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Undescribed Crane-Flies in tue Paris Muséum (Tipulid.«. Diptera): 



AfRICAN SpECIES OF THE SuBFAMILY LlMNOBIlN^B , TrIRE LiMNOBIINI, 



RY Charles P. Alexander, 

 Ph. D., Uibana, 111., U. S. A. 



Through the kindness of Dr. E.-L. Bouvier, Professor of Enlomology, 

 and Mons. Eugène Séguy, Custoilian of" tlie Diplera, the writer lias been 

 enaWed lo study the African Tipulidœ cnnlained in llie collection olllie Na- 

 tional Muséum of Natural llistory. Thèse extensive collections are of the 

 very greatest importance in determining the range of many species of 

 Elhiopian crane-filies. Several species proved to be new lo science and are 

 described herewjth, the types being deposited in the Paris Muséum. 



Sdbfamily lim\obiii\.«;. 



Tribe LIMNOBIINI. 



Genus Cieranomyia Holiday. 

 Geranomyia (Gsranomyia) macrops nov. sp. 



Hostrum dark brown : eyes very large, the narrow vertex gray; gênerai 

 budv coloration gray; feniora with the tips yellow, a dark brown sidjter- 

 minal ring; uings grayish. sligma brown, vein .SV long, Sr-2 at the tip 

 of.Sn. 



Mali\ — Length (exclu ling roslrum) abont (i mm.; wing, miu.; 

 rostrnm ahine, abont a ram. 



Rostrum moderalely elonjj.ile, dark brown, ihe paraglossa^ slender; 

 paipi sinall, dark biowii. Aiitennai brown, the second scapal segment 

 paler apically; llagellar segments covered with a dense wliile j)nbescence. 

 Eyes of the maie verv large, the vimIi'x restricled lit a narrow dark gray 

 slri|». 



Mesonotnm gray pruinose, the three nsual j>ra>scutal slripes didl brow- 

 nisli vellow, Iransversely irroratc wilh brown lines lo ])roduce an indisiinct 

 niarmorale apjieirance; sciitelluin whilish: posinolnm gray. IMenra gray 

 pruiuis,^. indislinclly cioudeJ wilh darker. Ilalleres liglil yellow, the 



