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Undescribed Cràne-Flies jn THE Paris Muséum (TipulidjE, Diptera); 



AfRICAN SpECIES OF TnE SuBFAMILY ÏIPILIN.E, TrIBE TlPVllM, 



BY Charles P. Alkxander, 



Ph. 1)., Llihana, III., L. S. A."!. 



SuBFAJlILV TIPlLIXAi:. 



Tribe TIPUIilNI. 



Gënus Tipula Liunaeus. 



Tipula dahomiensis , nov. s|». 



General coloration broAviiish orange; anlennae lather long, llie llagelliun 

 tlark Lrown; legs long and slender, llie niolalarsi longer ihan ihe libiac, 

 claws toollied; wings sulthvaiins, the costal cell more yellowish , ihesligma 

 dark l»roAvn; abdomen orange- hrown with a black snlUerminal ring. 



Maie. — Length alunit 18 mm., Aving about i5 mm. F). 



Frontal prolongation of the liead long and slender, yellowish orange; 

 palpi dark biwvn , the last segment ratlier short, not as long as the Iwo 

 preceding taken logelher. Antennae with ihe scapal segments oran{;<'- 

 brown, the base of the third segment similar; remainder of the oigan dark 

 brown. Antennae rather elongate, il beni backward exlending to beyond 

 the wing-root; flagellar segments elongale-cylindrical, the basai swelling 

 with long black verticile Ihat are but lillle sliorter ihan the segments tliat 

 bear them. Head brownish orange. 



Thorax brownish oi-ange thionghoul, ihe praescutum withou! distinct 

 stripes. Haltères brown, the stem somewhat paler. Legs long and slender, 

 the coxae brownish orange; trochanters dull yellow ; femora and tibiac 

 yellowish brown, the tips darker broAvn; tarsi dark brown; melalarsi 

 longer than the tibiae; claws A\ith a long slender toolh before midienght. 



''' \oir BuJhlin du Muséum, 1919, p. f)o6, 1920, p. 5i. 



