new or little-known Tipulide. 321 
in the subcostal cell ; four comparatively small brown spots 
arranged as follows: At origin and fork of Rs; at r; at 
tip of R,; narrow pale brown seams along the cord, outer 
end of cell lst M,, and the fork of M,,.; wing-tip in cell 
R, narrowly but distinctly darkened; veins dark brown. 
Venation: Sc, removed to some distance from the tip of 
Se,, lying about opposite mid-length of R,,;; Rs short, 
angulated and slightly spurred at origin, about. equal to 
or a little shorter than R,,3; cell lst J/, varying in shape 
from subrectangular to irregularly hexagonal ; m short, 
equal to or a little longer than 7; petiole of cell M, 
about as long as this cell; basal deflection of Cu, about 
equal to Cuz, situated at about two-fifths the length of the 
lower face of cell 1st My. 
Abdomen yellowish orange, tergites two to seven with a 
narrow basal black ring or triangular-shaped area that 
occupies about the basal quarter or fifth of the segment, 
smallest on segment seven; hypopygium brownish orange. 
Hab. West Africa. 
Holotype, 3, Lonji, about 50 miles north of Kribi, near 
the Nlong River, Cameroun, April 16, 1920 (J. A. Reis). 
Paratopotypes, 2 3’s, April 16-19, 1920. . 
“Taken in a thick swamp, hovering around the base of 
saplings.” 
Lecteria reisi is most nearly related to L. metatarsalba, 
Alex. (French Congo), from which it differs as follows: Head 
much brighter-coloured ; femora uniformly brownish yellow 
without a conspicuous paler subterminal ring; tibiz pale ; 
metatarsi scarcely darkened at base; wing-pattern much 
more restricted, the four principal spots, much smaller, and 
the seams along the cord much narrower and very faint ; 
abdomen clear yellowish orange with only the bases of the 
intermediate tergites narrowly darkened. 
It is with great pleasure that this handsome crane-fly 
is dedicated to my friend, the Reverend Jacob A. Reis, 
as an appreciation of his earnest and successful efforts in 
collecting these flies in the Cameroun. 
Eriocera helophila, sp. nu. 
Antenne short; scapal segments yellow, flagellum dark 
brown; head orange, brightest on the vertical tubercle ; 
mesonotum shiny brownish yellow ; legs black, the femoral 
bases yellow ; wings broad, light greyish brown, cell Sec 
yellowish; brown seams at the origin of Rs and along the 
cord ; cell JZ, lacking. 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. vii. 22 
