darkened posteriorly; femora broadlj' blackened at tips; 

 wings greyish-brown, variegated with pale yellow ; R-+3 longer than cell first M- ; 

 basal section of vein M-^^^ more than twice the second deflection. 



S Length, 14—14-5 mm.; wing, 16-5-17 mm.; antenna, about 14-5-15 mm. 



Rostrum slender, yellowish above, dark brown laterally and beneath; palpi 

 dark brown. Antennae with the scape and basal two segments of the flagellum 

 light brownish-yellow, passing into dark brown. Head with the front narrowly 

 grey pruinose; vertex yellow, more fulvous on the tubercle, paler adjoining the 

 eyes, a conspicuous dark brown median stripe, narrowed in front, broadest behind. 

 Mesonotal praescutum brownisli-yelloA\' with three broad dark brown stripes, the 

 median stripe split by a capillary pale line, all the strij)es attaining the suture; 

 scutal lobes dark brown, the median area narrowly pale; scutellum with the 

 median sclerite dark brown, the lateral regions pale ; postnotum whitish-grey, the 

 posterior half conspicuously dark brown, continued to before the root of the 

 halteres. Pleura light brownish-grey, indistinctly striped longitudinally with 

 darker grey. Halteres light brown, the base of the knob darker brown. Legs 

 with the coxae brownish-yellow, the apical half of the outer faces of the fore and 

 ]uiddle coxae darker; trochanters obscure yellow; femora light brownish-yellow, 

 the tips broadly and conspicuously blackened; tibiae brownish-black, only the 

 extreme bases brightened; tarsi brownish-black. Wings with a strong greyish- 

 brown tinge, the costal and subcostal cells more yellowish-brown; stigma darker 

 orown; the wing is conspicuously ^'ariegated with pale yellow spots and areas, 

 distributed as follows : a small band beyond the arculus extending across the 

 wing but interrupted behind vein Cu; a second larger V-shaped baud extends 

 across the wing, the point of the V near midlength of cell M, this area traversing 

 cell Cu; conspicuous areas before the cord and stigma; beyond the stigma m 



