264 Records of the S.A. Museum 



cell Iv-; in the bases oi' (*(41s isecond M- and M' and near the end of vein Cu, this 

 latter including considerable portions of cells M, Cu\ and Cii; a small circular 

 spot near tlie end of vein Cii- in cell Cn' ; l]ie dark l)roAvn streak enclosed between 

 vein Cu and the weak vein iiniuediately behind, it (Cu- of Tillyard) is thus 

 crossed only by two pale areas; veins dark brown. Venation : iSc- ends between 

 one-third and one-fourth the length of 11- + '^; K^+'^ longer than cell first M-; 

 cell first M- widened outwardly, the basal section of M'''"*"^ more than twice the 

 second section; cell M^ very short-peliolatc to narrowly sessile. Basal abdominal 

 tergites reddish-brown, beyond the third passing into blackish, the lateral margins 

 of each segment with a conspicuous brownish-yellow triangle, this colouration 

 narrowly and indistinctly continued across the posterior margin; basal .sternites 

 obscure yellow, beyond the fifth passing into black. 



Hah. New South Wales: Dorrigo (W. Heron). Type, I. 12178. 



This handsome species, which is most nearly related to //. ornatipes Sku.se 

 and //. terrue-reginae Alexander, is named in honour of its collector, Mr. W. 

 Heron, who has added several species of crane-flies to the list from New South 

 Wales. 



ACRACANTHA Skiise, 1890. 



ACRACANTHA TASMANIENSIS sp. nov. 



Face clear light yellow, the vertex behind the tubercle light violaceous; a 

 narrow dcirk brown dash adjoining the inner margin of the eyes; mesonotum 

 shiny-reddish, tinged with violaceous ; a brownish-black triangle before the wing- 

 root; femora brownish -yellow, the tips bi-oadly blackened; wing sub hyaline, the 

 longitudinal veins beyond the cord bordered with ])rown; petiole of cell M^ very 

 short. 



$ Length, 22 mm.; ^^'ing, 20 mm.; fore leg. femur, 11-3 mm., tibia, 11-8 

 mm.; hind leg, femur, 12-8 mm.; tibia, 13-7 mm.; tarsus, 22-8 mm. 



Frontal prolongation of the head rathei- short, light brown; nasus long and 

 slender, provided with conspicuous black bristles; palpi brown. Antennae with 

 fifteen segments (in the female) ; scape reddish-brown, the flagellum dark brown; 

 first scapal segment elongate ; basal six flagellar segments enlarged, the inner face 

 of each a little produced and without bi-istles; remaining seven flagellar segments 

 elongate-cylindrical, provided with very long, conspicuous verticils on all sides. 

 Front and anterior face of the vertical tubercle clear light yellow; vertex and 

 occiput light violaceous; a narrow dark brown mark on. the vertex adjoining the 

 inner margins of the eyes, this sending a capillary point cephalad and slightly 

 j)roximad on to the vertical tubercle; occiput darkened. Pronotum clear light 

 yellow. Mesonotal praescutum shiny-reddish with a faint violaceous tinge; a 



