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terminal segments so as to include most of segments 7 and 8 ; 

 sternites with segment 2 yellowish and having a dark brown 

 subterminal ring ; segments 4 to 6 dark brown basally, the cau- 

 dal margin broadly dull yellow, this area becoming broader on 

 the terminal segments so as to include most of segments 7 and 

 8. Hypopygium with the ninth tergite rather extensive, the 

 lateral lobes very broad, rounded, the caudal margin chitinized, 

 shiny ; the median notch is very deep and narrow, U-shaped ; 

 ninth pleurite complete ; the outer pleural appendage subspatu- 

 late, enlarged distally; eighth sternite broad, rather narrowed 

 toward the apex, the caudal margin slightly concave, bearing 

 a dense tuft of short, golden hairs on each side of the median 

 line and a few scattered hairs on the short, lateral lobes. 



Holotype, male. College Station, Texas, March 16, 1908 

 (E. S. Tucker). 



Type, Cat. No. 19983, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Tipula georgiana, new species. 



Male. — Length, 11.8-14 mm.; wing, 11.5-15.3 mm. 



Palpi dull brownish yellow, the two terminal segments a lit- 

 tle darker. Frontal prolongation of the head dull yellow with 

 a sparse yellowish bloom; nasus obliterated. Antennae com- 

 paratively short, the scapal segments yellow ; third segment 

 dull yellow, the apical portion infuscated; remainder of the 

 organ brown, the flagellar segments with the basal enlarge- 

 ment a little darker, the pedicel lighter brown; flagellar seg- 

 ments rather short, slightly constricted beyond the basal en- 

 largement. Head light brown, the front and a narrow margin 

 adjoining the eyes pale whitish gray. 



Thoracic dorsum very light brownish yellow, the praescutal 

 stripes only a little darker, pale brown, the median vitta bi- 

 sected by a delicate dark brown line ; lateral stripes indistinct ; 

 pseudosutural fovese reduced to small colorless pits; scutum, 

 scutellum, and postnotum dull yellow with a sparse whitish 

 gray bloom. Halteres pale yellow, the base of the knobs 

 brown. Legs with the coxae dull yellow, slightly gray prui- 

 nose ; trochanters and femora dull yellow, the latter passing into 



