348 Dr. ('. P. Alexander on African Crane-flies 



Proiiotutn narrowed to meet tlie very long, narrow, back- 

 ward prolongation of tlie head, liglit cinnamon-brown. 

 Mesonotum light brown, the prsescutuni with slightly 

 darker stripes, this part of the body discoloured in the 

 nnique type; tuberculate pits not evident. Plenra dark, 

 the bloom discoloured. Halteres liglit brown, the knobs 

 dark brown. Legs with the coxce dark brown ; trochanters 

 reddisii brown ; remainder of the legs dark brown. Wings 

 with a strong dusky tinge, the costal and subcostal cells 

 darker ; faintly darker clouds at the origin of Rs, along the 

 cord and outer end of cell \st M2 ; veins dark brownish 

 black. Venation : Sc moderately long, Sc^ ending beyond 

 the fork of Rs, Sc^ a little removed from the tip of Sc^ ; Rs 

 angulated and spurred at origin ; a supernumerary cross- 

 vein in cell R2 near mid- length ; r on R^, the distance 

 between it and the fork of R^+z about equal to the basal 

 deflection of R^j^^ ; Ri beyond r about one-half longer than 

 r; 1^2+$ arcuated at origin, shorter than Ii.2 before the 

 supernumerary cross-vein ; petiole of cell Mi about one- 

 half as long as the cell and about equal to the deflection of 

 i^4^5 ; cell 1st M^ relatively small, closed, basal deflection 

 of Cwj slightly beyond the fork oi M. 



Abdomen dark brown. 



Hab. Uganda. 



Holotype, c? , Mabira Forest, Chagwe, altitude 3500-3800 

 feet, July 16-25, 1911 {S. A. Neave). 13. M. no. 1913. 110. 



Type in the collection of the British Museum (Natural 

 History). 



Pseudolimnop/iila auranfiaca, sp. n. 



General coloration light orange-brown ; first flagellar seg- 

 ment dark brown with the basal third yellow ; head light 

 grey ; wings pale grey, the stigma pale brown ; lis longer 

 thaniiL2^.3; r close to the tip of Ri ; cell Ist M^ small; 

 basal deflection of Cmj at about one-quarter the length of 

 cell \st J/2. 



Male. — Length G"2-7"5 mm. ; wing G'5-8 mm. 



Rostrum pale broAvn ; palpi dark brown. Antennte dark 

 brown; first flagellar segment of about the same size and 

 form as the second, dark brown, the basal third con- 

 spicuously light yellow. Head dark, light grey-pruinose ; 

 head only moderately prolonged behind. 



Mesonotum light orange-brown without stripes ; post- 

 uotum paler, yellow. Pleura pale yellow. Halteres pale, 

 the knob's brown. Legs with the coxae and trochanters 



