neio or little -hiown Tipulidas. 167 



Thorax shiny black, the humeral region not brightened. 

 Halteres liglit yellow. Legs with the coxae brownish 

 testaceous, the fore coxse darkest, the posterior coxjb testa- 

 ceous yellow ; trochanters obscure yellowish brown ; 

 remainder of the legs brown, the tarsi very slightly paler ; 

 a long curved bristle before tip of hind til)ia in both sexes ; 

 in the males, at least, a similar bristle may occur on the tibise 

 of other legs. Wings whitish subhyaline; cells C and Sc 

 more yellowish ; conspicuous dark brown bauds on the wing ; 

 a basal area occupying the bases of cells R io \st A ; a band 

 at the cord, broadened out in the base of cell 1^^ i?i, the 

 centre of this area varying from pale to almost solid, the 

 mark extended along the cord and vein Cu as broad 

 conspicuous seams ; distal band occupying the wing-tip, but 

 centre of cell R2 distinctly pale ; veins brown, more 

 yellowish in the pale costal areas. Venation : Rs in align- 

 ment with the deflection of i^^+g ; i?2+3 strongly arcuated, 

 tip of /?i and r very pale, subatrophied ; cell R^ spoon- 

 shaped, greatly dilated on its proximal half, the outer half 

 narrow and with parallel sides ; basal deflection of Cu^ 

 immediately before the fork of M ; fusion of Cu^ and \st A 

 slight. 



Abdomen black, the genital segment in both sexes obscure 

 reddish. 



Hub. Cameroun. 



Holotype, S , Efulan, June 5, 1920 (/. A. Reis). 



Al/otopofype, ? . 



Paralopoti/pes, 1 (^ , 1 ? . 



TreniepuhUa [Trentepolilia) nox, sp. n. 



General coloration black ; knob of halteres brown ; legs 

 brownish yellow, the tips of the femora conspicuously 

 brownish black ; posterior tibise with three or four bristles 

 before tips ; wings pale greyish subhyaline; veins conspicu- 

 ously seamed uith brown ; centre of the lai'ge cell \st Ri 

 pale ; wing-tip darkened, this including all of cell R2 ; Rs 

 about one-half longer than the first section of -K^+s* 



Female. — Length 7 mm. ; wing 69-7 mm. 



Mouth-parts yellow ; palpi dark brown. Antennae dark 

 brown. Head dark brown. 



Mesonotum shiny brownish black, the extreme anterior 

 margin of prsescutum on either side of median area obscure 

 yellow. Pleura shiny dark brown. Halteres dark brown, 

 the base of the stem pale. Legs with the coxae and tro- 

 chanters obscure yellow ; femora brownish yellow, the tips 



