On Erioccra in the Ih-itlsh Museum. 67 



Pantala flavescens, Fabr. 



1 c? (203), Bale Ngo, 10.ii.l4 ; 1 c? (249), 1 $ (248), 

 Plaine des Lacs, 17. ii. 14 ; 3 (^ (349, 350, 352), 1 ? (351), 

 Plaine des Lacs, 25.ii. 14; 1 cJ, ]\It. Nekando, 25. v. 14 ; 

 2 ? , Cauala, 23. vi. 14. 



2 nymi^hs, Mt. Canala, 12. vi. 14. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



WiDg-photogvaphs by F. W. Campion, 



Plate VIII. 



Fig. '[2. Spithemis 7niranda, S&lya, c?, allotype. 

 Ft'(/. 13. Si/n/hemis montaguei. sp. n., (^ , holotype. 

 Fig. 14. Sgnthemisjlexicauda, sp. u., (S , holotype. 



Plate IX. 



Fig. 15. Sgnthemisjlexicauda, sp. n., $, allotype. 

 Fig. 1(5. Sgntheniis feiiella, sp. u., cJ , holotype. 

 Fig. 17. Metaphga elongata, sp. n., $ , holotype. 



III. — The Old-Wurld Species of Eriocera in the British 

 Museum Collection {Dipt era, Tipulidse). By F. W. 

 Edwards. 



(Published by penuissioii of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



[Plate X. figs. 1-12.] 



The genus Eriocera * has loug been familiar to students of 

 Neniatocerous Diptera, many representatives having been met 

 with and described by the early workers ou the order — 

 "Wiedemann, Macquart, and Walker ; these v^'ere discussed 

 and their number atlded to by Osten-Sacken ; more recently 

 a considerable number of species have been described by 

 Alexander, Brunetti, Enderlein, and de Aieijere, so that 

 at the present time the number of known species is very 

 considerable. Having regard to this fact, and also to the 

 conspicuous and varied ornamentation of many of the species, 

 it is not surprising that attempts have been made to dis- 

 member the genus. The first of these (apart from generic 



* With a strict application of the rule of priority, tlie name Caloptera, 

 Gudriu, should be used for this geuu.'^, since it wa.s publislied with a 

 recognizable figure (though without verbal description) eight years 

 botore Eriocera. 



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