Alexander — Crane Flies 269 



brown, the costal, and subcostal cells and the stigma more yellowish ; petiole of 

 cell M^ very short. 



$ Leng'th, about 11-12 mm.; wing, 14 mm. 9 Length, about 9 mm.; 

 A\ing, 12 mm. 



Fi"0)ital ])roloiigation of the head rather short, obscure yellow, the nasus very 

 loug and j)owerful, tufted with hairs at the apex; palpi dark brown. Antennae 

 apparently thirteen-segmented, short in both sexes; the first scai)al segment 

 yellowish ; second segment yellowish-brown ; ilagellum dark brown, the basal 

 three segments oval, gradually decreasing in size, beyond the third the segments 

 of the fiagellum are elongate, linear, provided with only sparse, thougli moderately 

 long verticils (segmentation of the flagellum difficult to determine in dried 

 material). Head briglit orange-yellow, clearest on the anterior part of the 

 vertex, more obscure on the occiput. Mesonotum rather shiny testaceous-brown 

 without distinct markings, only the posterior third of the postnotum being a little 

 darker. Pleura testaceous-yelloAv. shiny. Halteres dark brown (the knobs 

 broken). Legs with the coxae testaceous-yellow; trochanters yellow; remainder 

 of the legs slender liut not excessively elongated, pale brown, darkening on the 

 tarsi. Wings with a strong brownish tinge, the costal and subcostal cells and 

 the stigma more yellowish; veins dark brown. Venation: Sc- ending just before 

 the fork of Rs; R-+3 slightly longer tlian tlie long Rs; r rather indistinct, on 

 R2 more than its own length beyond the base; R-' about one-half longer than 

 ]f>2i-3. petiole of cell M^ very short, a little less than r; m longer than the outer 

 deflection of M^+^; fusion of M""-* and Cu^ punctiform; cell Cu^ twice as long as 

 Avide; cell second A narrow. A fringe of rather stiff, bristle-like hairs completely 

 surrounds the M'ing-margin. Abdominal segments obscure brownish-yellow; 

 seventh and eighth segments dark brown. Hypopygium semi-inverted as in 

 many species of this genus. 



Hal). NewSouth Wales: Dorrigo rW. Heron). Type, I. 12188. 



TIPULA Linnaeus, 1758. 

 TIPULA LEPTONEURA sp. nov. 



General colouration light brown, the thoracic pleura more yellowish; legs 

 long and slender, claws toothed in the male; wings faintly brownish-grey, the 

 costal and sub-costal cells more yellowish ; cell R- small, cell second A very 

 narrow; male hypopygium fused into a continuous ring. 

 $ Length, 14 mm.; wing, 15-5 mm. 



Frontal prolongation of the head yellowish-brown ; nasus moderately long, 

 provided with conspicuous black and yellow setae; palpi light brown. Antennae 



