EDWARDS— DIPTEEA, TIPULID^ 213 



^?. Head ferruginous ochreous, eyes black, palpi and flagellum of antennae fuscous ; 

 antennae apparently 7-jointed in ^, Q-jointed in $. Thorax ferruginous ochreous ; legs 

 blackish, coxa3 and base of femora ochreous. Wings smoky, stigma absent ; pubescence 

 distinct on veins and in cells towards apex ; four posterior cells, subcostal cross- vein placed 

 well before the apex of the auxiliary vein, marginal cross-vein inserted at the tip of the 

 first submarginal cell ; first submarginal cell longer than its petiole ; second and third 

 posterior cells of nearly equal width at base. Abdomen ferruginous. 



Length of body 6 — 7 mm. 

 ,, wing 7 mm. 



Log. Seychelles. Mahe : Cascade Estate, 1909, 1 $ ; Mare aux Cochons, 1909, 1 ?. 



27. Eriocera fuscinervis, sp. n. (Plate 10, fig. 18, wing.) 



Ferruginea ; alls subnigris, albidovittatis, stigmate nullo, cellulis posterioribus 4. 



$ . Much resembles E. obscuripennis, but easily distinguished as follows : 

 Pubescence of wings almost absent ; all the veins broadly infuscated, leaving whitish 

 spaces in the cells ; second posterior cell much contracted at base. 



Length of body 7 mm. 

 „ wing 7 mm. 



These species seem to approximate to the genus Penthoptera ; the difference between 

 the two genera is in any case slight and the genus Penthoptera is perhaps of doubtful 

 validity. 



Loc. Seychelles. Mahe: Mare aux Cochons, L 1909, 1 $. 



