new or little-known Tipulidse. 319 



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

 the ends of the longitudinal veins around the wing-margin ; 

 Rs long, in alignment with Tii+z '■> ^' far from tip of R^ ; cell 

 Ml about as long as its petiole; basal deflection of Cui at 

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



Female. — Length 6*8 mm. ; wing 7'1 mm. 



Eostrum 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 eiuls of the longitudinal veins ; seams along the cord 

 and outer end of cell \st M2, origin of Rs, fork of ikfi^2 > 

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

 cells opposite the origin of 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 tii to a distance a little longer than 

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

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

 Mc^ about in alignment ; cell \st Mj 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 1^^ M^. 



Abdomen dark brown, the basal sternites a little paler. 

 Ovipositor with the valves very long and straight, horn- 

 coloured. 



Huh. Madagascar. 



Hololype, ? , Fort Dauphin [Sikora). 



Ty{)e in the collection of the Vienna Museum. 



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

 has discovered many interesting species of ti:ese flies in 

 Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. The fly should 

 probably be referred to the genus Pilaria, Sintenis, rather 

 than to Litunophila, and the discovery of a male specimen 

 would presumably confirm this reference. 



Eriocera evanescens, sp. n. 



General coloration brownish black ; antennae short in 

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



