new or little-known Tipulidpe. 319 



with light brown, this pattern iucludiug a series of spots at 

 the ends of the longitudinal veins around the wirig-niargiu ; 

 Us long, in alignment with 7?2+3 ; r far from tip of Ri ; cell 

 Ml about as long as its petiole; basal deflection of Cu^ at 

 from one-fourth to one-fifth the length of cell 1st M^. 



Female. — Length 6'8 mm.; wing 7'\ mm. 



Rostrum and palpi brown. Antennae short, brown, the 

 flagellar segments with a dense white pubescence. Head 

 brown, sparsely grey pruinose. 



Pronotum brownish testaceous. Mesonotum light testa- 

 ceous-yellow, unmarked. Pleura infuscated, contrasting 

 with the pale mesonotum. Halteres yellow. Legs yel- 

 lowish. Wings with a greyish-yellow tinge ; stigma brown ; 

 wing-membrane spotted with light brown, distributed as 

 follows: Conspicuous brown clouds around the wing-margin 

 at the ends of the longitudinal veins ; seams along the cord 

 and outer end of cell \st M2, origin of Rs, fork of M 1+2 '> 

 pale washes in the bases of cells R to 2nd A and in the anal 

 cells opposite the origin oi Rs: cells C and Sc light yellow ; 

 veins brown, those in the costal region paler. Venation : 

 Sci ending shortly before the fork of Rs, Sc2 at its tip ; Rs 

 long, gently arcuated at origin, in alignment with /?2+3 ; 

 i?2+3 shorter than the basal deflection of Cu^ ; r very faint, 

 removed from the tip of Ri to a distance a little longer than 

 the basal deflection of Cui and on R^ about its own length 

 beyond the fork of Rs ; inner ends of cells R^, R^, and 1st 

 M^ about in alignment ; cell \st M^ elongate-rectangular, 

 slightly widened distally ; petiole of cell Mi approximately 

 as long as cell ; basal deflection of Cui at about one-fourth 

 to one-fifth the length of cell \st M^. 



Abdomen dark brown, the basal steruites a little paler. 

 Ovipositor with the valves very long and straight, horn- 

 coloured. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



Holotype, ? , Fort Dauphin {Slkora). 



Type in the collection of the Vienna Museum. 



This interesting crane-fly is dedicated to the collectoi-, who 

 has discovered many interesting species of these flies in 

 Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. The fly should 

 probably be referred to the genus Pllaria, Sinteuis, rather 

 than to Limnophila, and the discovery of a male specimen 

 would presumably confirm this reference. 



Eriocera evanescens, sp. n. 



General coloration brownish black ; antennse short in 

 both sexes ; wings with a strong brown tinge, most intense 



