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Teffe, Brazil, December 22-26, 1919 (H. S. Parish). 



Iquitos, Peru, May 25- June 15, 1920 (H. S. Parish). 



Yurimaguas, Peru, March 31, 1920 (H. S. Parish). 



Napo River, Peru, June 14-15, 1920 (H. S. Parish); August 3, 

 1920 (Native Collector). 



A few additional details concerning the leg pattern may be given : 

 The black of the tibiae is very extensive on the fore and middle 

 legs, only the narrow bases and slightly broader apices being yellow- 

 ish white. On the posterior tibiae, however, the apical one-half 

 or more is whitish, the dark area being a comparatively narrow 

 ring (5 to 6 mm.) wide, ending before midlength of the sclerite. 



Brachypremna breviventris (Wiedemann) ^ 



1821. Tipula breviventris Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot., Bd. 1, p. 43. 



Igarape Assii, Brazil (H. S. Parish). 



Teffe, Brazil, December 25, 1919 (H. S. Parish). 



Yurimaguas, Peru, April 5-6, 1920 (H. S. Parish). 



Brachypremna williamsoni Alexander. 



1912. BracJiypreiana ivilliamsoni Alexander, Journ. X. Y. Ent. Soc, 

 vol. 20, pp. 231, 232. 



Prata, Brazil, July 2, 1919 (H. S. Parish). 



Parintins, Brazil, October 2, 1919 (H. S. Parish). 



Manaos, Brazil (Miss Merrill) ; paratype. 



Flores, Brazil, November 6-12, 1919 (H. S. Parish). 



Teffe, Brazil, December 12, 1919 (H. S. Parish). 



Santo Antonio, Brazil, February 16, 1920 (H. S. Parish). 



Iquitos, Peru, May 25, 1920 (H. S. Parish). 



Brachypremna dispellens (Walker) 



1860. Tipula dispellens Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., n. ser., vol. 5, 

 p. 334. 



Igarape Assii, Brazil, 1912 (H. S. Parish). 

 Pratca, Brazil, July 9, 1919 (H. S. Parish). 



Brachypremna uniformis Alexander. 



1920. Brachypretnna uniformis Alexander, Ent. News, vol. 31, p. 75. 



Parintins, Brazil, October 8, 1919 (H. S. Parish). 

 Manaos, Brazil, November 1, 1919 (H. S. Parish). 

 Flores, Brazil, November 15, 1919 (H. S. Parish). 

 Iquitos, Peru, May 17, 1920 (H. S. Parish). 



Brachypremna basihca sp. n. 



Similar to B. Candida Alexander but very much larger (wing of 

 male over 20 mm.); palpi yellow, the terminal segment abruptly 

 dark brown with the extreme tip orange; tarsi light yellow, the 



