Vol. XXV] F:NTO^fOI.OGICAL NEWS 357 



Holoty|^e.—^\?^\e, Theresopolis, Brazil, in the Hnn,c;arian 

 National Museum. 



The rcniarkahle hypopygium of the male at oikc separates 

 it off from the other species in the Neotropical fauna. 



Tipula g^arani sp. n. 



.\nteiinx browni.sli yellow ; thorax browi 

 stripes ; femora brownish yellow, tip broadly 

 with brown spots and gray clouds. 



/•'ci;m/t-.— Lengtli. 33 mm.; wing, J3.2 mm. 

 mm. ; tibia, 14.4 mm. 



Palpi rather long, the three basal segments rather stout, the last 

 segment slender, palpi dark brown; frontal prolongation of the head 

 rather long, brown ; antenna.', segment I elongate, first flagellar seg- 

 ment rather stout, antenna; brownish yellow ; head pale yellowish 

 brown with a narrow stripe of dark brown. 



Thoracic pronotum pale .gray, dark brown medially. Mesonotal 

 pia'scutum light brownish-gray with dark brown stripes, the median 

 stripe broadest in front, a little narrowed behind, the thoracic stripes 

 contrasting strongly against the pale ground color ; scutal lobes largely 

 brown with an isolated rounded brown spot on the cephalic margin 

 of each lobe, this being the caudal end of the lateral prrescutal stripe; 

 median portion of the scutum brown ; scutellum and postnotum gray- 

 ish brown medially. Pleura; dull gray with brown spots on the meso- 

 pleura;. Haltcres rather long, brown, the knob darker. 



Leg, co.xa; grayish brown; trochanters dull yellow; femora brown- 

 i.'h yellow, the tip broadly dark brown; the fore legs, especially, show 

 a broad yellow subapical ring; tibia: brownish yellow, the tip indis- 

 tnictly darker; tarsi brown. 



Wings hyaline with brown spots and gray clouds, as follows: 

 Brown spots at the base of the wing, midlength of the distance be- 

 tween the base of Rl and the origin of the sector; at origin of lis, 

 stigmal region, brown seam to vein Cii and most of the crossveins 

 and deflections of veins; tip of cells A'2 and R3 grayish brown; gray 

 clouds in all the caudal cells of the wing. Venation: Rs long, slen- 

 der, lying rather close to Rl ; crossvein vi-cit present. 



.\bdominal tcrgite i brownish gray ; 2-8, dull orange-yellow, a littb 

 suffused with darker; segment 9 and ovipositor brown; sternites yel- 

 low, median line brown. Ovipositor, tergal valves very long, very 

 slender and straight, the margins smooth, tips scarcely expanded, 

 siernal valves short. 



Holotype. — Female, Rio Grande, Brazil, in the Hungarian 

 National Museum. 



The specific name is that of a native Indian tribe. 



