neio or liltle-hnown Tipulidsc. 59 



outer deflection of M^^^ long, so tliat the inner end of cell 

 i^6 is :ibout on a level with cell ^[^ ; outer deflection of M3 

 short, squarely arcuated to almost anf^ulated; basal deflection 

 of Cui rather far l)eforo the fork of M ; fusion of C^^2 '"^"'l 

 1st A rather extensive, about equal to m, vein Cu beiii^i; 

 strongly bent backward at the point of fusion ; cell 2nd A 

 wider. 



Abdomen dark brown above, the sternites and Iiypopygiutn 

 more yellowish. Male hypopygium with the pleural appen- 

 dages a little longer than T. albilata. 



Hah. West Africa. 



Holotype^ cJ , Lolodurf, Cameroun, January 9, 1919 {J. A. 

 Be is) . 



Al/otopoti/pe, $ , January 10, 1919. 



raratopoijjpes, 27 (J ? , January 9-15, 1919. 



T. reisi is readily told from all other described species of 

 the genus by the curious armature of the femora and the 

 posterior tibia. This condition occurs in both sexes. 



This interesting fly is dedicated to the collector, llov. J. A. 

 Reis. 



Lecteria triacaniJios, sp. n. 



Jlesonotum yellowish, the prescutum with four fulvous 

 stripes ; legs with the femora reddish brown, a narrow white 

 ring beyond mid-length, surrounded on either side by a 

 blackish ring ; tibiae white, brown at the base and apex, a 

 broad black band before mid-length ; the three basal tarsal 

 segments yellowish white, tipped with brown ; metatarsi 

 with a group of three stout spines at the extreme base; wings 

 broad, subhyaline, heavily banded and dotted with brown and 

 grey. 



Male. — Length about 14 mm. ; wing 12'7 mm.; hind leg, 

 femur 9 nmi., tibia 8*0 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi black, sparsely grey pruinose. An- 

 tenna; with the basal segment black, the second segment 

 light brown, the flagelhim brown ; there are only fourteen 

 antennal segments, the first flagellar segment being a fusion 

 of apparently three segments as in Conosia ; first scapnl 

 segment elongate ; first flagellar senment oval, greatly 

 narrowed at the base; the following three segments short- 

 cylindrical, the others gradually lengthened into long- 

 cylindrical ; tlio flagellar segments are clothed with a dense 

 white pubescence, longer and more conspicuous on the b;isal 

 segments, flagellar segments with long verticils, one of each 

 egment being longer than the others, giving to the flagelluni 

 a secund appearance, thc-o long<-st voitiiils attaining a length 



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