On new and Utlle-knoion Tipulldfe. 99 



examined have more or less distinct basal lobes beset with 

 spines, somewhat as in E. lunigera. 



12. The nepalensis Group, including the eight species from 

 decorata to hilpa in the key, is evidently nearly allied to the 

 plumbicinda group, in spite of possessing only four posterior 

 cells. The type of abdominal marking is very similar, the 

 grey bands in the midde of tergites 2-5, which are so con- 

 spicuous in this group, being distinctly traceable in some of 

 the members of the plumbicincta group. The relationship is 

 also indicated in the hypopygium, the penis being rather 

 long and hooked (text-fig. 2d), though not nearly so long as 

 in the plumbicincta group. The side-pieces, however, have no 

 trace of spiny basal lobes. E. sauteriana and E. leucotela 

 have a hypopygium similar to that of E. nepalensis. The 

 name Pterocosmus would be available for this group, the type- 

 species being P. velutijius (= E. nepalensis). Both West- 

 wood^s and Walker's types are in fairly good condition in the 

 Oxford and British Museums respectively. 



The nepalensis group seems to be connected with the 

 dichroa group through the morosa group. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE X. Figs. 1-12. 



, Wings of Old- World species of Eriocera. 



Fiy. 1. Eriocera fusca, Edw. X 3. 



Fig. 2. E. wnbripe7inis, sp. n. X 2'5, 



Fig. 3. E. robinsoni, sp. n. X 2-5. 



Fig. 4. E.Jiavicosta, sp. u. X 2'5. 



Fig. 5. E. kempi, Bruu., var. n. longior. X 2'o. 



Fig. 6. E. cdbonotata, Lw., var. n. citrocastanea. X 2'o. 



Fig. 7. E. chrysomela, sp. u. X 3. 



F:g. 8. E. trimuculata, sp. a. X 3. 



Fiq. 9. E. combinata, Walk. X 3, 



Fig. 10. E. leucotela, Walk. X 3, 



Fig. 11. E. infixa. Walk. X 3. 



Fig. 12. E. borneana, sp. n. X 3. 



IV. — New and little-known Tipulidae, chiefly from Formosa. — 

 Part II. By F. W. Edwards. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museimr.) 

 [Plate X. figs. 13-19.] 

 This paper is a continuation of one published by the writer 

 under the above title in 1916 (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 

 xviii. pp. 245-2G9, pi. xii.), and deals chiefly with a further 

 consignment of crane-flies received from Dr. T. Shiraki, 



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