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E X P L A N A T I O N OF PLATE.
NoTE.--British Museum Registration numbers of the specimens are
given followed b y the A_rtglo-Iranian Oil Company sample
n u m b e r (in parentheses).
Fig. 1. Harplophragraium 81ingeri, sp. n. Syntype.
Longitudinal
section showing the initial coiled and the rectilinear
portions. The section is not medial P.40289 (FCPS/1267).
× 25.
Fig. 2. H. sl/ngeri, sp. n.
Longitudinal, non-medial section of thelargest known individual 5"2 ram. in length. The constriction
following the initial coiled part is due to the cut of the section,
which is nearly tangential to the wall at this point.
P.40291 (ANTI2110). × 12.
E~/. 3. H. 81i~¢r/, sp.n. Oblique section through the rectilinear
portion showing the double aperture with broad dividing
partition. P.40292 (RJSM/209). × 40.
Fig. 4. H. slinyeri, s p . n .
Syntype.
Transverse section passing
through a septum showing the partition dividing the two
openings which constitute the aperture. P.40290 (FCPS/1270)
x 60.
Fig. 5. H. slingeri. Section cutting obliquely through the rectilinear
portion of the test showing two small projections from the baseof the chamber. P.40293 (RJSM/211). × 40.
Fig. 6. H. slir~geri. Equatorial section through the coiled initial
portion showing apertures at the bases of the septa. P.402it4(DCI]55). × 40.
Fig. 7. Zeauvigerina ~ani~a, sp. n. Holotype. Longit,udinal section.
P.40296 (ANTI398). × 100.
t ~ . 8. Zeauvigerina childi, sp. n. Holotype. Longitudinal section.
P.40295 (ANT/325). × 70.
Fig. 9. Zeauv~erina khuzist~nica, sp. n.
Holot~pe. Longitudinal
section. P.40297 (ANT/1807). × 100.

XXIII.--New or litite-knawn Tipulidm (Diptera).-LXXXVI. Oriental-Australasian Species. By CHARLES
1). ALEXANDER, Ph.D., F.R.E.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
VmTV~LY all of the species discussed herewith arefrom three sources, as follows: The Nilgiri Hills, South
India, taken by Mr. P. Susai Nathan ; near the Brahmaputra River, Assam, by Mr. George D. Butler; and at
Cameron Highlands, in north-western Pahang, Malaya,
by Mr. Noel L. H. Krauss. I am greatly indebted tothese entomologists for the privilege of retaining thetypes of the novelties in my extensive collection "ofWorld Tipulidm.
Dolichopeza (Nesopeza) fumidapex, sp. n.
Head and mesonotum chiefly yellow, unpatterned or
virtually so; antennm (male} elongate, approximately
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one-half the wing ; legs brown, the tarsi and narrow tips oftibiae whitened ; wings before cord brownish yellow, theapex more strongly infuseated ; abdomen conspicuously
bicoloured; male hypopygium with the tergite tri!obed,
the lateral lobes appearing as slender blackened spines.
Male.--Length about 7.5 mm. ; wing 9.5 ram. ; antenna about 4.7 mm.
l~rontM prolongation of head testaceous yellow ; palpi
brownish blaqk. .Antennae (male) elongate, approximately one-half the length of wing, dark brown ; flagellar
segments long-cylindrical, more than twice the longest
verticils. Head fulvous above, more testaceous on sides.
Mesonotal proescutum Mmost uniformly yellow, unpatterned; posterior sclerites of notum more infuscated,
especially the mediotergite and central part of scutellum.
Pleura and pleurotergite pale yellow, with a very narrowtransverse pale brown stripe extending from before thewing base to above the mid-cox~e. Halteres with stem
yellow, knob dark brown. Legs with the cox~e and trochanters pale yellow; femora brown, slightly paler atbases; tibiae more weakly infuscated, the narrow tips
paling to white ; tarsi whitened, more clearly so on hindlegs. Wings before cord weakly brownish yellow, beyond
the cord more strongly infuscated, espeeiMly in the outerradial field where the veins are seamed with brown, i n the
medial field more narrowly so ; stigma still darker brown ;veins brown. Venation: Rs areuated at origin, a very
little longer than Ra+a ; cell M 1 about one-fourth longer
than its petiole; m-cu from two-thirds to three-fourths
its length before the fork of M ; cell 2nd A relatively
narrow.
Abdomen conspicuously bicoloured; tergites darkbrown, their bases narrowly yellow, on the second ~ergite
producing a broad bang at midlength; sternites more
extensively yellow, the apices narrowly brown ; terminal
segments, including hypopygium, uniformly dark brown.
Male hypopygium with the tergite conspicuously trilobed,
heavily blackened; lateral lobes appearing as slenderspines that are directed eaudad; median lobe broader,
terminating in two flattened plates with rounded margins
to produce a scoop-like appearance. Region of ninth
sternite with a small dark median lobe that appears as asmall compressed beak, on either side with a long paletMl-like blade th_at is strongly twisted; apex o f sternM,Yew :or Little-known Tipuhd~e.

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lobes narrowed, bearing a brush of v e r y long yellow set~e
and a strong yellow spine that is angularly bent at near
midlength. Outer dististyle a pale blade, with long strong
set~e at a p e x and along upper margin; lower edge on
basal half more Or less dilated and emarginate to form two
lobes. Inner dististyle with the cushion-like base bearing a
brush or pencil of long yellow setm, the outer end of styleirregular in outline.
Hab: Malaya (Pahang).
H olotype, ~ , ]~raser's Hill, October 1948 (N. L. H. Krauss ).
The most similar pale-coloured species include Dolichopeza (Nesopeza) capnora Alexander, D. (IV.)fulvithorax
Edwards, and D. (N,.) pallidithorax de Meijere, all ofwhich differ in the structure of the male hypopyginm andin all details of coloration and venation.

Dolichvpeza (M itopeza ) corinna, sp. n.
Size medium (wing, male, about 10 mm.); antennm
elongate, about one-half the length of body; flagellar
verticils short; mesonotal pr~escutum dark cinnamon
brown, without pattern; posterior tibiee white, with
about the proximal fifth or sixth slightly darkened;wings.whitish subhyaline, patterned with brown, including
the stigma; seams over cord and outer radial field;
sparse macrotrichia in outer ends of cells R~ to M1,
inclusive ; cell 2rid A unusually r/arrow.
Male.--Lengthabout 8 mm. ; wing 10.2 ram. ; antenna
about 4.5 ram.
Frontal prolongation of head obscure yellow; nasus
lacking, replaced by a group of blackened set,e; palpi
brown, the terminal segment paling to yellow. Antennae(male) el0ngate, as shown by the measurements, approximately one-half the length of body ; scape, pedicel andbasal haft of first flagellar segment yellow, the outer haft
and'remainder of organ brownish black (terminal segment
broken) ; fiagellar segments long-cylindrical, clothed witha dense pale pubescence ; verticils much shorter than thesegments, the longest unilaterally distributed. Headbrownish black, the front and anterior vertex paler.
Pronotum and mesonotal pr~escutum dark cinnamon
brown, without pattern ; pr~escutal vestiture very smalland sparse; posterior sclerites of notum paler. Pleura
brownish yellow. Halteres with stem obscure yellow,
knob dark brown, Legs with the ¢ox~e reddish yellow;
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Dr. C. P. Alexander o ntrochanters yellow; femora obscure yellow basally, theremainder yellowish brown; fore tibiae dirty white,
posterior tibia~ with about the proximal fifth or sixth
slightly darkened, the remainder and all tarsi snowy white.
Wings whitish subhyaline, patterned with brown at andbeyond cord; stigma oval, dark brown; wing tip
darkened, involving more than the distal half of outerradial cells ; narrow brown seams on both the anterior andposterior cords ; outer ends of cells C and Sc, above theorigin of Rs, weakly darkened ; veins brown ; obliterative
areas unusually restricted, befbre the stigma involving
only the extreme distal end of Rs. Macrotrichia of wingcells restricted to small groups of a dozen or fewer trichia
in extreme outer ends of cells Ra, R~ and M 1. Venation :Rj+~ atrophied; free tip of Sc 2 shorter than R 1 beyond
it ; Rs elongate, about one-third longer than R~+a ; cell
1st M~ relatively small, widened at distal end, only about
one-third to one-fourth as 10ng as vein M 1 ; m-cu about
one-half its length before fork of M ; cell 2nd A unusually
narrow.

Abdominal tergites banded with brown and obscureyellow, the more proximal segments more uniformly
infuscated; second and succeeding tergites dimidiate,
the brown tips a trifle narrower than the pale bases;
extreme cephalic portions of tergites similarly darkened,but this part telescoped beneath the preceding segment ;sternites obscure yellow, the bases of the outer segments
narrowly darkened; eighth and ninth segments infuseared. Male hypopygium nmch as in rizalensis, differing
only in slight details.
Hab. West Java.
Holotype, ~, Djampang Tengah, Goenoeng Tjisoeroe,
altitude 600-800 metres, March 1933 (M. E. Walsh).
Most nearly allied to Dolichopeza (~itopeza) rizalensis
Alexander, of Luzon, from which it d'iffers especially inthe venation, as the unusually narrow c~l 1st M2, and inslight details of the male hypopygium. By m y key to thespecies of Mitopeza Edwards (Philippine Journ. Sci.,
lxvi., p. 272, 1931), the fly runs directly to rizalensis.

Lechria lon~licellula, sp. n.
General coloration of thorax almost uniformly light
fulvous, the dorsum a trifle more infuseated~ wings

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with a very weak brownish tinge, the stigma very small
and inconspicuous ; cell 1st M s elongate, exceeding vein
2nd A in length.
Female.--Length about 6.5 mm. ; wing 7 m m .
Rostrum very short, obscure yellow ; palpi dark brown.
Antennm with basal segments dark brown; remainder
broken. Eyes very large, the anterior vertex reduced toa linear strip that is approximately as wide as two rowsof ommatidia, Head behind brownish grey.
Thorax almost uniformly light fulvous, the dorsum atrifle more infuscated, especially the posterior sclerites.
Halteres with stem pale, the base more brightened, knob
infuscated. Legs with the cox~e testaceous yellow;
trochanters a little darker, the apical tooth darkened;remainder o f legs pale brown: the outer tarsal segments
more infuscated. Wings with a very weak brown tinge,
the prearcular and narrow costal field more yellowed;
stigma infuscated, very narrow and inconspicuous,
occupying cell Scl ; veins dark brown, those in the costal
portion paler. Venation: Cell 1st M 2 elongate, longer
than vein 2nd A ; basal section of M~+4 nearly twice
m-cu, of MI+ 2 nearly three times this vein ; m and basal
section of M s short, subequal and nearly in transversealignment ; cell 2nd A broad. In bengalensis, cell 1st M~
short, less than vein 2nd ,4 ; basal section of M~+4 very
short, only about one-third m-cu, the latter nearly as longas the basal section of MI+~; m longer than the basal
section of vein M 3 and lying slightly more basad.
Abdominal tergites brown, the lateral borders, with thesternites, more uniformly yellow.
Hab. South India.
Holotype, ~, Singara, Nilgiri Hills, altitude 3400 feet,
June 1948 (P. Susai Nathan).
Lechria longicellula is entirely distinct from the only
other described Indian species, L. bengalensis Brunetti,
known from Bengal and Bihar. The comparisons ofvenation, as made above, will readily separate the two
species. This is the most westerly known member ofthis widespread Oriental-Australasian genus.

Limonia (Lib~otes) thy.estes, sp. n.
Belongs to the amatrix group; antennse with scapebrownish black, pedicel and flagellum abruptly yeliow ;306

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yellow; wings whitish subhyaline, conspicuously patterned with brown, including marginal and discal markings;
cell 1st M 2 long and narrow, with m-cu just beyond onethird its length.
M a l e . - - L e n g t h about 9 ram. ; wing 9.6 ram.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennm with scape brownish black, pedicel and flagellum abruptly pale yellow;
basal flagellar segments subrotund, becoming more oval
outwardly; verticils shorter than the' segments.~ Headyellowish grey ; anterior vertex reduced to a narrow strip,
approximately one-third the diameter of the scape.
Pronotum yellow, paling to green on the sides. Mesonotal pr~escutum light buffy, the humeral portions palegreen, the disc with reddish brown stripes that cross the
suture onto the mesal edges of the scutal lobes; medianregion of scutum and the scutellum, pale greenish';remainder of notum pale buffy, the mediotergite witha faintly indicated central greenish line.
Pleura buffy
yellow, with a narrow b u t conspicuous dark brown dorsal
stripe extending from the cervical region to the base of
abdomen. Halteres with stem yellow, knob brownish
black. Legs with the cox~e and t,rochanters yellow,
the fore coxee narrowly more darkened on basal haft;remainder Of legs intense black, only the femoral tips very
narrowly but conspicuously yellow. W i n g s whitish subhyaline, patterned with dark and paler brown ; the darker
colour includes ceils C and Sc, narrow seams over cordand outer end of cell 1st M2, and marginal seams at endsof longtitudinal veins, longest on Cu, 1st A and 2nd A ; afurther dark seam along Cu, interrupted by a yellow areaat near midlength; paler brown clouds occur as spots
along the veins beyonc~ cord, before the stigma, in outerradial field and as marginal areas in cells M 4 to 2nd A,
inclusive, the latter producing a wavy appearance along
their internal borders; veins yellow, brownish black in
the patterned areas; prearcular field chiefly yellow.
Venation: R s suboblique, more arcuated on the caudal
half; free tip of Sc 2 about twice R2 ; m not more than
one-half longer than the basal section of M3 ; m-cu justbeyond one-third the length of the long narrow cell 1st
M s ; Anal veins convergent, cell 2nd A moderately broad.
Abdomen greenish on basal half, ~the outer segments,
including hypopygium, more brownish yellow.

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Hab. South India.
Holotype, (~, Mango Range, Nilgiri Hills, altitude 3800
feet, May 1949 {P. Susai Nathan).
The amatrix group is widely distributed in eastern andsouth-eastern Asia, thence into northern Australia.
Besides Limonia (Libnotes) amatrix Alexander, it includes
L, (L.) adicia Alexander, L. (L.) klossi Alexander, L. (L.)
perrara Alexander, L. (L.) sappho Alexander, and L. (L.)
terr~e-regin~e Alexander. The most similar of the above
is amatrix, which differs in the details of coloration,
particularly of the wings, and in the venation.
Limonia erichtho, sp. n.
Size small (wing, male, under 4 ram.) ; general coloration of the thoracic notum brown, pleura yellow with ablack longitudinal stripe ; antennae of male short ; wings
with a very strong brown suffusion, the small subcircular
stigma darker brown; Sc 1 ending opposite or beyond
midlength of Rs ; m-cu at or just before the fork of M ;male hypopyginm with the rostral prolongation of theventral dististyle long and slender, gently curved,
apprently without spines.
Male.--Length about 3-3.2 mm. ; wing 3.6-3.8 ram.
Rostrum, palpi and antennm black; basal flagellar
segments oval, soon passing into more elongate oval;
terminal segment a trifle longer than the penultimate.
Head brownish grey.
Pronotum brown. Mesonotum chiefly medium to darkbrown, the type darker. Pleura light yellow, with a very
conspicuous blackened longitudinal dorsal stripe extending
from the cervical region to the base of abdomen. Halteres
infuscated. Legs with the cox~e and trochanters yellow ;femora dark brown; tibim and tarsi apparently a trifle
paler. Wings with a very strong brown suffusion, thesmall subcircular stigma even darker brown ; veins darkbrown. Venation : Sc 1 ending about opposite midlength(in holotype) to nearly four-fifths Rs, Sc 2 near its tip;
m-cu at or just before the fork of M.
Abdomen dark brown or brownish black, including the
hypopygium, in cases the more proximal sternites slightly
variegated with paler. Male hypopygium with the tergite
strongly narrowed, the: tip truncate, the oblique margins
with about three long setm on either side. Basistyleelongate, the ventromesal lobe large and obtuse, basal in308

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position. Dorsal dististyle a gently curved blade, narrowed beyond base, tapering very gradually into thelong apical spine. Ventral dististyle with body relatively
small, oval, less than the ventromesal 10be of basistyle,provided with relatively few but very long set~e ; rostralprolongation long and slender, gently curved, spines
apparentlylacking. Gonapophysis with mesal-apical lobe
erect, the extreme outer end narrowed. /Edeagus broad.
Hab. Assam.
Holotype, ~, Sookerating, 2 miles east of Dum Duma,at fight, altitude 400 feet, August 1945 (G. D. Butler, Jr.).
Paratopotype, ~.
Although superficially resembling ~imonia gentilis,
sp. n., the present fly differs eonspicuodsly in the shortantennae and in all details of structure of the male hypopyglum. The two flies were taken at the same time, atlighted sheets in jungle areas.

Limonia gentilis, sp. n.
Size small (wing, male, under 4 mm.) ; general coloration of thorax dark brown; antennae (male) elongate,approximately two-thirds the length of wing; flagellar
segments long-cylindrical, the whole surface clothed withconspicuous erect setee; Sc long, Sc 1 ending nearly
opposite midlength of Rs; cell 1st M 2 closed, about
equal in length to vein _~l4 ; male hypopygium with thetergite transverse, the caudal border very gently emarginate; dorsal dististyle present; ventral dististyle large
and fleshy, its rostral prolongation pendulous, with twolong straight spines.
Male.--Length about 3 mm. ; wing 3.6 mm. ; antenna
about 2.3 mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennee (male) of unusual
length for a member of the genus, black throughout;flage!lar segments long-cylindrical, with abundant longerect verticils and with set~e scattered over the entire
segment to produce a shaggy appearance. Head g r e y ;eyes very large, much restricting the area of the vertex.
Thorax almost uniformly dark brown, the dorsal pleuralregion even more blackened. Halteres uniformly black.
Legs with the fore cox~e blackened; remaining cox~eand all trochanters obscure yellow; remainder of legs
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small oval stigma slightly darker brown, inconspict~ous
against the ground ; veins dark brown. Macrotriehia ofouter veins conspicuous, including Rs and all outer veinsof radial and medial fields. Venation: Sc moderately
long, Sc 1 ending about opposite midlength of Rs, Sc 2 nearits tip ; Rs almost in longitudinal alignment with anterior
branch; free tip of Sc 2 and R~ about in transversealignment; cell 1st M 2 subequal in length to vein M4;
m-cu about one-third to one-fourth its length before
fork of M.
Abdominal tergites, as well as hypopygium, black;
incisures of the sternites pale. Male hypopygium withthe tergite transverse, its caudal border very gently
emarginate, the very low lobes with relatively sparsecoarse set~e. Basistyle with ventromesal lobe relatively
small, simple, basal in position. Dorsal dististyle agently curved hook, narrowed gradually to the acute tip.
Ventral dististyle large and fleshy, as in Dicranomyia, its
area about two and one-half times that of the basistyle ;rostral prolongation small, the part beyond the Spines
strongly decurved or pendant; spines two, long andstraight, nearly as long as the entire prolongation. Gona:
pophysis with mesal-apical lobe erect, narrowed graduallyto the slightly curved apex.
Hab. Assam.
Holotype, ~, Sookerating, 2 miles east of Dum Duma, atlight, altitude 400 feet, August 1945 (G. D. Butler, Jr.).
The present small fly requires no cx)mpanson withother described regional members of the genus, being
readily distinguished by the elongate antennae of the malesex. It should be noted that whereas by its venation thisfly is referable to the subgenus Limonia, that of the malehypopygium is just as definitely that of a Dicranomyia
and allies, and the strict subgeneric position of this andvarious other regional species must be held in question.
Antocha (Orimargula) prefurcata, sp. n.
General coloration dark brown, pleura yellow ; antennae(male) elongate, exceeding three-fourths the length ofwing, flagellum black; flagellar segments elongatecylindrical, with conspicuous outspreading pale set~e;halteres dark brown, the base of stem abruptly lightyellow; legs dark brown to brownish black; wings

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greyish subhyaline ; vein R 2 before or ~ery close to forkof the unusually short Rs; m-cu fully twice its length
before fork of M ; male hypopygium with the outerdististyle slender, narrowed and curved to the simple
obtuse tip.
Ma/e.--Length about 3 mm. ; wing 3.9 ram. ; antenna
about 3.2 mm.
Rostrum obscure yellow ; palpi black. Antennae (male)elongate, more than three-fourths the length of wing;
scape and pedicel obscure yellow, flagellum black;flagellar segments elongate-cylindrical, with conspicuous
outspreading pale set~e scattered over the entire length.
Head grey; eyes large, anterior vertex correspondingly
reduced.
Thoracic notum almost uniformly dark brown, themedian region of scutum and posterior border of scutellum
paler. Pleura chiefly obscure yellow. Halteres darkbrown, the base of stem abruptly light yellow. Legs withcox~e obscure yellow, trochanters a little darker ; remainderof legs long and slender, dark brown, ~the tarsi brownish
black. Wings greyish subhyaline, the stigma scarcely
darker; veins brown. Conspicuous macrotrichia on~eins beyond the general level of r-m of the cord. Venation : Rs unusually short, vein R 2 close to the fork, in one
wing of type placed a short distance before fork to produce
a short element Ra+4+5, in the opposite wing placed
immediately beyond the fork to produce a p.unctiform
element R2+~; in normal cases, R~ lies probably very
close to the f o r k of Rs ; basal section of R4+5 very long,exceeding twice Its and approximately four-fifths the
distal section; vein M 4 originating at an unusuallystrong angle from fork of Ma+4; m-cu fully twice its
length before fork of M.
Abdomen, including hypopygium, brown. Male hypopygium with the outer dististyle slender, beyond midlengthvery gently curved and narrowed to the simple obtuse
tip. Inner dististyle subequal in length but stouter, on
basal half with four strong set~e arising from small basal
tubercles, at and near apex with about six further setm.
Hab. Assam.
Holotype, ~, Cherrapunji, Khasi States, altitude 4000
feet, May 1936 (S. Sircar).
Antocha (Orimargula) prefurcata is closest to A. (0.)
ffracilipes Alexander and A. (0.) gracilicornis (Edwards),

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3t~t'with which it agrees in the elongate antennae of the malesex, differing particularly in the venation, especially theunusually short R s with vein R~ at or close .to its
fork.
Troglophila lativertex, sp. n.
General coloration of mesonotum cinnamon brown, theprsescutum with a narrow darker median stripe ; anteriorvertex (male) broad, several times the diameter of scape ;wings with a brownish tinge, unpatterned ; m-cu at forkof M ; Anal veins gently convergent beyond the level ofthe arculus ; male hypopygium with the outer dististyleslender, blackened, split at t i p into two subequal acute"
points ; gonapophyses acute at tips.
M a l e . - - L e n g t h about 4.5 m m : ; wing 4.7 mm.
Rostrum brown, palpi somewhat darker. Antennae
with scape brown, remainder of organ broken. Headdark brown, sparsely pruinose ; anterior vertex broad,several times the diameter of scape and subequal inwidth to the transverse visible diameter of a single eye. In
alticola, the eyes of male are large, on the vertex separated
b y a distance that is only a little more than the width ofa single row of ommatidia of the eye.
Pronotum concealed by the approximation of the headand pr~escutum. Mesonotal pr~escutum cinnamon brown,with a narrow darker median stripe; tuberculate pits
distinct, ,linear, removed from the cephalic border ofpr~escutum, separated from one another b y a distance less.than the width of either ; scutellum somewhat darker, its
posterior border reddened; postnotum brown, sparsely
pruinose. Pleura cinnamon brown, sparsely pruinose.
Halteres weakly infuscated. Legs with the coxee and.trochanters testaceous yellow ; femora brown ; remainderof legs broken. Wings with a brownish tinge, unpatterned;
veins brown. Costal fringe relatively short. Venation:
Sc 1 ending about opposite r-m, Sc 2 nearly opposite thefork of R s ; R~+3÷~ a little longer than Rl+2; vein R 2
faint but evident ; cell 1st M s subequal in length to vein
Ma ; m-cu at fork of M ; vein 1st A ending about opposite
one-third the length of cell 1st M s ; Anal veins gently
convergent beyond the level of arculus.
Abdomen dark brown. Male hypopygium with theouter dististyle slender, blackened, glabrous, at tip split
into two subequal acute points. Gonapophysis appearing

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as simple divergent rods, the tips acute. /Edeagus shortand stout.
Hab. Malaya (Pahang).
Holotype, ~, Cameron Highlands, altitude 4800 feet,
July 1948 (N. L. H. Krauss).
The most similar described species is Troglophila alticola (Edwards), of the mountains of Sarawak, Borneo.
This differs in slight details of venation and in the'unusually narrow vertex, a s compared above. In his originaldescription of alticola, Edwards indicates that he wasproviding a figure of the male hypopygium but this wasinadvertently omitted. For a detailed account of theexceedingly interesting .area known as Cameron Highlands,' in north-western Pahang, see a paper by Edwards,
Journ. Fed. Malay St. Mus., xiv. pp. 1 and 2, 1928).

Polymera (Polymera) furiosa, sp. n.
General coloration of mesonotum medium brown, thepleura with a broad and conspicuous black longitudinal
stripe that continues caudad over the cephalic portion of
the postnotum; antennae (male) elongate, exceeding
three-fourths the wing, blac,k throughout; legs black,tibial spurs distinct ; wings with a weak brownish tinge,
restriotedly patterned with darker brown; cell M 1
lacking, 1st M s open ; male hypopygium with t h e outerdististyle glabrous, its apex nearly truncate, t h e outerapical angle produced into a'gently curved spine.
Male.--Length about 4.5 ram. ; wing 4.8 mm. ; antenna
about 4 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennm (male) black
throughout, elongate ; flagellar segments long-subcylindrical, with conspicuous erect verticils over theentire length, at midlength of the organ the longest ofthese exceeding one-third the length of the segment.
Posterior part of head brownish black, the broad vertex
and front light brown, heavily silvery pruinose.
Pronotum dark brown; pretergites testaceous yellow.
Mesonotal preescutum and scutum medium brown, virtuaUy unpatterned; scutellum a trifle darker. Pleurawith a broad and conspicuous black longitudinal stripe,
passing beneath the wing-root and including the cephalichalf of the postnotum ; remainder of pleura light yellow,
with a narrow and incomplete line beneath the halteres,

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extending from the abdomen cephalad to immediately
above the fore cox~e. Halteres with stem yellow, knob
brownish black. Legs with all eoxm and trochanters
yellow; femora brown, the tips somewhat darker;
tibim and tarsi black ; tibial spurs distinct. Wings witha weak brownish tinge, the prearcular and costal fields
more whitened, the latter including cell R 1 ; stigma andnarrow seams along cord darker brown ; veins dark brown.
Abundant long macrotrichia on veins, especially coarse
and conspicuous beyond cord, becoming smaller andmore delicate nearer the wing base, the prearcular andpostarcular veins glabrous. Venation : Sc I ending about
opposite fork of Rs, Sc 2 a short distance from its tip;vein R 2 faint, subequal to R~+3; inner ends of cells
R4, R 5 and 1st M S in approximate transverse alignment ;basal section of R 5 angulated and short-spurred, the spur
directed basad; cell M 1 lacking; cell M s open; m-cu
at or before the fork of M ; anterior areulus preserved.
Abdomen, including hypopyginm, dark brown. Male
hypopygi~lm with the outer dististyle glabrous, without
spicules or set,e, the apex nearly truncate, the outer apicalangle produced into a gently curved spine. Inner 4ististyle shorte~, fleshy, narrowed to the obtuse apex. Gonapophyses subequal in length to the ~edeagus, each appearing as a Slender gently curved blade, the tip acute.
Hab. South India.
Holotype, ~, Singara, Nflgiri Hills, altitude 3400 feet,
June 1948 (P. Susai Nathan).
I regard this fly as being a typical member of the genus
and the first to be recorded from India. The only other
Old World species is the Japanese PoIynlera parvicornis
Alexander. As indicated earlier by the writer (Philippine
Journ. Sci., xlix. p. 120, 1932) the genera PolyrneraWiedemann and Troglolohila Brunetti are evidently closely allied.

Teucholabis (Teucholabis) gudalurensis, sp. n.
Mesonotal preescutum polished black, the humeral
triangles and posterior border yellow; scutum yellow,
the centre of each lobe polished black ; scutellum yellow,
postnotum polished black; femora yellow, the tips
conspicuously blackened; wings whitish subhyaline,
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Female.--Length about 9 mm ; wing 6 mm.
Rostrum brown, restrictedly brighter at base, subequalin length to remainder of head; palpi brownish black.
Antennae with scape and pedicel brown ; flagellum black,the proximal end of first segment paler; basal flagellar
segments short-oval, the outer ones more elongate.
Head above polished black, the gen~e yellow; anteriorvertex silvery pruinose.
Pronotum and propleura light yellow. Mesonotal
pr~eseutum polished black, the humeral triangles andposterior border adjoining the suture yellow; scutum
yellow, the centre of each lobe polished black ; scutellum
yellow ; postnotum, including pleurotergite, black. Pleura
yellow, the anepisternum and ventral sternopleurite black.
Halteres with stem blackened, knob light yellow. Legs
with all coxm and trochanters yellow; femora yellow,
the tips conspicuously and abruptly black, on the fore
legs including about the outer third, on the posterior
femora the outer sixth; tibiae yellow, the tips conspicuously blackened, including about the outer fifth or
sixth ;. tarsi black, the proximal end of posterior basitarsus obscure brownish yellow. Wings whitish subhyaline,
cell C and outer end of Sc more yellowed; cell Sc to
beyond the origin of Rs dark brown; pale brown areas
and bands as follows : Postarcular in bases of cells R and
M ; a band at level of origin of Rs and tip of vein 2rid A,
most intense at these places, paler in cells R and M ; aband at cord, ending at vein Cu, its anterior end with thestill darker brown oval stigma; wing-tip pale brown,
not extending caudad beyond the extreme outer end ofcell Ms; veins brown, yellow in the costal field. Venation: Sc relatively short, Sc 1 ending j u s t before to
opposite midlength of Rs, Sc~ far from its tip ; vein R 2
iust beyond fork of Rs, Ru+s+4 very short ; cell 1st M z
subequal in length to vein MI+ ~ beyond it.
Abdominal tergites black, the posterior borders ofsegments two to six narrowly ringed with obscure yellow,
more conspicuous on segments three to five; sternites
chiefly yellow, the second and third segments ringed with thiscolour ; genital shield and ovipositor yellowish horn colour.
Hab. South India.
Holotype, ~, Gudalur, Nilgiri Hills, altitude 3500 feet,
April 1949 (P. Susai Nathan).

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The most similar described regional species include
Teucholabis (Teucholabis) annuloabdominalis Senior-Whiteand T, (T.) pruthiana Alexander, both of which differ inthe coloration of the body, legs and wings, and in thevenational details.
Teucholabis (Teucholabis) susai-nathani, sp. n.
Thorax polished black, the prothorax and humeral
region o f praescutum orange-yellow; halteres and legs
black ; wings with a strong dusky tinge, the'costal borderdarker brown, narrow and including cells C and Sc before
the stigma, beyond the cord more extensive, involving
cells R 2 and R 4 to the wing tip; more whitish longitudinal streaks in cells M, Cu and base of 1st A ; prearcular field more yellowed ; abdomen, including hypopyglum, black.
Male.~--Length about 7-5 mm. ; wing 7.5 mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae black throughout ;basal flagellar segments subglobular to short-oval, theouter ones passing through oval to cylindrical. Headpolished black.
Pronotum, propleura and humeral region of prmscutumorange-yello~v, the remainder of thorax polished black;dorsop!eural region and root of wing dark reddish brown.
Halteres and legs black, only the fore coxae and trochanters and narrow femoral bases yellow; legs conspicuously hairy, especially the posterior femora andtibim. Wings with a strong dusky tinge, the costal borderdarker brown, narrow and including cells C and Sc before
the stigma, beyond the cord more extensive, involving
cells R 2 and R 4 to the wing tip ; more whitish longitudinal
streaks in cells M, Cu and base of 1st A ; prearcular field
more yellowed; veins brownish black. Venation: Sc 1
ending about opposite the fork of Rs, Sc~ far from its tip,
Sc 1 alone longer than RI+ 2 ; R~+3+4 and R 2 subequal inlength ; cell 1st M 2 small, shorter than vein M 4 ; m-cu
about one-third its length beyond the fork of M ; cell
2nd A broad, the vein bent strongly into the margin.
Abdomen, including hypopygium, polished black. Male
hypopygium with the tergite transverse, the caudal
margin convexly rounded; sternite a semioval lobe
bearing a pencil of long black set~e at apex. Basistyle
stout, at apex produced into two or three u.nusually small

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spinous points. Dististyles two, subterminal in position ;outer style a flattened black blade that is prolonged
laterad into a strong spinous point, the outer margin at
the bend with a concentration of microscopic spinous
points ; inner style a flattened black blade, the inner faceabruptly narrowed into a cylindrical yellow lobe that istipped with two long bristles.
Hab. South India.
Holotype, ~, Gudalur, Nilgiri Hills, altitude 3500 feet,
April 1949 (P. Susai Nathan).
I take pleasure in naming this distinct crane:fly for
Mr. P. Susai Nathan, to whom I am much indebted
for numerous species from southern India. The fly ismost similar to species such as Teucholabis (Teucholabis)
majuscula Alexander, T. (T.) plecioides de Meijere, andT. (T.) rutilans .Alexander, differing in all details ofcoloration and venation, and in the structure of the malehypopygium.

Trentepohlia (Mongoma) butleri, sp. n.
Mesonotum testaceous yellow; head brown, sparsely
pruinose; antennal scape and pedicel reddish brown,
flagellum black; femora obscure yellow, the tips
blackened; wings cream-yellow, the costal field moresaturated ; stigma dark brown, subtriangular i n outline,
extensive; restricted brown seams over certain of thewing veins ; abdomen brownish black, the genital shielddark brown.
Female.--Length about 8 mm. ; wing 7.5 ram. ; antenna
2 ram.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae with scape andpedicel dark reddish brown, flagellum black; antennae
relatively long, fiagellar segments long-cylindrical; allverticils much shorter than the segments, scattered overthe surface, not unilaterally arranged. Head brown,
sparsely pruinose ; anterior vertex reduced to a narrow
line, carinate, the ridge produced backward on the posteriorvertex almost to the occiput.
Pronotum testaceous'yellow. Mesonotal pr~escutum
and scutum testaceous yellow, without pattern ; scutellum
and postnotum more testaceous. Pleura testaceous.
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yellow, the tips of femora rather broadly blackened, of thetibiae weakly and narrowly darkened; tarsi obscurebrownish yellow ; base of femur with a series of about
15 blackened stout spinoid set~e. Wings cream yellow,
the prearcular and costal fields more saturated yellow;
stigma dark brown, subtriangular, large, extended posterior to fork of R~+3+4 ; wing tip narrowly paler brown ;pale brown but conspicuous seams along vein Cu in cell M,
over tile sub-basal or intermediate portions of both analveins, and as a seam over part of the cord, including theouter fourth of Rs, basal section of M1+2, and vein R~+5,
the colour continued vaguely along the vein to theapex, evidenced chiefly by the dark colour of the veins ;remainder of veins in the ground light yellbwl dark in thepatterned portions. Venation : R2 at fork of Rz+4 ; innerend of cell 2nd M~ lying slightly more distad than either
R 5 dr Ma, the-tatter with the basal section of vein M aangulated at near midlength ; m-cu close to fork of M ;fusion of veins Cu I and 1st A punctiform.
Hab. Assam.
Holotype, ~, Sookerating, 2 miles east of Dum Duma, ina cowshed, altitude 400 feet, July 1945 (G. D. Butler, Jr.).
I am very pleased to name this fly for my former
student, Mr. George D. Butler, Jr., to whom I am
indebted for 'several interesting Tipulid~e from Assam.
There are several allied species in eastern Asia, including
Trentepohlia (Mongoma) auricosta Alexander, T. (M.).flavicollis Edwards, T. (M.) hainanica Alexander, andT. (M.) kempi (Brunetti). It is closest perhaps to kempi,
likewise from Assam (Garo Hills, 3900 feet, August),
which differs in many details of coloration, including thehead, antennm, thorax and abdomen, and in the wing
pattern and venation.

Gnophomyia (Gnophomyia) vanitas, sp. n.
General coloration dark brown; legs dark brown, thefemora and tibiae provided with elongate flattened scales ;wings with a strong dusky tinge; veins Re+a+4 and r-minterstitial at fork of Rs ; m short to lacking ; m-cu at orjust before midlength of cell 1st M e ; male hypopygiumwith median region of tergite slightly produced, themargin truncate and provided with numerous shortdarkened spines ; mesal face, of basistyle with two
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tubercles, one basal, the other apical, each tipt>ed with ~t
ibw long black spinous setm; outer dististyle a long
slender curved simple rod, the margin with a low ridgethat is microscopically serrulate; inner dististyle terminating in a strong spine, the outer part of style withnumerous smaller spines and scattered elongate set~e.
Male.--Length about 5 ram. ; wing 5.5 ram.
Female.--Length about 5-5 ram. ; wing 6 ram.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennm with scape andpedicel brownish black; flagellum broken. Head dark
grey.
Pronotum brownish black, obscure yellow posteriorly
and on the pretergites. Mesonotal prmseutum and seutum
dark brown or brownish black, the posterior sclerites, incases, somewhat paler. Pleura brownish black, in theparatype with the ventral portions paling to yellow.
Halteres broken. Legs with the coxm and trochanters
yellow ; remainder of legs dark brown ; tarsi broken ;legs clothed with elongate flattened scales. Wings with astrong dusky tinge, the stigma only slightly darker;
veins brown. Venation: R2+3+4 and r-m interstitial atfork of Rs, the latter in direct alignment with R 5 ; m shortto lacking, in the latter ease with veins MI+ 2 and M 3 inpunctiform contact ; m-cu at or just before midlength ofcell 1st M 2.
Abdomen, including hypopygium, brownish black.
Ovipositor with cerci elongate, gently upcurved. Maleh y p o p y g i u m with the median region of tergite slightly
produced, the margin truncate and provided w i t hnumerous short darkened spines. Basistyle on mesal facewith two tubercles that are tipped with long black
spinous set,e, the basal one with six or seven, the outer
tubercle with five or six such setse. Outer dististyle along gently curved simple rod, the mesal edge with acarina that is microscopically serrulate or roughened;
apex of style with a brush of relatively long set~e. Innerdististyle a short stout structure that terminates in astrong spine, the outer portion of style with several
smaller spines and scattered elongate set~e. Phallosome
broad, depressed-flattened.
Hab. Malaya (Pahang).
Holotype, ~, Cameron Highlands, altitude 4800 feet,
July 1948 (N. L, H. Krauss). Allotopotype, ~. Paratopotype, (~.

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The most similar species is Gnophomyia (Gnoph~**r~yia)
brevicellula Alexander, wh{ch tlas the male hypopyginm
quite different in all details. ' B o t h species have t h eelongate scales on the legs, but. these are broader and more
conspicuous in the present fly.
Gnophomyia (Gnophomyia) neofraterna, sp. n.

General coloration of thoracic dorsum dark brown tobrownish black, the pleura pale with large blackened areas
on the anepisternum and pleurotergite; antennee, hal=teres and legs dark brown to brownish black; wings
whitish subhyaline, cell Sc and the stigmal region more
infuscated; vein S c 1 elongate; ovip6sifor with cerci
relatively long, pale yellow.
F e m a l e . - - L e n g t h about 5 mm. ; wing 5 ram.
Rostrum testaceous, palpi a little .darker. Antennm
with scape testaceous brown, the remainder brownish
black; flagellar segments cylindrical, subequal to thelongest verticils. Head dark brown.
Mesonotal pr~escutum and scutum dark brown tobrownish black, the humeral region of the pr~escutum andlateral ends of the suture more reddened ; scutellum andadjoining regions pale. Ventral pleura chiefly yellow, thedorsal part with two conspicuous blackened spots, oneon the anepisternum, t h e other on the pleurotergite;
ventral sternopleurite brown. Halteres brownish black,the base of stem narrowly yellow. Legs with cox~e andtrochanters yellow ; remainder of legs dark brown. Wings
whitish subhyalin~, cell Sc and the stigmal region more
infuscated ; veins brownish black. Venation-: Sc 1 ending
opposite, R~, Sc 2 nearly opposite r-m, Sc I alone thus beingnearly two-thirds Rs ; Rs in direct longitudinal alignment
with Rs, with r-m on the latter vein just beyond origin ;veins R a and R 4 nearly parallel to one another, cell R a a
trifle narrowed at margin ; cell 1st M s slightly pointed atinner end, a little longer than vein M a ; m-ca nearly its
own length beyond the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites dark brown, the more proximal
segments with the lateral portions paler; sternites darkbrown, the sides paler. Ovipositor with cerci relatively
long, pale yellow.
Hab. South India.
Holotype, ~, Mango Range, Nilgiri Hills, altitude 3800
feet~ May 1949 (P. Susai Nathan).
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The most similar described regional species is (~'nopho
myia (Gnophomyia) quartaria (Brunetti), from the northeastern Indian Frontier, which differs in the generalbrownish yellow colour of the body, antennee and legs, andin the details of venation. Edwards (1924) considers thefemale included by Brunetti in his original description as
not being conspecific with the holotype male.

Gonomyia (Protogonomyia) nilgiriana, sp. n.
Size large (wing, male, 7 r a m . or more); generalcoloration black, grey pruinose ; antennae and legs black ;male hypopyginm with the outer lobe of basistyle stout,
its inner margin weakly expanded ; three dististyles, theouter a long slender .rod, its tip obtuse; i n n e r style aflattened blade, the tip acute.
Male.--Length about 6-6.5 mm. ; wing 7-7.5 mm.
Female.--Length about 6-6.5 ram. ; wing 6-5-7 mm.
Rostrum brown ; palpi black. Antennse black through~out; flage]lar segments long-cylindrical, a little shorter
than the verticils. Head black, grey pruinose ; anteriorvertex moderately broad, exceeding twice the diameterof the scape.
Pronotal scutum dark brownish grey, the scutellum
obscure orange ; anterior pretergites light yellow. Mesonotal pr~escutum grey pruinose, the humeral region
obscure brownish yellow, pseudosutural fovese black;posterior sclerites of notum grey pruinose, the posteriorborders of scutal lobes obscure orange ; scutellum almost
uniformly darkened. Pleura and pleurotergite sparsely
grey pruinose, restrictedly patterned with more reddish
brown areas; dorsopleural membrane infuscated. Halteres blackened, the base of stem restrictedly paler.
Legs with the cox~e black, sparsely pruinose ; remainderof legs black.
Wings subhyaline, the inconspicuous
linear stigmal area brown ; veins dark brown. Venation :Sc long, Scj ending nearly opposite the fork of R8;
R+a+ 4 more than one-half the anterior branch of Rs;
m cu close to the fork of M.
Abdomen, including genitalia of both sexes, black.
Male hypopygium with the outer lobe of basistyle
stout, its inner margin weakly expanded, Three dististyles, the outer one a long slender rod, its tip obtuse ;intermediate style bifid, the longest arm a very slender

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spine; inner style a flattened blade that narrows to ashort acute point. 2Edeagus relatively narrow, the discwith numerous setse from small tubercles.
Hab. South India.
Holotype, (~, Singara, Nilgiri Hills, altitude 3400 feet,
May II, 1948 (P. Susai Nathan). Allotopotype, ~, May 10,
1948. Paratopotype8, 1 ~, 1 ~, May 9-12, 1948.
The present fly differs from Gonomyia (Protogonomyia)
nigripes (Brunetti, 1912) (Synonyms: gracilis Brunetti,
1918 ; incompleta Brunetti, 1918 ; nigra Brunetti, 1912)
in all details of structure of the male hypopyginm.
Brunetti applied the above four names to what seems ¢orepresent a single species from the eastern HimalayasAssam border. He placed these in no fewer than threeother genera--Mesocyphona; Gnophomyia, Limnophila--and badly confused the sexes, recording as males variousof his series of females. Of his supposed species nigra,
the type was from Kumaon, in the Himalayas, with one
further specimen from the Nilgiri Hills and this latterfemale specimen may well be found to pertain to thepresent species. I have in my collection a male of what
seems to represent nigripes and this is entirely distinct
from the present fly.

Lipsothrix kraussiana, sp. n.
General coloration yellow, the mesonotum restrictedly
patterned with darker, most conspicuous as a spot above
the wing-root ; knob of halteres infuscated ; legs yellow,
the tips of the femora restrictedly blackened, of the tibim
even more narrowly so; wings pale yellow, restrictedly
patterned with pale brown, including the stigma andseams along cord arid outer end of cell 1st M s ; veins R 3
and R 4 elongate, virtually parallel to one another for
their entire lengths; cell 1st M s very small, usuallysubquadrate in outline, m-cu variable in position ; abdomen relatively long, the segments conspicuously bicoloured,dark brown, the incisure broadly yellow, the apices more
extensively so ; hypopyginm brownish black.
Male.--Length about 6-6.5 ram. ; wing 6.5-7.5 ram.
Rostrum yellow; palpi brown. Antennm with thescape and pedicel yellow ; flagellum broken: Head above
ranging from yellow to brownish grey in the more heavily
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Dr. C. P. Alexander onThorax yellow, in cases almost unpatterned, in otherswith weakly indicated darker stripes on posterior half ofpr~escutum and usually with a still darker spot above thewing-root, occupying the outer anterior part of eachscutal lobe ; mediotergite chiefly darkened.
Haltereswith stem pale, knob infuscated. Legs with the cox~eand trochanters yellow; remainder of legs yellow, theapex of femur narrowly but conspicuously blackened,of the tibia still more narrowly so ; terminal tarsal segment darker. Wings pale yellow, the prearcular andcostal fields slightly more saturated yellow ; a restrictedpale brown pattern, including the stigma and narrow
seams at arculus, origin of Rs, cord and outer end of cell
1st M 2 ; veins yellow, darker in the patterned areas.
Venation : Veins R a and R 4 elongate, virtually parallel to
one another for their whole lengths ; Rs more than threetimes Rz+a+4 ; R2+a and RI+ z subequal, both longer thanR~; cell 1st M s v e r y small, short-rectangular to nearlysquare or even transverse ; m-cu very variable in position,in cases close to the fork of M, in others virtually at thefork of Me+ 4.
Abdomen relatively long, conspicuously bicoloured, thesegments dark brown, the posterior borders of the segments
broadly yellow, the extreme bases similarly coloured,leaving the intermediate part of the brown ground; onthe basal sternites the amount of yellow is even greater ;subterminal segments more .uniformly yellow; hypopyglum brownish black. Male hypopygium with the lateralspine of the outer dististyle very small, appressed, atnear two-thirds the length of the style.
Hab. Malaya (Pahang).
Holotype, ~, Cameron Highlands, altitude 4800 feet,J u l y 1948 (N. L. H. Krauss). Para$opotypes, 4 ~ ;paratype, 1 ~, l~raser's Hill, October 1948 (Krauss).
I take great pleasure in naming this unusually distinct
fly for the collector, Mr. Noel L. H. Krauss, to whom
I am indebted for many new and rare Tipulid~e from many
parts of the world. The fly is entirely distinct from allother species in the Eastern Palmarctic-Oriental fauna.
It is readily told by the coloration of the body and wings
and b y the venation, especially of the radial and medial
fields. The only other regional species having patternedwings is Lipsothrix mirabilis Alexander, which has theNew or Little-known Tipulid~e.

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venation entirely different, with vein R~+3+4 unusually
reduced.
Erioptera (Erioptera ) f uscoradialis, sp. n .

General coloration brown, sparsely pruinose, the praescutum and scutum vaguely patterned with darker ; wings
with a strong fulvous brown tinge, even darker in the
stigmal region and outer radial field ; cell 1st M~ closed,
veto 2nd A very l o n g ; male hypopygium with thebasistyle elongate ; dististyles three, terminal in position,
the outer two blackened and sclerotized, opposed to one
another ; phallosome bearing a pair of short curved hooks
at caudal end and much longer and more slender spinous
hooks at posterior part, the latter directed ventrad.
M a l e . - - L e n g t h about 5.5 ram. ; wing 6.2-6.3 ram.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae with the scape darkbrown, pedicel testaceous ; flagellum broken. Head darkbrown, sparsely pruinose.
Pronotum brown, the posterior border yellow. Mesonotum almost uniformly brown, sparsely pruinose, thepr~escutum vaguely striped with very pale brown, scarcely
evident against the ground; scutal lobes similarly
patterned; margins of the mediotergite and pleurotergite more yellowed. Pleura yellowish brown, clearer
yellow below. Halteres weakly infuscated. Legs withthe cox~e and trochanters yellow; remainder of legs
broken. Wings with a strong fulvous brown tinge, costal
field clearer yellow; outer radial field even darker,
particularly the extensive stigmal region ; cord and outerend of cell 1st M~. very narrowly and vaguely seamed withdarker ; prearcular field weakly infuscated ; veins obscureyellow to brownish y e l l o w ; macrotrichia dark brown.
Venation: Rs long and straight, Sc 2 opposite three-fifths
its length, Sc 1 ending beyond R2; cell 1st M 2 closed,
subequal in length to vein M 4 ; m-cu shortly before forkof M, in cases up to one-half its own 15ngth ; vein 2nd Avery long and strongly sinuous, ending opposite or justbefore the level of m-cu.
Abdominal tergites brown, stcrnites and hypopygium
yellow. Male hypopygium with the basistyle elongate;
distis.tyles small, terminal in position, including two
curved blackened styles that a~v opposed to one another,pincer-like, and a pendulous fleshy lobe or style t h a t bears

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E~ich Uhmann :numerous erect set~e. Phallosome conspicuous, consistingof two fused flattened plates, each with a curved hookat caudal border, decussate across the midline, and withthe cephalic portion produced ventrad into a pair of long
curved spinous hooks. ~Edeagus very small and inconspicuous. What appears to represent the tergite has theposterior border produced caudad into a subquadrate
median lobe.
Hab. Malaya (Pahang).
Holotype, ~, Cameron Highlands, altitude 4800 feet,
July 1948 (L. N. H. Krauss). Paratopotype, (~.
The present fly is readily told from other describedregional species by the closed cell 1st M 2 of the wings,
the wing pattern, and especially by the peculiar structureof the male hypopygium. Superficially it somewhat
suggests various species of the genus Amphineurus Skusebut the reference to Erioptera seems to be correct. The
closed cell 1st M e suggests various species in the subgenus
Psiloconopa Zetterstedt, but the Unusually long andsinuous vein 2nd A seems to place the fly in the typicalsubgenus.

XXIV.--Hispinee aus dem Britischen Museum.--V. Teil.
129. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispin~e (Coleopt.,
Chrysom.). (Mit 4 Abbildungen im Text.) Von ERICH
U ~ A ~ N , Stollberg-Sachsen.
Avc~ ftir diesen V. Teil gilt das zu Beginn des IV., Ann.
Mag. nat. Hist. (12) i. p. 668, 1948 (1949)Gesagte.
Belegstticke aller Arten wurden m]r vom British Museum(Natural History) und vom Commonwealth Institute ofEntomology, yon denen das Material vorgelegt worden ist,
freigebigst iiberlassen.
AMERIKANISCHE ~AUNA.

1. Cephaloleia trimaculata Baly, 1858.
7 Stiick, VENEZUELA : l%ancho Grande, 27. iii. 1948.
On ginger lily (H. E. Box). Ein Stiick kommt in derschwarzen Deckenzeichnung der chrom, columbica Ws.
recht nahe: Die schwarze Querbinde erreicht fast den
Seitenrand, l~uft aber am beiderseitigen Ende schma] zu ;