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TiPULIDAE. 



It has sometimes been stated tliat the Tipulinae can Vje distin- 

 guished from tlie Limnohiiiuie l.y liaving their wings divaricate in 

 repose, hut this is only a rough distinction, as very many TipiiUiiar, 

 especially of the genus Neplirotoma (PacJij/rrJiina), also Tijnfla rufiiui 

 and some others, close their wings when fully at rest. The Pfiiclm- 

 pferinar and Llmnopliila ocliracea (also, according to Alexander, the 

 American L. ioxoneum and Epipln-arpua fascipenni.^) have them 

 divaricate. 



Some tropical Limnohiinae have heen recorded as resting with their 

 legs in curious positions. Tims Co)w>iia irrorata has its front legs and 

 middle femora directed straight forwards, its hind legs straight l)ack- 

 wards, and its nriddle tibiae and tarsi at i-ight angles to the body. 

 Sitiringomijia "rests on walls with the two anterior pairs of legs 

 stretched out straight in front and the i.osterior pair behind, resembling 

 a, stray piece of cobweb." 



Doliclopeza and some species of Tipuln (e. g. T. oJeracea) often 

 hang by their front claws only, with their other legs widely spread out. 



Major E. E. Austen has observed a female of Limnohin <Jecemmacu- 

 lata resting with its head near the surface and its body raised, resembling 

 an Anoplieh'H in this respect. 



Many species of Dicranomijia (Alexander says also Geranomi/la) 

 " practise a curious up-and-down bobl)ing while at rest or whde feeding, 

 their long, slender legs acting as springs." This is particularly noticeable 

 in our commonest species, D. chorea. 

 Kovemher, 1920. 



FOUR NEW AFRICAN SPECIES OF NEPTIS. 

 BY H. ELTETXGHAM, M.X., D.Sc. 



Being engaged on a systematic investigation of the African species 

 of the Nymphalid genus JVejyfis, I find four hitherto undescribed foi-ms, 

 of which I submit the following account:— 



Neptis ponltoni, sp. n. 

 Expau«e 38-42 mm. Groiuid-colnur dark K^piu with white markings. Fore 

 wino- with an inner marginal patch in 1 a and 1 h, the proximal edge of which 

 fornis a straight line continuous with that of the hind-wing discal band. In 

 "> and 3 are large contiguous spots forming a siibovate patch of regular outline. 

 In area 4 a mimite white dot placed distally. lu o, 6, and 10 contiguous 



