— m - 



witli a (î(\'|) incision ciiUing- n(T a promincnlalula, wing ohscui'c yellow 

 Avith tree iarj^e brown blolclies. 



Al)dominai seginenls dull yellow, tlit; latéral and candai mai-gins t)l' ihe 

 segments indislinctlydarkened; basai slernitc wilhadark brown biolcb lliat 

 is hard lo see because of the large posterior coxae wbich overlie it. Ovipo- 

 silor Avitb tlie tergal vaKes long and slraigbt, very slender; slernal valves 

 ending a little bcforo ibe tips of llie tei'gal valves, very conipressed, Ibe 

 apices subobtnse. 



Hahilal. — Abyssinia. 



Holotype, 9, Addis Abeba, May 190^ (Maurice de Rotbscbild). 



Type in the Collection of the Paris Muséum. 



Tipula rothschildi is apparently related to T. capnioneura Speiser (Mt. 

 Kilimandjaro) in the strongly atropbiefi wings of the female. It (Hflers in 

 Ihe shape of the wings and in tbe coloration of the thorax , abdomen and 

 legs. The bone-white bases of tbe sternal valves of the ovipositor are not 

 évident in the présent species. The dark spot at ihe base of the abdomen 

 on tbe ventral side stiongly suggests T. ahijmnica Jaennicke (Abyssinia), 

 which, bowever, is fiili-winged in both sexes. 



Tipula gaboonensis nov. sp, 



General coloration yellow, tbe mesonolal praescutuni witb a brown mé- 

 dian fitripe and a dark brown spot at the latéral margin; scutellum witb 

 Iwo dark brown spots on the anterior half; postuotum wjlh a rounded 

 dgirk brown spot on tbe latéral sclerites: legs very long, çlaws of maie 

 toothed; wings pale brown, the cord partly seanied wilh darker brown, 

 maie iiypopygiura witb the ninth tergite snddenly narrowed , the apex 

 deeply notched, the adjacent lobes slender, dark brown. 



Maie. — Leogth, -39 mm.; wing, 29.5 mm.; head alone, h mm.; 

 thorax, 7 mm.; abdomen, 18 mm. Fore leg, fémur, 16 mm,; tibia, 

 20,5 mm. Hind leg, fémur, 17 mm,: tibia, 18,8 mm. 



Female. — Wing, 97 mm. 



Frontal prolongation oF tbe head ralher short, brown, tlie nasus very 

 long and conspicuous; mouthparts dark brown; palpi d;irk brown , the last 

 segment brown al tbe base,theiise fading into whilisb, tbis terminal seg- 

 ment very eloDgale, about twice the three basai segments taken together. 

 Anlennae small for the size of tbe tly, tbe scapal segments obscure yellow ; 



