new or liltle-knoion Tipulidfe. 55 



Rostrum anrl palpi dark hrown. Antennoo ratlicr short, 

 dark brown, tlie second scapal spo^ment a little brii;liter ; the 

 first two flaoellar sefrments enlarged and closely approxi- 

 mated, .the third to fiffli short-cylindrical, the remaining 

 flap;ellar segments gradually elongated. Head brown, witii a 

 yellowish pollen. 



Mesonotum dark brown, sparsely poUinose, without stripes.. 

 Pleura brown. Halteres brown, paler at the base, darkest on 

 the knobs. Legs with the coxce brown, the apical portions 

 of the middle and hind coxa? on the outer face more yellowish ; 

 trochanters yellow, with a jet-black spot on the margin, and 

 here produced into a sharp tooth as in the genus ; legs dark 

 brown, the basal portion of the femora more yellowish, this 

 narrowest on the fore legs, broadest on the hind legs. Wings 

 with a very strong dark brown suffusion, deepest along the 

 costal region ; the fork from the first anal vein into cell Ca 

 and a streak in cell R paler ; veins dark brown. Venation : 

 Sc ending slightly beyond the fork of the sector ; Rs about 

 one-fourth longer than the long cell Ast J/2. 



Abdomen dark brown, the hypopygium a little brighter, 

 segments 7 and 8 and the terminal half of segment 6 black. 



Hah. South Africa. 



Holotr/pe, c?, Maritzburg, Natal, 1916 {Dr. Conrad 

 Ahermaii) . 



Paratopotype, a badly broken male. 



Type in the collection of the Natal Museum. 



Rhampludia flavitarsis, sp. n. 



Ros! rum longer than the head ; mesonotum dark brown, 

 filmost black above, the pleura dull yellow ; legs dark brown, 

 the tarsi yellowish; wings subhyaline, tho stigma dark 

 brown. 



Male. — Length, excluding rostrum, 8-8*3 mm., rostrum 

 about 1 mm, ; wing 8'8 mm. 



Female. — Length 11-11*2 mm. ; wing 8*5 mm. ; ovi- 

 positor, tergal valves, 2 1 mm. 



Rostrum longer than tho head, brown above, darkest near 

 the apex, more yellowish beneath and on the sides ; palpi 

 dark brown. Antenniie moderately elongated, the scape 

 brown, the flagcllum dark brown ; flageUar segments 

 elongate-oval, with long verticils that are longest and most 

 conspicuous on the terminal antennal segments. Head dark 

 brownish black. 



The long neck is brown. Pronotal scutum brownish 

 black ; scutellum light yellow. Mesonotal prescutum dark 



