7ieio or Uttle-kiiow}!, Tipulidse. 313 



tlie median prtescutal stripe is inrlicated only as a narrow 

 line near the anterior niMr-^in of the sclerite ; remainder 

 of tlie mesonotum obscure fulvous, slightly pruiuose, tlie 

 scutal lobes darkened. Pleura brown, sparsely pruinose. 

 Halteres light brown, the knobs dark brown. Legs with 

 the coxjB and trochanters light brown ; femora yellow, 

 the tips abruptly and conspicuously black ; tibise and 

 metatarsi yellowish brown, the tips passing into dark brown ; 

 remainder of the tarsi dark brown. Wings with a strong 

 yellowish tinge, cells C and Sc more saturated yellow; con- 

 spicuous brown clouds at the origin of Rs, fork of -R2+3; 

 paler clouds and seams at fork of Bs, along the cord, and at 

 the tip of R2', wing-tip faintly darkened ; wing-veins faintly 

 seamed with darker; veins brown. Venation: Rs about 

 one-third longer than the deflection of 7?4+5 ; cell 1st M.^ 

 subrectangular in outline; petiole of cell Mj about as long 

 as the cell; C?<2 shorter than or subequal to the deflection 

 of (7mi. 



Abdomen brownish fulvous, including the hypopygium ; 

 sternites obscure yellow. 



Hab. Ex-German East Africa. 



Ilolotype, S, north-west of Lake Tanganyika, 1910 

 (^Grauer). 



Paratopotypes, 5 ^^ (^ . 



Type in the collection of the Vienna Museum. 



Lecteria vast a, sp. n. 



Size very large; length of female about 40mm. ; meso- 

 notal praescutum yellowish anteriorly, the prasscutal stripes 

 indicated behind ; wings brownish yellow with conspicuous 

 darker brown clouds and washes ; fusion of M^ and C?/, 

 extensive; abdominal tergites fulvous-yellow, trilineate with 

 brown. 



Female. — Length 40 mm.; wing 28 mm,; abdomen alone 

 33mm. Fore leg: femur 10mm.; tibia 19mm.; tarsus 

 15-8 mm. Hind leg: femur 20o mm.; tibia 20*5 mm. ; 

 tarsus 105 mm. 



Rostrum short, dark brown. Antennae with the basal 

 segment dark brown, sparsely dusted with greyish-yellow 

 pollen ; basal segments of flagellum brownish, fading into 

 yellow, the terminal segments dark brown ; flagellum with 

 conspicuous verticils. Vertex obscure brownish yellow with 

 a conspicuous, capillary, dark brown median line, darkest on 



