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hyaline droplet close to the wing-margin in each of these 

 cells; cell 1st Mz grayish subhyaline, the outer third dar- 

 kened; the clear area between the brown blotches in cell M 

 adjoining vein Cu at about two-thirds its length is strongly 

 yellowish; veins dark brown, paler in the yellowish areas. 

 Venation: cells large and ample; petiole of cell Mi a little 

 longer than m; m-cu obliterated by the short fusion of Cui 

 on i/5+4. 



Abdominal tergites deep yellow with three conspicuous 

 dark brown longitudinal stripes, one being dorso-median, two 

 sublateral, the latter interrupted at the bases of the seg- 

 ments; lateral margins of the tergites påle buff; sternites 

 similarly trivittate with brown. Ovipositor with the basal 

 shield long, shiny brown; tergal valves long and almost 

 straight, the tips subacute; the much shorter but highly 

 compressed sternal valves have the tips obtuse. 



Habitat. — Territory of Magallanes, Chile. 



Holotype, $, On board the »Condor», enroute to Punta 

 Arenas, February 25, 1896 (Ohlin). 



Type in the Riksmuseum in Stockholm. 



This species is evidently close to T. piciipennis Walk. 

 which is a smaller species (Length 17 mm.; wing-expanse 

 32 mm.). 



Tipula tehuelchey sp. n. 



Antennae dark brownish black, the second segment but 

 little brightened; head dark gray, paler gray on the vertical 

 tubercle; mesonotal praescutum gray with four longitudinal 

 stripes and the lateral margins brown; femora duU yellowish 

 brown, the tips narrowly dark brown; wings whitish sub- 

 hyaline with a heavy brown and gray pattern; abdominal 

 tergites duU yellow with three very broad dark brown stri- 

 pes that are broadly connected across the posterior margins 

 of the segments, restricting the ground-color to the bases of 

 the segments; sternites dark brown. 



Male. — Length about 12 — 13 mm.; wing, 15,5 mm. 



Female. — Length about 17 mm.; wing, 16 mm. 



Frontal prolongation of the head dark gray; palpi dark 

 brown. Antennae of moderate length, dark brownish black, 

 the second segment a little brighter; flagellar segments scar- 



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