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By Cn.lnr,ES P. ALEXANDEa
Ol Urbatza, lllittois

A small but very interesting collection of Philippine craneflies has been received from Prof. charles Fuller Baker, of theCollege of Agriculture, University of the Philippines, and is,discussedin this paper. Types of all unique specimens havebeen returned to Professor Baker and so indicated in the text.
I have been permitted to retain the types of certain other species'
but in all cases cluplicate material of these are in Professor
Baker's collection. My sincere thanks are extended to Professor
Baker for the priviiege of studying this important coilection ofPhilippineTipulidae'
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Conosiairrorata {Wiedemann).
Limnobi,a,iff orata WtoonnalNr*, Aussereur' zweifl ' Ins' 1 ( 1828) 5?4'
Con osia'irr or at aVANDER' W uLe, Tijds c hr ' v 'E n t o m o l '2 3 ( 1 8 8 0 ) 1 6 1 'LuzoN, Laguna Province, Los Bafros (Baker); a male and afemale.
Spiphragurabakeri sP. nov.
General coloration light brown; legs dark brown, the kuees
and tarsi yellowish; rvings yellow with a heavy dark brownpattern; a series of about a dozen cross veins and spurs in cellc; ventral segments yellorv, the incisures narrowly dark brorvn.
Male.-Length, 9.5 millimeters; wing, 11.3.
Rostrum pale brorvn; palpi broken. Antennae broken' Headbrown, more fulvous on the vertex.
Mesonotal prescutum light recldish bro$'n, the disk uniformly
darker brown, margined anteriorl;r ancl laterally by a light grayline; scutum injured by pin, the lobes dark brown, paler
laterally; scutellum injured by pin; postnotum brovm basally'
more pruinose on posterior half. Pleura almost uniformly
brown. Halteres long and slender, pale brown, the knobs
darker. Legs .rith the coxae and trochanters pale brown;
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fem,;r'a ciark brorvn, paler basally, the extreme tips pale yellow;
tibire dark brown, the extreme bases pale yeliovr; tarsi pale
brownish yellow. trVings light yellow with a very heavy, nonocellate brorvn pattern, distributed as foilorvs: Large blotches
at irase of cells R and M; at origin of Rs; along the cord andouter end of ceil Lst M, and at the tips of atl the longitudinalveins; a series of about ten dark brown spots in cells C and Sc;
most of the remainder of the wing disk elouded with palerbror,r'n,but ali of the darker brown areas surrounded by naruow,
clear yellow borders; outer ends of cells Sc,, 2d R,, R,, R'
M1, 2d FI, M3, Cu,, and 1st A with conspicuouspale yellow spots;
veins dark brown, paler in the yellow areas. Venation: Sc, atthe extreme tip of Sc,, the latter punctiform; each of the dark
spots in costal cell with a spur or complete supernumerary crossvein, there being about a dozen of these beyond h; Rs long,feebly angulated at origini Rr*, a little longer than the basai
deflection of Cu,; r at tip of R,; inner ends of cells R, and R, inalignment; cell 1st M, large, the inner end arcuate; petiole ofcell M, short, a little longer than R,f"; m a little shorter thali
the outer deflectionof 1\{u;basal deflection of Cu. slightiy sinuous,at midlength of cell 1st Mr; arcular vein completely obliterateci.
Abdominal tergites with the basal half, or slightly less, ofeach dark brown, the remainder slightly paler, thus producing
an indistinct bicolorous appearance; sternites conspicuouslylightyelloll' with the caudal margin of the segments narrowly but
conspicuousiy dark brou'n; intermediate sternites with the extreme bases likewise darkened; eishth seggnentand hypopygium
dark brown.
LuzoN, Mountain Province, Benguet, Pauai (Haight's place),
altitude about 2,400 meterc (Baker). Type returned to Professor Baker.
Epiphragma bakeri is a very interesting species,distinguisheri
from all allied forms by the series of supernumerary cross veinsin the costal cell. Similar cross veins occur in the eriopterine
genera Conosia van der Wulp and CfudonodozixsEnderlein, butr,verenot known in the Hexatomini. The strongest one of thesecross veins has persisted in the other known species of Epi'
phragma. This handsome crane fly is dedicated to Prof. Charles
Fuller Baker in appreciation of his untiring efforts to makeknorrynthe remarkable insect fauna of the Philippines.
Erioeeramindanaodnsis
sp. nov.
General coloration reddish, the abdomen orange with the terrninal segments faintly darkened; mesonotal prescutum reddish

2t,|'f i'ltulitlt \Di,ptot'u1,'lkrtutt.tlt:t':I'il,l,It-lctt,ttut'tt,:J7r,gray with darrk red stripes; pleura pale reddish brolvtr, taint,ly
striped longitudinally with dark brorvn; legs brownish blaclc;
wings very long and narrow, strongly suttused with browlt;
cell M, present.
Male.-Length, 20 millimetersl wing, 20, its greatest widbir,
4.4.
tr.emale.-Length, 22 millimeters; wing, 17.
Male.-Rostrum brown; palpi dark brown. Antenna darlt
brownish black, short. Head dark brownish gray; vertex behindantennal bases light gray pruinose; immediately caudad of thc
antennai bases a low, black, verticai tubercle whose cephalicmargin is truncated, the lateral angles prominent; immediately
behind this is a second tubercle, concolorouswith the remainderof the head.
Mesonotai prescutum reddish gray with three, confluent, dark
red stripes; remainder of mesonotum obscure reddish brown, thtr
posterior margin of the scutellum faintly pruinose. Pleura paltr
reddish brown; a distinct, longitudinal, dark brown stripe on
mesepisternum; mesosternum and dorsopleurai region likewisedarker than the ground color of the pleura. Halteres short,dark brown, base of stem narrowly pale. Legs with the coxer:
shiny dark brownish red; trochanters dark brown I remainderof legs entirely brownish black; posterior legs broken. Wings
very long and narrow, more than four times as long as wide,strongly suffused with yellowish brown, brighter in the costal
region; stigma lacking; veins brown. Venation : Sc' ending justbefore r, Sc, some distance from tip of Sc,, the latter alone alittle shorter than the basal deflection of Cu'; Rs only a little
Ionger than R; r-m on Rn-i-. about two and one-half times its
iength beyond the fork; petiole of cell M, a little shorter thancell; basal deflection of Cu, just beyond midlength of cell lst
M.; in the right wing of the type, R, just before its tip bends
down to R, in a punctiform contact; in the lefi wing of the same
specimen there is a supernumerary cross vein in cell R' justbeyond r.
Abdomen with tergites 1 to 4 bright orange; 5 to ? orange
with the median area faintly darkened; 8 and 9 uniformly
brown; sternites similarly orange' but the terminal segmentseven less distinctly darkened; hypopygium small.
Female.-Similar in most respects to the maie. Head darker;
gray line surrounding the eyes; vertical tubercles present
clear
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rr:.rrso distinctly darkened; no supernumerary cross veins in cell R,
and petioie of cell M, longer than the cell; ovipositor with the.zalves long and slender.
MINnANAo,Bukidnon Subprovince,Tangcolan (Baker). The
allotypic female has been returned to Professor Baker.
Eriocera mindanooEnses is related to E'. f errugi,nosa van derWulp (Sumatra and Java). In the latter species the antennal
flagellum is light colored, the femora and tibire are yellow withdark apices, and the abdominal tergites are margined laterallywith dark brown.
Erioceraperenuispolillensissubsp. nov.
Fenmle.-Length, about 22 millimeters; wing, 16.8.
Differs from typical Eriacera perennis Osten Sacken, as follows: The first scapal segment of antenna is gray pruinose
like the head. Mesonotum shiny black. Legs with the femora
dark brown, ihe tips blach. Wings dark brown, the proximal
end of cell 1st A pale; cell 2d A not pale at base. Petioie ofceli M, longer than the cell. Abdominal crossbands on tergites
2, 3, and 4 only; segment 5 entirely dark.
PoLDLo (Ed,ward, H. Taylor). Type returned to Professor
Baker.
Erioceraperennissubcostatasubsp. nov.
Female.-Length, about 17 millimeters; wing, 12.3.
Differs from typical Eri,ocera perennis Osten Sacken, Is follows:
Rostrum and palpi black. Antenna with the basal segment
gray; secondscapal and basal two.flagellar segments yellow; terminal flagellar segments black. Head clear light whitish gray,the genre becoming infuscated.
Mesonotal prescutum grayish brown with three clear-cut, confluent black stripes; remainder of thorax velvety black. Wings
dark brown; base of wing broadiy bright yeilow, this color
including about the basal third of cells C and Sc, and the cells
proximad of arculus ; basal fourth of cell 2d A pale; a conspicuous
paler yellow crossband before the cord, extending from R into
the base of cell Cu,; cell Sc paler than the remainder of thedisk, connecting the basal and discai paie areas; veins black,yellow in the pale areas. Venation: Sc, ending opposite midIength of the basal section of Rr; r about one and one-half times
to twice its length beyond the fork of R,f n; inner end of celllst M, nearly square; petiole of cell M, shorter than cell ; basal
deflection of Cu, at midiength of cell 1st M,.

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2 to (i lrr.,rrrl1
obscurc ol'ange yellow, becoming more obscure aucl nror() r..strictecl in extent on the posterior segments; segmcnt ? t'nti r.cly
black; segments 8 and 9 orange; vaives of ovipositor blacli.
MtNnax,to,Bukidnon Subprovince,Tangcolan (Batcer).'f.ypc
returned to Professor Baker.

Sriocerachalybeicinctasp. nov.
General coloration velvety black; antennal flageilum obscrrr.
brownish yellow, darker apically; wings brownish black, the anrtl
cells paler; cell M, lacking; basal deflection of Cu, near outt:r.
end of cell Lst M,; abdomen velvety black, tergites 2 to ? willr
shiny, metallic blue rings.
Mala-Length,
14 millimeters; wing, 13.5.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antenne short; scapal segments
black; basal three flagellar segments obscure brownish yellow,
the terminal segments passing into dark brown; flagellar segments gradually decreasing in length outwardly. Head velvet.r'
black with abundant, elongate, black sete.
Thorax entirely deep velvety black. Haiteres short, darl<brown. Legs with the coxa and trochanters velvety black;femora and tibie dark brown, the tips black; tarsi black; legs
comparatively stout. Wings brownish black with violaceousreflections; cells M and Cu adjoining vein Cu much paler in onc
wing of type but not in the other; anal cells grayish; a small
pale streak near outer end of cell R; centers of cells 1st M, antl
Cu, indistinctly paie; veins black. Venation: Sc, ending just,before r; Rs about one-third longer than Ri R,*, about twothirds the deflection of R**ri basal section of R, about equal
to terminal section of Rr; basal section of Mrf . about two-thirds
the second section; ceil M, lacking; basal deflection of Cu, close
to or at the outer end of cell 1st M"; Cu, and outer deflection ol
Cu, subequal.
Abdomen with the first tergite black; tergite Z velvety blacliwith a broad, shiny, metallic blue ring before midlength;
tergites 3 to 7 with a simiiar basal ring, more or Iess teiescopetl
beneath the preceding segment; remainder of abdomen, including hypopyg:ium, black.
Mrmntxao, Kolambugan (Baker,) .
tr)riocera clwlybeicincto is related to E. nzoroso osten Sacken(Celebes), from which it is distinguished by the coloration ot'
the body and the venation, as see the position of the outcl
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Erioceravittipennissp. nov.
General eoloration light gray; thorax N'ith black str"ipes; rvings
whitish subhyaline, the veins broadly seamed with dark brownto produce a streaked appearance; Sc' longer than tire basai
deflection of Cu, ; t-m beyond midlength of cell 1-st i\{,; ceii lVI,
lacking; basal deflection of Cu' at outer end of cell 1st M, ; abdomen black, the basal and terminal segments rufous; ovipositor
with the valves long and straight.
Femnle.-Length, about 14 millimeters; wing, 10.2.
Rostrum and palpi .dark brown.= Antennee with the firstscapal segment elongate, dark brown, dusted with light gray;second scapai segment and basal segment of flagellum yellowish
brown, the terminal flagellar segments pdssing into darker
brown. Head light gray, provided with abundant, iong, black
bristles; no distinct vertical tubercle.
Pronotum light eraV. Mesonotal prescutum very light graywith three black stripes, the median stripe very broad in front,
near midlength tapering rapidly to a point befo,re the suture,
conspicuously split by a pale gray vitta; lateral stripes small but
conspicuous, widely separated from the intermediate stripe;
scutum light gray, the centers of the lobes blackened; scuteilum
black, the pos,terior margin narrowiy grayish; postnotum gray.
Pleura gray, the rnesosternum and mesepisternum with more
blackened areas. Halteres smail, brorvn. Legs with the coxre
dark, dusted with gray; trochanters reddish brown; femora
dark brown, the bases narrowly obscure yellow, less distinct on
midfemora; tibire and metatarsi light brown, the tips narrowl,vdarker brown; terminal tarsal segments dark brownish black;posterior iegs missing. Wings whitish subhyaline, very conspicuously streaked longitudinally with dark brown, all theveins being broadly seamed with this color, the pale centersto the cells a littie narro',ver than the seams except in cells 1st
R,, R, and M; cells C and Sc brown; cells Cu, 1st A and 2d A
more uniformly grayish brown; cells R and M narrowiy interrupted by a brown wash near midlength; veins dark brown.
Venation: Sc, ending opposite r, Sc, some distance from the tipof Sc,, the latter longer than the basal deflection of Cu,; r atfork of Rr*.i R, about two to three times Rr*ri Rrf , and thedeflection of R,f- subequal; basal section of Mra" one-halflonger than the second section; inner end of cell 1st M, pointed;
cell M, laeking; basal deflection of Cu, almost opposite the outerend of cell 1st r!f., about equal to Cu,.

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rv.iLirtlre lrusal segrrrerrtblack, dusl,crlwil,h gray;Lcrgil.is ? anrl i3 bright ruf,us, grny pruinosc b*sally on 1.h
sitlcs a'd with a b.oacl, median blacli stripe; tergites 4 to .ibiack, dusted ll'ith gray; segments8 and 9 rufous; sternites r t,r3 and 8 and 9 rufous; stelnites 4to 7 black. ovipositor with ilr.
valves very long and slender, rufous at base, passing into hor.r
coior at the gently upcurved tips of the tergal valves.
MrNneNao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Tangcoian (Baker).
Eriocera ui'tti,pe'nnisis abundanily distinct from ail describer
species of this large and complex genus.
TIFU L IN ,€Scamboneura
piumbeasp. nov.
General coloration dark piumbeous, dusted with gray; wings
faintly grayish brown, celi Sc and the stigma bror,vn; abdominal
segments cross-banded with reddislr orange and blue-black.
Female.-Length, 1? millimeters; wing, 15.
Frontal prolongation of head dark brownish blacli, narrowl)'
obscure reddish on the dorsolateral region; nasus conspicuous
black; palpi dark brown, the elongate terminal segment palu.
on basal haif. Antenne ,black, :ncluding the scape, the tip oi'
the second scapal segment narrorn'ly paler. Head black, th.
vertex obscurely reddish behind the antenna, the color extencleti
as a narrow border to the eyes.
Prothorax dark plumbeous. Mesonotal prescutum and scutum
dark piumbeous, oniy the humerai region very restrictedly
obscure reddish; scuteilum obscure yellow; postnotum plum_
beous, the laterai selerites more testaceous. pleura plumbeous
with a light, blue-gray bloom. Halteres dark brown, base of thc
stem brightened. Legs with the coxae blue-gray; trochanters
yellolv; femora dark brown, narrowly brighter at base; tibiar
and tarsi brownish black. wings with a faint grayish brow.
tinge, a little darker beyond the cord; cell Sc and the small
stigma darker brown; veins dark brownish btack. Venation:
Sc, ending opposite the base of r-m, Sc, at its iip; Rs short bul
distincti R,t, about equai to the cieflectionof R**u, in alignmen,t with R**ui r at fork of R,f*; tip of R, atrophied; dc_
flection of R*f, directed basad as in the genus, subequal tor-rn; forks of ceils M,, M' and M' deep; basai deflection ofCu, about two-thirds of its length beyond the fork of M. Tht.
stigma entirely fllls the small cell 1st R,.
Abdomen with the basal tergiie plumbeous; segment 2 rerldish, darker dorsomedially, the apical two-fifths shiny blur-

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black; segments 3 and 4 with a little less than the basal halfof each reddish orange, darker dorsomedially, the remainder
shiny blue-black; segments 5 and 6 reddish orange, darker
dorsomedially; segments 7 and 8 blue-black; segment 9 andovipositor obscure brownish orange. Ovipositor with the tergal
valves elongate, compressed, the tips rather obtusely rounded.
LuzoN, Mountain Province, Benguet, Pauai (Haight's place),
altitude about 2,400 meters (Baker).
Scamboneura pllumbea is very different from the two Philippine species of the genus hitherto described. There are now
five species of Scambo:ne1n"cL,
all from Amboina, Java, and thePhiiippines. The two species from East Africa described as
species of this genus by Speiser and by Riedel are not members of the genus in the sense of Osten Sacken. One, at least,
belongs to the subgenus Tricltodol;ichopezoAlexander, of thegenus D olichopezcr.
Curtis.

than the ultimate section of Rr; cell M, rather broadly sessile;
m*cu distinct.
Abdomen r,vith segments 1 and 2 orange, the extreme lateralapical angle of tergite 2 darkened; remainder of abdomen shiny
black, only the tips of the ovipositor deep reddish. Valves ofovipositor comparatively long and slender.
MTNDANAo,Bukidnon Subprovince, Tangcolan (Baker).
Pselli,ophoraperdecora belongs to the 'ins,unctansgroup of thegenus, an aggregation of large, showy species that contains
some of the most beautiful crane flies known. Pselli,ophora'incunetarn (Walker) and P. 'incunctans ochrif emu,r Enderlein ofCelebes, P. praefi,ca Bezzi and P. tri.pud;ions Bezzi of the Philippines, and possibly other species belong to this group.

Pselliophoraperilecorasp. nov.
General coloration obscure orange, the abdominal segments
beyond the second shiny black; legs with the femora brightyellow, the tibire and tarsi black; wings dark brown, the baserather broadly bright yellow.
Fenzale.-Length, about 20 millimeters; wing, 20.
Frontal prolongation of the head orange, the nasus faintly
darker; basal segments of palpi yellow with brorvn setee; terminal segment yellow, the extreme tip darkened. Antenne
brownish orange throughout; first flagellar segment subequal
to segments 2 and 3 combined. Head obscure orange.
Thorax entirely obscure orange, without markings. Halteresyellowish orange. Legs with the coxe and trochanters concolorous with the pleura; femora bright yellow, the extreme apices
very indistinctly darker; tibiee and tarsi blach, unmarked.
Wings broad, dark bror,r'n,the base rather broadly and conspicuousiy bright yellow, this including about the basai fifth of cells C
and Sc, the extreme bases of c.ellsR, I,I, Cu, and l"st A, about
the basal third of cell 2d A and all the cells proximad of arculus; an indistinct pale area immediately proximad of thestigma; a linear white streak in cell R near midlength; a similar
but smaller streak near the outer end of cell M (lacking in
one wing of type) and a third streak near outer end of celllst A; veins dark bros'n, }'ellow in the flavous basal area;
obliterative breaks at the end of Rs and base of R,f", basal
section of M,*, and the secondsection of M,. Venation: Rs
much krngcr th:rn R,,-1-,,,
its <:orrrscsullsintrous; R, l-,, l<lrruor

The undescribed female of this species may be described asfollows:
Length, 21 millimeters; wing, L9.
Head black, the genre and occiput deep reddish brown. Other
characters entirely as in ma1e. Ovipositor with the valves
black, oniy the extreme tips reddish.
MINDANAo, Kolambugan {Baker). Allotype. Female. The
allotype has been returned to Professor Baker.
Bezzi's type male was likewise from Mindanao. In the collection of the State Natural History Museum in Vienna, Brunetti.
found a male and a female of this speciesfrom Palawan. Thesehe considered to represent a variety of P, incunctans (Walker),but in my opinion there can be no doubt but that P. praefila
is a distinct species.

PselliophorapraeficaBezzi.
PsellioTth,ora ytraefuca Bntzl, Philip. Journ. Sci. $ D 12 (191?) 110.

Pselliophoratripurlians Bezzi.
Pselliophora ttiplLd,iotts Bnzzr, Philip. Journ. Sci. g D i2

(191?) 111.

A female agrees very closely with Bezzi's deseription exceptthat the specimen is smaller (length, L7 millimeters; wing, 16).
The foreleg, lacking in Bezzi's type, is very different from theother legs and may be described as follows: Femora entirejy
light yellow, the tip not darkened; tibin yel,low, the tip a little
infuscated; tarsi entirely brownish black.
LtJzoN,Laguna Province, Los Baflos (Baker). This specimen
hns lreert returned to Professor Baker.
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In the coilection of the Paris Museum, a somewhat broken
male specimenwas found rvhich is sureiy the male of this species.
It is herewith described as allotypical.
Male.-Similar to the female, differing as follows: Basal segments of antenna yellow, passing into bror'vn toward the tips;
flabellations of antenna dark brown. Mesonotum entirely
orange, including also the coxe and trochanters of all the legs;
the forelegs are broken but the other legs are entirely as in
the female. Abdomen biack, the hypopygium conspicuously
and abruptly reddish orange, only the caudal margi:r of the ninth
tergite and the pleurai appendagesdark.
LuzoN, Manila, No. 246-l-861. Allotype, male, in the collection of the Paris Museum.
Psel,l,i.ophorattipudi,ans is evidently allied to, but distinct
from, P. 'incuzctans (Walker) of Celebes. The thoracic pattern is paralleled in the trvo sexes of the two species.
?selliophorapumila sp. nov.
General coloration blaclc, the mesonotal prescutum yellori'
with three grayish brown stripes; all' tibia ringed basally withwhite; wings grayish brown; cells C and Sc dark brown; abrown clouding along the cord; abdomen black, the caudal
margin of tergites 2 to 4 narrowly yellow.
Male.-Length, 10 miilimeters; wing, 11.
Frontal prolongation of head dark brown; palpi consolorous.
Antenna dark brown throughout; flabellations of antennaeconspicuously clothed with white hairs. Head dark brown.
Pronotal scutum dark brown; scuteiium dark brown medially, the lateral portions yellow, Mesonotal preseutum yeilow
with three conspicuousbrown stripes that are dusted with gray;median stripe very broad; lateral stripes small, confluent withthe median stripe near suture; pseudosutural fovere small,brown; scutum and postnotum black; scutellum black with conspicuous, elongate, yellolv bristies and delicate transverse rowsof microscopic yellow hairs. Pleura dark brown, the extreme
dorsopleural region faintly' yeilorvish. Halteres dark brownish
black, the base of the stem indistinctly yellow. Legs with thecoxa and trochanters black, femora black, about the basal halfof the posterior femora more testaceous; tibiee black with aconspicuouswhite ring just beyond the base, this broadest andmost distinct on the posterior tibie; tar-si black. Wings clouded
rvith grayish brown; costal i:egion dark brown, including eells
C and Sc; paier brown clouclsalong the cord and along vein Cu;
vcins dark brown. Venation: Sc, ending about oppositctwo-

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thirds Rs; R,f, short, about equal to the distai section of R,,
much shorter than the basal deflection of Cu,; cell M, very shortpetiolate; a slight fusion of M. and Cu..
Abdomen shiny black, the caudal margins of tergites 2, 3,
and 4 rather narrorvly bnt conspicuously yellow. Hypopygium
comparatively large and compiex, black, the ninth segment
elongate-cylindrical and tilted at an angle to the remainder of
the abdomen.
LuzoN, Mountain Province, Benguet, Pauai (Haight's place),
altitude about 3,400 meters (Baker\.
Pselliophorabicinctifer sp. nov.
General coloration black; antennal flagellum with only ninesegments; mesonotal prescutum obscure yellow with threebrownish black stripes; halteres yellow; tibie dark brown witha basal and a subterminal yeilowish ring; wings pale grayish
yellow, the cells beyond the cord dark brown; abdomen deep
rufous, the tergites trilineate with black, the sternites with only
the lateral margins narrowly darkened.
Female,.-Length, about 1T millimeters; wing, 1b.
Frontal prolongation of the head dark browaish black, clothedn'ith conspicuous golden yellow and black brisiles interspersed;
palpi brown, the third segment pale at base and apex; terminal
segment black beyond the base. Antenna with the flrst segment brournish black, the remainder bright orange yellow;
flagellum with only nine segments, the first segment shorter
than the second and third combined; segments Z to E narrowat base, the proximal face dilated; terminal segments flattened,disklike, greatly cro,wded. Head dark brownish black.
Pronotum dark brownish black. Mesonotal prescutum obscure yellow, with three conspicuous brownish black stripes,
the median stripe narrowed behind but attaining the surure;scutal lobes with brownish black centers; median area in front
rvith a triangular shiny area immediaiely behind the suture;
sr:ul;ellumbrown; postnotum dark brown. pleura dark velvety
lrrownish black. Halteres light yellow. Legs with the coxe
v.lvtrtv brownish biack; trochanters brownish black, the tips
I'trling into reddish; femora yellow, the tips broadly and conslricrrously blackened; tibia yellow, the tips narrowly dark
brrrvrr ; ir conspicuousdark brown annulus occupies the midt:cnl,r'r,l' r':rch tibia, restricting the ground color to a narrowlxrsrrl rrrr,l rr slightly broader subapical yellow ring; metatarsi
yt,llrr,r,,llrr, l.ips llla<rk;rcmainder of tarsi black: inner face ofclrrws nr.r'()ri('()l)i('lrlly
rlr,rrl.icrrlrrk'.
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mad of thq cord light grayish yellow, the broad apex brown;
stigma still darker brown; cell C darkened except for a narro,w
space at either end; ceil Sc dark except for a narrow space atbase; a conspicuousdusky cloud along vein 1st A; base of wingbrighter yeilow; a band along the cord (including base of cells
1st Rr, 1st M' M*, and Cu, and the outer ends of cells R andmost of M, especially along vein Cu) much clearer yellow than
the remainder of the basal cells; anal cells pale; veins darkbrown, yeiiow in the pale areas, including the entire lengthof vein Cu. Venation: Rs arcuated; Rrf, about equal to the
distal section of Rr; R, at base perpendicular to R,*ri cell M,
barely sessile; eell 1st M, irregularly pentagonal, none of thefaces exactly parallel; in one wing of type a supernumerarycross vein in the base of ceil Mo; fusion of Mrlo and Cu.
punctiform.
Abdomen with basal tergite deep rufous, the caudal margin
black; remaining tergites deep rufous, trilineate with black, thenarro$r median stripe slightly interrupted at the posterior
margin of the segments; sternites deep rufous, the lateral margins nanowly darkened. Ovipositor with the tergal valvesstraight, yellowish horn coior.
LuzoN, Mountain Province, Benguet, Pauai (Haight's place),
altitude about 2,400 meterc (Baker). Type returned to Professor Baker.
Nephrotomaortiva (Osten Sacken).
Paahyrch,ina ortioo Osrox Sacrnlr, Berliner Ent. Zeitsch, 26 (1882)
93.

LuzoN, Laguna Province, Los Baflos (Balter). A femaie thatagrees closeiy with Osten Sacken's type female, except in the
foilowing charaeters:
Length, 15 millimeters; wing, 12.
Scutum yellow, each lobe completely traversed by a shiny
black longitudiaal stripe which leaves not only the median area
yellow, as stated by Osten Sacken, but also the posterior lateral
portions of each lobe; scutellum black; caudai margin of lateralsclerite of postnotum black.
Abdorninal segments 2 to 6 with a broad, black, terminalband that is slightly, if at all, attenuatecl laterally, the bandoccupying about the posterior half of each segment.

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