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We may probably conclude, therefore, that in Limnophila, as in most 
other genera, the crane-fly fauna shows the strongest affinities 
with that of Australia, and secondly with that of South America. The 
species may be identified by means of the following key :— 
1. Cell M, iere body all black . bryobia Mik. 
ll M ; body not all black 2 
2. Arcular ова vein apes Meu foveae very large ; $ 
no impressed areas on abdominal tergites 3—7 akusei Hutton. 
Arcular cross-vein, акый, соон deis foveae very small 
or absent; T Snc p yu aeo shining areas on 
bdominal 3 
go 
e 
tergites 
Wings hyaline, меаи ER Cura at or slightly before base of 
discal cell 
Wings with distinct markings ; ; Са» пеат ог beyond middle of 
ell 
. Praeseutum much swollen; ; femora yellow with the tips 
с 
ога darker or with two dark rin 
delicatula Hutton. 
discal c 4 
4. Wings with numerous small dark dots in the cells ; ; macro- 
$ trichia on veins in apical part of wings unusually long ; 
side-pieces ich AM hypopygium produced apically into a 
long horny leucomelas n. sp. 
Wi viser a ex hypopygium otherwise ; macrotrichia of 
veins short . 5 
subinterventa n. sp. 
6 
6. Squama with bristles ; 868 Mi and longer than = ; 
wing-markings more or less ocel 7 
Squama without bristles ; ; 803 асо) and generally shorter 
th сі; wing-markings not ocellat 11 
7. Rs oe ры ; antennae black, the ‘first flagellar joint 
geographica Hutton. 
Pp not iuis antennas otherwise coloured 8 
о p 
urred : . 
ым р: brownish, with indistinct whitish ri 
t ground-colour and conspicuous BR rings . 
Abi tie ail m rk 
sag as Ard spots over ' the impressed areas of the ‘abdominal 
А Gi j^ "middle ‘of discal cell ; an ocellate ‘spot about middle 
of cell Ах .. 
Cu,, near apex of disc al cell ; no > ocellate spot i in cell Ax 
A dark spot or мысы about the middle of cell М 
crassipes Hutton. 
oculatus deu 
10 
argus Hutton. 
lambi n. sp. 
No such spot prese 13 
12. Ses ay apex of Re marshalli Hutton. 
Se, much s dap apex of Rs chrysorrhoea n. sp. 
13. Воз зе with r umbrosa Hutton. 
2 beyond the evel of r-m 
14. A conspicu ous black Wy ус l girdle on thorax ntm I sp. 
Thorax not girdled wi 
15. Very iios species ; i. ed over bases of M and Rs reach- 
| costa cyatheti n. sp. 
Medium-sized species ; costal cell clear hudsoni n. sp. 
dt might perhaps be placed in as many distinct subgenera ; 
The first four ór five of these species occupy rather 
isolated positions, 
the remainder 
ll into two natural groups by the characters given above. 
Limnophila bryobia Mik. 
Antennae black, as long as head 
elliptical. 
Limnophila bryobia Mik., Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, vol. 
The following are t characters mentioned b 
8 
31, p. 205, 1882. 
the chief Mik :— 
Body wholly black, somewhat shining, with slight brown dusting. 
and thorax together, flagellar joints 
Legs black, with fairly long and dense pubesce 
- base of femora brown ; each tibia with two strong spurs, Wings very broad, 
nce; coxae 
