ne^v or lUtle-knowii Tipululse. 313 



the median prrescntal stripe is indicated only as a narrow 

 line near the anterior mari;in of the sclerite ; remainder 

 of the mesonotnm obscure fulvous, slightly pruinose, the 

 scutal lobes darkened. Pleura brown, sparsely pruinose. 

 Halteres liuht brown, the knobs dark brown. Legs with 

 the coxre and trochanters light brown ; femora yellow, 

 the tips abruptly and conspicuously black ; tibire 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 Ms, along the cord, and at 

 the tip of H2'j wing-tip faintly darkened ; wing-veins faintly 

 seamed with darker ; veins brown. Venation : Rs about 

 one-third lonjier than the deflection of /?4+5 ; cell l^^ M2 

 subrectangular in outline; petiole of cell Mj about as long- 

 as the cell; Cu2 shorter than or subequal to the deflection 

 of Cui. 



Abdomen brownish fulvous, including the hypopygium ; 

 sternites obscure yellow. 



Hah. Ex-German East Africa. 



IJolotype, S ■> north-west of Lake Tanganyika, 1910 

 (G/Y/?/er). 



Paratopotypes. ^ S <S ' 



Type in the collection of the Vienna Museum. 



Lecteria vast a, sp. n. 



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

 notal praescutum yellowish anteriorly, the proescutal stripes 

 indicated behind ; wings brownish yellow with conspicuous 

 darker brown clouds and washes ; fusion of ilio and Cn^ 

 extensive; abdominal tergites fulvous-yellow, trilineate with 

 brown. 



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

 33 mm. i^'ore leg : femur 1(3 mm. ; tibia 19 mm. ; tarsus 

 15*8 mm. Hind leg: femur 205 mm.; tibia 20*5 mm.; 

 tarsus lOo 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 Avith 

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



