NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN TIPULID;E FROM THE
PHILIPPINES (DIPTERA), PART II'
By CEAnLES P. AI.UANDER
Of Amherst, Massachusetts

Through the kinduess of Prof. Charles Fuller Baker and Mr.
Richard C. McGregor, I have novl seen a number of additionai
species of Philippine srane flies; the undescribed forms aredescribed herein. All of the.specimens were taken in Luzon
with the exception of a magnificent Pselliophora from Sibuyan.
Except where stated to the contrary, the types are retained in
my colleetion, through the great kindness of the colleetors.
LI M NO BI I N/ E

Geranonyia (Geranomyia)cornigeraAlexander.
Geranomg'ia cornigera, ALnxANDm, Insec. Inscit. Menst. 1 (1913)
137 to 139.

A male specimenfrom Manila, January 12,L922 (McGregor).
The species was deseribed from material taken at Pettit
Barracks, Philippines, October 22-23,1912, and had not beenfound again until the present record.
Dicranomyia(Aleranilria,ria)brevissimesp. nov.
General coloration yellow, the prescutum, scutal lobes, andparts of the postnotum shiny black; wings faintly tinged withbrown, clearer before and beyond the darker brown stigma;
Rs transverse, very short, crossing the proximal end of thestigma.
Femole.-Length, about 3 millimeters; wing, 4.L.
Rqstnrm yellow, the palpi dark brown. Antenne witJr thescapal segEents testaceous;flagellar segxnentspale brown, thebasal segments short-oval, thence passing: into elongateoval.
Head yellow; vertex betweenthe eyesvery narrow.
Pronotum yellow. Mesonotal prescutum shiny black, thehumeral triang:les light yellow; scutum black, the median area
'For Part I see Philip. Journ. Sci. 21 (1922) 373-384.
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brown; scutellum brown; postnotal mediotergite brown, theiateral margins black; pleurotergite blaek. Pleura light yellow.
Halteres broken. Legp with the coxe and troehanters paleyellow; remainder of the legs broken' Wings with a faintbrown tinge, extensively elearer before and beyond the stigma
which is dark brown, shorLoval; veins brown' Yenation: Sc
short, the distance between the tip of Sc, and origin of Rs
approximately three times the length of Rs; se, some distancefrom the tip of sc,; Rs very short, perfectly transverse,and inalignment with the transverse basal third of the deflection ofjuts proximad
R.-- ; at the juncture of theseveins, a long spur
proximalend of thei"iit c"n R; irs thus crossesthe e:rtreme.iig-" and r its distal end, cell 1st R, being entirely included
ulne stigma; basal deflectionof R.*u angulated-andfeebly
spurred at one-third its length; basal defleetion of Cu' approximately at the fork of M.
Abdomen dark brown, the shields of the ovipositor black;sternites obscureyellow, clearer basally.
LuzoN, Mount Maquiling (Baker); tyPe, female'Type returned to Professor Baker.
sP.nov.
lechria philippiaensis
General coloration shiny yellow; wing:s subhyaline' the eostal
region rlistinctly infuseated;eell lst M, rrery long and narrow;vein 2d A short, the cell narrow.
Mate.*I'ength, about 5'B millimeters; wing, 6'8 to 7'
Rostrum obscureyellow, the palpi brownish black. Antennze
black throughout, of moderate leugth only' Ilead dark gray'the anterior triangle siightly more silvery
Pronotum obscureyellow, darker medially. l{esonotum shiny
fuh,-ous yellow, the disk of the scutellum and the centerof the mediotergite more infuscated. Pleura shiny fulvous.
without pruinosiw. Halteres yellow, the knobs brown' Legs
with the coxe yellow; trochanters yellow, the mesal face at
apex with a black spot; femora pale brownish testaceous,thetrps ind.istinctly darkened; tibie and tarsi darker brown.
Wirrs" subhyaline; cells C, Sc, Se, and the stigm* distinctly
infuscated; veins brownish black. venation: r-m only a little
less than its own length before the fork of Rs; basal sectionof R, only a little shorter than m-cu; cell 1st M" elongate,r-m
myona midlength, m-cu slightly before midlength; basal seetion of M, about equal to or longer than the distal section ofR,; vein 2d A short, cell 2d A being very narrow.

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Abdomen obscure brownish yellow, the incisures of the segments blackened; subterminal segmentsdarkened to form an
illdefined ring; sternites obscureyellow, the basal lateral anglesof the segmentsdarkened; hypopygrumyellowish.
LuzoN, Manila, April, 1923 (McGregor) ; type, rnale; paratype, male.
According to my key to the speciesof Leclrin,z the present
speciesrvould run to L. bengaleaszsBrunetti, from which it
differs in the diagnostic characters outlined above.
Erioceracinereithorax
sp. nov.
Head and thorax Srayish pruinose; antennal flagellum brownish yellorv, the termiiral segment brownish black; femora obscure yellow, the tips blackened;wings dark brorvn. the base ofcells C and Sc yellow; apale yellow crossbandbefore the cord;basal half of eell 1st A yellow; aMominal segments1 and 6 to
8 black, the intermediate segmentsorange-yellowwith a narrotv
black lateral line.
Male.-Length, 11 to 12 millimeters; rving, 10.b to 12.b.
Femal,e.-Length, 15 millimeters; wing, 12.
Rostrum black, pruinose; palpi blactc Antenna rather short,the basal segment dark brown, pruinose; seeond segment a
litUe paler; flagellar segnrentsbrownish yellow, the last'segment
abruptly brownish black; flagellar segmeutsgradually decreasing in length to the last. I{ead light gray, the sides of thevertex behind a little darker.
Mesonotal prescutum gray with four iil-defined dark brorvn
stripes, the lateral margin of. the sclerite likewise darkened;scutum, scutellum,and postnotum black, less heavily dustedwith
gray. Pleura black, sparselyand irregularly dusted rvith ashygray. Halteres black, the extreme base of the stem a iitfle
paler in some speeimens. Legs with the coxe and trochanters
black; femora obscure yellow, the tips rather narrowly blackened;tibia brown, the tips blaekened;tarsi black. Wings darkbrowra,the prehumeral cell and basal two-thirds of eells C and
Sc bright yellow; a conspicuouspaler yellow crossbandbefore
the cord, lying in cells 1st R,, R, and M; about the basal haHof cell lst A of the same color; veins blaek, obseureyellow in
the flavous areas. Yenation: Sc, ending beyond the origin of
R, Sc, opposite two-thirds the length of Rr*r; r on R, nearlyfour times its length from the tip and on R,'i Httte more than
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twice its length beyond the fork; Rr*rabout equal to te-rminal,*.tio" of R,; cell M, present but vtiry small in the allotype;basal deflection of Cu, a little less than its length beyond thefork of M.
Abdomen with the basal segment black; segments 2 to 5orange-yellow,the lateral line narrowly blackened; caudal mar'gin of segpent 5 and all of'segments 6 to 8 black; hypopygium
theveuowish trolY.n, especially the basistyles. In the fernale,
reddish'areovipositor
tasal shields of the long:
LuzoN, Ilocos Norte Province, Solsona, December, 1923
(McGregor) ; type, rrnale; paratype, male; Pidtlig, November'
L923 (McGregor) ; allotYPe,female.
sp. nov.
Erioptera(Baeoura)semiciaeta
Generalcoloration blue-grayi scutum pale yellow; wings grayish subhyaline,with a very broad but ill-defined and indistinct
darker band at the level of the cord.
ilIal,e.-Length, about 3 millimeiers; wing, 3'3'
Rostrum and palpi brown. Antenne black throughout, theverticils conspicuous. Ilead broad, clear blue-gray'
Pronotum, mesonotum,and pleura dark, blue-gray pruinose'
the prescutum with three confluent darker stripes, the scutal
lobes slightly darkened; scutellurn broad, pale yellow, the extreme baseat the middle with a dark spot. llalteres short, darkbrown. Legs with the coxE yellowish testaceous; femora
brownish yellow, the tips broadly dark brown; remainder ofWings grayish subhyaline,with a very broad'tegs aart bto*.'indistinct, ill-deiimited darker band crossing the wing at thelevel of ihe cord; veins black. Venation: Sc, endingl about
opposite midlength of Rr*ri r about its length beyond the forkoi Rr*r; basal deflection'bi Cu, a little more than one-half its
leneth beyond the fork of M; petiole of cell M. a littie longer
than the basai deflection of Cu,; arculus oblique'
Abdomen dark brown, the intermediate sternites a trifle paler.
LuzoN, Ilocos Norte Province, Solsona, December' 7923
(hlcGregor); tYPe,male.
sp. nov.
Teucholabisquinquemaculata
yellow,
the prescutum and seutum with
General coloration
five shiny black mari<ings;.wings subhyaline, with the apex
and a o""ro* brown seamalong the cord pale brown; sc' ending
beyond midlength of Rs, Sc, shortly beyond the origin of Rs;
cell 1st M, closed.

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Male.-Length, 5 millimeters; wing, 6.
Rostrum slendel, about as long as the head,black; palpi black.
Antenne with the seapal segments obscure brownish yellow;
flagellar seg@entsoval, dark brown. Ilead shiny black above,
the anterior part of the vertex and the front silvery pubescent;gene and postgene shiny browuish yellow.
Ceryical sclerites slender. Pronotum shiny yellow, margined
around by black. Mesonotalprescutumand scutum shiny yellow
with five conspicuousshiny black areas, the three on the prescutum representing the usual stripes, the lateral ones transversely subcircular and only narrowly separated from one
another by a rufous median line; median spot restricted to the
cephalic margin of the sclerite; scutal marks occupying thecenters of the lobes; scutellum yellow, the caudomedialregion
blaek; postnotum black. Pleura black, the sternopleurites andrneron yellow', the ventral region of the anepistemum withappressed microscopic gray pubescence. Halteres rlith thestems black, the extreme basespaler, the knobs broken. Legs
with the ooxa yellow, the fore coxe shiny dark brbwn; trochanters yellow; remainder of legs broken. \Minglssubhyaline, theapex fainUy darkened; a relatively narrow pale brown bandacrossthe wing at the level of the eord, the cephalicend (stigma)
darker; veins brown. Venation: Se, ending beyond midlength of Rs, Sc, far from iLs tip and lying only a shortdistance beyond the origin of Rs, the latter feebly sinuous; rless than its length from the tip of R' and approximately thesame distance from the fork of Rs; cell 2d R, at wing margin
very broad; veins Rz+s and Rr+r running generally parallel;
cell 1st M, closed, gently widened distally; basal deflection ofCu, about-its o'ivn length beyond the fork of M; vein 2d.A.
bent rather strongly to anal margin at its tip.
Abdominal tergites black, the basal sternites brown, the terrninal sternites variegated with yellow; sixth sternite with a
median hairy organ as in the group; hypopygium black.
LuzoN, Mount Maquiling (Buker); type, male.
Type returned to Professor Baker.
Teucholabis
confluenta
sp. nov.
Generai coloration shiny black; pronoturn and ssutum orangeyellow; knobs of halteres orange; wings whitish subhyaline,with three brown crossbands,the outer one apical and i'ncluding
more than the distal sixth of the wing; cell 1st M. open by theatrophy of the outer deflectionof Mr.

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Mahe.-Length,5.6to 5.8millimeters; wing' 6'
Rostrum elongate, shiny blaek, about as long as the head;palpi black. Antenna with the basal segment of the scape
flaUir*"i"f, black, the remainder of the organ paler brown;gellar segmentsoval, the outer segmentsbeeoming more elonanteriorly.
iatea. Head black, slightiy pruinose, especialiy
Mesoblack'cervixelongatethePronotum orange-yellow,
orangeuniform
scutumthenotal prescutumuniform shiny biack,yellow; scutellum, parascutella, and postnotum black' Pleura*tioy black, the propleura orange. Ilalteres black, the knobs
conspicuously orauge. Legs with the co:ca and trochantersobscureorange; remainder of the legs broken' Wings whitish.t"ittt three brown crossbands,including the broad
suutrv"ti"e,ar"t *p.* that includes more than the distal sixth of the entireawing; a broad, nearly uniformiy wide band along the cord'
litfl,e darker at the rtig*", ai6ng the caudal margin of the wins
csnnectednarrowly with the apical band; a nafrower band at
the level of the origin of Rs and tip of vein 2d A, a very little
widened at vein cu; veins dark brown. venation: sc, end.ing
just before midlength of Rs, Sc, shortly before this origin; r aiittl" *o* than its length from the tip of R, and a short distance beyond the fork of Rs; cell lst M, open by the atrophyof the outer deflection of Mu; basal deflection of Cu, a little
iess than one-half its length beyond the fork of M'
Abdomen shiny blue-black throughout, including the hypopyglum.
LuzoN, Mount Maquiling {Baker); holotype,male; paratlpes'
two males.
sp. nov.
flavocostalis
Styri:rgomyia
yellow,
the anterior part of the mesonotal
General colorationprescutum, the lateral margiars of the scutal lobes, and the
postnoturablack; wings tinged with pale brown, variegatedwith
iarker brown, the costal margin conspicuouslfili*ht yellow; r-m
lying proximad of Rz+s.
Mote.-I'ength, 5.5 millimeters; wing, 3'5'
Rostrumandpalpibrown.Antennewiththebasalsegments
dark brown, paler dorsally; flagellum broken' Head brown'
light gay pruinose.
Pronotum and anterior part of mesonotal prescutum darkbrown, silvery pruinose, especially in front, the posterior halfof the prescutum aud anterior half of the scutum obscureyellor*r; scutal lobes variegated posteriorly and laterally with

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brown; scutellum black, broadiy yellowish medially at base;postnotum blaek. Pleurs yellow. Halteres pale, the knobe
slightly infuscated. Leg:swith the coxreand trochanters yellow;
femora and tibire yellow, each with narro$r dark brown rings,
rings
rhe femoral rings premedial and postmedial, the tibial 'Wings
premedial and apical; tarsi pale, darkening: at tips.
faintly tinged with browh, the costal margin conspicuously
bright yellow; brown clouds along the cord and outer end ofcell lst M,, along vein Cu, and at tip of vein 2d A; veins pale
brown, darker in the infuscated are&s,the costa bright yellow.
Venation: Rz+aa short distance beyond r-m, which thus connects with the end of Rs; vein 2d A very strongly bent at tip
but not spurred.
Abdomen dark brown, the sternites rnore"testaceous;hypopyg'ium yellow. Male hypopygium with the basistyle terminating
in a single long spine.
LuzoN, Mount Maquiling (Balter); holofpe, male; paratype,male.
By Edwards' key to the species of Stari'ngam,gi,a,the present
form runs out at S. marshaLliEdwards (Mashonaland),a very
different flY'
TTPULTNE
Pselliophoraba.kerisp. nov,
General coloration orange-yellow; conspicuously variegated.with black; all tibia with subbasal white rings; wings black;o conspicuous{-shaped pale yellow mark in the basal cells;
basal half of cell 2d A pale yellow; abdomencross-bandedwith
black.
Female.-Length, about 16 millimeters; wing, 14.8.
Frontal prolongation of head, including the short nasus, yellow; first segmentof palpus pale; segments2 and 3 dark brown,
the ends pale, the elongateterminal segmentyellow, the distal
fourth dark brown. Anteune 1Z-segmented;scapeyellow; flagellum dark brown. Head yellow; a narrow transverse darkbrown line across the vertex immediately behind the antennalbases,very narrowly intermpted by an orange spot at the summit of the vertical tubercle; a conspicuousbrown semicircular
occipital mark.
Pronotum orange-yellow, conspicuously blackened laterally.
Mesonotumorange-yellow,with a handsomeblack pattern, distributed as follows: Prescutum with three stripes, the lateral
stripes very short and lying closeto the long medial vitta; scutal

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a small silot on the anterolaterallobes each with two marks,
on the posterom-esalportion' theportion and a much i""c*" markthe median line;
corrfluent
latter with the "uod"t"""ds""*o*twith the median sclerite yellow' thescutellum black; po'it'ot"by,a black triangle' the point
posterior portion f"tgtfy"oter-ed postnotal pleurotergites blackof *t irt, is airectel--.lprr"ruo;each'o" irt" dorsomesal margin ofwith a small yello; "";;
conspieuous black area surrounding
Pleura orange-yelio*, *itit aonimmeaiately cephalad of this root
the wing root, negirining
tft" epimeron; halteres surrounded
the mesepi*t""t'o*, tiotii"tHalteresblaekened ventrally'by black; rt"*oprui'iitu-o""-t"*fv
Legs with thebrown'
yellow, the knobs"i;;il;"tli-9*ospottedwith obscureeoxe black,tf,e mta-c"o*i-"utyi"aittinctly
black' the basesnarrowlv
vellow;t":ffii trochanterJ;:"llt*t;"*ora
snowv
conspicuous;ibdi;;k""iach with a,naTow but rings-ofapproxtuvondthe base'thesel#eirr*'t--"oiiturv
tarsi black' Wings black'imately equalexter':t";; ;ii the legs;
yellow'

pale{-shaped
the extreme base yellow; a consprcuousin parts of both cells R
lyingmark occupyinethe clisk' the stem
lying before the cordcrossbartheand M for their ""ti"; length'
r*t M"' and the basesof cells M"
in cells 1st R,, tr,"^i"tui-rtiff Lt
A simiiarlv pale vellow; base ofand cu,; basal hr;;;;iizd
grayish; .\n"io*black' yellow incell 1st A and cauJal half of Cu
r-m very short; cell M' rather
the flavous areas' Venation:short but tlistinct'
sessile;m-cu-"o;spi"uoo*tv
cross-banded with black;""*"*fV
Abdomen o"t"g",2'band bevond midleneth of tersite
tergrte 1 black; ;1;";andi to e' these becoming broader
subbasalbands ; ;";;;tsegments,wider at th9 lateralmore eonspicuouson the outer
ovipositor deephorn color' the bases
margins than on th;li*kblack.
-Si"wo* (Baker) i tYPe' female'named in honor of Prof' C' F'
This beautit'tl'isetiioehora ispast'i"aubted for many favors in the
Baker, to whom f"*ncgregorisP' nov'
PsellioPhora
M a le .- Length,11'S to12millime t e rs ; win
g'12'
wing' 14'5'
F emnte.-L""gtft, 1? millimeters^;(Osten-sacken)'
Generallv ,i*ifut 6 P' iilnlia
with a short nasus' I\Iedianf'u"aFrontal ntofo"Jutio""- otvelvety black' the usualarea of pronotunileifow' Mesonotum broad lateral margins
reglon andstripes eonfluent"ti""fto*"*fm-ediotergiteblack with a transbroadlv pale veti#;;;J;;

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verse yellow band before the base. A eonspieuousyellow spot
on the meron. Halteres dark brown, the base of the stem
yellorv. Legs black, only the extreme bases of the fore femora
a trifle paler; all tibie with a snowy white ring: immediately
beyond the base. Wings with the ground color black; cell 2d
A pale; in the female, cells R, M, and lst A with pale linear
streaks; extreme base of wing pale. Cell M, sessile (male) or
short-petiolate (female). Abdomenblack; segment2 with morethan the basal half pale yellow; tergites 2 to 5 and sternites
3 to 8 with the caudal margins of the segmentseonspicuously
and broadly banded with yellow; on sternite 8 the yellow color
includes more than the apical half of the conspicuouslyprojeeting median lobe. Hypopygium eldngate-cylinclrical,tilted at an
ang:le to the remainder of the abdomen. In the female, theyellow abdominal markings includg besidesthe marks on segment 2, narrow rings on tergites 3 and 4 and on sternites 2
to 7, becoming smaller and subobsoleteoutwardiy.
LuzoN, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, November, 1923 (McGregor\; holotype, male; allotype, female; paraffile, male.
This handsome crane fly is dedicated to Mr. Richard C.
McGregpr, as an appreciation of his valuable coiiperation in
making known the very interesting tipulid fauna of the Philippines.
Tipulodiaeluzorieasp. nov.
Antenna of male relatively long; median prescutal stripe
conspicuous; fore femora with a pale subterminal ring; fore
and middle tibie with a snow]r white subterminal ring; posterior tibie with a subbasaland a subterminal white ring; basitarsi black, only the narrow tips white; wings clear, the centerof the cord not or scarcelyseamedwith darker; no brown cloudnear midlength of cell M; spinousdististyle of male hypopygium
small and inconspicuous.
MoJ,e.-Length, 14 to 15 millimeters; wing, 14 to 15.
Female.-I*ngth, 18 to 19 millimeters; wing, 14.
Frontal prolongation of headpale above,the sidesdark brown;nasus very long: and slender, pale. Antenna of male elongate,
if bent baekward e<tending to beyondthe baseof the abdomen;basal segment testaceous, the tip dark brown; second segxnent
brownish testaceous;flagellum black, the incisures of the segments indistinctly whitish. Head dark brownish gray, theanterior part of vertex and the gene pale whitish ocherous,thevertex with a dusky area on either side behind the eyes.

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Pronotum broadly dark brown medially, the sides buffy yellow. Mesonotal prescutum yellow, especially the humeral re'gion, with a very broad and conspicuousdark brown stripe
it*t ir further divided by a capillary darker brown vitta; lateral
stripes small and relatively ill defined; scutal lobes obscureyelIow, eachwith two large, dark brown areas; scutellum brownish
gray, the parascutella brown; postnotum dark gray. Pleura
pale yellow, with a sparsesilvery white bloom; postnotal pleurotergite with an oval, silvery area that is bortlered, except dorsally, by a conspicuousbrown mark immediately before thehalteres; a small brown spot immediately ventrad of the metaspiracle. Halteres dark brown, the base of the stem narrowly
yellow. Legs with the coxe pale, whitish pruinose, the posterior coxa with a small apieal brown spot on caudal face; trochanters testaceous yellow, with a brown spot on mesal faceof each; fore femora brownish testaceous,brighter basally, witha conspicuousyellowish white.ring before the narrower blaek
tip; midfemora bright brown, the tips narrowly blackened;
posterior femora brownish testaceous,the tips broadly and conspicuouslyblackened;fore and middle tibia black with a broad,snowy white ring before the slightly broader black apex; poste'rior tibie with a similar white ring and an additional narrowersubbasalwhite ring; basitarsi black, the apex of each narrowly
white; remainder of tarsi snowy white, exceptingthe infuscatedterminal segxnent. Wings clear whitish hyaline, highly iridescent; cell Sc brownish black; stigma ovalndark brown, sendinga seam along the anterior cord; Cu, Cu, and basal deflectionof Cu, narrowly bordered with brown; wing apex brown, itrcluding the apex of cell R,; the distal two-fifths of R' (thelatter inclosing a small subhyaline droplet) ; about the same
extent of cell Ru; veins M, and M" seamedwith brown, especiallythe forme:r, the center of eell M, remaining broadly pale; veins
slender, brownish black, very distinct. venation: Basal deflection of R,,. distinct, nearly as longias r-m; cell lst M, large,
the fusioi-bt u, and Cu' equal to or greater than t'he basal
section of M, alone; m and petiole of cell M, subequal,thelatter eell very short and broad; vein 2d A very short, cell 2d
A being thus unusually narrow. In the females, the cord andwith brownvein M.-o are narrowly sea,nred
the lateral margins narbrown,brightAb6ciririnal tergites
rather broadl5
segments
theregionofrowly, the subcaudal
yellowish;
narrowly
sqgments
theblackened;caudal margins ofsucceeding
tergites,theonbaseof tergite 3, and more narrowly

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glabrous, brownish gray; the shorter subterminal tergites arelargely black with the bases,lateral margins, and basal lateralangles obscure yellow, more or less pruinose; basal sternites
obscure yellow, tbe subterminal segments gray; hypopygium
and eighth sternite yellow to ocherousfulvous. Male hypopygium small, the tergal region very narrow; chitinized hooksof the dististyle small and relatively insignificant, directed dorsad, the acute black tips cephalad.
LuzoN, Manila, August, L923 (McGregor); holotype, male;
allotype, female; and fourieen paratype males and females.
This handsomefly belongs to the group of the genus withelongateantenne in the male sex; with no dark spot near midlength of cell M of the wings; and with the male hypopygium
small and without conspicuous
adpendages.This is undoubtedly
the same fly that was referred to ?. pedata (Wiedemann) byOsten-Sacken,sbut is certainly not the true pedata. It may likewise be the speciesreferred by Bezzi' to Ti,pulodi,naci.ncti,pes(de Meijere), describedfrom Borneo; the latter speciesis very
distinct in the coloration of the basitarsi. The genus is a very
characteristic one in the Oriental fauna but is rather difficult todifferentiate from Tiputa,on characters of the adult flies. The
pupe differ widely from speeiesof Ti,pul,o,however, and there
is but little doubt of the generic validity of the group. All of
the speciesknown pertain to the Ethiopian and Oriental fauna,
although two, Tiputodina joana (Alexander) and T. ni.pponica(Alexander), occur in the lower regions of Japan as far northas Tolryo.
s Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. 26 (1882) 92.
'Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 D 12 (191?) 111 and 112.
2083?9--6