On new or little-known Tipulidm.

305

patella and tibia i. much longer than iv. ; femur iv. shorter
than i. Protarsal scopula of i. covering a little less than ahalf {he segment, with two long spines at its base ; of ii. as
on i. ; of iii. covering ~he dis~al third, with many basal
spines ; of iv. covering about 5,1 which is elsewhere stronglysi)ined ; tibim of all tile legs and of tile pedipalpus spine&
Hat). Herval (Parand).
Type in nay own collection.
Rio, Nay 1920.

X X X V I . - - X e w or little-known Tipuli&e (Diplera).--lV.
gtl, iopian Species. By CHaar,~s P. ALEXANDtR, Ph.D.,
Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.
Tam paper is a continuation of the preceding parts under
this title. The material included is almost all from
Cameroun, collected by the l~ev. a. A. Reis at Efulan,
Batanga, and at Lonji near the Nlong River (erroneously
written Ulou in P a r t II. of this series).
The types arepreserved in the collection of the writer, except where statedto the contrary.
])icranomyia terebrina, sp. n.
General coloration brown, the mesonotum brownishyellow po]llnose, but without distinct markings; antennm
brownish black; head light grey; femora light yellowish
brown ; wings pale brown, stigma indistinct ; Scl ends justbefore the origin of Rs, Sc~ not far from its tip ; cell 1st M2
closed ; ovipositor with the sternal valves bifid at their tips.
Female.--Length" 6"4 ram. ; wing 7 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown.
Antennm brownish
black, the flagellar segments oval. Head light grey.
Mesonotum brown~ heavily brownish-yellow pollinose,
without distinct stripes.
Pleura dark brown, sparsely
pruinose. Halteres rather long, light yellow, the knobs
brown. Legs with the coxa~ concolorous with the pleura;trochanters dull yellow; femora light yellowish brown;
tibim and tarsi dark brown. Wings very pale brown ; stigma
very indistinct ; indistinct brown seams along the cordand outer end of 1st M2; veins pale brown, C and Sc
light yellow, the former more orange distally and ending
at R,+~. Venation: Sc of moderate length, Sc~ ending aAnn. & Mag. N. Hist. Sero 9. Volo vii.
21

306

Dr. C. P. Alexander on

short distance beyond the origin of Rs, Se~ located a shortdistance beyond the origin of Rs~ removed from the tip ofSct to a distance about equal to r - m ; Rs long, gently
areuated, a little more than twice as long as the deflectionof R4+~ ; r close to the tip of R~ ; cell 1st M2 closed, longer
than vein 3Ia beyond it; m gently areuated, a little longer
than r-m; basal deflection of Cu~ a short distance.before
the fork of M ; Cu2 much longer than the basal deflectionof Cu~.
Abdomen with the basal tergites brown ; remainder of theabdomen largely light fulvous brown. Ovipositor with thetergal valves very small, slender, upcurved; sternal valvesbroad, slightly expanded distally, the tips bifid.
Hab. West Africa.
Holotype, ?, Batanga, Cameroun, October 13, 1919

(3-. A. l~eis).
" Caught flying about lamp at night."

Dicranomjia shawl, sp. n.
General coloration obscure yellow, the mesonotal prmseutum with a broad median stripe and inconspicuous lateral
stripes of brown; pleura with an indistinct brown longitudinal stripe ; halteres yellow, the knobs dark brown ; legswith the femora brown, tipped with yellow ; wings brownish
subhyaline ; stigma dark brown ; Se long, cell lsl M2 closed ;Cu2 longer than tile deflection of Cul ; abdomen dark brown,
the segments conspicuously ringed caudally with yellow.
$¥male.--Length about 7 ram. ; wing 8"5 ram.
Rostrum and palpi brown, the latter rather conspicuous,slightly paler than the rostrum. Antennm with the scapal
segments dark brown; flagellum broken. Head yellowish
grey.
Pronotum conspicuous, obscure yellow, dark brown above.
Mesonotal prmscutum obscure yellow with a broad, conspicuous, dark brown median stripe that ends before thes u t u r e ; lateral pr~eseutal stripes very narrow anteriorly,
rather indistinct, crossing the suture and covering most of
the scutal lobes; scutellum testaceous, darker caudally;
postnotum testaeeous. Pleura yellow, with a broad but illdefined longitudinal stripe that extends from the cervicalsclerites to the base of the abdomen, passing beneath thebase of the halteres. Mesosternum shiny brown. Haltereslight yellow, the apices of the knobs dark brown. Legs
with the fore coxae shiny brown; middle and hind coxm
light yellow; trocllantcrs yellow; femora brown, the bases

new or little-known Tipulid~e.

307

indistinctly paler, the tips narrowly but abruptly paleyellow ; remainder of the legs brown; claws small, simple
or nearly so. Wings brownish subhyaline, cell Sc moreyellowish ; stigma oval, dark brown ; cord, outer end of cell
1st M~, and wing-apex indistinctly seamed with darker;
veins dark brown. Venation ; Sci long, ending before midlength of Rs, Sc~ at the tip of SCl ; Rs moderately elongated ;gently arcuated, about twice the length of the deflection ofR~+5 ; r at the tip of R~ ; cell 1st M~ pentagonally rectangular, shorter than vein M~ beyond it; m about twice aslong as r - m ; basal deflection of Cu~ just beyoml the forkof M ; Cu~ longer than the basal deflection of Cu~.
Abdominal segments dark brown, the segments conspicuously ringed caudally with yellowish ; eighth tergite entirely
yellow. Ovipositor with the tergalvalves very short, slender,strongly upeurved to the acute tips; sternal valves long,straight, compressed, the tips subacute.
Hab. South Africa.
Holotype, ? , Shafton Grange, Natal, April 28, 1919

(A. G. ~haw).
Type in the collection of the Natal ~[useum.
This interesting Dicranomyia is respectfully dedicated toits collector, Mr. Alfred G. Shaw.
Dicranomfia flavopz/ga , sp. n.

General coloration obscure yellow ; antennm black ; mesonotal pra~scutum with three brown stripes; pleura with abroad longitudinal stripe ; wings with a strong grey suffusion ;stigma brown; indistinct brown seams along the cord andouter end of cell 1st M: ; Sc long, cell 1st ~lI~ closed ; Cu~
and the basal deflection of Cul subequal; abdomen darkbrown, the pleurites of the male hypopygium yellow;
some of the pleural appendages digitiform and highly
complicated.
JTale.--Length about 5"2 mm. ; wing 6"8 ram.
Rostrum brownish yellow, about one-hal~ as long as thehead; palpi black. Antennm black, tile flagellar segments
oval. Head dull grey.
Pronotum dark brown, the scutellum light yellow. Mesonota] prmscutum dull yellow, with three conspicuous brown
stripes; scutum pale, more testaceous behind. ~Pleura
brownish yellow with a broad, conspicuous~ longitudinal
stripe. Mesosternum brownish. Halteres pale brown, theknobs dark brown. Legs with the coxm and trochanterspale yellowish testaceous; remainder of the legs broken.
21"

308

Dr. C. P. Alexander on"Wings with a strong grey suffusion ; stigma oval, brown ;narrow and indistinct pale brown seams along the cord andouter end of cell ]st M~ ; veins brown. Venation : Sc long,
Scj ending opposite from three-fourths to four-fifths thelength of the long arcuated Rs, Sc2 about its own lengthfrom tile tip of St1 ; r at the tip of RI ; basal deflection ofR~+~ about twice the length of r-m ; cell 1st ll[2 rectangularly
pentagonal, about as long as 3I~ beyond it, the outer end
broader than the inner end ; m about equal to r-m ; basal
deflection of C~q just beyond the fork of M ; C'u~and thedeflection of Cul subequal or the latter a little longer.
Abdomen dark brown, the pleurites of the hypopygium
conspicuously light yellow ; appendages of hypopygium darkbrown.
Hypopyginm unusually complicated for a memberof this genus; the longest pleural appendage is slender,
straight, on the outer face with a row of about thirteen
cylindrical, chitiuized pegs that produce a serrate appearance;these pegs are interspersed with long set~e and slender setigerous tubercles ; a second appendage is long, clavate, with a
few long bristles, and with a conspicuous flattened lobe nearits base; a third appendage is densely covered with long
bristles that curve at the tips; besides these appendages
there are other smaller cushions and blades, producing a
structure that is very hard to describe.
Hab. South Africa.
Holotype, ~ , Shafton Grange, Natal, April 28~ 1919
(A. G. Shaw).
Type in the collection of the Natal Museum.

Dicranomyia cinnamonota, sp. n.
Antennm brownish black, the flagellar segments withconspicuous pedicels to produce a moniliform appearance ;head dark blue-grey ; mesonotal prmscutum yellowish
cinnamon-coloured, the thoracic pleura light blue-grey
pruinose ; legs with the tibiae and tarsi w h i t i s h ; w i n g s
brownish grey, tile stigma pale brown ; Sc long, cell 1st M2
open by the atrophy of m ; abdomen dark brown.
Female.--Length about 3 ram. ; wing 4"2 ram.
Rostrum and basal segment of palpi dull yellow, remainderof the palpi dark brown. Antennae brownish black, thepedicel of each segment pale to produce an indistinctly
bicolorous effect ; flagellar segments strongly pedicelled togive a moniliform appearance to the organ. Head dark,
covered with a blue-grey bloom.

new or little-known Tipuiid~e.

309

Mesonotal praescutum bright yellowish cinnamoncolourcd, darker laterally; remainder of the mesonotum
dark brown. Pleura dark, with a [)road longitudiualstripe of blue-grey, produced by a heavy bloom that covers
most of the pleura. Halteres short, pale brown, the knobs
darker brown. Legs ~vith the cox~e obscure brownish yellow,
the bases darker; trochanters whitish ; femora testaceous~
the tibiae and tarsi whitish ; only the terminal tarsal segment
is darkened ; claws small and apparently simple. Wings
with a brownish-grey suffusion, in the anal cells nearly
hyaline; a large hyaline area in cells R.~, M2, and the baseof Ma ; stigma small, short-oval, pate brown; veins brown.
Venation: Sc long, Sc, ending at about two-thirds thelength of the sector, Sc= at the tip of Sc~ ; Iis long, slightly
angulated at origin ; r at tip of R~, bisecting the stigma, thetip of R1 and r pale ; deflection of R4+5 arcuated, about equal
to the basal deflection of Cul; cell 1st M: open by theatrophy of m ; Cul plus M a about equal to the free tip ofCu~ alone ; Cu~ shorter than the deflection of Cu~.
Abdomen dark brown, the steruites a very little paler.
Ovipositor with the valves yellowish horn-colour~ very shortand straight.
Hab. West Africa.
Holotyp6 ?, Efulan, Camcroun, May 6, 1920 (J. A. Reis).
" Resting on a tree-trunk, near a stream."
Dicranomyia venuslipennis, sp. n.
Antennae black, tile flagellar segments with long, unilaterally arranged, verticils ; general coloration of mesonotum
dark brown; pleura obscure yellow, tile mesepisternum
dark brown ; halteres black ; wings hyaline, greyish in theposterior and anal cells, beautifully variegated with yellow
and brown; radial and medial veins near the wing-tip
conspicuously seamed with dark brown; a conspicuous
yellowish longitudiual stripe in cells R and 1st R1 ; Rs very
long, angulated and spurred at origin ; abdomen brown, theintermediate segments banded posteriorly with yellowish.
Male.--Length 6"8 mm. ; wing 6"5-6"6 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with 14 segments, black ; second scapal segment nearly globular ; basal
flagellar segments subglobular, thence gradually passing
from short-cylindrical to elongate-oval, the terminal segment
very elongate-fusiform, about as long as the penultimate
and antepenultimate taken together ; each flagellar segment
is provided with several short bristles and one very long310

Dr. C. P. Alexander onverticil, these latter arranged unilaterally.
IIead darkbrown, the front and anterior part of the vertex silvery
white.
Mesonotal prmscutum dark brown with a reddish cast,without markings; remainder of the mesonotum morebrownish testaceous; postnotum brown, passing into dull
yellow behind. Pleura obscure yellow, the mesosternum
and mesepisternum with a narrow, transverse, shiny, darkbrown band extending from the wing-root to above tile
middle coxm; lateral sclerites of the postnotum brown.
Halteres dark brown. Legs with the coxm and trochantersobscure yellow; femora pale brownish testaceous, soon
passing into darker brown ; tips of the femora more or lessdistinctly pale ; tibim dark brown, at about the apical third
fading into yellowish brown; tarsi yellowish brown, thedistal segments dark b r o w n ; claws long and slender, eachwith a single, long, erect, basal spine. Wings with theanterior half nearly hyaline, the posterior half distinctly
suffused with grey ; a conspicuous yellowish longitudinal
stripe in cells R and 1st R1, sometimes interrupted by aquadrate pale brown blotch at the origin of Rs ; this yellow
stripe extends to j u s t beyond the fork of R s ; medium
brown markings arranged as follows: at the wing-base;at tile origin of Rs, extending from costa to media but
paler in Sc ; a spot in cells C and Sc shortly before theirouter ends ; a broad brown seam along the cord, extending
from costa to the posterior margin, in cell R continued
basad along Rs to proximad of the middle of its l e n g t h ;small brown clouds at the ends of the anal veins and in theanal angle. 'lhe following veins are broadly and conspicuously seamed with dark brown, the hyaline ground-colour
being restricted to tile centres of the cells : tip of R, beyondr ; r itself ; R.2+3from slightly before r to the margin ; thedistal two-thirds to three-fourths of R4+5 ; M1+2, M3, and m,
this colour on Ml+~ ending on a level with the proximal endsof the seams on the radial veins. Venation : Sc long, Sci
ending just before the fork of Rs, Sc2 at the extreme tip of
Sc~ ; Rs unusually long, strongly angulated and spurred atorigin ; r more than its own length from the tip of R1 ;deflection of R4+~ short, about one-half longer than r ; r-m
short, about one-half to one-third m ; cell 1st M~ rectangular,
longer than the veins issuing from it; basal deflection of
Cul angularly bent at rnid-length, Cu2 very short, not morethan one-half the basal deflection of Cut. Costa thickened
and conspicuously fringed with long, black, erect hairs.
Abdomen with segment one pale yellowish ; segments twonew or little.known Tipulida~.

311

to six dark brown, with about the caudal two-fifths conspicuously yellowish; remainder of the abdomen mostly
dark brown. Male hypopygium of the Dicranomyia type;ventral pleural appendage moderately fleshy ; dorsal
appendage appearing as a chitinized curved hook that israther flattened and with the margins indistinctly serrulate.
Penis-guard compressed, the head enlarged, with a conspicuous hlackcned point that is directed ventrad.
Hub. West Africa.
Hololype, c~, Efulan, Cameroun, May 7, 1920 (J. A. Reis).
Paratopotgpe, 1 ~ .
Dicranom~jia ve~msllpennis is a strikingly beautiful fly that
may well be considered as representing a distinct group of
species or even a subgenus. The structure of the ante~mm,
especially the arrangement of the verticils and the shapeof the ultimate segment, and the venation, especially tim
exceedingly elongate sector and the very short Cu.:, allindicate an isolated fly, whose nearest relatives as known are
presumably species such as D. recurvans, Alex., D. recedens,
Alex.~ and other members of this group.

Rhipidia pallidipes, sp. n.
Generally similar to R. miosema (Speiser); generalcoloration brownish yellow, the mesonotal pr~eseutum withthree darker stripes that are confluent on the anterior halfof the sclerite; pleura light brown with two narrow, darkbrown, longitudinal stripes that are of about equal width ;legs with the femora and tibiae usually light yellow ; wings
yellowish subhyaline, with small brown spots ahmg tlle costa
and conspicuous, small, grey clouds in all tile cells ; Sc long,
Scl ending near mid-length of Rs.
Male.--Length about 5 mm. ; wing 6 mm.
_Female.--Length 6"2 mm.; wing 6"5-6"6 ram.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennm black, at about theseventh flagellar segment passing into brow~Ssh yellow, thethree or four segments before the very long apical segment
pale cream-colour ; first flagellar segment reddish yellow;
flagellat' segments slightly produced on the inner face~ eachwith a short~ but conspicuous, basal pedicel. Head dark
grey.
Pronotum dark brown. Mesonotal prmscutum brownish
yellow, with three irregular darker stripes; the medianstripe is broad posteriorly, constricted into a narrow line atabout mid-lengti~, the anterior half sub-col~fluent with thestrongly inflected lateral stripes ; scutum similar, the centres

312

Dr. C. P. Alexander onof the lobes dark ; seutellum and posttmtum rechlish brown,
sparsely prainose. Pleura light brown, sparsely pruiuose,with two very narrow, brown, lol~gitadimd stripes, the more
ventral extending aeross the bases of the eoxa~. Halteresyellow, the knobs a little darker.
Legs with the eox~
yellow, the bases darkened by tile ventral pleural stripe;trochanters dull yellow; remainder of tile leg s yellow, only
the distal tarsal segments darker ; tarsal claws rather longand slender with one small acute tooth near mid-length.
Wings pale yellowish subhyaliue, with a heavy brown andgrey clouding; five small (lark brown spots along theanterior margin, the first at the base of cell R, the third attile origin of Rs, the fourth at the tip of SOl, the last (stigmal)
at r, these spots smaller than the interspaces ; cord andouter end of cell 1st M.2 seamed with brownish grey ; pale
grey spots and clouds in all ttle cells, the areas being about
as extensive as the pale spaces between; veins yellowish
brown, C and Sc more yellowish. Venation: Scl ending
just before mid-length of Rs, Sc~ not far from its tip ; Rs
gently arcuated, a little more than twice the deflection of
Ie4+~ ; r at the tip of R~ ; cell 1st ~I~ longer thauMa beyond
it ; m a little more than one-half the outer deflection of Ma ;basal deflection of Cua belbre the fork of M, the distanceabout equal to r-re.
Abdomen dark brown, the hypopygium obscure yellow;
sternites brownish yellow.
Hab. Tropical Africa.
Holotype,'~, Obuasi, Ashanti, April 17, 1906, in house(IV. M. Graham). B.M. no. 1907.74~.
Allolopolype, ? , Oshogbo, Southern Nigeria (Dr. T. ~. G.
Mayer). Presented by the Ent. Research Comm. 1911. 422.
Paratypes, ~ , Aburi, Gold Coast, January 10, 1 9 l l(L. Armstrong); ~ , Accra, Gold Coast, April 23, 1911,
in latrine (Dr. A. C'ormal) : presented by the Ent. Research
Comm. 1911. 422. c~, Bibiani, Gold Coast, October 1910
(Dr. H. F. G. Spurrell) ; ~ , San Salvador, Portuguese
Congo, Angust-October 1908 (Dr. M. Gamble): B.M.
no. 19()8. 266. ~ , Scottburgh, Natal, January.
Type in the collection of the British Mus(mm (Natural
History).
R. pallidipes is obviously related to R. afra, Bergroth,
R. miosema (Speiser), R. spadicithorax (Edwards), and otherspecies of this group of Dicranomtjia-like species of Rhipidi(1.
Some of the specimens of the series have the legs considerably darker than the type.

~ew or llttle-known Tipulida,.

313

Rhamphidia subobsoleta, st). n.
Rostrum long and slender, about as long as the thorax
alone; general coloration dark brown; wings with abrownish-grey tinge, the stigma elongate, narrow, brown;
wing-tip narrowly darkened; vein 1¢~+3almost straight.
Male.--Length (excluding rostrum) about 6 ram. ; wing
4-7 mm.; rostrum alone 1"25 ram.
Female.--Length (excluding rostrum) about 6 mm. ; wing
4"9 ram. ; rostrum alone 1"3 ram.
Rostrum long and slender, nearly as long as the thorax
alone or more than three times the length of the head,
black, the palpi t)rownish black. Antennm (lark brown,
verticils rather short. Head dark brownish black.
Mesonotum brown, the pleura obscure brownish yellow.
Halteres pale brown, the knobs darker. Legs with thecoxm and trochanters brownish testaceous; remainder ofthe legs brown, the tarsi gradnally fading into pale
brownish yellow.
Wings with a distinct brownish-greytinge, cells C and Sc more saturated ; wing-margin in cells
R, and R3 narrowly but distinctly darkened; stigma
elongate, narrow, brown, not approaching vein R2+a ; veinsdark brown. Rs with macrotrichim for its entire length ;M and Cu. with only one or two macrotrichim before theirforks. Venation: Sc long, ending some distance beyond
the fork of Rs, Sc~ at the extreme tip of SCl; Rs relatively
short, gently arcuated; R2+3 but slightly sinuous, witll
macrotrichim for its entire length, with the exception of ashort space at the apex and origin ; basal deflection of R4+~
but little longer than r-m ; cell 1st M2 very small, the basal
deflection of C'ul at about the middle of its length, the veins
issuing from it long and slender.
Abdomen dark brown, including the hypopygium. Ovipositor with the valves long and slender, dark brownish black,the tips narrowly horn-colou,'.
Hub. West Africa.
Hol~type, c~, Batanga, Krit,i, Cameroun, April 26, 1920
( J. .4. Reis).
Allotopot~/pe, ?.
Paratypes, 3 ~', Akok~ Cameroun. August 14, 1920
(J. A. Reis).
Rhamphidia subobsoleta is closely allied to ]~. obsoleta,
Alex. (Sin ra Leone), frmn which it differs in the smaller size,
the proportionately shorter rostrum, the darker wings withthe stigma smaller and bc~ter defined, tile darkened wing-tip,tile smaller cell ist M~, and other details of coloration andvenation.

314

Dr. C. P. Alexander on

Rhamphidia submorosa, sp. n.
Rostrum a little longer than the head; antennae darkbrown; general coloration dark brown; legs clark brown,
the terminal tarsal segments but little paler; wings g.reyish
subhyaline, stigma oval, clear-cut, dark brown; wmg-tlp
narrowly darkened ; Sel atrophied ; I¢~+a rather short, gently
sigmoid in its course ; cell 1st M~ long and narrow.
Female.--Length (excluding rostrum) about 8"5 mm. ;wing 7"6 mm. ; rostrum alone, about 0"9-i ram.
Rostrum relatively short, only a little longer than thehead, dark brown, the base and ventral surface paler; palpi
dark brown. Antennm (lark brown. Head brownish grey ;vertex between the eyes eonsMerably narrowed.
Mesonotal prmscntnm brown, darker medially ; remainderof the mesonotmn dark brown. Pleura brownish testaeeous.
Halteres brown, the base of the stem obscure yellow. Legs
with the cox~e,troehanters, and bases of the femora brownish
testaceous ; remainder of the legs dark brown, the terminal
tarsal segments and the claws very slightly paler. Wings
greyish subhyatine ; cells C and Sea little more saturated ;stigma conspicuous, oval, clear-cut, dark brown ; wing-tip incell Ra narrowly but conspicuously darkened; veins darkbrown. Venation: Set atrophied or barely indicated near
the tip of S%, the latter ending nearly opposite the tbrk of
Rs ; R~+a shorter than in R. flavitarsis, gently sigmoid in its
course; cell ]st M~ long and narrow, the second section
being much longer than the basal section ; basal deflectionof Cul just beyond the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites dark brown; basal sternites obscm'e
yellow, the distal segments passing into brown. Ovipositor
with the valves horn-coloured, very long and slender, especially the tergal valves.
Hub. West Africa.
Holotype, ? , Efulan, Camerouu, May 6, 1920 (J. A.

lCeis).
" At table, flying around lamp."
Rhamphidia submorosa is allied to R. flavitmosis, Alex.
(Cameroun), fi'om which it differs in its smaller size, thedifferent wing-pattern and venation, and the darkened tarsal
segments.

Rhamphidia paupereula, sp. n.
General coloration pale brownish yellow ; rostrum a little
longer than the head ; ~ings subhyaline, the costal region

new or little-k~ww~ Tipulidm.

3]5slightly more yellowish ; abdominal tergites with the caudal
margins infuscated.
Male.--Length 5"5 ram. ; wing 5 mm.
Female.--Length 7-7"1 ram. ; wing about 6"4 mm.
Rostrum comparatively h)ng and slender, a little longer
than the head alone, pale testaceous ; palpi dark brown.
Antennae dark brown. Head brown.
Mesonotum brownish yellow, without distinct markings.
Pleura yellow.
Halteres brown, the base of the stem
yellowish. Legs with the cox~e and trochanters yellowish
testaceous ; remainder of the legs pale brownish testaceous.
Wings subhyaline, cells C and So slightly more yellowish ;stigma small, very pale brown ; veins pale brown. Venation :Sc long, SCl ending a short distance before the fork of Rs,
Sc~ at the tip of Scl and about twice its length ; Rs rather
long, evenly arcuated ; R2+.~ gently sinuous ; cell R3 at themargin very wide, cell R1 a little wider than cell 2nd 3f~ butnarrower than ~113 ; deflection of R4+~ a little more than onehalf r-m ; cell 1st M: pentagonal ; deflection (first section)of ilil+~ long, about equal to or slightly shorter than thesecond section of MI+.~; .vei~ls beyond cell ]st ~[~ long andslender; m and outer deflection of M:~ subequal; b~sal
deflection of Ca1 a little before the fork of/lf.
Abdomen obscure yellow, the caudal margins of thetergites infuscated medially.
Hab. West Africa.
Hololype, ~, Batanga, Cameroun, March 23, 1920 ( J . . 4 .

Reis).
Allotype, ?, :Efulan, Cameroun, May 7, 1920 (,7. A. Reis).
The female is entirely similar to the male, but is slightly
larger, even lighter-coloured, and with the basal deflectionof Cul closer to the fork of ~1I.

Orimargula longicornis, sp. n.
Antennm of the male elongate, if bent backward extending
to beyond mid-length of the abdomen; head dark grey;
mesonotal pr~eseutum light reddish brown without darker
markings ; wings greyish subhyaline, stigma lacking ;abdomen dark brown, the hypopygium more yellowish.
Male.--Length 4 ram. ; wing 4'2 ram.
Rostrum brown, the mouth-parts more yellowish, slightly
elongated ; palpi dark brown. Antennm very long for amember of this genus, if bent backward extending to about
opposite the fifth abdominal segment ; scape obscure brownish
yellow, flagellar segments dark brown, the segments clothed316

Dr. O. P. Alexander o~with an elongate, dense, erect, white pubescence. Headdark grey.
Mesonotal pr~escutum light reddish brown without darker
markings; remainder of the mesonotum brownish yellow.
Pleura brown, the dorsal pleurites a little more reddish.
Halteres pale, the knobs darker. Legs with the coxae andtrochanters pale brown; remainder of the legs light brown.
Wings faintly greyish subhyaline; stigma lacking; veinsdark brown. Venation: r on R~+3 about its own length
beyond the fork of Rs ; Rs straight or even weakly convex,
without macrotrichi~e ; R~+a rather weak just beyond r, but
becoming stronger distally and here provided with about ascore of macrotrichim ; deflection of R4+~ long, straight, inalignment with the outer section of R,+~ ; r-m at right angles
to R~+5, in alignment with the subequal basal deflection of
MI+~; petiole of cell M3 very short, about equal to or alittle longer than r and about two-thirds the basal deflectionof M1+2; basal deflection of Ca1 about in alignment withthe fork of Rs.
Abdomen dark brown, the hypopygium more yellowish.
Male hypopygium with the pleurites moderately slender;
two slender pleural appendages, one tipped with a few longyellowish bristles.
Hab. West Africa.
Holotype, 3 , Lonji, about 50 miles north of Kribi, near
the Nlong I~iver, Cameroun, April 19, 1920 (or. A. Reis).
"Taken at a lamp in the evening."

Gonornyla (Leiponeura) pulchripes, sp. n.
General coloration dark brown; basal segments ofantennae, head, pronotum, and a narrow stripe oil thethoracic pleura light yellow; halteres yellow, the base of
the knobs brown; legs yellow, the femora with a broad
dark brown subterminal ring; wings brownish grey, a subhyaline area before and beyond the stigma and at thewing-tip; Sc short, Sc2 at the tip of Scl; male hypopygium with three pleural appendages.
Male.--Length about 3"2 mm. ; wing 3"3 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with theenlarged seapal segments light sulphur-yellow, the basal
flagellar segments pale yellow, soon passing into darkbrown; flagellar segments provided with lo,~g, conspicuous
vertieils. Head light yellow, badly folded in the uniquetype, the centre of the vertex apparently marked with darkbrown.
Pronotum light sulphur-yellow, this coloration continued

new or little-known Tipulidm.

317

caudad as a narrow line along the margin of the mesonotum to the wing-root. Mesonotal praescutum and scutum
dark brown; scutellum similar, broadly margined posteriorly with light yellow; postnotum dark brown. Pleura
dark brown, sparsely pruinose, with a narrow whitish-yellow
longitudinal stripe extending from the fore cox~ to above
the base of the hind coxae, tIalteres light yellow, thebase of the knobs brown. Legs with the bases of thecoxae dark brown, this including all of the fore coxae, timbasal half of the mid-coxae, and about the basal quarterof the posterior cox~e; trochanters dull yellow; femora
dull yellow with a broad, conspicuous~ dark brown ring
before the tips, this broadest on the hind legs, where it
is considerably longer than the pale tips, the apices and anarrow annulus before this ring clearer yellow than theremainder of the femora ; tibiae and tarsi brownish yellow,
the apical tarsal segments brownish. Wings with a strong
brownish-grey tinge, cells C, Sc, and most of Sc~ and ICt
nearly hyaline, in the latter cell appearing as conspicuousareas before and beyond the stigma; a brownish seam
extending from the concolorous stigma along the cord to
the fork of M ; a dark cloud at the end of /~+a; wingtip in cells _Rs,/~5, and 2~d M2 nearly hy.aline, this colour
including the costa at this point; veins dark brown.
Venation : Sc short, ending opposite the origin of l~s, Sc~
at the extreme tip of Sc~, and exactly opposite the origin
of R s ; i~s moderately long, arcuated, slightly angulated
at base; cell 1st M~ closed, the proximal end slightly
narrowed ; basal deflection of Ca1 immediately beyond thefork of M ; costa fringed with conspicuous erect hairs.
Abdomen dark brown. Male hypopygium with thepleurites moderately stout, with three pleura1 appendages, thelongest of these chitinized, slender, the apex obliquely truncated and slightly dilated, provided with a comb of shortteeth ; the second appendage is a little shorter, produced intoa short pointed beak, at the base of the beak with a short
powerful spine surrounde& by numerous reddish bristles;
the third appendage is the shortest, pale yellow, elongateoval, at the tip produced into a powerful bri~tle, before
the tip with several smaller setae. The gonapophyses aredark-coloured, fleshy, produced laterad into a small acutepoint. What seems to be the ninth tergite is bifid andheavily armed with powerful spines and heavy black bristles,
these shorter at the apices of the lobes.
Hab. West Africa.
Holol~/pe, ~ ~ Efulan, Cameroun, May 7, 1920 (J. A. Reis).

318

Dr. C. P. Alexander on
XI-PHOLIMNOBIA, gen. nov.

Antennae with 16 segments, those of the flagellum elongateoval with moderately long verticils. Tibiae without spurs;
claws small, simple. Wings with numerous maerotrichiaeon the distal two-thirds of the veins, lacking on the veins
proximad of the basal third of the sector, except a series of"about 11 that occupy the distal two-thirds of vein 2rid A ;8c2 at the tip of' Set ; tip of vein R1 entirely atrophied ; cellM~ lacking; basal deflection of Cut at about three-fourths
the length of cell 1st M~. Ovipositor with tlle valves
exceedingly long and slender, nearly as long as the entire
remainder of tile abdomen.
Genotype.--Xil~holimnobia terebrina, sp. n. (Western
Ethiopian Region).
The new genus Xipholimnobia is based on a single small
species, in which the valves of the ovipositor are of a lengththat is unequalled, proportionate to the size of the fly, in
any other known crane-fly. This condition of the terebra
probably indicates a highly specialized habit of oviposition,
but this is at present unknown. The position of Sc~ at the
tip of Sc~ is an uncommon character in the tribe Eriopterini.

Xipholimnobia terebrina, sp. n.
General coloration brown ; wings light brown, Se~ at the
tip of SCl; tip of R1 beyond r atrophied ; basal deflection of
Cul at about three-fourths the length of cell 1st Ms ; valvesof the ovipositor very long and slender, nearly as long as theremainder of the abdome~ taken together.
Female.--Length 3"6 ram.; wing 3"6 ram.; ovipositor
alone ]'4 ram.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae long for thissex, if bent backward extending beyoml the wing-root, darkbrown, the first seapal segment paler; flagellum with tile
segments elongate-oval, the terminal segments elongateeylindrical; flagellar segments provided with long conspicuous vertieils that are much longer than the segmentsthat bear them. Head brownish grey.
Pronotum dark brown. Mesonotal praescutum shiny
testaceous brown. Pleura yellowish testaceous. Halteres
pale brown, the knobs slightly darker. Legs with the coxae
and trochanters pale testaceous ; remainder of the legs lightbrown. Wings with an almost uniform light brown suffusion ;stigma lacking ; veins pale brown ; macrotrichim confined to
the veins beyond the level of the origin of Rs excepting anew or little-known Tipnlidae.

319

series on vein 2nd A.
Yenation : Sc~ at the tip of Scl, thelatter ending at from three-fourths to four-fifths the lengthof the long sector ; Rs long, gently arcuated, with about 16
macrotrichi~e; R2+3.in alignment with Rs, longer than ceil
1st M~ ; R~ at origin bent at almost a right angle to R2+z,
the basal deflection destitute of macrotrichiae ; r inserted at
the bend of R2 ; inner ends of cells R~, R~, and 1st ~I2 about
in alignment; cell 1st J$[~ narrowed at its proximal end ;basal deflection of Cu~ at about three-fourths the length ofcell 1st My
Abdomen brown, sparsely hairy. Ovipositor yellowish
horn-colour, the valves exceedingly long and slender, butlittle shorter than the entire remainder of the abdomen ;tergal valves almost straight, the margins smooth or nearlyso, the extreme tips a little upcurved ; sternal valves longand straight, tile tips pointed.
Hab. West Afi'iea.
Holotype, ? ,'Efulan, Cameroun, May 7, 1920 (J. A. Reis).

Trentepohlia ( Mongoma) niveipes, sp. n.
General coloration brown; legs dark brown, the knees, atleast in the posterior legs, only narrowly and indistinctly
pale; tarsi and apical third of the tibiae white; wings
greyish brown, the tip narrowly darkened.
3lale.--Length about 8"8 ram. ; wing 6"5 mm.
Female.--Lcngth about 9"5 ram. ; wing 6"7 nun.
Rostrum and palpi light yellow, both the labial andmaxillary palpi dark brown. Antennae rather elongate,
dark brown. Head dark brown, the vertex narrowed
between the eyes.
Mesonotum brown, the pleura more yellowish brown.
Haltcres dark brown. Legs with the coxae and trochanterstestaceous yellow; femora dark brownish black, the tips
narrowly and indistinctly paler; most of the legs weredetached in the envelopes, but there is evidently a differencein the amount of pale coloration at the knees in the different
legs, the posterior legs probably having the white most
reduced and almost obliterated; tibiae brownish black, thebase very narrowly and indistinctly pale, not clear-cut a, in
the other members of thefragitlima group; tibial apex abruptly
and broadly white, this including tile distal third or less ;tarsi white, the terminal segments a little darkened. The
armature of the femora and tibke that is found in therelated species is here little in evidence ; the legs are clothedwith the usual abundant appressed hairs and at comparatively

320

Dr. C. P. Alexander onlong intervals on all the segments are shortcr, erect, very
delicate hairs. Wings with a distinct greyish-brown tinge,
the wing-tip narrowly darkened ; cells C and Sc darker than
the ground-colour ; stigma small, dark brown ; cord narrowly
seamed with brown; veins dark brown. Venation: as inT. (M.) albilata, but Scl considerably shorter ; basal deflection of R4+~ usually shorter. About three long bristles on
the posterior side of the wing-petiole.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, paler laterally ; sternites
obscure yellowish brown.
Hub. West Africa.
Hololype, ~, Lonji, about 50 miles north o[ Kribi, near
the Nlong River, Cameroun, April 16, 1920 (J. A. Reis).
Allotopotype, ? , April 19, 1920.
" I n swamp, hovering about base of sapling."
7'renlepohlia niveipes is closely related to 7: albilata, Alex.
(Cameroun), from which it differs in its smaller size and thecoloration of the leg~.

Lecleria reisi, sp. n.
Head brownish orange; mesonotum dull reddish orange;
femora brownish yetlow; tibim yellowish brown, the tips
very narrowly dark brown; metatarsi whitish; wings
yellowish, with four small brown spots in the radial field ;Bs short ; abdomen yellowish orange, tergites two to sevenwith a narrow black basal ring.
Male.--Length 15-17"5 mm. ; wing 13"5-15"4 mm.
Rostrum short, reddish brown; palpi dark brown.
Antennm with the basal scapal segments yellowish brown,
the basal flagellar segments brownish yellow, soon passing
into dark brown; flagellar verticils very long. Head dull
brownish orange.
Mesonotum dull reddish orange, the postnotum moretestaeeous. Pleura yellowish testaceous. Ha].teres small,brown~ the knobs dark brown. Legs with the coxm andtrochanters obscure yellow; femora brownish yellow, theextreme tips very narrowly dark brown, on the outer face
only ; tibim yellowish brown, the tips narrowly dark brown ;metatarsi whitish~ tile extreme base indistinctly infuscated,
the tip narrowly dark brown ; tarsal segments two and threebrown, narrowly tipped with dark brown ; remaining tarsal
segments and the claws black ; the hairy clothing of the legs
moderately long, semi-erect; metatarsi at base with two
powerful black spines, with sometimes a smaller additional
one nearer the base. Wings with a yellowish tinge, clearer

new or llttle-known Tipulid~e.

321

in the subcostal cell ; four comparatively small brown spots
arranged as follows: At origin and fork of R s ; at r ; at
tip of R : ; narrow pale brown seams along the cord, outerend of cell 1st M2, and the fork of MI+~; wing-tip in cellR~ narrowly but distinctly darkened; veins dark brown.
Venation: Sc2 removed to some distance from the tip ofScl, lying about opposite mid-length of R~+8; Rs short,angulated and slightly spurred at origin, about equal toor a little shorter than R~+a; cell 1st ~i~ varying in shapefrom subrectangular to irregularly hexagonal; m short,equal to or a little longer than r ; petiole of cell M1
about aa long as this cell; basal deflection of Ca1 about
equal to Cu2, situated at about two-fifths the length of thelower face of cell ] st M:.
Abdomen yellowish orange, tergites two to seven with anarrow basal black ring or triangular-shaped area thatoccupies about the basal quarter or fifth of the segment,
smallest on segment seven ; hypopygium brownish orange.
Hub. West Africa.
Holotype, c~, Lonji, about 50 miles north of Kribi, near
the Nlong River, Ca,lleroun, April 16, 1920 (J. A. Reis).
Paratopotypes, 2 ~'s, April 16-19, 1920.
"Taken in a thick swamp, hovering around the base ofsaplings."
Lecteria reisi is most nearly related to L. metatarsalba,
Alex. (French Congo), from which it differs as follows : Headmuch brighter-coloured ; femora uniformly brownish yellow
without a conspicuous paler subterminal ring; tibim pale;
metatarsi scarcely darkened at base ; wing-pattern much
more restricted, the four principal spots much smaller~ andthe seams along the cord much narrower and very faint ;abdomen clear yellowish orange with only the bases of theintermediate tergites narrowly darkened.
It is with great pleasure that this handsome crane-fly
is dedicated to my friend, the Reverend Jacob A. Rein,
as an appreciation of his earnest and successful efforts incollecting these fli¢s in the Cameroun.

JEriocera helophila, sp. n.
Antennm short; scapal segments yellow, flagellum darkbrown; head orange, brightest on the vertical tubercle ;mesonotum shiny brownish yellow ; legs black, the femoral
bases yellow; wings broad, light greyish brown, cell Sc
yellowish; brown seams at the origin of Rs and along thecord ; cell M1 lacking.
Ann. & Mug. N. ttist. Set. 9. Vol. vii.
22

322

Mr. G. C. Champion on various Aft';can~fale.--Length 13"8 mm. ; wing 12'8 ram.
Rostrum and palpi very small, brown. Antennm short,scape light yellow, flagellum dark brown, clothed withmoderately long hairs. Head brownish orange, on thevertical tubercle becoming clearer orange; the tubercle
only moderately prominent, the anterior end shallowly
notched.
Mesonotum shiny brownish yellow, the lateral marginof the prmscutum darker brown. Pleura yellowish brown.
Halteres brown, tile knobs dark brown. Legs with tile coxm
and trochanters shiny yellowish brown ; femora black, thebases conspicuously yellowish, this somewhat broadest on
the posterior legs ; tibim black~ the extreme bases narrowly
and very indistinctly obscure yellow ; tarsi black. Wings
broad, strongly saturated with light greyish brown ; cell Sc
and a broad line behind vein Cu light yellow ; stigma subcircular, greyish brown; conspicuous darker brown spots,
arranged as follows: at arculus; at origin o f R s ; at Sc2;
at ends of veins R2 and R3 ; along the cord and outer endof cell 1st M: ; veins obscure yellow, darker in the infuscatedareas; each vein is very narrowly seamed with yellow;
macrotrichim confined to the distal ends of the subcostal andradial veins, except R which bears them for its entire length.
Venation: Sc2 a short distance from the tip of Scl; Rsangulated and spurred at origin ; R~+3 a little longer thanthe basal deflection of Cul; cell M1 lacking ; Cu~ and thedeflection of Cul subequal, the latter about one-half its
length beyond the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites brownish yellow, the sternites brighter.
Hypopygium small.
Hab. West Africa.
Itolotype, c~, Efulan, Cameroun, May 6, 1920 (J. A.
Reis).
" Found on a swamp plant."

X X X V I I . - - N o t e s on various African and Asiatic STeciesof Laius, Gudrin, with an Account of their accessory
c~-characters [Coleoptera]. By G. C. CnA~trION, F.Z.S.
EPlato VIII.]
THis paper is in continuation of one of the allied genus
Hapalochrus published in the last volume of this Magazine,
and it contains an account of all the species of Laius
represented in thc British Museum, in the Hope collection