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Wiugs subhyaline, tbe costal coll niorc yellowlsli ; stignia daik hruwii; 

 veins dark browii. Venalion: Ils loiij^; . a lillle longer (ban /»2+ ;r, /^2 + :?, 

 almost in a straigbt iine witb 7» ;î ; lU fainl an<l evidenlly in tbe ptocess 

 ofalropby, Ibe base of cell li-2 acule; cell ist M-2 narrow: pétiole of eell 

 Ml sbort, tbe celi large and ample; m- eu obliterated by tbe punctiform 

 contact of Cm on M^ + à- 



Abdomen orange-brown ; a subterminal black ring including segments 

 sevea and eigbt and ail but tbe base of six; hypopygium orange-yellow . 

 Maie bypopygium witb tbe scleriles of tbe ninth segment fused inlo a 

 continuons ring. Tergal région flaltened or but sligbtly convex, tbe caudal 

 niargin witb a llattened blade on eilber side oftlie médian bne, separatcd 

 IVom ont' anotber by a deep Lsbaped nolcii; viewed l'rom tbe side tbese 

 lobes areseen to be ratberdeej), compressée! bla<les. Plenral région sligbtly 

 produced caudally, tbe appenflages borne at tbe apex : outer pleural ap- 

 pendage large, llattened, pale ycllnw, innt*r pleuial appendage a ratber 

 simple compiessed blade, tbe poslerior lobe ^vilb tbe outer face densely 

 clotbed witb wbitisb appressed bairs. Sternal région very extensive , deejdy 

 incised medially. Eigbtli sternile witb a rallier large médian area of long 

 yellovvisb baii's tbat are direcled touard tbe médians lins. 



Habitat. — Dabomey. 



Holotype, j* , Environs de Porto-No\o, 1909. (^Wateilol.) 



Type in tbe Paris Muséum. 



Tipula niossambicensis , nov. sp. 



(lenerai coloration brown: legs brownisb yellow, tbe femoi-a and 

 tibiae tipped witb darker: wings biown, longitudinally streaked witb 

 wbitisb. 



Feinate. — Lengtb i.'Vnun, 7 : wing, 1 1 mm. H. 



Frontal piolongation of tbe bead dark brown, sparsely ligbt yellow 

 pollinose; nasus lacking. Paipi dark brown, tbe last segment sbort, not 

 as long as tbe Iwo preceding taken logetber. Antennae witb tbe lirst six 

 segments ligbt yellow, tbe remaining segments daik brown; tbe first 

 flageilar segment is long witb a conspicuous basai enlargemenl tbat is 

 longer tban tbe second scal})al segment; remaining flageilar segments 

 iong-cybndrical witb a sbort wbitisb pubescence ; tbe verticils are very 

 minute, on tbe basai flageilar segments occuring near midiengtb and 

 near the apex; on tbe distal flageilar segments only ihe apical bristle 

 persists. Head dark brown , paler adjoining tbe inner margiu of tbe eyes. 



Thorax brown, tbe praesculum witb Iwo indistinct in termediate brown 



