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L. pannonica, Kow. 

 Abdomen and belly shining black. 



Besides the three blackish spots near 

 the costa, there are similar small spots 

 before the third large spot and at the 

 end of the subcostal vein ; venation like 

 L. tripunctata. 



L. nitida, n. sp. 

 Abdomen with 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th 

 segments above and below almost all 

 reddish-yellow, somewhat darkened at 

 sides and hind margins ; on the very 

 edge is a blackish line, which is con- 

 siderably widened at the hind margin? ; 

 the end of the 2nd and the base of the 

 7th segments are also a little reddish- 

 yellow above. 



Wings with three blackish spots placed 

 as in L. tripunctata, but much larger, 

 the third almost covering the end of the 

 subcosta, because the continuing part of 

 the subcosta after the cross vein is much 

 shorter than in L. tripunctata. No 

 small blackish spots. 



Knob of halteres brownish-black. 



Antennae all blackish, except base of 

 third joint. 



Scutellum black, with grey tomentum. 



Halteres yellow. 



Antennal joints after the second yel- 

 low, darkened at tips. 



Scutellum yellowish-brown, darkened 

 on middle. 



L. nitida has the veins all yellow at the base of the wing ; the tibia; are almost 

 black, being only a little brownish about the middle ; the black on the 7th and 8th 

 abdominal segments is a conspicuous band between the reddish-yellow middle of the 

 abdomen and the genitalia, these being all reddish-yellow except the black hooks, 

 outside they bear black hairs, but inside near the end yellowish hairs. 



Female very similar to the male, but the hind margins of the reddish-yellow 

 abdominal segments are distinctly black ; the ovipositor is almost all reddish-yellow. 



This does not appear to be rare in England, as in addition to 

 several specimens in the British Museum I came against it many years 

 ago in the Plumstead Marshes when I knew nothing about Tipulidce, 

 and this spring on May 12th it occurred freely in a hedgerow at 

 Exning near Newmarket. It is probably a May species, lasting only 

 a few days ; my Plumstead specimens were taken on May ^th. 



L. trivittata, Schum. : this species, which is usually considered 

 rare wherever it occurs in Europe, was very abundant on one of the 

 islands in the river at Inverness on July 10th last ; on June 26th I 

 took one at Brockdish near Scole in Norfolk, so I suspect it is widely 

 spread but hitherto overlooked. Walker's type of L. punctigera is 

 certainly a true Limnohia, but when I saw it I did not know L. 

 trivittata. 



L. macrosfigma, Schum. : tolerably abundant near Tunbridge 

 Wells last June. 



{To he continued.) 



