xo. 210.1. JAVAXfJ^E CI?AyE-FLTES~ALEXA\DER. 175 
Genus LIMNOPHILA Macquart. 
Limnophila Macquart, Suite a Biiffon, Dipteres, vol. 1, ISlM, p. 95. 
LIMNOPHILA AMIGA, new species. 
Body-coloration shiny browTi; wings brown; cell B^ very short, 
cell -Ml absent. 
Hale. — Length about 5.5 mm. ; wing, 6 mm. Rostrum short, dull 
brown, the palpi brownish black. Antennae rather short, the seg- 
ments of the flagellum oval; antennae dark bro-vvnish black through- 
out. Head dark brown, shiny. 
Thoracic dorsum dark brown, shiny, the scuteUum more yellow- 
ish. Pleura dull yellow. Halteres rather long, brown. Legs, coxae, 
and trochanters yellow; femora dark brown, paler at the base; 
tibiae black; tarsi broken. Wings pale brown, the stigma almost 
indistinct; veins dark brow^n; venation: (see pi. 44, fig. 22), Rs very 
long, straight; fork of i?2+3 short, much shorter than its petiole; 
cross vein r far before the fork of R2+3! cell Jij absent; cells B^ and 
i?5 in a line; basal deflection of Cui at about two-thirds the length 
of cell 1st J/2. 
Abdominal tergites dark brown, with a sparse gray bloom and 
long white hairs; sternites yellow, with a large dark brown blotch on 
the middle of each segment at the base. 
Habitat. — Java. 
Ilolotype. — Tjibodas, Mount Gede, Java; altitude 4,500 feet. 
(Bryant and Palmer.) 
Tyiu.—C^Li. No. 19023, U.S.N.M. 
This insect suggests L. opaca de Meijere,^ but the cross vein r is far 
before the fork of ii2+3, the cell B^ quite differently shaped, etc. 
LIMNOPHILA PALMERI, new species. 
Body-coloration brown; wings light brown, stigma distinct; cell 
J/j present. 
Male. — Length, 6.3-7 mm.; wing, 7.4-7.5 mm. Rostrum brown, 
the palpi rather darker. Antennae very short, dark brown, the 
flagellar segments decreasing rapidly in size. Front dull yellow, 
remainder of the head dark grayish brown. 
Thoracic dorsum dull yellow, rather shiny, with three dark brown 
stripes which are confluent behind; the lateral stripes short, begin- 
ning behind the pseudosutural region. Pleura dull brownish yeflow. 
Halteres rather short, light brown, the knob darker. Legs, coxae, 
and trochanters dull yeUow, femora brown, darkened beyond the 
base, tibiae and tarsi dark brownish black. Wings light brown, the 
stigma elongate, dark brown, veins dark brown; venation: (see pi. 44, 
fig. 23), Bs long, gently arcuated at the base; petiole of cell i?2 
1 Tijdsclir. voor Entom., vol. 54, 1911, pp. 52, 53, pi. 4, fig. 44. 
