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Fi 9. 6. Piarofl~yris, nov.

D o r s a l view of P. rotz~nda (tIolotype), p. 370. 6 %a n t e r i o r view.
Fig. 7. Gibbithyris, nov. D o r s a l view of G. co~einna (Holotype), p. 373.
7 a, 7 b, a n t e r i o r and l a t e r a l views.
Fig. 8. Putchrithgris, nov. D o r s a l view of P. e.ctensa (Holotype), p. 363.
8 a, l a t e r a l view.
Fig. 9. EL~ipsothyris, nov. D o r s a l view of E. similis (ttolotype), p. 371.
9 a, l a t e r a l view.
Fig. 10. Kestonithyris, nov. D o r s a l view of h2 inflata (Holotype), p. 363.

PLATE XXVI.
Fig. I. Cart~eithyris, nov.

I)orsal view of C. nort, icensis (Holotype), p. 367.

1 a, l a t e r a l view.

Fig. 2. Gibbithyris, nov.

D o r s a I view of G. sea]brdensis (Holefype), p. 373.
2 a, 2 b, a n t e r i o r und l a t e r a l views.
Fig. 3. Carneithyrls, nov. D o r s a l view of C. stebpentagona~is (P~ratype),p. 365.
Fig. 4. Chatwinothyris, nov. D o r s a l view of C. st¢bcardinatis (Itolotype),p. 369. 4 a , l a t e r a l view.
I~ig. 5. Carneitkgr~s, nov. D o r s a l view of C. ac~¢n*i~ata ( H o l o t y p e ) , p . 366.
5 a, l a t e r a l view.
Fig. 6. Pi¢~rethgris, nov. I n t e r n a l cast of b r a e h i a l valve of P. rott¢nda(Holotype), p. 370.
Fig. 7. F o r m No. 1. D o r s a l view of specimen describect on p. 376 (Upper
J u r a s s i c , Germany).
Fig. 8. Ptdchrithyris, nov. I n t e r n a l cas~ of pedicle-valve of P. extensa(Holotype), p. 363.
Fij. 9. Ch~dwi~otkgris, nov. Pediele-valve of C. sg~p~gtica (ftolotype),p. 370, showing p i t t e d eharaeger of the i n t e r i o r of the u m b o n a lregion.
Fig. 10. h~eotiothyrina, nov. I n t e r n a l c~st of b r a e h i a l v a l v e of h r. obese (Neetype), p. 375.
Fig. 11. F o r m No. 2. D o r s a l view of specimen described on p. 377. 11 a,l a t e r a l view.
Fig. 12. Piaro~hgris, nov. L a t e r a l view of P. rot~tda (Holotype), p. 370.
/~ij. i3. Liothjrit~a, Douvilld. I n t e r n a l c a s t of d o r s a l v~lve of L. ~itre~hBorn, p. 360.
F i j . 140, C:~rnei~,hyrls, nov. I n t e r n a l c~st of pediele-valve of C. neroieensis( P a r a t y p e ) , p. 367,
Fig. 15. Kesto~ithgris, nov. I n t e r n a l c a s t of pedicle-valve of K. inflatc~(Paratype), p. 364.

XL.--New or little-known Tipnlid~ (Diplera).--XXVII.
Palwarctic Species. By (~ItARLES P. Ar, Exnt~o~, Ph.D.,
F . E . S , Massachusetts Agricu|tural Collegej Amherst,
hi assachusetts, U.S.A.
The present paper is based on material from various parts of
the Palmarctic Region. TtLe interesting Lim~wphila from
Novaya Zemlya, as well as a series of ~rLThroloma from
China, were included in collections sent to me for naming
by Dr, Sdguy of the Paris Musenm. The various species
froln Japan were collected by my friends Me,~srs. Esaki,
llori, Kuwayama, Takaha~hi, aud Takeuehi. The large andA,,tt. d5 May. N. Ilist. Set. 9. I2,/. xv.
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Dr. C. P. Alexander oninteresting Brithura was collected by Dr. Iterv6-Bazin in
China and presented by him to Dr. Joseph Bequaert, whovery kindly gave the material to me. Additional Chinesematerial was received from my friend Professor Jacot. My
sincere thin,ks are extended to all of the above gentlcmclt
for their kindness in collecting this material. Except wherestated to the contrary, the types are preserved in the writer'scoliection.

Limonia biceps, sp. n. (Figs. 2, 3.)General coloration reddish testaeeous, the pronotum andanterior prmseutum darkeued medially; wings uniformly
pale brown, the stigma oval, darker brown ; eell 1st M2 open
by tile atrophy of m ; male hypopygium with the rostriform
appendage of the ventral dististyle bearing a powerful spine
beyond mid-length; a second spine at the basal mesal angleof this style.
Male.--Length about 9"5 ram. ; wing 10 mm.
l~ostrum and palpi black. Antennae with the basal segment of the seape black, the 2nd segment greenish;
flagellum greenish yellow, the basal segments oval, soon
passing into elongate cylindrical, all with very long andconspicuous vcrtieils. Head dark brown; vertex between
the eyes narrower than the diameter of' a single eye.
Pronotum dark brown, the sides of tile posterior notum
paler. Mesonotum shiny reddish testaeeous, with greenish
body tints, the prmscutum with the anterior median porti,,nblackened, the colour fading out behind aud becoming obsolete near mid-length of the selerite. Pleura shiny greenish
testaeeons, the green tints especially conspicuous near thelegs. Halteres pale brown, brighter at extreme base ofstem, the knobs darker. Legs with the eoxae and trochantersstrongly tinged with green ; femora obscure yellow, the tips
broadly m~d conspicuously blackened, the amount s~tbecictat
on all the legs; tibiae te~taeeou.~-)'ellow, the, tips narrowly
blackened ; tarsi black, the extreme proximal ell(Is of basitarsi paler. Wings (fig. 2) with a um~brm pale brown tinge,
the stigma oval, darker browlJ ; costal cell in vicinity of crossvein h darker; veins browtt. Venation: £'c moderately
elongate, ScL ending about opposite mid-length of Rs, Sc~
near the extreme tip of Sc~ ; tip of Rt atrophied beyond r;a short super~mmerary ecoss-vem in cell Scl, about its owlt
length before r ; Rs long, areuated at origin, about f~mrtimes the short areuated b~sal detteetion of Ra+5 ; eell 1st Mo.
open by the atrophy of m ; basal deflection of Cat at the forkof M.

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Abdomen elongate, t]~e tcrgites dark reddish brown, tile
ineisuves still darker; subterminal segmenes unifornfiy
darkened; sternites more yellowish; hypopygium obscure~ellowist,. Male hypopygium (fig. 3) with the basistylesib) relatively stout, tile mesal lobe large. Ventral disti-

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Fig'. 1.--Limnophila nocee-:emblce, sp. n. ; wing.
1"i~. 2.--Limonia biceps, sp. n. ; wing.
Fig. 3.--Limonla bieqgs, sp. n. ; male hypopygium, b=basistyle;d= disti~tyles ; t,=ninth tergite.
Fig. 4.--.Brithurafractist~ma, sp. n. ; part of wing, to show ven,~tiou.
~R=radial veins ; M=medial veins.
style relatively small, the usual rostriform appendage
D:oporfionately very large and conspicuous, beyond midlcngth extended into a long straight spiue from a powerfulgently curved ba~e ; the apex of the rostrum extends beyond
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into a slender straight arm, tipped with a powerfi~l curved
seta ; mesat face of ventral dististyle at base with a second
long black spine that terminates a still longer, gently curved,
slender basal portion. Dorsal dististyle a powerful nearlystraight rod, the apical third gently curved and narrowed~
tile tip subaeute.
Hab. aat)an (Kiusl~iu).
Holol!/pe, ~ , Gokanosho, Higo-no-kuni, altitude 2500ft.,
April 29~ 1924 (H. Hori).

Ellipterajacoti, sp. n.
General coloration black, sparsely pruinose ; wings tingedv i t h brown ; Sc short ; R~ faintly preserved as an apparent
cross-vein shortly beyond the tbrk of R s ; l~a runninggenerally parallel to R1, cell R2 at wing-margin very narrow ;cell 1st M~ open by the atrophy of the outer deflectionof Ma.
Male.--Length about 7 mm. ; wing about 9"5 mm.
Female.--Lmlgth about 6 ram. ; wing about 8 ram.
R(lstrum and palpi dark brown. Antennm brownish
black throughout. Head black, grey-pruinos% especiallyanterio~ lv.
Prone(urn aud mcsonotnm shiny black, sparsely pruinose,
the sides of the pr~escutnm more heavily s o ; scutellum alittle relldish caud~-!atma!ly, l)leura blacl%l)ruinose. Halteres d~;rk brown, the base of the stem narro~ly yellowish.
lJegs with the coxm yellow, the basts infuscated, more
extensively on the tbre coxm ; troebanters brownish ~'ellow ;remainder of the legs broken. Wings tinged with brown,
the stigmal region not darkened; veins darker brown.
Yenatiml : Sc short, Sol ending before ( ? ) or just beyond( ~ ) mid-length of the long Rs, Sco a short distance beyond
tile origin of 1~8; R8 faintty preserved as au apl)arent crossvein a short distance beyond the fork of Rs; Ra runninggeuerallyparaIlel to R~, cell R,, at wing-margin being only
about one-half the width of edt 2nd M~; basal deflection o£R~+.~, r-m and basal deflection of Mi+2 in approximate alignm e n t ; cell 2 , d M~ about equal to its petiole; cell 1st M:
open by the atrophy of the outer defleetibn of ./1la ; basal
deflection of Cu 1 varying from more than one-half to nearly
its own length bei~ore the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites brownish blaek~ pruiuose, the eentresof the sternites paler.
Hab. China (Shantung).

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Helot!/pc, c~, Taishan, mid-July 1923: on shaded wet rocks(A. P. Jaeot).
Atlolopot~pe, ?.
Elliytera jacoli is named in honour ot~ the collector,
Professor Arthur P. Jaeot. The species is most closely
allied to E. zipanguensis , Alexander (Northern Japan).

Limnol)hila (Prionotabis) aeulistylus, sp. n.
Allied to L. auribasis, Alexander ; male hypopygium with
the inner dististyle te,'minating in a small acute spine.
Male.--Length 7"5-8 ram. ; wing 9"5-11 mm.
Jb'emale.--Leugth about 8 ram. ; wing 8 ram.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae black throughout,the flagellar segments short. Head black with a sparseyellowish-grey pollen.
Thorax black, sparsely dusted with yellow pollen. Halteres yellow. Legs with the eox~ and troehanters black;remainder of legs black, the bases of the femora extensively
obscure yellow, broadest on the posterior femora where morethan the basal two-thirds is included, narrowest on the fore
femora where it includes less than the basal third. Wings
with a greyish-yellow tinge, the base and costal region
brighter yellow ; stigma oval, brown ; a spot at origin of l~s;
seams along the cord and outer end of cell 1st M~, and avery conspicuous cloud along vein Uu in ceil M ; veins
darker brown, those in the yellow areas more flavous.
Venation: Sc~ a short distance from the fork of Rs, Sc~
longer than R~+~; basal deflection of C'ul near mid-lengthof the lower face of cell 1st 3I~.
Abdomen black, dusted with yellow pollen. Male hvpopygium nearly as in L. (P.) auribasis, differing chiefly il~ thestructure of the inner dististvle ; outer dististyle relatively
slender, terminating in a lo;Jg, gently curved point, with
about two small teeth on mesal edge; innerstyle terminating
in a small acute spine, witli one or two smaller spines onouter edge before apex, the lateral angle with a blackened,
relatively slender lobe that bears numerous long delicate
set3~.
Hab. Japan (Kiushin).
Holotllpe, d , Mr. Wakasugi, Chikuzen-no-kuni, altitude
2530 h., April 19, 1924 (tL Hori).

Allotopotgpe, ?.
Paralopotypes, 3 ~ ~ .
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Limnophila novw-zembl,% sp. u. (Fig. 1.)
Coloration (in Meohol) dark; flagellar segments subglobular; wings subhyalinc with a brown pattern, chiefly
arranged as seams along the cord and outer end of cellls! M~; Sca near tip of Scl; r at tip of Rt; R~+a short;cell 1st Me very large, its inner end arcuated ; basal deflection of Cut about its own length beyond the fork of M.
1;emale.--Length about 11 ram. ; wing 8"7 ram.
Described from an a!coholie specimen.
Rostrum aud palpi black. Antennm dark brown throughout; basal segment elongate-cylindrical ; flagellar segments
subg'~obuh~r, the termimd segments smaller, oval. ttcad
black, possibly grey-pruin~se in dry specimens.
Thorax black, any possible pruinosity destroyed by immersion in fluid. Haltercs relatively short, pale, the knobs
slightly infnseated. Legs with the eoxm dark, the troehanters paler grown ; femora and tibim brown, their tips darker,
the surface with short but strong spiuous bristles that
become longer and nmre delicate on the outer segments ;terminal tarsal segments blackened. Wings (fig. 1) subhyaline with a sparse brown pattern; stigma small;brown spots at origin of Rs and on Sel ; conspicuous brown
seams along the cord and outer end of cell 1st Me ; a constfieuous suffusion in bases of cells M and Cu, more extensivein the former; preareular region more or less infuscated;veins darkened. Triehim of wings, including the anal fringe,
reduced to sparse spinous set,e, mostly very small. Venation :Sea extending to beyond the origin of R2~ Sc= about onehalf the length of 8cl ; Rs long, feebly angulated and weakly
spurred near origin ; r less than its length from tip of R1 ;R2+a a little longer than r; cell 1st ][2 very larg% more than
twice Cu~ beyond it~ the proximal end arcuated; petiolc ofcell 21/1 and m subequal ; basal deflection of Cul about its
own length beyond the fork of M ; anterior arculns weakly
preserved.
Abdomen dark, the pleural membrane paler. Tergal
valves of ovipositor very deep, blade-like, rather suddenly
narrowed beyond mid-length to the subaeute tips; sternalvalves short.
Hab. Novaya Zemlya.,
Holotype, ~, Chaine Falli6res, 1908 (Mission Arctique~Frangaise; commandde par M. Charles B6nard).
Type in the collection of the Paris Mnseum.
Certain features of this fly suggest Dactylolab[s, but theposition of the basal deflection of Cut prevents the inclusion

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o~ tile fly iu this germs. Its arrangement in Limno])bila isin the broad usage of the aem,s, file fly is widely dilfereut
from any other k,own to the writer. Tilemost recent sum!nary of our know,ledge of the erauc-fties of Novay~ Zemlya~s in a paper by the writer (" Report of the Scientific l{esulrsof the Norwegian Expedition to Novaya Zemlya 1921.
No. 5. The Crane-flies/' pp. 1-16, figs. 3, 1922).

Pseudolimr~ophila horii, sp. n.
General coloration dark grey; wings pale brown, the baseand costal region more yellowish; stigma oval~ slightly
darker brown ; R~+3 relatively short, arcuated.
Jlale.--Length about 7"5 ram. ; wing 9 mm.
Female.--Leugth about 7"5 mm. ; wing 8 ram.
Rostrum and palpi brownish black. Antennm dark brown~
the extreme base of the first flagellar segment a trifle paler ;flagellar segment cylindrical to fusiform, with relatively
short verticils. Head dark brownish grey, paler on theorbits aml anterior vertex.
Thorax dark grey, the pr~scutum and scutum with asparse yellowish pollen. Halteres yellow. Legs with thecox~e brownish grey basally, the apical portions broadly pale ;trochanters obscure yellow; femora light brown, the tips
becoming a little darker, the bases a little brighter; tibi~.
and tarsi brown. Wings with a pale brown tinge, the baseand costal region more yellm~ish; stigma oval, slightly
darker brown than the ground-eolour; veins brown, more
flavous in the yellow areas. Venation: SQ ending justbeyond the forl(of t~s, Sc~ at its tip ; Rs moderately elongate, arcuated ; R.~+a relatively short, much shorter than in
P. kirishimensis, about two-thirds the basal section of R~,
gently areuated and in alignment with R=; basal defleeti,,nof Cu~ from one-half to nearly its own length from the outerend of cell 1st M= ; anterior areulus lacking.
Abdomen dark brown, the sternites only a trifle paler
than the tergites, in the female quite coneolorous.
Hab. Japan (Kinshiu).
Holotype, c~, Gokauosho, Higo-no-kuni, altitude 2500 ft.,
April 29, 192~ (H. Hori).
AlIotopolype, ?.
Pseudolimnophila horii is named in honour of Pr()fessor
Hiroshi Hori, to whom I am indebted for many favours.
The species is readily distinguished from P. kiri.~hime'nsis,
Alexander (Kiushiu), us well as from the additional Form,~an species of the genus, by the dark grey coloration of
dm head and thorax.

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Dictenidia fasciata semifasciata, subsp, n.
2~[ale.--Length about 11 ram. ; wing 11 mm.
Generally similar to typical faseiata, Coquillett, differing
as follows : Basal segment of the antennal flagellum conspicuously
light yellow, the following two segments a little lightercoloured at their distal ends. Gen~e obscure yellow. Dorsopleural membrane sulphur-yellow. Knobs of halteres yellow.
Legs with the black femoral tips narrower, occupying les~than one-third of the segment. Wings w.ith the broad dark
medial cross-band of fasciata reduced to a brown seam incells C, Sc, and ]g, and a faint cloud in cell M ; cells Cu,
1st A, and 2nd A of the ground-colour.
[lab. Japan (Hokkaido).
Holotype, ~, Nakakebo, Hitaka-no-kuni, August 12, 1923
(S. Kuwayama); collector's number 41.
Parabjpe, ~, Sarabuto, Hitaka-no-kuni, August 8, 1923

( S. Kuwayama).
Tanyptera jozana fumibasis, subsp, n.
Male.--Lcngth 1 3 - 1 7 m m . ; wing 11-135 ram.
Similar to typical jozana (Matsumura)~ differing as
fol lows : Entire head and thorax jet-black, this eolour including
the pronotnm and dorso-pleural membrane, which, in the
typical form, are yellowish. Plem'a not pruinose. Legs
~ith the troehautcrs blaek ; hind legs shorter with the tipsof the femora more narrowly blackened. Wings with about
the basal two-thirds heavily inflmled, the wing-base, costaland sul)eostal ec,lls yellowish; stigma dark brown. Abdomen black, the second and third tergites with the lateral
margins broadly yellowish; tergitcs 4 to 8 with the palema~ gins more restricted ; stcrnites and hypopygium black.
Hab. Jal)an (Ilonshiu).
Hololype, c~, Chiehibu, 5Iusashi-no-kuni, 5[ay 31, 1919

(R. Ta/~'ahasl@.
Paratotgotype, ~) , May 29~ 1919 (R. Takahashi).
Brithurafractisl#dma, sp. n.

(Fig. 4.)
Mesonotal prm-eutum chestnut-brown with four paler
brown stripes; femora with a yellow subtermiual ring;
stigma of the male dilated, fractured.
Male.--I~ength 32 mm. ; wing 23'5 mm.
JFemale.--Length 4~t ram. ; wing 26 ram.

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Frontal prolongation of the head brown, almost black
laterally, nasus distinct ; palpi dark brown, the incism'esof the basal segments yellow. Antennm brownish black,the seeond seapal segment fulvous ; verticils o[ the flagellar
segments of two eolours, the shorter ones black, theelongate ones yellow. Head dark brown medially above,
including the conspicuous vertical tubercle, the genre andbroad orbital regions paler oehreous-brown.
Pronotum black medially, the seutellum yellow. Mesonotal pr~eseutum rich ehestuut-br,Jwn, passing into brownish
black around the margins, with four very slightly paler
brown stripes, in addition to a capillary median line of thesame eolour; seutal lobes similarly eoloured but more
greyish medially; median lobe of scutellum dusky brown,
tile lateral wings velvety brownish black, this co!our passing
eaudad on to the lateral portions of tile mediotergite of thepostnotum, caudal margil, of postnotal mediotergite paler
brown. Pleura brown, the dorso-pleural region broadly
oehreons-yellow ; a broad grey longitudinal stripe extending
from the fore eoxm across the sterno-plem'ite to the metaple:tra. Halteres brownish yellow, the base of tile knob
dark,r. Legs with the eoxm and troehanters brownish grey,
the laCter reddish-tinged ; femora yellow~ the tips narrowly
blackened ; a conspicuous yellow subternfinal ring that is
eo-extens!ve with tile black tip ; immediately preecding thisring a diflose brown annulus occupying all except the relatively narrow yellow basal portion; tibim pale brown,
the extreme base obscure yellow ; tarsi black. Wings of themale (fig. 4, p. 387) with the costal margin at the stigma
distorted into a blunt lobe that is incised to form adistal
truncated tubercle ; membrane yellow, variegated with darkbrown and grey ; stigma fulvous, margined with brown;
dark brown spots at areulus ; origin of Rs ; along the eord ;in the base of cell 2nd _/11=and along both sides of vein 1st A
near mid-length, but isolated from the vein by a delicate
pale margin ; paler grey clouds in the wing-apex, including
the outer half of each of cells R2 and Ra, the distal twothirds of R~, and all of the remaining posterior eells, thesefurther variegated by yellow marginal dashes ; most of thecells are still further variegated by additional blotehes of
the ground-colour ; cell M is variegated by a >-shaped grey
eloud near mid-length; anal eells on distal halves elondedwith brownish grey; cell 1st A with two yellow marginal
spots; veins bright horn-yellow, contrasting with the renminder of the wing. Venation : S c l present, much longer
than Sc~; r subperpendieular to the fork of Ra+a; cell

:~9~I)r. C, P. Alexander on]st .1/2 hi~h pentagonal, the basal section of ~][1+~ being thelongest element; r-o~ and m-ca puueti~orm; m a little
longer than the petiole oe cell i]Jt.
Abdominal segments dark velvety-brown, the extreme
caudo-lateral angles of the segments narrowly oehreous;sternites a little variegated with reddish. Male hypopygiumvery large; caudal margin of. tergite rounded and fringed
witil an abundance ot~ yellow setm; ninth sternite terminatlug in a blunt, blackened, median tubercle.
Tile female is generally similar to the male, differing
chiefly in the sexual characters of a simple stigmal regio~to[ the wing and the pruinose seutellum and postuotum(probably also a normal male eharaete,'). Base o~ tergal
valve of ovipositor bright yellow; tergal valves long andslender, reddish horn-coloured.
Hob. China (Kiang-si).
tIolot,.Ipe, ~ , Kou-ling, near Kin Kiaug, altitude 1000
metres, August 6, 1919 (J. Herv&Bazin).
Al/olopolype, ? , July 31, 1919 (d. Herv(;-Bazin).
The types of this interesting crane-fly are in the writer's
collection, throuah the kind interest of Drs. Ilervt~-Bazin
and Joseph Bequaert.
Tilmla ampliata, sp. n.
General coloration light grey, the prmseutum with threedarker grey stripes; a more or less complete capillary
median brown vitta extending from the vertex to base of
abdomen; wings whitish subhyaline and dark brown,cross-banded, the brown bands including the apex and two
narrow arcuated areas before the cord; 17~ entire; malehyI)opygium with tile 8th and 9th stcrnites unarmed.
Male.--Length about 17 ram. ; wil)g 20 ram.
Frontal prolongation of head long, equal to the remainderof the head, dark grey above, paler laterally; nasus rudimentary or lacking; palpi moderately elongate, brownish
black. Antennm moderately elongate, if bent backward
not attaining the wing-root; basal segment elongate,obscure fulvous ; second segment pale brown ; first flagellar
segment pale at base, the remainder of the organ bla(..k ;flagellar segments with moderate basal swellings, feeble
incisions and verticils of moderate length, tlead grey, theanterior vertex paler; a eapiUary brown median vitta
extending from the vertical taberele to the oeeiput.
Pronotum grey, the posterior notnm pale, blackened
medially. Mesonotal 1)r~eseutum light grey, with threenew or ?i:tle-k~ow~ Til)ulid~e.

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darker grey stripes, tile median stripe split by a narrow,
median, black virtu that is a little widened near mid-length,
ending before the sutm'e; selltum light grey, tile lobes
vaguely darker medially; scutelhtm and postnotal mediotergite clear light grey with a delicate, interrupted, medianbrown vitta. Pleura light grey, the sterno-pleurite, meron
and ancpisternum conspicuously marked with darker grey t()t)rodnce an ill-defined longitudinal striping; dorso-pleural
membrane buffy. Halteres pale, including the knobs. Legs
with tile coxm pale g r e y ; trochanters obscure brownish
yellow ; femora pale brown, more yellowish at base, passing~uto dark hrown at tips ; tibim and tarsi black. Wings witit
a dark brown and white subhyaline t)attern ; base and cells( / a n d Sc more yellowish ; the broad wing-apex is entirely
d a r k ; two narrow, t~asal, arcuate bands betbre tile cord,
one extending from ]~s to the fork of Ca, fl)llowing C~:e tothe margin where it connects with the })road dark apex;
these two areas enclose a large and conspicuous whitish area
centring at cell 1st M~ and including the apices of' cells
R and M and the bases of' cells Re, Ra, Rs, Ma, and Ca1 ; thesecond narrow arcuate b a n d crosses tile basal cells near
mid-length, broadening out at the caudal margin in cells
1st and 2rid A ; tile remainder of cells le, M, C~t, and Analare conspicuously whitish subhyaline ; veins brownish black,paler at the base and in the costal area. Venation: 1:~
complete ; Rs relatively short, areuated ; petiole of cell Mt
shorter than m.
Abdomen brownish yellow, the basal tergite and lateral
margins of the other tergites faintly pruinose; terminal
segments passing into dark greyish brown, with paler lateraland more narrow caudal margins. Male hypopygium
moderately enlarged. Ninth tergite relatively large, themedian area slightly convex, the short, blunt lateral lobes
each with its caudal mesal angle produced caudad andmesad in a strong, obscure yellow spine. Eighth and ninth

stcrnites unarmed.
Hub. Japan (Kiushiu).
Holotype, ~ , Gokanosho, Higo-no-kuni~ altitude 10003000 feetj May 3, 1924 (H. Hori).
Tipula sachalinensis, sp. n.
General coloration light grey, the mesonotal prmseutumwith three brown stripes ; wings greyish brown, variegatedwith dark brown and subbyaline, somewhat as in T. irrorata, Macquart; abdomen dark-coloured, pollinose, tile caudal.

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margins of the segments narrowly reddish; male hypopygium large.
J/ale.--Length 15 mm. ; wing ]5 ram.
Frontal prolongation of head black, the nasus very broad;
palpi black. A n t e n n a with the scape black; flagellum
broken; first scapal segment elongate; transversely crenulated. Head light grey ; a narrow brown longitudinal line
Oil v e r t e x ,Mesonotat pr~scutum light grey with three dark brown
stripes, the median stripe broadly light grey mediMly,
bisected by a capillary dark brown median vitta ; seutum
grey, each lobe with two dark browi~ spots, the caudal one
larger ; scutellum grey with a median (lark spot ; postnotal
medh)tergite grey, the sides and a capillary median line darkcoloured. ])leura light grey. the dorso-pleural membrane
obscure yellow, lIalteres light brown, the knobs darker.
Legs with the coxm grey ; trochanters dark reddish brown ;femora reddish brown, the tips broadly blackened; tibim
dark reddish brow~b the tips blackened ; remainder of tarsi
black. Wings greyish brown, variegated with dark brownand subhyaline; a brown cloud at arcMus and anoth(~r atstigma; subhyaline areas as follows :--A large prearcnlar
area including the base of cell 2nd A ; acro..s ceils M ~nd
Ct~, at the base of ceil M and beyolld mid-length ; before
the stigma in cell 2nd R~; beyond the stigma in the basal
half of cell 17~ and in the base of cell Ra; centre of cell
1.~'t M~ and base of cell Ma pale; veins dark bro~n.
Venation : m-ca present, but short.
Abdomen dark, the segments dusted with yellowish grey ;caudal margins of the segments narrowly reddish, narrowest
on the basal segments, br~,ader and more conspicuous on
the distal segments. Male hypopygium large. Ninthtergite large, the caudal margin convexly rounded with avery small U-shaped median notch, with a small roundedknob at the base of the notch ; a small tooth at the caudal
margin of the notch and another slightly larger tooth more]aterad, fi'om which latter tooth the margin of the tergitesh)pes gradually to the base. ]3asistyle complete, oval;
outer dististyle elongate-oval, the al)ex obtusely rounded ;inner dististyle with the caudal lobes projecting, pale,
pubescent. Ninth sternite with a V-shaped notch, thecephalic portions membranous, the notch with a pubescent]ohc at its t)ase, the margins of the V with mesally-directcd
yellow set~e. Ei~hth sternite with widely separated laterallobes, each provided with ruesally-directed yellow set~e thatare decnssate on the median litte.

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Japan (Karafuto).
Holo@pe, (~ , collected in 1902 (Paul Labb6).
Type in the colleetion of the Paris Museum.

Hab.

Nephroloma ni!lricauda , sp. n.

gelated to N. tineala (Seopoli) ; geueral coloration yellow,
the prmseutum attd scutunl with conspicuous black stripes ;wings tinged with yellow; stigma pale; abdomen obscurebrownish yellow, the tergites trivittate uith dark brown, theterminal segments shiny black; male hyl~opygium withthe extensive eighth sternite deeply notched medially.
M a l e . - - L e n g t h 12"5 mm. ; win a 14, ram.
Frontal prolongation of head obscure yellow, the dorsum,
including the nasus~ conspicuously black; palpi brown.
Antennm of moderate length, if bent backward extemliug
about to, or a little beyond, the ba*e of the abdomen ; basal
seg,uent orange, second segment pale brown; flagellum
da,k brown, ltead yellow, the vertical tubercle eonspieuous; a small dark spot on orbit at base of vertical
tuberele; oeeipital brand broadly triangular, dark brown.
Pronotum sulphur-yellow, dark brown laterally. Mesonotum light yellow, the praeseutum with three shiny black
stripes, the anterior ends of the lateral stripes outeurved andhere opaque velvety btaek; seutal lobes very extensively
blackened, the areas continuous across the suture with thelateral prmseuta[ stripes; scutellum obscure yellow, themedian lobe more brownish posteriorly; postnotum elear
sulphur-yellow, darkened posteriorly. Pleura shiay ferruginous, handsomely variegated with sulphur-yellow, thisincluding the ventral portion of the mesepimeron, thedorsal margins of the mesosternum and a conspicuous areaon the lateral selerites of the postno~um. Italteres pale
brown, the knobs broken. Legs with tt,e eoxm and troehanters obscure reddish; femora similar, the tips e o n spi,.uously blackened; tibiae pale brown, the tips gradually
blackened; tar.,i black. Wings with a strong yellow tinge,
the base, costal region, and a conspicuous seam along vein
Cu more intensively yellow ; stigma pale yellowish brown ;wi,,g-tip indistinctly darkened; a narrow seam aloug thebasal deflection of R~+5 and r - m ; veins dark brown.
Venation: cell M1 broadly sessile.
Abdomen obscure browuish yellow, the tergites narrowly
trivittate with clark brown; steruitcs with an interrupted
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8 and 9 shiny black; outer dististylc pale. 5fate hypo]lygium with the ninth tcrgite large, the caudal margin
with a deep but very narro,v median notch; caudal
marghls o£ the lateral lobes shiny black. I~3ighth sternite
extensive, tile caudal margin with a very deep O-shaped
median notch, from the base of which a narrower impressedline extends almost to the base of the sternite; adjacentmargins of this incision without conspicuous setm.
Hub. Japan (ltokkaido).
Holol!lpe, c~, Sapporo, I~hikari-no-kuni, end of July 1921

(S. Kawayama).
t)aralyl'es, (~ c~, 5[aruyama, near Sapporo, June 10, 1923
(S. Kuwayama).
Nephroloma anguslislria, sp. n.
General coloration yelh)w; antcnnm of male moderately
elongate; bases of flagellar segments pale; head with aconspicuous linear black line; lateral pnescutal stripes~traight; postnotum and seutellum black me(hal]y; wings
yellow, the apex narrowly blackened; abdominal tergites
narrowly trivittate with black ; sternites with an interrupted
black median vitta.
Male.--Lmlgth about 11"5 ram. ; wing 11"5 ram.
Fe.male.--Le,gth 16-17 ram. ; wi,~g 15-15"5 ram.
Frontal prolongation of head yellow, with a dark brownlateral stripe ; nasus elongate, tufted with a few t)lack set~e ;pal/)i dark brown, the terminal segment passing into dullorange. Autennm of male moderately ehmgate, if bent
backward extendiug to bevondthe base oi the abdomen;
scape and basal segment of flagellum yellowish; flagellar
segments brown, the basal enlargement of the segments
obscure yellow; flagellar segments elongate, with a eonupieuous basal eulargement. Head shiny yellow, with alinear black vitta extending from the vertical lubercle tothe small occipital brand; sides of posterior vertex a little
iufumed.
Pronotum yellow. ~[esonotal prmscutum yellow withthree shiny black stripes, the lateral stripes straight ; scutum
yellow, each lobe with a conspicuous black mark ; scutellum
brownish, darker medially; postnotal mediotergite yello%
more iufuscated posteriorly, with a median dark brown dash.
Pleura yello% iudistinctly variegated with pale brown.
I[alteres pale brown, the base of the stem and apex of knobs
yellow. Legs with the eox~e yellow, the fore eoxm infuscared hasall~~ ; truchauters yellow ; femora ycilt, w, ltas~ingnew or little-Tcnown Tipulidm.

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into brown, the tips conspicuously b]acke~md ; tibim obscureyellow, the tips l~arrowly(tarkbrown; tarsi black. Wings
strongly ti,~ged with yell~w, the base and cells C and Sc
even more suffused ; stigma oval, dark brown ; wing-ai)ex]mrrowly infuscated; a conspicu(ms brown seam on theanterior cord and narrower, less distitlct ones, on theposterior cord and outer end of cell 1st M: ; veins beyond
the cord narrowly and indistinctly seamed with brown;veins brown, paler in the flavolls areas. Stigma with few
macrotrichim (about eight). Venation : cell Ml petiolate,this petiole a little shorter than m.
Abdominal tergites yel]ow, narrowly trivittate with blacl~ ;the median stripe narrowly interrupted at the posteriorn~argins of the segments, the lateral stripes continuous;
sternites yellow, each segment with a median basal blackd:tsh; byt)ol~ygium blatcl,. Male hypoi)ygium with theeighth sternite deeply incise~l medially, the caudo-lateralangles with a few yellow setup. Ninth sternite extensive,
near its base with a conspicuous median spine directedventrad.
In the female, the antennm are shorter; centre ofscutellum darkened.
Hab. Japan (Ilokl~aido ~nd Honshiu).
Holotype, ~ , Joza~fi~ci, Ishikari-no-kuni, Hol~kaido, altitude 1000 ft., August 16, 1923 (T. Esa~i).
Allot~pe, ~, Yumoto, Shimotsuke-no-kuni, Honshiu,
altitude 4830 ft., July 23, I923 (T. Eso]~i).
Paratypes, ?, with the allotype ; 0~, Shimol~cbo, Hitakano-kuni, Hokkaido, August 9-10, 1.()23 (S. K~wayama);(~ ~, Sapporo, lsbikari-no-kutd, Hokkaido, May ]7June 20, 1923 (S. Kuwayama).

~¥phrotoma ozenumensis, sp. n.
Resembling 27. hoklcaidensis, Alexander ; body yellow withconspicuous black and blue-black markings; lateral prmscutal stripes with a velvety-black spot at anterior eml o~each ; wings greyish yellow, the apex narrowly seamed withbrown; abdominal tergites with a broad black medianstripe.
Female --Length 18 ram. ; wing 15"5 ram.
Frontal proloHgation of head yellow, the apex with anoval black dorsal spot that includes the nasus; palpi lightbrown, the seco~d segment obscure yellow. AntemJ~ withthe scape ruibns; fl~,gellum entbely black. Head lightyellow ; a small brow~ spot on veL'tcx adjoinil~g the margin400

Dl. C. P. Alexander onof the eye opposite the narrowest part of the vertex ; occipitalbrand black, continued eaudad on to the oeeiput.
Pronotum light yellow, the sides conspicuously blackened.
Mesouotal lmeseutum yellow with three shiny hlue-bhtek
stripes that narrowly rest,'iet the interspaees, the lateral
stripes with a deep velvety-black spot on lateral face of their
eephatie ends; suture velvety black; seutal lobes blueblack, the median area yellow ; seutellmn blue-l)laek, theparaseutella yellow; pos(notal mediotergite yellow with aninverted T-shaped black mark. Pleura yellow, the ventral
margins of the auepisternum and sterno-pleurite conspicuously blackened; other dark markings on the propleura, the ventral portion of the pteropleurite, the meron,and a U-shaped brown ring ou the postnotal pleurotergite.
Italteres yellow, the knobs obscure. Legs with the eoxm
reddish, the bases blaeke,~ed, most extensively so on thefore eoxm; troelmnters obscure yellow; femma brownish
yellow, tile tips extensively blackened, more broadly o~l tl,efore femora ; tibim yelIo~vish brown, passing into black at
tips; tarsi dark brown. Wings ti~ged witlJ greyish yellow,
the base and cells C and Se brighter; stigma relatively
large, owd, dark brown ; wing-apex narrowly infuseated ; anarrow brown seam along the anterior cord ; obliterative
areas at proximal end of stigma and across the base of cell
1st M~; veins clark brown~ yellowish in the flavous areas.
Numerous maerotrichim on the proximo-caudal region of thestigma. Venation: Scl preserved; cell M1 very narrowly
sessile ; m-cu long, at the fork of ,lI.
Abdominal tergites yellow with a broad, black, unintcrrul)ted median stripe, on segments 7 and 8 includi,lg theentire sclerites; lateral margins of tergites infuscated;sternites obscure yellow. Ovipositor reddish horu-colour,
the base of the sternal valves blackened.
H,b. Japan (Itonshiu).
Itolotype, ?, Lake Ozennma, on bou,~dary between
Iwadfiro-no-knni and Kot~uke-no-kuni, altitude 5-1(10 ft.,
July 25, 1923 (T. Esaki).

Nephrotoma flammeola, sp. n.
General coloration orange, the frontal pr,)longation of thehead clark brown; mesonotal prveseutum with three shiny
blue-black stripes, the median stripe narrowly split bya velvety-black line; ahd()men orange, the tcrgites with a
median series of brownish-black triangles.
Mule.--Length 13 mm. ; wing 14, ram.

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Frontal prolongation of the head dark brown, including
the nasus ; palpi dark brown, the last segment a little paler.
Antennae elongate, if bent backward extending almost to
the end of the second abdominal segment; basal segment
obscure orange ; second segment brown ; flagellum entirely
black, the segments elongate. Head obscure orange, thereginn of the vertical tubercle clearer, the orbital region alittle darkened ; occipital brand very small.
Pronotum orange,
narrowly infuscatedlaterally.
Mesonotum orange-yellow, the praescutum with three shiny
blue-black stripes, the broad median stripe split by an opaquevelvety-black line, the outer margin of the stripe lessdistinctly margined with tile same eolour ; lateral stripes
with a velvety-black spot at their anterior ends, giving thestripes tile appearance of being bent outward ; scutal lobes
very extensively blackened ; posterior margin of postnotum
a little darkened. Pleura reddish yellow, variegated withclear yellow, this including the mesepimeron and a large areaon the postnotal pleurotergite between the bases of the wings
and halteres. Halteres pale brown, the knobs a little paler.
Legs with the cox~e and trochanters orange; remainder ofthe legs dark brown, the femoral bases are rather narrowly
paler. Wings tinged with pale greyish brown ; stigma
rather pale brown; a faint brown seam on the deflection of
R4+5; wing-base and cell Sc more yellowish ; veins darkbrown. Venation: Rs about two-thirds R~+s, not in alignment with R4+5; cell Mj short-petiolate, the petiole abo~,tequal to m ; cell 1st M 2 small, strongly narrowed distally ;m-cu at the fork of M.
Abdomen orange; a series of brownish-black triangles
along the median line of the tergites, extending from theposterior half of tergite 2 through tergite 8; hypopygium pale brown. Male hypopygium very obliquely
truncated, the eighth and ninth sternites relatively small;outer dististyle with the outer half very slender andattenuated.
Hub. Japan (Honshiu).
Holotype, c~, Gifu, Miuo-no-kuni, May 25, 1921
(K. Takeuchi).
Nephrotoma subpallida, sp. n.

General coloration yellow; occipital brand lacking;prmscutum and scutum marked with black ; antenna of malemoderately elongate, the flagellum brown, with the basesof the more proximal segme~ts indistinctly paler; kl~obs o~
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halteres yellow; abdomen orange-yellow, the tergitess I arsely marked with brown.
Male.--Length 9-9"5 ram. ; wing 9 5 ram.
Female.--Length 11"3 ram. ; wi~g 10"3 ram.
Frov_tal prolongation of the head yellow, the nasus darker.
Antennae elongate, more than one-half the length of thebody; seat)e yellow; basal segments of flagellum lightgrown ; remainder of the flagellum black, tt~e basal enlargements of segments 4 to 9 indistinctly paler. In the female,the antennm are shorter and mostly pale. Head orangeyellow, passing into sulphur-yellow on the gena3; occipitalbrand lacking.
Pronotum orange-yellow. Mesonotal pr~eseutum shiny
yellow with three conspicuous shiny black stripes, the lateralpair with the anterior ends outeurved, velvety-black ; lateralends of the suture velvety-black ; seutal lobes conspicuously
blackened ; median lobe of seutellum liver-brown ; postnotumorange-yellow.
Pleura orange-yellow, variegated withsulphur-yellow, tlalteres brown, tim knobs yellow. Legs
yellow ; in the male, the femoral tips narrowly dark brown ;til)im with the tips narrowly darkened; tarsi infuseated.
-Wings faintly tinged with yellow, the costal and subeostal
cells more suffused ; stigma pale brown ; veins dark brown.
Yenation: Rs shorter than Re+a; cell 1st ~I~ small,elongate ; cell M1 short-petiolate.
Abdomen orange-yellow, the posterior margins of thetergites, with a triangular dark brown median area, theseincluding segments 2 to 6 ; a circular spot on basal halfof tergite 2; hypopygium and sternites orange-yellow.
In tim female, the markings are more ring-like.
Hab. Japan (Honshiu).
Hololype, ~ , Mt. Minomo, Settsu-no-kuni, June 22, 1922

(T. Esaki).
~41lotopoll/pe, ~?.
Paralopotype, (~.
Nephrotoma ligulata, sp. n.
General coloration yellow ; thoracic pleura eonspleuously
variegated with blaek; abdominal tergites trivittate withbrownish black ; eighth sternite of male hypopygium with a
median liguliform appendage.
Male.--Length 8"5 ram. ; wing 8 ram.
Frontal prolongation of head yellow, dorsally with a large
oval brown area which ineludes the nasus; palpi brown, theineisures ~larrowly paler.
Antenna~ moderately elongate,new or llttle-known Tipulida3.

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when entire, probably attaining the base of the abdomen;
scape light yellow; lqagctlnm dark brown ; flagellar segments
only slightly incised.
Head orange-yellow, the occipitalbrand very larg% extending cephalad on to the base of thevertical tubercle.
Pronotum yellow, the sides dark brown. Mesonotal
praescutum whitish yellow~ with three very broad, shiny
black stripes that restrict the intcrspaces to capillaryvirtue; lateral stripes outcurved, concolorons throughout;seutum yellow, the lobes ahnost entirely covered by large
hlaek areas, confluent across the suture with the ]a~eraI
praescutal stripes; scutellum yellow, with a capillary brown
median line that is gently widened posteriorly; postnotal
mediotergite yellow, with a l-shaped brown mark. Propleu:a conspicuously dark brown. Mesopleura yellow,
variegated with dark brown ou the anepisternum andsternopleuritc; postnotal pleurotergite darkened dorsop~)steriorly. Halteres hrown, the base of the stem and apexof knobs yellow. Legs with the cox~ yellow; basal halfof fore coxm and base and apex of hind coxm dark brown ;trochanters yellow; femora yellow, the tips narrowly
blackened; tibiae pale brown~ the tips narrowly infnscated;tarsi brown. Wings with a faint yellow tinge, cell Sc andthe wing-base more saturated; stigma small, oval, darkbrown; very indistinct pale brown seams on r-m anddeflection e r r s + 5 ; wing-tip faintly darkened ; veins brown.
Venation: Rs one-third longer than R:+3; ceil 1st ~112
elongate, almost parallel-sided ; cell M~ broad, sessile ; m-ca
close to the fork of M, the distance about equal to r-re.
Abdomen yellow, the tergites trivittate with brownish])lack; median stripe very indistinctly interrupted at theposterior margins of the intermediate segments; lateral
stripes broadly interrupted basally; tergite 7 black,yellow basally; tergite 8 black; hypopygium brown;sternites yellow, sternites 7 and 8 black. Male hypopygium with the stern]re small, black, depressed dorso.
medially, the caudal margiu denticulate; outer dististyleyellow, a little infuscated basally, this style not conspicuously
attenuated apically. Eighth sternite with a flattened, median,tougue-like lobe, the sides parallel, the apex subtruncate
and finely pubescent.
Hub. China (Mongolia).
Holotype, (~, Valt6e de la Selenga, 50 verstes au N.E. deBandrc-Koure, altitude 1225 metres, August 1909
(Dr. du Chazattd) ; Mission de Lacoste.
Type in the collection of the 1)aris Museum.
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NelJhroloma bi~Tinosa , sp. n.

General coloration yellow, extensively variegated withblack ; a broad median line on vertex; a dark area on dorsopleural region of thorax before the wing-root ; abdominal
sternites with an interrupted median brown stripe; malehypopygium with the ninth tergite terminating ill two
acute black spines ; ninth sternite with a small protuberant
median lobe at the base of the notch.
M a l e . - - L e n g t h 12"5 mm. ; wing 11"3 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head brownish yellow, clearer
latcro-ventral]y, the dorsum apieally dark brown, this markincluding the nasus; palpi brown, the first segment andbase of the second paler. Antennae with the first seapal
segment .yellow, narrowly darkened apieally, second segment
grey-prmnose; flagellum dark brown, tile segments only
moderately incised. Head orange-yellow, more sulphuryellow anteriorly; occipital brand very conspicuous, black,sending a broad median line eephalad almost to the summitof the vertical tubercle.
Pronotum yellow, dark brown laterally.
]V[esonotal
prmscutum yellow with three shiny black stripes that are
well separated from one another by lines of the groundcolour; lateral stripes strongly outcurved; scutal lobcs
extensively blackened, the marks confluent with the lateralprmscutal stripes; outer ends of pseudosutural fovem velvetyblack; scutellum dark brown; postuotal mediotergite
sulplmr-yellow with a broad median black stripe that is
expanded across the posterior end of the sclerite. Pleurawith the propleura brownish black ; conspicuous brownishblack areas on the anepisternum, occupying most of thesclerite, together with a narrow brown seam along thesuture, encroaching on the cephalic margin of the epimeron ;a large triangular area occupying the dorso-pleural region
cepha]ad of the wing-root; sides of the sterno-pleurite
extensively dark brown; postnotal pleuro-tergite yellow,
conspicuously bordered by dark brown. Halteres palebrow,~, orange at base, the apex of each knob yellow, thebase more infuscated. Legs with the coxm reddish brown,
more or less infuscated basally; trochanters orange ; fore
femora dark brown with about the basal third obscurebrownish orange ; posterior femora obscure brownish orange
with the extreme tips darkened; remainder of legs darkbrown. Wings greyish yellow, cell Sc more yellowish;
stigma small, oval, dark brown ; a conspicuous b r o w n s e a mnew or little-known Tipulid~e.

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along r-m and the basal deflection of Ra+.5; extreme apexo[ wing in cells R3 and R5 darkened; veins dark brown.
Venation: Rs longer than R.2+3, gently arcuated; cell M tl)roadly sessile; fusion of Cuj with /11 some distance before
the fork of t~he latter, tim distance greater than r-re.
Abdomen orange, the tergites conspicuously trivittate
with black, the median stripe broadly interrupted both at
the base and apex of each segment; lateral stripes interrupted caudally; segments 7 and 8 dark brown, theformer with a basal sublateral pale area; hypopygium
reddish, the tergite black ; sternites obscure orange, with aconspicuous interrupted median stripe. Male hypopygiumwith the ninth tergite blackened, the caudal portion cut off
from the base by a semicircular impressed line, the medianapical portion deeply split medially by a narrow incision;
surface microscopically spinulose; from beneath the lateral
margins of the tergite on either side juts a slender black
chitinized spine directed caudad. Outer dististyle notconspicuously attenuate apleally. 2qinth sternite deeply
notched medially, at the base of the notch with a small but
conspicuous mediau lobe, directed eaudad. Eighth sternite
unarmed.
Hub. China (Mongolia).
Hololype, ~ , Vallde pros de la Koure de Bandie, altitude1500 metres, 1909 (Dr. du Chazaud) ; Mission de Lacoste.
Type in the collection of the Paris Museum.
NeThrotoma duchazaudi, sp. n.
General coloration yellow; terminal segment of palpus
orange ; propleura yellow; wings with Rs shorter thanR~+a ; male hypopygium with the eighth sternite extensive,notched medially~ the notch densely filled with abundant
long yellow setm.
Male.--Length about 1l mm. ; wing 12"7 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head clear yellow above, including
the nasus, the sides darkened; palpi light brown, theterminal segment bright orange. Antennm of moderate
length; scape yellow; the elongate first segment offlagellum light brown ; remaining flagellar segments darkbrown, deeply incised beneath. Head light yellow, theoccipital brand large but pale hrowtl ia colour, elongatetriangular in outline.
Prouotum yellow. Mesouotal prmscutum yellow, withthree conspicuous black stripes, the lateral stripes straight ;seutum yellow, each lobe with two distinctly separated black406

Dr. C. P. Alexander onareas ; scutcllum yellow, very indistinctly darkened medlally,
more distinctly so behind; postnotum pale yellow with a.].-shaped pale brown mark. P,opleura yellow. Pleura
yellow, very sparsely and indistinctly variegated with reddish
brown ; a brown spot eephalad of the root of the halter;sides of sterno-pleurite more conspicuously darker,cal.
Halteres pale brownish yellow throughout. Legs with theeoxm yellow, faintly darker basally; trochanters yellow;
femora pale brown, the tips very indistinctly darkened;
tibiae pale brown; tarsi darker.
Wings with a faintyellowish tinge, the base and cells C and Sc more saturated ;stigma small, oval, dark brown ; a narrow but distinct brown
seam along r-m and the basal deflection of R4+5 on the
distal side ; wing-tip narrowly but distinctly darkened ; veinsbrown. Venation: Rs straight, shorter than Re+a; cell M1
short-petiolate ; fusion of Cu~ and M close to the ibrk of thelatter.
Abdomen yellow, the tergites very narrowly trivittate
with dark brown; tergite 8 and caudal half of 7
dark brown ; sternites yellow, with a series of linear browndashes on the basal half of the segments; hypopygium
yellow. Male hypopygium relatively large. Ninth tergite
massive, the caudal margin with a relatively small semicircular median depression, the slopes highly polished;caudo-lateral angles of this depressed area produced intolarge yellow lobes that are separated by a narrow mediannotch, the surface provided with numerous black spines andspinous bristles, the more lateral one a conspicuous enlarged
tubercle.
Outer dististyle with the apex conspicuously
long-attenuate, the margins provided with long yelh)w setze.
Ninth sternite with a small pendulous lobe in the notch, somewhat as in N. bispinosa, but more bitid at apex. Eighthsternite dark basally, very extensive, deeply notched medially,
the notch filled with abundant dense yellow setm, deeussate
across the median line; dorso-caudal angles of sternite
produced slightly mesad and here provided with long yellow
seke.
Hab. China (~{ongolia).
Holotype, ~ , Bords du Tarim, July 1909 (Dr. du Chazaud) ;Mission de Lacoste.
Type in the collection of the Paris Museum.

Nephrotoma rectispina, sp. n.
General coloration yellow; thoracic stripes black, thelateral stripes straight ; wings tinged with yellow, the tip andn e w or lltt?e-k,zown Tipulidm.

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a seam along the cord brown ; abdominal tergites trivittate
with dark brown ; male hypopygium with two long straightsl)ines jutting candad from the genital chamber.
Ma/e.--Leagth 13"5 ram.; wing 12"8 ram.
Frontal prolongation o[ head yellow, the apex medially,
together with the nasus, brown ; palpi pale brown, the last
segment and mouth-parts yellow. Antmmm moderately
elongate, if bent backward extending to beyond the baseof the abdomeu; scape yellow ; flagellar segments bieotorou%
the basal enlargement dark brown, the remainder of eachsegment yellow, except the anterior or ventral face which isinfuscated, ttead orange; occipital brand brown, small, but
sending a brown line eephalad on to the vertex.
Pronotum yellow. Mesonotal praescutum shiny yellow,
with four narrow dark brown stripes, the intermediate pairsometimes confluent except anteriorly; lateral stripes
straight; sctttum yellow, the lobes with the cephalic halfdark brown; scutellum light yellow; postnotum with themediotergite brown, the cephalic half with an extensive
yellowish median area. Pleura white, variegated withyellow, the white areas including the postnotal pleurotergite
except the infuseated dorsal angle. Halteres pale brown,
the knobs indistinctly yellowish. Legs with the coxm
testaceous-yellow; trochanters yellow; femora brownish
yellow, narrowly tipped with black; remainder of legs
broken. Wings tinged with yellow; cells U and S e morestrongly yellow; stigma small, oval, (lark browu; wing-tip
narrowly darkened; a narrow but conspicuous brown seamalong the cord, slightly obliterated at the fork of M ; veinsdark brown. Venation : cell M1 very short-petiolate ; fusionof M and Cu a little less extensive than tim free portion of
M beyond this.
Abdomen yellow, the tergites with a broad median andv e r y n a r r o w lateral brownish-black stripes that are narrowlyinterrupted at the bases of the segments ; tergite 1 brown,
pale yellow medially and laterally; tergite 7 brownish
black, yellow sublaterally at base; tergite 8 brownish
black ; sternites yellow, with a median brown stripe; bypopygium shiny obscure yellow. Male hypopygium with theninth tergite terminating in a small conical lobe on eitherside, the space between these lobes gently convex andprovided with abundant black spinules. Outer dististyle
not unusually attenuated, yellow. Wbat seem to bc the
gouapophyses jut eaudad from the geuital chamber as longyellow spines, these straight or nearly so, lying generally

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parallel, the acute tips narrowly blackened and directed
gently mesad. Eighth sternite unarmed.
Hab. China (Kwei-chow).
Holot~pe, (y, Aushonfil, Gnu Chouen Fen, 1912 (P~reCavalerie ).
Paratopotype, c~.
By Riedel's key to the Pal~earctic species of the genus(Deutsch. Eut. Zeitschr. 1910, pp. 413-4A7), the present
form runs to N. lamelticornis (Schummel) or -hr. schummeli(Riedel), very different flies.

XLI.~Two

new Genera and a new Species o f Oriental
Hypeninm (Noctuidm). By Sir GEOItGE F. HAMPSON,
Bart.

(Published by permission of the Trustees ot~the British Museum.)[IN view of the fact that these names, which exist withthe descriptions in manuscript in the British Museum, arerequired for immediate use, it is considered advisable topublish them at once.--W. H. T. T~t~is.]GeIlus I~APHISCOPA~nov.
Type,/L invenusta.
Proboscis fully developed; palpl of male with the 1st
joint upturned to about middle of frons and rather broadly
scaled in front, the 2nd and 3rd recurred over head andextending to beyond the metathorax, the 2nd the shorterand broadly sealed above, the 3rd hollowed out on innerside and containing a tuft of hair; frons smooth; eyes
large, round ; antennee of male with long bristles and cilia,
the shaft contorted and with tuft of hair above at about
two-thirds length; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed and without crests; fore tibim and 1st joint of tarsiof male covered by a thickly sealed sheath enclosing fringesof hair, the mid and hind tibim with slight tufts of hair at
middle and extremity; abdomen with some rough hairat base of dorsum, but without crests. Fore wing with thecosta arched towards apex which is somewhat produced,
the termen evenly curved, crenulate; vein 3 from wellbefore angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from