590 NEW OR LITTLE-KKOWN SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN TIPULIDAE, i. 



R2 very small; cell 1st M2 large, the inner end long-pointed; m anc petiole of 

 cell Ml subequal; fusion, of veins Ms and Cui extensive, longer than r-ni; cell 

 2nd A broad. 



Abdominal tergites reddish-brown, the second segment with a narrow median 

 and lateral black stripes; fifth and sixth tergites largely brownish-black; an in- 

 distinct dorso-median brown stripe on the intermediate tergites; tergite seven 

 chestnut-brown ; tergite eight buffy ; basal stemites reddish, the terminal seg- 

 ments darker. Male hypopygium with the ninth tergite terminating in two ap- 

 proximated flattened lobes that are feebly divergent, these lobes separated by a 

 Y-shaped notch; ninth tergite distinct from the pleurite. What seem to re- 

 present the modified outer pleural appendages consist of conspicuous clavate 

 lobes directed caudad, the apex of each dilated and feebly bifid (these appendages 

 are very narrowly attached and those of the type were accidentally broken off, 

 mounted separately in balsam). Eighth sternite unarmed. 



Hab. — Northern Australia. 



Holotype, d", without exact data, received from Mr. G. F. Hill. 



