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sternites 1 to 5 j'ellow, 6 to 8 black. In some speciments an oval black 

 median spot on tergite 5 near the caudal margin. 



Holotype, cf , Bartica, January 30, 1913, in swamps. 



Allotype, 9 , topotypic, February 5, 1913, in swamps. 



Paratypes, llcf, 29, topotypic, January 25, 1913 to February 

 11, 1913, in swamps. 



E. speciosa is closest to E. melanacra Wiedemann of Brazil but the 

 thoracic dorsum is without black stripes, base of the wing not 

 conspicuously pale, wing band proximad of 'the cord, first abdom- 

 inal segment not black, no dark stripes on the yellow of the basal 

 abdominal segments, etc. 



Subfamily Tipulinae 



Tribe DoUchopezini 



Genus MEGISTOGERA Wiedemann 

 1828. Megislocera Wiedemann, Aussereur. zweifl. Ins., i, 55. 



Megistocera longipennis IVIacquart 



1838. TipuJa longipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot., i, pt. 1, 57, pi. 5, fig. 1. 



Bartica, one (f, December 5, 1912, one cf , January 18, 1913. 

 Mallali, one 9, March 20, 1913. 



Genus BRACHYPREMNA Osten Sacken 



1886. Brachypremna Osten Sacken, Berlin. Entomol. Zeitschr., xxx, 

 161. 



Brachypremna breviventris Wiedemann 



1821. Tipula hreviven'ris Wiedemann, Dipt, exot., i, 43. 



Bartica, two 9 , January 16, 1913 to February 18, 1913; one cf, 

 January 31, 1913. 



Tribe Tipulini 



Genus OZODICERA Macquart 

 1834. Ozodicera Macquart, Hist6ire Naturelle des Insectes: Dipteres, i, 92. 



Ozodicera pectinata Wiedemann 



1821. Tipula peclinataWlfidemann, Dipt. Exot., i, 24. 



One female from Bartica, January 27, 1913. 



Ozodicera noctivagans sp. n. 



Very much smaller than any of the described species, length of wing under 

 12 mm.; thorax gray with four brown stripes; wings dusky, stigma brown. 



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