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9. Eriocera obsoleta, sp. n. 



2 • Upper part of head reddish-yellow, the strong frontal tubercle divided by a median furrow. Antennae 

 and palpi brown, the former about as long as the mesonotum. Mesonotum and scutellum reddish-yellow 

 throughout. Pleurae reddish-brown. Abdomen slender, yellow ; second, third, and fourth segments 

 blackish on the posterior and postero-lateral margins ; remainder of abdomen dark brown, the fifth and 

 sixth segments more or less yellow in the middle. Wings tinged with brownish, darker in the immediate 

 contiguity of the veins ; tip of auxiliary vein opposite the base of the second posterior cell, and more 

 distal than the proximal end of the first submarginal cell ; four posterior cells present. Hind legs brown 

 the tibiae largely luteous. Length 18 millim. 



Bob. Honduras, Ruatan I. (Gaumer). 



10. Eriocera flavida, sp. n. 



2 • Head black, greyish-pruinose ; frontal tubercle small. Palpi black. Scape of antenna? brown ; flagellum 

 light yellow. Thorax light orange-yellow, the scutellum and metanotum more purely yellow. Pleurae 

 near the noto-pleural suture brown. Abdomen of the same colour as the thorax ; third segment with 

 a small, fourth, fifth, and sixth segments each with a successively larger, and the seventh segment with a 

 smaller, brown spot. Legs yellowish-brown ; distal part of femora and proximal part of tibiae yellow. 

 Wings brownish, lighter-coloured in the interior of the cells ; the auxiliary vein terminates a little before 

 the proximal end of the first submarginal cell ; four posterior cells present. Length 22 millim. 



Eab. Mexico, Cuernavaca in Morelos (E. E. Smith). 

 One specimen. 



11. Eriocera brnnneipes, sp. n. (Tab. I v. fig. 5, e .) 



S . Head black ; frontal tubercle prominent ; antennae black. Mesonotum and scutellum yellow, the former 

 with a large black spot above each wing, leaving a narrow stripe in the middle. Pleurae brown along 

 the noto-pleural suture, yellow below ; coxae black. Halteres, except the root, nearly black. First four 

 segments and the hypopygium of the abdomen yellow ; the remainder black. Legs deep brown, the tibiae 

 slightly yellowish. Wings of a uniform yellowish-brown tinge ; the auxiliary vein terminates beyond 

 the base of the first submarginal cell and nearly opposite the anterior cross-vein ; four posterior cells 

 present. Length about 15 millim. ; of the wings 13 millim. 



Eab. Mexico, Orizaba (E. E. Smith & F. D. Godman). 

 One specimen. 



TIPULA (p. 13). 



Tipula monilifera (p. 13). 



To the localities given, add : — Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (E. E. Smith). 



The single specimen received from Mexico has hyaline spots in the distal part of 

 the wing, as in the examples noted by Osten Sacken. 



Tipula craverii(?) (p. 15). 



To the localities given, add : — Mexico, Patzcuaro (J^. D. Godman), Cuernavaca in 

 Morelos (E. H. Smith). 



Two specimens, one of which is larger than the other. The femora are not annulate. 

 These Mexican examples evidently belong to the same form as that mentioned by 

 O. Sacken, if not to that of Bellardi. 



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