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liidwnisli ycllow, tlio lips dark hrown ; lihia; and inelaliirsi Lrown, ihe 

 li|)s (laïkcr lnown : romaindci' ni' larsi daik ln'own. Wing-s willi a hioui) 

 linge, llic coslal niargin and slijjnia dark liniwn; tlio hniun niaigin 

 indudcs cells (',, Se and niosl of ^nd li\ ; r-m and deflrclion of Rt, + b seamed 

 willi brown; aroa caudad of veia Cu brown; a broad and conspicnous 

 oblileralive area befoie ihe sligma , exleuding from cell \sl III ibniugh cell 

 ist M-2 inlo ihe base of cell Mu; veins dark brown. Venation : Sc\ indi- 

 caled basaliy, far from the tip of Sco; Ils long, arcualed at origin; lip of 

 7^2 persistent; coll isl M2 long and narrow, broadcst at proximal end ; 

 pétiole of cell Mi about equal lo /«,• m-cii short, at abonl one-(iflh ibe 

 lenglh of cell ht M2; cell Qnd A ralber nairow. 



Abdominal segments dark brown, the latéral margins of the tergites 

 broadly clay-colored. Maie liypopygium wilh the ninlh tergite incompletely 

 fused witli the slerno-pleurite, the suture indicalcd but not enlirely 

 distinct; suture between pleurite and sternite rclalively short and slraight. 

 Ninth tergite large, the caudal margin bearing a Iri^ngular plate liial is 

 weakly altached to the basai part of lergile, ihis plate tapering caudally, 

 UM-minaling in two parallel, blackened lobes that are microscopically 

 spinnlose al their tips. Area between lergile and pleurite on caudal aspect 

 ofbypopygiura meinbranous. Plenral appendages simple; outer appendagc 

 a small, clavate structure, covered wilh scta'; inuor pleural aj)penda}>i! a 

 complex lobe, appearinj;' lo consist of Iwo llalleaed triaugular lob 'S ihal 

 are not blackened, the proximal one hatchct-shaped and formingan arm 

 of the outer appendage. Pleural suture slraight. Ninlh sternite reslricted, 

 notched medially, ihe caudal margin of each side wilh a small, setiferous 

 area. Eightli sternite unarmed. 



Habitat. — China. 



Holotype : d*, Se-Tchoueu, 187.^ (Père A. David) CoUector's No. 891. 

 Type in the Collection of the Paris Muséum. 



Tipula subcarinata nov. sp. 



General coloration light grey: anlennal scape orange, llagellar segments 

 deeply incised beneath; wiugs whilish subhyaline, clouded with pale and 

 dark brown; abdominal tergites yellowish, nari-owly trilineate with dark 

 brown; maie hypopygium simple in structure, ihe ninlh tergite with a 

 conspicnous rounded notch, the latéral lobes obtuse; ninth phunite elon- 

 gale, the lip produced inlo a small, blacktooth; eighth sternite unarmed. 



Maie. — Lengb about, i5-i6 mm.; wing, i5-i5,5 mm. 



Frontal prolongation of the head reddish, grey pruinose. Antenme with 



