CATALOGUE OF NEW GUINEA DIPTEROUS INSECTS. 229 



Catalogue of the Dipterous Insects collected at Dorey, New 

 Guinea, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with Descriptions of New 

 Species. By Prancis Walker, Esq., P.L.S. 



[Eead June 21st, I860.] 



Earn. CULICIDJE, Haliday. 



Greu. CuLEX, Linn. 



1. Ciilex obturbans, Walk. See vol. iv. p. 91. 



2. CuLEX ZONATIPES, n. s. Mos. Fernigineus, pedibus fusois, femo- 

 ribus basi pallidis, genubus tarsoruraque fasciis quatuor albis, alls 

 cinereis, venis nigris ciliatis. 



Very nearly allied to C. impatibilis (vol. iv. p. 91), but distinct. 



Male. Ferruginous; proboscis about half the length of the body; legs 

 brown ; femora pale at the base ; knees white ; tarsi with four broad 

 white bands ; wings cinereous ; veins black, fringed. Length of the 

 body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



3. CuLEX FiLii'ES, n. s. Fwm. Ferrugineus, capite abdomineque ni- 

 gris, pedibus nigricantibus longissimis, femoribus basi pallidioribus, 

 alis cinereis, venis nigris ciliatis. 



Female. Ferruginous ; head and abdomen black ; proboscis less than 

 half the length of the body ; legs blackish, very long ; femora some- 

 what paler towards the base ; wings cinereous ; veins black, fringed. 

 Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Tarn. TIPULID^, Haliday. 



Gen. LiMNOBiA, Meigen. 



In the wings of the following species the subcostal is connected with the 

 radial by a transverse veinlet at its tip ; the apical veins are curved 

 towards their tips ; the 2nd externo-medial springs from the 1 st at 

 before one-third of its length, and is connected near its base with the 

 3rd by a transverse veinlet; the 3rd is connected in like manner with 

 the suhanal. 



4. LiMNOBiA STRiGivENA, n. s. Mtts. Cinereo-ccrvina, thorace an- 

 tico attenuato, pedibus longissimis, femoribus fascia nigra subapicali, 

 tibiis apice nigricantibus, alis albidis longis angustis, venis pallide tes- 

 taceis nigro conferte fasciatis, halteribus albidis apice nigricantibus. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, slender ; head oblong ; antennae short ; 

 thorax attenuated in front ; legs testaceous, slender, very long ; 



