On new or little-known Tipulidee. DOD 
LViIT.—New or little-known Tipulidee (Diptera).—X. Aus- 
tralasian Species. By Cuartes P. Avexanper, Ph.D., 
F.E.S., Urbana, linois, U.S.A. 
THE present instalment, like the last, considers only species 
from New Zealand, supplementary to those included in 
Mr. Edwards’s monographic treatment of the crane-flies of 
this Dominion. The material discussed herein was received 
from Dr. Campbell, Mr. Gourlay, Mr. Harris, Mr. Howes, 
Mr. Lyndsay, Mr. Philpott, Dr. Tillyard, and Mr. Watt, to 
all of whom I would express my sincere appreciation and 
thanks. The holotypes of the species described herein are 
preserved in the writer’s collection, except where noted 
otherwise. 
Dicranomyia tarsalba, sp. u. 
Basal segment of the antenna yellow; mesono!um greyish 
brown, an brownish black sublaterally, the lateral margins 
of the preescutum conspicuously yellow ; ; pleura yellow an 
a broad, dark brown, longitudinal stripe ; terminal segments 
of tarsi snowy white; wings dusky, stigma dark brown; 
anal angle of wing almost lacking. 
Male.— Length 3°6-3°8 mm. ; wing 5°2-5°4 mm. 
Rostrum and palpi brownish black. Anteune with the 
first segment of the scape conspicuously light yellow, the 
remainder brownish black. Anterior part of vertex obscure 
yellow, the remainder of the head dark grey pruinose. 
Pronotum dark, the scutelluin yellow. Mesonotal pree- 
scutum greyish brown, passing into dark brownish black 
sublaterally, the lateral margins broadly yellowish white ; 
scutum and scutellum greyish brown, brownish black 
laterally ; postnotum dark brown, sparsely  pruinose. 
Pleura yellow with a very conspicuous, black, longitudinal 
stripe extending from the propleura to the abdomen, 
Halteres elongate, dark brown. Legs with the coxe and 
trochanters obscure yellow ; femora pale brown, the tips 
dark brown; tibiz black ; metatarsi black basally, this 
including about two-thirds of the fore metatarsi, a little 
more than one-half of the posterior metatarsi; remainder of 
the tarsi snowy white. Wings with a dusky suffusion, more 
accentuated in the prearcular cells, cells C and Sc, the outer 
ends of cells 2nd R, and R, and the base of cell Cu ; stigma 
conspicuous, oval, dark browu; anal angle of the wing 
conspicuously whitened ; a less distinct whitish area before 
Ann. & Mag#N. Mist. Ser. 9. -Vol, ix. Od 
