. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 166 AUSTRALIAN BLEPHAR0CER1DAE, Abdomen slender subeylindrical, the hypopygium distinctly upturned. Colour dull blackish above fading to brownish below. Each segment is furnished ivith a tuft of blackish hairs on either Text-fig. 4:âEd/wardsina australiensis (x 511). b, the same, lateral view. Hypopygium of i, dorsal view c, end of abdomen of ? (x 20). Hypopygium as shown in Text-fig. 4, a, b. 5. Forewing , expanse mm. Measurements of hindleg:âfemur !>.7, tibia , tarsus 4 mm. Differs from the male as follows :â
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 166 AUSTRALIAN BLEPHAR0CER1DAE, Abdomen slender subeylindrical, the hypopygium distinctly upturned. Colour dull blackish above fading to brownish below. Each segment is furnished ivith a tuft of blackish hairs on either Text-fig. 4:âEd/wardsina australiensis (x 511). b, the same, lateral view. Hypopygium of i, dorsal view c, end of abdomen of ? (x 20). Hypopygium as shown in Text-fig. 4, a, b. 5. Forewing , expanse mm. Measurements of hindleg:âfemur !>.7, tibia , tarsus 4 mm. Differs from the male as follows :â â The head (Text-fig. 2 a, b) is larger and more squarely shaped, the occiput very broad, as wide as the total width across the eyes, cut off squarely behind, but with the lateral posterior angles slightly rounded off. Eyes somewhat smaller than in male and separated by a somewhat wider space. (Text-fig. 2, a, b.). Antennae mm. long. Margin of occiput behind eyes greyish white. Man- dibles (Plate xlv., fig. 4, a) present, mm. long, knife-shaped, with slightly nod- ding apex ending in a fine tooth; inner margin finely serrated for apical two- thirds of its length, the fine teeth all being turned backwards towards the base. Abdomen tapering distally, broader than in male, ending in a pair of short appendages cut off obliquely as shown in Text-fig. 4, e; gonapophyses of seg. 9 very small, pointed, hairy. T y p e s:âc? holotype, ? allotype, and series of paratypes of both sexes, in Cawthron Institute Collection, Nelson, A pair of paratypes in British Museum of Natural History, London, and another pair in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Habitat:âWaterfalls along Digger's Creek, from 4500 to 5500 feet, on Mount Kosciusko, Types taken at a little over 5000 feet on Nov. 25th, 1921. paratypes, Nov. 24th to 28th inclusive. This remarkable insect occurs fairly abundantly wherever a small waterfall offers sufficient rush of water for the existence of its larvae and
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