new or little-known TipuliJfe. 5GI 



segments, all flagellar seg^raents but the terminal two being 

 pectinate. 



Mesonotum shiny black. Pleura black, gi'ey pruinose. 

 Halleres obscure brownish yelllow, the knobs dark brown. 

 Legs with the coxse black, greyish ])ruiuose ; trochanters 

 black ; remainder of the legs black, the femoral bases 

 bioadly yellow, ou the fore legs including about the basal 

 half, on the posterior legs including about the basal two- 

 thirds; a broad yellowisli-white ring before tlie tip of the 

 tibia. Wings hyaline; cell Sc yellowish; stigma brown; 

 a very faint brown clouding along the cord ; wing-tip 

 indistinctly darkened; veins dark brown. Venation: Sc 

 long, Sci ending opposite the fork of Rs, Sc^ at the tip 

 of Sci ; Rs long, strongly arcuated at origin ; /t2+3 short, a 

 little longer than r-in ; cell Mi present; petiole of cell M^ 

 about equal to the basal deflection of Cu^, the latter at 

 about one-third its length beyond the fork of M. 



Abdomen shiny black, including the liypopygium. 



Hab. Tasmania. 



Hohtype, S> Mt. Wellington, altitude 1300-2300 feet, 

 January 15-February 6, 1913 (li. E. Turner). 



Type in the collection of the British Museum (Natural 

 History). 



GynopUstla dodiJi, sp. n. 



Antennpe with twenty-four segments, all flagellar segments 

 except the terminal two with long flabeilate branches, basal 

 three branches directed outward ; tarsi black ; wings grey, 

 marked with dark brown ; abdomen black, cross-banded 

 with orange-yellow ; a subterminal black ring ; liypopygium 

 orange. 



Male. — Length 8"5 mm. ; wing 8"4 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi brown. Antenna3 of the male large 

 with very long flabeilate pectinations; flagellum with twenty- 

 two segments, of which all but the terminal two are pectinate; 

 pectinations of the basal three segments directed outward 

 (as in G. vilis) ; longest pectinations about one-half the 

 length of the entire antenna ; the 21st flagellar segment has 

 a small spur near mid-length; scape and basal flagellar 

 segments obscure yellow, the terminal segments and all the 

 pectinations black. Head broad, dark brown. 



Mcsonotum and pleura brownish yellow without distinct 

 markings. Halteres short, yellow, the knobs dark brown. 

 Legs with the coxpe and trochanters yellow; femora yellow 

 with a broad (1"5 mm.) black subterminal ring, the extreme 

 apex pale ; tibiae black, the extreme base pale ; tarsi black. 



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