neio or little-Icnoion Tipulidae. 345 



its tip, cell 7?3 very wide at the winj^-mar^in, and the basal 

 deflection of Cui before the fork of M all indicate a rather 

 isolated fjronp. Leiponeura alluaudi, Rie(lel,is very probably 

 a member of tliis sul)genns. The biological notes by the 

 collector add another genns and species to the list of spider- 

 web Tipnlidte and, cnriously enough, this species, like the 

 others, has white feet. 



Rhamphidla {lihamphidioides) venustisswia, sp. n. 



Rostrum brown ; antennre with the four basal segments 

 yellow, the remainder of the flagellura dark brown ; meso- 

 notum dark brown, the sides of the prfeseutum yellowish ; 

 pleura yellow, spotted witii brown ; legs dark brown, the 

 tips of the tarsi wiiite; wings subhyaline with a heavy dark 

 brown and grey pattern; basal deiiection of Ci/y before the 

 fork of M ; abdomen yellow, the intermediate segments 

 with two transverse brown bands that produce a close 

 banded appearance. 



Male. — Length about 4'3 mm.; wing 3*5 mm. 



Female. — Length about 5"3 mm. ; wing 3*9 mm. 



Rostrum moderately elongated, nearly as long as the head, 

 dark brown ; palpi small, yellow basally, the ti|)s brown. 

 Antennas with the four basal segments bright yellow, the 

 remainder of the flagelluin dark brown. Head dark 

 brown. 



Pronotum dull yellow. iSIesonotal prsescutum deep 

 yellow, dark brown mcdiallv ; reraaiuder of the mcsonotum 

 (lark brown. Pleura dull yellow, spotted with brown. 

 Ilalteres dull yellow, the knobs dark brown, a more or less 

 distinct dark brown band l)evo!id the base of the stem. 

 Legs with the fore and middle coxte marked with brown on 

 their outer fucv s, the hind coxae entirely yellow; trochanters 

 brown ; femora and tibiae dark brown, the extreme base and 

 tip of the latter pale ; tarsi with the metatarsi dark brown, 

 on the outer half passing into creamy white ; remainder of 

 the tarsi creamy white. Wings subhyaline with a heavy 

 dark brown pattern, consisting of five large radial blotches ; 

 a sparse grey clouding in the posterior cells ; cell C yellow, 

 unmarked except for the narrow scam at h ; subcostal cell 

 yellow, dctrk brown at the base and tip, and at Sc^; the five 

 dark brown areas are as follows : at arculus; at the origin 

 of Rs, extending completely across cell R ; the stigmal 

 blotch, extending to cell 1.?/ M^ ; a large area at the end of 

 vein 7^2+3 ^'-'^'^^'"^' "to caudad to vein Ri^^; end of cell R^ ; 

 the grey seams in the posterior cells include the remainder 



