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Fam. TIPULIDJE, Holiday. 

 G-en, LiMNOBiA, Meig. 



2. LiMNOBiA FiLiFOKMis. Mus. Lutescens, antennis nigris gracilli- 

 mis corporis dimidio paulo longioribus, abdomine fasciis duabus 

 dimidioque apicali nigris, pedibus nigris longis gracillimis, alis fuscis 

 angustis. 



Male. Pale luteous, shining, slender. Head and antennae black ; the 

 latter curved upward, filiform, very slender, more than half the length 

 of the body. Abdomen with black bands on the hind borders of the 

 first and second segments ; apical half black. Legs dark ochraceous, 

 long, very slender ; femora and tibiae towards the tips and tarsi black- 

 ish. Wings blackish cinereous ; veins black ; a discal areolet ; radial 

 vein forked ; first externo-medial vein not forked ; one veinlet between 

 the third externo-medial vein and the subanal vein, joining the discal 

 areolet at a little before the middle of the latter. Length of the body 

 5^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



G-en. Pachtbhina, Macq. 



3. Pachyrhina colorata. Foem. Lutea, palpis apice nigricantibus, 

 antennis nigris basi luteis, thorace vittis tribus maculisque posticis 

 quatuor nigris, abdomine fasciis tribus et triente apicali atris, femo- 

 ribus anticis basi luteis, femoribus posticis lutescentibus apice nigris, 

 alis subcinereis apice nigricantibus. 



Female. Bright luteous. Palpi blackish towards the tips. Antennae 

 black, setose, luteous at the base. Thorax with three deep 

 black stripes and with four hindward black spots ; middle stripe 

 broader in front, much longer than the others. Abdomen with three 

 narrow deep black bands which are convex in front ; apical third part 

 deep black, chalybeous at the tip ; oviduct luteous. Legs black, 

 stout ; fore femora luteous towards the base ; posterior femora dingy 

 luteous, black towards the tips. Wings slightly cinereous ; tips with 

 a blackish tinge ; veins black, pale yellow at the base ; stigma blackish 

 brown. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



G-en. G-TNOPLiSTiA, Westw. 



4. Gynoplistia insolita. F(Bm. Nigra, capite antico ferrugineo, 

 antennis late pectinatis, abdomine fasciis quatuor apiceque luteis, 

 femoribus luteis apice nigris, tibiis albo fasciatis, alis cinereis vitta 

 costali nigra maculis tribus posticis nigricantibus. 



Female. Black. Head ferruginous in front. Antennae broadly pecti- 

 nated, ferruginous at the base. Abdomen with four luteous bands on 

 the fore borders of the segments; second band narrower than the 

 first, broader than the third ; fourth very narrow ; tip and oviduct 

 luteous. Legs stout ; femora luteous, with black tips ; tibiae with a 

 broad white band near the base. Wings cinereous, with three diffuse 



