12 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society Vol. XVI 



Doaneomyia tahitiensis sp. n. 



General coloration reddish brown ; antennae dark brown ; 

 legs brown, the tibiae and tarsi variegated with pure white ; 

 wings subhyaline ; stigma small, dark brown, cell 1st M^ 

 open ; a single anal vein. 



Male. — Wing, 6-6.4 mi"'^- 



Rostrum pale brown ; palpi dark brown. Antennae dark 

 brown ; flagellar segments long-oval, densely white pubescent, 

 verticils moderately elongated. Head dark brown. 



Mesonotum reddish brown, darker medially, brighter 

 laterally. Pleura pale reddish yellow. Halteres dark brown. 

 Legs with the coxae and trochanters yellow ; femora pale 

 brown ; tibiae dark brown, the moderately narrow base and 

 the broad (about twice the base) apex pure snowy white; 

 tarsi pure white, the basal two fifths of the metatarsus be- 

 yond the extreme base infuscated. Wings subhyaline; 

 ■ stigma small, oval, dark brown ; veins dark brownish black. 

 Venation : Sc rather short, Sc^ ending a short distance be- 

 fore the origin of Rs, Sc-^ about three times the length of 

 Sc2 ; Rs but little longer than the basal deflection of R^^^ ; 

 r and the tip of R^ indistinct ; cell ist M^ open by the atrophy 

 of -M. ; cell 2nd M^ about one-half longer than its petiole ; 

 basal deflection of Cm^ just before the fork of M ; basal 

 deflection of Ciij^ equal to or a little longer than Cwa ; a single 

 anal vein; the atrophied vein that lies behind Cu in many 

 Tipulidae is here entirely lacking. 



Abdomen dark brown, the incisures paler. Male hypopy- 

 gium with the dorsal appendage strongly curved ; gona- 

 pophyses appearing as flattened plates. 



Habitat. — Tahiti. 



Holotype, ^, August, 1908 (R. W. Doane). Paratopotype, 

 Sex?. 



The paratype is merely a fragment but unquestionably belongs 

 to this species. It is with great pleasure that this curious genus 

 is dedicated to Prof. Doane. 



Trentepohlia (Mongoma) samoensis sp. n. 



General coloration dark brown; legs brown, the tips of the 

 femora and tibiae narrowly white ; tarsi pale brown ; wings 

 dusky grey. 



Male. — Length 7.5-8 mm. ; wing, 7.5-9 mm. Female. — 

 Length about 9 mm. ; wing, 8.5 mm. 



