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Undescrihed Crane-Flies /v THE Paris Muséum (Tipulid«, Diptera): 



Africa?/ species, Part II 



[coiidnited), 



BY Chaules P. Alexander, 

 Ph. D.,Urbana,Hl.,U. S. A. 



SUBKAMILY lll*IIJ\.f-:. 



Tuiiii: TIPULINI. 



GeNUS 'l'i|»iiln LiMiiaoïis. 



Tipula rothschildi nov. sp. 



Femaio subaplcrous; g-eneral colornlioii lij;iit yellowisli hrown; legs 

 yellow, llic lips oF ihc femoia aiiil libia*, and llio larsi (l;ii-k brown; winjjs 

 of ihe fcmale mucli shoi-ler tliaii llift lialleres; abdomea yellowish, a dark 

 brown spot on tho first slernili'. 



Femalc. — Lenglh 12 nim., wing aboiil 1 mm. 



Middin leg, fémur, lt,h mm.: tibia, kji mm.; larsus, 6 mm. 



Hind leg. fémur, 6 mm.; tibia, 6,9 mm.; larsus, 6 mm. 



Describsd fiom an alcoholic spécimen. 



Frontal prolongation of ihe lioad ralhi'i' Ion;;-, yellow : nasus conipara- 

 lively short antl slout; paipi dark brown, tlii- lasl segment about eqiial lo 

 ihe two preceding taken togelher. Antennae wilh llie scapal und lirst 

 llagellar segment light yellow: remainder of ihe antennae i)roken. llead 

 iighl brown. 



.Mesonotal praescutum light yellowish brown. the slripes indistinct, 

 indicated behind al the suture as a semicircular dark l)rown mark. Pleura 

 brownish yellow. Haltères light browu, the knobs broken. Legs short, 

 obscure yellow, the tips of the femora and libiae dark broun; tihial spurs 

 long and slender; tarsi dark brown. \\ ings very small, ihe anal région 



