1912] Neu' Neotropical Tipidina 347 



9 Quite similar to the cf , the shiny spot on the vertex brown; the 

 median prasscutal stripe very broad, in front almost touching the 

 anterior end of the lateral stripe; a bro\vn spot on the mesopleurae 

 about midway between the coxa and the pseudo suture; ovipositor 

 about as in macroslerna; upper valves tipped with black; lower valves, 

 viewed from the side, broad at the base, the ventral margin concave, 

 obtuse at the tip; viewed from beneath, flattened, bearing scanty long 

 hairs on the outer face, the tips touching. 



Holotype, <?, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Sept. 25, 1901, 

 (H. Carciniola). 



Allotype, 9 , with the type. 



Paratype 1, 9 , with the type. 



Paratype 2, 9 , Trinidad, West Indies, (Aug. Busck). 



Types in U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. (No. 15,073) except para- 

 tj-pe No. 2, in author's collection. 



Tipula armatipennis, sp. n. 

 Color light yellow; wing unmarked; a distinct spur on the costa 

 near the stigina in the cf ■ 



cf Length, about 13.5 mm.; wng, 14.4 mm.; antennae, about 



6 mm. 

 9 Length, about 15.5 mm.; wing, 14.8 mm. 



cf Head: Anterior prolongation of the front yellowish-brown; 

 mouth-parts similar. Palpi light yellow, more brown apically, the last 

 segment about as long as the basal three combined. Antennae, scapal 

 segments yellow, the first cylindrical, the second very short, broader 

 than long,' vnth. a thick brush of stout black hairs on its inner face; 

 flagellum, segments (except the first) more or less enlarged at the base 

 and slightly constricted in the middle, the swollen base with a few long 

 black hairs, the segment densely clothed with a pale pubescence; seg- 

 ments 3 — 1, yellowish, except at the black knot, this color passing into 

 a imifonn dark brown on the apical segments. Front, vertex and 

 occiput pale bro^\^lish-yellow with a sparse greyish bloom. 



Thorax: Pronotum light yellow; mesonotum, praescutum, light 

 yellow without distinct stripes; scutum orange with indistinct darker 

 spots; scutelhmi depressed on the sides, swollen medially, brownish- 

 yellow; post-notuni dull yellow. Pleurae yellow, with a sparse greyish 

 bloom. Hal teres uniform yellow, knob browaiish. Legs broken. Wings: 

 subhyaline; stigma large, oval, browTi; cells C and Sc tinged with yel- 

 lowy the apices of cells R2 and R3 tinged with brown; veins brown. On 

 the costal margin of the wing, above the middle of the stigma, is a 

 distinct spine or spur. Venation (see Fig. g) ; Sc long ending at the base 

 of .the stigma; Rs short, less than twice as long as the deflection of 

 R44.5; R-.+.T short, fonning the caudal margin of the stigma; R2 short, 

 subperpcndicular, basally fomimg the distal side of the stigma; cell 

 1st M2 small, pentagonal. 



