TIIK CANADIAN ENTOMOI-OCIST 211 



Tipula insulicola, sp. n. 



Antonn.i' aniuilaloil black ami \cll(i\v; thorax witlioul iiiilis- 

 tiiict brown stripes; wings light \clliiw wil!i a prnniincnl oval 

 brown stigma; abdominal segments wilii a dark eaiuial margin. 



Female. — Length 11.2 mm.; wing 11.13 mm. 



Female. — Palpi and frontal prolongation of the head brown, 

 the latter short and stout; antcnniu with the three basal segments 

 \ellow, remaining segments with the basal two-fifths dark brown, 

 the apices light yellow, tiiese colours abruutly contrasicl ; front, 

 \ertex and occiput brown. 



Pra>scutiiin dull >cllow with three indistinct brown stripes of 

 which the incdian one is broad, the lateral ones shorter and nar- 

 rower; scutum with the lobes reddish; scutcllum and postnotiim 

 tlull yellow. Pleura dull yeliow\ Haltercs dtill yellow. Legs: 

 co.xsc, trochanters and femora light yellow; tibi.e brownish yellow, 

 a little darkened at the tip; tarsi brown. Wings light yellow, 

 cells C and Sc. a little brighter; stigma prominent, o\al; an in- 

 distinct inaline stripe across the wing beginning before the 

 stigma and including cell 1st Ms. Venation, sec plate 16, figure 6. 



Abdominal tergites dull yellow, each segment narrowly but 

 distinctly margined with dark brown all around, sternites very 

 pale, almost white, each segment with the caudal margin narrowly 

 brown; genital segment reddish yellow. Ovipositor with tiie tergal 

 valves having a stout, enlarged base, tlie vaKcs produced caudad 

 into exceedingly slender paints which arc sliglitiy ex[)anded at 

 their tips; tergal valves much shorter than tlie elongate, bladelikc 

 sternal valves which arc directed caudad. 



Holotype, 9, Tokyo, Japan; August ,1912 (\'ial K). 



(To be coatiruiod.) 



T\V(^ .\i:\V CALIFORNIA THAMNOTiyiTlX 

 (HOMOPTKRA). 



BY E. I). liAI,!., I.OdAX, IT. 



While collecting in California, several years ago, a single 

 specimen of a beautiful Thamnolettix was captured, but escaped 

 from the net; not, however before its characters were pretty defi- 



Junc I'Jll 



