154 Dr. C. P. Alcxaiulcr on 



Paratopottipes, 3 !)? ? . 

 "Collected in thick bush." 



Limuoph'ila ruapehueusis and L. iraffi appear to be related 

 to tiie Ncarctic L. brev'tfiirca, Osteu-Sackeu. 



Gytiop/isiia d'nnidiata, sp. n. 



General coloration shiny coal-black; antenn;e with fifteen 

 segments ; flagellar segments 1 to 9 with long flabel- 

 lations, the longest about one-half as long as the flagelluin ; 

 fore tibia black throughout ; posterior tibia with an oI)scure 

 whitish ring ; wings iiulistinetly dimidiate, the cells boyoud 

 the cord conspicuously darker than cells R and M ; base of 

 cell R clear ; r present. 



Male. — Length 5'2 mm. ; wing 5'8 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi black. Antennse black throughout ; 

 13 flagellar segments, segments 1 to 9 with long flabel- 

 lations, the longest (on segments 3 and 4) approximately 

 oue-half the length of the entire flagellum ; terminal four 

 segments simple. Head shiny coal-black. 



Pronotum and mesonotum shiny coal-black. Pleura coal- 

 black without pruinosity. Haltei'cs pale, the knobs dark 

 brown. Legs with the cox;v brown, paler apical ly ; trochan- 

 ters obscure yellow ; fore femora obscure yellow on basal 

 three-fifths, the dilated apex black, fore tibia and tarsi black ; 

 hind legs similar, but the posterior tibii^c with an obscure 

 whitish wing uear mid-length that is about as wide as the 

 dark apex beyond it ; pubescence of legs not conspicuous ; 

 middle legs lacking. ^Vings with the area basad of the cord 

 grevish subhyaline, beyond the cord conspicuously infuscated 

 to give the wing a dimidiate appearance: cell Sc darker 

 than cell C; stigmal area large, brown, continued caudad as 

 a seam along the cord ; a narrow brown seam at origin 

 of Rs; a faint brown clouding near the bases of cells M and 

 Cu and including the outer ends of cells Cw, \st A, and 

 2nd A ; base of cell R entirely clear ; veins dark brownish 

 black. Venation: 5c short, ending just beyond mid-length 

 of the short, strongly arcuated sector ; Scn at the tip of <S'c, ; 

 /?2+3 very short, about equal to r ; r faint but evident, near 

 mid-distance between the fork of i?2+3 and the tip of i?, ; 

 deflection of R^^i elongate, without macrotrichiiXi ; cell .Vi 

 about one-half longer than its petiole ; basal deflection of 

 Cwi near one-third the length of cell 1*/ Mi. 



Abdomen shiny coal-black, the pleural appendages of the 

 hypopygium obscure yellow. 



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