Sept., 1913.] Alexander: Craneflies from Colombian Andes. 205 



Genus LIMNOPHILA Macquart. 

 15. Limnophila lloydi new species. 



Color of the head and thorax light gray, wings hyaline, with four costal 

 blotches of brown, the largest near the tip of the wing, other cells of the wing 

 with scattered brown dots. 



Male, length, 8.2 mm. ; wing, 9.6 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown; antennas with the scapal segments dark 

 brown with a gray bloom, flagellar segments brown ; front, vertex and occiput 

 with a broad light gray median stripe, the region adjoining the eye rich yel- 

 lowish brown. 



Pronotum light gray ; mesonotal prsescutum light gray, with a linear rich 

 rust brown streak on either side of the median line near the pseudosuture, two 

 brown spots on either side near the transverse suture ; scutum, scutellum and 

 postnotum light gray, the latter broadly margined with dark brown behind. 

 Pleurae, propleurse brown with a yellow bloom, mesopleurje dark brown, the 

 metapleuras even darker. Halteres light yellow throughout. Legs, fore coxae 

 yellowish with a slightly darker bloom, trochanters yellow above, brown be- 

 neath, femora yellowish becoming browner before the tip, tibiae yellow, brown 

 at the tip, tarsi yellowish, each segment tipped with brown ; middle and hind 

 legs similar but the coxae and trochanters are brown. Wings long and narrow, 

 rather pointed at the tip, hyaline with yellow veins; conspicuous brown marks 

 as follows : one at the base of cell R. a second at the origin of Rs. a third, 

 larger, including the tip of Sc, the fork of R^+^ and down the cord to cell 

 1st M„ ; a fourth, very large blotch, occupying the ends of cells 2d R^, R^ and 

 i?3 ; a few scattered dots at the ends of the veins and in most of the cells. 

 Venation, see PI. 2, fig. 9. 



Abdominal tergites yellowish brown, brightest medially, the apical sclerites 

 rather darker; sternites yellowish brown. 



Holotype, c?, Valle de las Papas, March 29, 1912. 



This species is dedicated to the collector, Mr. J. T. Lloyd. 



This species suggests Lcctcria conspcrsa Enderlein^ (Brazil) in 

 its wing pattern but in all other respects is quite ditTerent. It also 

 bears a resemblance to Limnophila guttulatissinia Alexander (Guate- 

 mala),- in which the thorax is pale brown spotted with darker brown 

 and the wings with a greater abundance oi brown dots. 



16. Limnophila orophila new species. 



Blackish, wings dull yellowish, crossveins r and m lacking. 



Male, length, 5-5.2 mm. ; wing, 5.3-5.7 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brownish black ; antenna; black, the 2d segment 



1 Gunther Enderlein, Z06I. Jahrb., Vol. 32, Pt. i, pp. 49, 50 (1912). 

 - C. P. Alexander, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 44, No. 1966, p. 546. 



