neiu or little-known Tipulldse. 551 



dark brown ; veins dark brown. Venation : Sc long, Sci 

 ending about opposite two-thirds the length o£ Rs, Sc, at the 

 tip of Sci ; Rs long, gently arcuated ; r at the tip of /?i ; 

 cell 1^/ M2 elongate, slightly widened distally ; m and the 

 outer deflection of M3 subequal ; basal deflection of Cui a 

 short distance beyond the fork of M ; Cu^ a little shorter 

 than the basal deflection of Cui. 



Abdominal tergites with the basal half of the segments 

 obscure yellow, the apical half dark brown to give the organ 

 an annulated appearance; sternites somewhat similar, but the 

 colours less distinct ; hypopygium and penultimate segment 

 yellowish. 



Hab. North Queensland. 



Holoii/pe, (5^ , Gordonvale, Cairns District, February 1921 

 {A. P. Dodd). 



" Ex leaf in scrub." 



Limnobia semierinis, sp. n. 



General coloration yellow; mesonotal praescutum with 

 three brown stripes ; femora light brown with a darker 

 brown subterminal ring ; wings subhyaline ; stigma elongate, 

 brown; Sc long; abdominal segments* brown, the apical 

 fourth of each segment yellow. 



Male. — Length 6"8 mm.; wing 8 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with the basal 

 segment dark brown basally, the apical half pale brown ; 

 flagellar segments dark brown, short-oval, each segment 

 clothed with conspicuous white pubescence. Front narrow, 

 light cream-yellow; vertex brown and obscure yellow 

 interspersed. 



Pronotum yellow, dark brown medially. Mesonotal prae- 

 scutum obscure yellow with three dark brown stripes ; re- 

 mainder of mesonotum brownish testaceous. Pleura yellowish 

 testaceous, indistinctly variegated with darker. Halteres 

 pale. Legs with the coxee and trochanters yellow ; femora 

 yellow basally, gradually passing into light brown ; a con- 

 spicuous brown subterminal ring preceded by a very indistinct 

 pale anuulns, the extreme tips very narrowly yellow^ ; tibiie 

 and tarsi light brown; posterior tibise longer than the tarsi. 

 Wings subhyaline, cells C and Sc indistinctly yellow; 

 stigma large, elongate, brown; origin of Rs and the cord 

 very indistinctly seamed with pale brown ; veins brown. 

 Venation: -S'c long, Sy ending nearly opposite r-m, 8-2 a 

 short distance from the tip of Si ; Rs gently arcuated ; r at 

 tip of Ri, strongly angulated near mid-length ; deflection of 



