ABT. 2 NEW UN"DESCRIBED CEAITE FLIES ^ALEXAZSTDER 6 



The species is readily distinguished from all described forms by 

 the coloration of the antennae and legs. 



ERIOCERA GRAHAMI, new species 



Head and thorax velvety black, the scutellmn orange; abdomen 

 with tergites one to four orange, all except the first with a narrow 

 black border along the caudal margin; remaining tergites black; 

 wings blackish ; cell M^ present. 



Female. — Length, 20 mm.; wing, IT mm., the greatest width, 

 0.4 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae brownish black throughout, 

 if bent backward not attaining the wing root. Thorax velvety black, 

 the scutellmn orange. Halteres and legs black. Wings relatively 

 broad, blackish, the base and costal region darker; veins a little 

 darker than the ground color. Venation (fig. 2) : Rs long, about one- 

 third longer than E ; Sc^ ending beyond the fork of i?2+3+45 the latter 

 equal to the basal section of ^5; basal section of B2 transverse, B2+3 

 equal to one-half i?i+2 ; cell M^ present, shorter than its petiole ; m^cu 

 at about two-fifths the lower face of cell first M^, straight, about one- 

 third longer than the gently arcuated distal section of 6^% ; cell Cu 

 at wing margin about two-fifths as wide as cell M^. 



Abdominal tergites 1 to 4 orange, the lateral margins weakly 

 infuscated, segments 2 to 4 with a very narrow but conspicuous 

 black line across the caudal margin, the segments without shiny 

 bands; tergites 5 to 8, velvety black; sternites similar, but the black 

 caudal margins of the basal segments lacking. Ovipositor with the 

 dorsal shield brownish black dorsally; tergal valves of ovipositor 

 broken. 



Habitat. — China (Szechuen). Eolotype, female. Shin Kai Si, 

 Mount Omei, altitude 4,400 feet, July 1-30, 1925 (D. C. Graham). 



Type.— Female, Cat. No. 40318, U.S.N.M. 



This interesting crane-fly is named in honor of the collector, the 

 Rev. David C. Graham, who has added greatly to our knowledge of 

 the zoology of western China. By Edwards's key to the Old World 

 species of 'ErioGera^ this species runs to E. irnibripennis Edwards 

 (Penang), an entirely distinct species. 



ERIOCERA FUMroiPENNIS, new species 



General coloration dull gray, the praescutum with three blackish 

 stripes; legs black, elongate; wings relatively long and narrow, 

 strongly blackish, the costal margin darker; B^+2 about one-half 

 longer than B2 ; B^+s and B^ subequal ; ^2+3+4 shorter than the basal 

 section of B^ ; cell M^^ present. 



Male. — Length about 17.5-18 mm. ; wing, 16.5-18 mm. 



lAnn. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 8, pp. 67-78, 1921. 



