new or little-known Tipulidae. 61 



IToIotype, ^ , Lolodorf, Canieroun, Januaiy 13, 1919 (/. A. 

 Reis). 



Tipuhi setosipennis, sp. n. 



Palpi short, brownish black ; antennaa of the male niole- 

 rately elongated, yellow, the apical segments infuscated 

 basally ; mesonotum dull yellowish, llie prescutuni witii 

 three browuish-grey stripes that are margined with dark 

 brown ; wings grey, streaked longitudinally with brown and 

 subiiyaline ; apical cells of the wings strongly setulose ; male 

 hypopygium yellowish, the sclerites fused into a nearly con- 

 tinuous ring ; region of the ninth tergite produced cauJad 

 into a broad depressed median lobe. 



Male. — Length 17 mm. ; wing 15*3 mm. 

 Female. — Length 18 mm.; wing 15*5 mm. 

 Frontal prolongation of the head short, light brownish 

 yellow above, dark brown on the sides, the dorsal surface 

 with numerous long black hairs, which are most numerous 

 toward the rather long nasus ; mouth-parts and palpi dark 

 brownish black, the latter short. Antennas of the mala elon- 

 gate, extending about to the base of the abdomen, the basal 

 segments of the flagellum elongate, the terminal segments 

 shortened ; antennse yellow, the terminal segments more 

 infuscated, especially on the slight basal enlargement. Head 

 dark grey, more yellowish on the front and along the inner 

 margin of the eyes ; middle of the vertex blackish. Frontal 

 tubercle distinct, bifid by a deep longitudinal impression. 



Mesonotal prescutum light brownish yellow, with three 

 brownish-grey stripes that are distinctly margined with black, 

 the median stripe split by a similar black median vitta ; 

 scutum with the median area dull yellow, the lobes brownish 

 grey margined with black; scutellum light yellow; post- 

 uotum yellowish grey. Pleura dull yellowish ; a conspicuous 

 brown blotch on the mesosternum and mesepisternum. 

 ilalteres dark brown, the knobs blackish. Legs with the 

 coxae and trochanters yellowish ; femora and tibias dull 

 yellow, the tips narrowly dark brownish black ; tarsi dark 

 brown, the bases of the metatarsi more yellowish. Wings 

 broad, greyish, longitudinally streaked with subhyaline and 

 brownish ; costal area more yellowish ; the subhyaline areas 

 include a broad oblitorative streak before the cord in the ends 

 of cells li and M, running through cell 1st M2 to the wing- 

 apex in cell /15 ; the pale areas include all of cell 7i*5 except 

 the extreme base, the extreme bases of cells Mi and J/j, and 

 virtually all ot cell l5^ M.2 ; the first anal and cubital cells are 



