f Ije fauatlian ]^ntoiiiolaribt 



Vol.. XLW L(JM)U.\, CKT()B1:R, I'Ji:; Xo. 10 



RKl'OKr ox A COLLKCTIOX OF JAP.AXKM; t'RAXK- 

 FLIES (TIPll.ID.i;), WITH .\ Ki:v To riii: ■ 

 SPFXIi:s Ol" I'TVCIIOITKRA. 



liY CH.VRI.KS p. .M.EX.WDKR, ITH.VCA, N. Y.* 



(Coiitiiuicd from page 2951. 

 Tribe LImiiopliilini. 

 CuMiiis Limnophila Mac(]iuirt. 



Key to tiik Jap.wese Lim.\(jphil.4s. 



1. W'iiiiis unallotted (suhgen. Limnophila) incouciissa, sp. n. 



W'ingri marked with brown (subgen. PariloslolcO 2. 



2. Large species (male, length 22-25 mm.; wing <)\er lo mm.); 



wings with a few large seams or blotches. . . .sa!sii»ia Westw. 



Small species (male, length 10-13 mm.: wing under 12 mm.) 



wings with abundant dots in the ct'lls :}. 



3. Legs and abdomen yellow throughout; i)ciiole of cell Mi as 



long as cell Isl 1\L variconiis ("oci. 



Legs with segments tipp-ed with brown ; abdomen yellow and 

 brown; [letiole (.'f ceil I\L longer than cell 

 1st Mi japonica, sp. n. 



Limnophila inconcussa, sp. n. 



Wings unspotted; cross-vein r far from lip of Ri. 



Rostrum brownish yellow beneath, brown above, palpi brown; 

 antcnn;e dark brown, the third segment more yellowish at its base; 

 anlenn;c short, reaching about to the wing basis; front, vertex 

 and occii)ut dark brown, ducted with gri'\". 



Mesonolum greyish willi a median brown stripe; pseudcj- 

 sutural fovea and tubercuLue pits \er\- distinct, black; scutum, 

 scutellum and postnotum brown, pleura^ dark brown (probable 

 that the body, in dried specimens, is grey). Halteres pale. Legs: 

 coxfc and trochanters dull yellow; femora yellow, a little darkened 



•Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory of Cornell University. 



