new or little-knowa TipulicUe. 547 



Abdominal tergites dcirk browu ; steruites greenish 

 testaceous. 



Hub. Nortli Queensland. 



Holotype, ? , Kurauda, Cairns District, altitude 1100 feet, 

 April 1921 (^. P. I) odd). 



Parutyjje, ? , Gordonvale, March 1921 [A. P. Dodd). 



" Holotype ou tree-trunk ; paratypo on spider-web," 



Dicranomyia ivhitei, sp. n. 



General coloration dark brownish black, tlie thoracic 

 pleura pruinose ; wings nearly hyaline, the stigma con- 

 spicuously dark brown ; Sci ending a short distance beyond 

 the origin of Ks ; abdomen dark brown, this colour including 

 the hypopygium. 



Male. — Length about 6*5 mm. ; wing 8 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brownish black. Antennse 

 brownish black throughout; flagellar segments oval, be- 

 coming more elongate toward the end of the organ. Head 

 brownish grey. 



Thorax very deep, the mesonotum unusually convex and 

 gibbous. Mesonotal prsescutum dark brownish grey, with- 

 out distinct stripes, the median area more brownish, these 

 passing into grey on the sides of the sclerite ; remainder of 

 the mesonotum more pruinose. Pleura dark with a grey 

 pruinosity. Halteres not unusually elongated, dark brown, 

 obscure yellow at base. Legs with the coxae brown ; tro- 

 chanters obscure yellow ; remainder of the legs broken. 

 Wings nearly hyaline ; stigma conspicuous, dark brown ; 

 veins dark brown. Venation : Sc^ ending a short distance 

 beyond the origin of Rs, Sc^ far from the tip of Sc^, the 

 latter alone only a little shorter than the basal deflection 

 of Cui ; Rs gently arcuated,, about twice the deflection of 

 R4+5 ; cell 1st M2 closed ; basal deflection of Cui at the 

 fork of M. 



Abdomen dark brown, including the hypopygium. Male 

 hypopygium with the ventral pleural appendage very large, 

 dark brown, the rostriform appendage on the inner face 

 reddish brown, provided with two spines; dorsal pleural 

 appendage comparatively small, gently arcuated, terminating 

 in a long straight point. 



Hab. Tasmania. 



Holotype, J" , jNlangalore, September 25, 1912 (A. White). 



Type in the collection of the British JNluscum (Is'atural 

 History). 



This s_ 

 Arthur White. 



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