— 541 - 



ofciich heiiiji iiiluscaled. Head lit;iil }>Tt'\ wiih .1 \(.|\ delirale Itrowii 

 iiifdian line llial is inleniipled bfhiiid tlie verlical liilicicle. 



MesonoUim liolil gn-y. tlie hvnwu pracsciilal stiipos barely iiulicaled , 

 lli(> inici-medialt' oiic irntie distincl aiid splil longitiulinally hy a pale lirio; 

 scutal lobes niarked vvilh daikor. Pleura lighl grey, the dorso-pleural 

 nieinbranes obscure yellow. Ilaltei-es obscure yellow. Legs with ibe 

 coxae ligbl grey pruinose; trocbaiiters and femora obscure yellow, ibe lips 

 of the laller broadly dark brown; tibiae light brownish vellow, llie 

 lips rallier narrowly darkened; larsi dark brown, the melalarsi paler. 

 VVings wilh a lainl \elln\vish linge, the costal niargin and (he wing-base 

 brighl u'iiow; slignia dark brown: brown seanis af oiigin of Ils, along 

 ihecord, broadesl air-///, and along the fork oi Cii ; ninglip in cells I{-2, 

 /f 3: -fis and 7 s/ I l'aintlx darkened ; area behind veiii Cm obscure yellow 

 variegaled with a brown blolch neai- midlenglh; vcins brown, vellow in 

 the llavous areas. Venalion : Se long, Sc-2 ending immedialely before the 

 Cork oï Rs: R.s gently arcuated basally ; r about as long as ///: pétiole of 

 cell M\ more ihan one-half /?i)+3; iii-cu oblileraled. 



Abdomen obscure yellow, darker areas showing ihrough but thèse 

 apparently caus-d by eggs wilhin the body: sierniles iid'uscated mediallx. 

 Ovipositor wilh Ihe tergal valves long and slender; sternal valves short 

 and bi'oad. 



Habitat. — China. 



Hololype, 9, Kouy-Tchéou, gan Chouen, September 1918 (Père Ca- 

 valerie). 



Type in the Collection of the Paris Muséum. 



Tipula percara is raost closely relaled lo the Japanese T. Jîavocosldlis 

 Alcxander, dilTering in the détails of coloralion and wing venalion, as the 

 longer Se , the large cell isl M2 the lack of the m-cn crossvein and other 

 characlers. 



(ÎENus l\ephrotouia Meigen. 



Nephrotoma erebus nov. sp. 



Genei-al coloi-alion black: wings pale yellovvish subhyalins, stigma 

 brown; a brown cloud along r-tn; veins dark brown. 



Maie. — Lenglh la mm.: wing, 9-9,'» mni. 



Female. — Lenglh i5 mm.; wing, 11,2 nun. 



Frontal prolongation of head black; pal()i brownish black. Antennae 

 of moderale lenglh , black ihionghont : (lagellar sogmenls in maie only 

 slighlly enlarged basally. Head black. 



Mesouolum black, only ihe extrême humerai régions obscure yellowish 

 brown. Pleura black, the dorso-pleural mend)ranes brownish. . Haltères 



Muséum. — \\\i\. '.\- 



