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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  KEY 
  TO 
  THE 
  SPECIES 
  OP 
  EPiPHRAGMA 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  5. 
  Antennal 
  segments 
  3 
  and 
  4, 
  yellow, 
  remainder 
  brown 
  or 
  black; 
  tarsi 
  brown; 
  head 
  

  

  black, 
  opaque, 
  yellowish-gray 
  poUin 
  ose. 
  .sacl-eni 
  Williston 
  ' 
  (Lesser 
  Antilles). 
  

  

  Antennal 
  segment 
  3, 
  only, 
  reddish 
  yellow, 
  remainder 
  bro-\vn 
  or 
  black; 
  tarsi 
  yellow; 
  

  

  head 
  oclu-aceous 
  brownish-yellow 
  fabridi, 
  new 
  name 
  (Brazil). 
  

  

  6. 
  Wing 
  markings 
  few, 
  mostly 
  reduced 
  to 
  ocellato 
  or 
  semiocellate 
  markings 
  7. 
  

  

  Wing 
  markings 
  ocellate 
  or 
  dark-centered 
  with 
  pale 
  margins; 
  wing 
  margin 
  either 
  

  

  abundantly 
  spotted, 
  or 
  with 
  incomplete 
  bands 
  s 
  8. 
  

  

  7. 
  Mesonotum 
  with 
  a 
  grayish 
  triangle 
  in 
  the 
  middle; 
  sides 
  yellowish-red; 
  legs 
  pale 
  

  

  yellow 
  delicatula 
  Osten 
  Sacken 
  ^ 
  (Colombia). 
  

  

  Mesonotum 
  without 
  gray; 
  pleurae 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  stripes; 
  femora 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  

   band 
  pupillata, 
  new 
  species 
  (S. 
  Brazil). 
  

  

  8. 
  Ground-color 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  hyaline 
  buscJci, 
  new 
  species 
  (Greater 
  Antilles) 
  

  

  Ground-color 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  not 
  hyaline 
  9. 
  

  

  9. 
  Antennae 
  of 
  male 
  long, 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment. 
  

  

  drcinata 
  Osten 
  Sacken 
  ^ 
  (Costa 
  Rica). 
  

   Antennae 
  of 
  male 
  short, 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  wing-root 
  10. 
  

  

  10. 
  Legs 
  mostly 
  dark 
  brown; 
  femora 
  and 
  tibia 
  with 
  two 
  pale 
  bands; 
  anterior 
  margin 
  

  

  of 
  wing 
  with 
  eight 
  larger 
  spots 
  adspersa 
  Wiedemann 
  (Guiana; 
  Brazil). 
  

  

  Legs 
  mostly 
  yellow; 
  wings 
  without 
  eight 
  larger 
  spots 
  on 
  costal 
  margin 
  11. 
  

  

  11. 
  Legs 
  yellow 
  throughout; 
  four 
  large 
  sub-costal 
  spots, 
  the 
  largest 
  at 
  the 
  stigma. 
  

  

  punctulatissima 
  Wiedemann* 
  (Brazil). 
  

  

  Legs 
  yellow; 
  femora 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  band 
  before 
  the 
  tip; 
  wings 
  with 
  an 
  irregular 
  

  

  picture 
  solatrix 
  Osten 
  Sacken* 
  (East. 
  U. 
  S.). 
  

  

  Species 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  key, 
  because 
  of 
  insufficient 
  

   description 
  : 
  

  

  Epiphragma 
  varia 
  Wiedemann 
  (Brazil)." 
  Wiedemann 
  says: 
  

  

  It 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  confused 
  with 
  Limitobia 
  maculata 
  F. 
  {—fabricii, 
  n. 
  n.), 
  which 
  it 
  closely 
  

   resembles, 
  but 
  still 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  wing 
  pattern 
  is 
  quite 
  different. 
  Venation 
  as 
  in 
  

   L. 
  maculata. 
  Color 
  of 
  body, 
  brownish 
  all 
  over; 
  of 
  the 
  feet, 
  only 
  one, 
  without 
  tarsi, 
  

   remaining; 
  this 
  is 
  deep 
  brown, 
  only 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  tibia 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Epipliragma 
  nehiilosa 
  Bellardi 
  (Mexico).^ 
  

  

  The 
  description 
  calls 
  for 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  species 
  (male, 
  length, 
  15 
  mm.; 
  

   wing-expanse, 
  33 
  mm.); 
  antennoB 
  yellowish 
  throughout, 
  the 
  basal 
  

   segments 
  paler; 
  mesonotum 
  with 
  a 
  subrotund 
  black 
  spot, 
  fading 
  out 
  

   behind; 
  halteres 
  brown 
  with 
  the 
  knob 
  black; 
  feet 
  brown, 
  the 
  femora 
  

   somewhat 
  reddish-brown; 
  feet 
  with 
  three 
  black, 
  equidistant 
  bands, 
  

   the 
  first 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  femur, 
  the 
  second 
  at 
  the 
  knee; 
  wuigs 
  that 
  

   are 
  pale 
  reddish-brown 
  m 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cells, 
  hyalme 
  at 
  the 
  veins. 
  

  

  EPIPHRAGMA 
  IMITANS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Femora 
  \vith 
  the 
  apices 
  pale 
  yellow; 
  wings 
  with 
  two 
  complete 
  

   double 
  fasciae. 
  

  

  Female.— 
  hength, 
  11 
  mm.; 
  wing, 
  10 
  mm.; 
  fore 
  leg, 
  femur, 
  6.5 
  mm.; 
  

   tibia, 
  8 
  mm.; 
  tarsus, 
  8.5 
  mm.; 
  middle 
  leg, 
  femur, 
  6.4 
  mm.; 
  tibia, 
  7.6 
  

  

  1 
  Dipt. 
  St. 
  Vincent, 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1896, 
  pp. 
  294, 
  295, 
  fig. 
  68. 
  

  

  2 
  Studies 
  on 
  Tipulidne, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  1887, 
  p. 
  208, 
  male. 
  

  

  3'Biologia 
  Centrali-Ainericana, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  188G, 
  pp. 
  9, 
  10, 
  pi. 
  1, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  male. 
  

  

  < 
  Auss. 
  Zv/eill. 
  Ins., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  1828, 
  p. 
  301. 
  

  

  6 
  Monographs, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  1869, 
  pp. 
  195, 
  196, 
  male 
  and 
  female. 
  

  

  • 
  Auss. 
  Zweifl. 
  Ins., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  1828, 
  p. 
  573 
  (as 
  Limnobia). 
  

  

  ' 
  Ditterologia 
  Messicana, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  1859, 
  pp. 
  206, 
  207, 
  pi. 
  1, 
  fig. 
  4 
  (as 
  Tipula). 
  

  

  