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French Congo : Basse-Sangho, 1908 (Dr. J. Kerandel); Paris Muséum; 



Environs of Brazzaville, 1908 (E. Roubaud et A. Weiss) 



Paris Muséum. 

 Belgian Congo : Stanleyville ; British Muséum. 

 Angola : San Salvador (M. Gamble); British Muséum. 

 Uganda : Northwest shore of Victoria Nyanza; south of Lake George; 



Buamba forest, Semliki Valley (S. A. Neave); British Muséum. 



Entebbe (C. C. Gowdey); British Muséum. 

 Nyasaland : Mlanje (S. A. Neave); British Muséum. 

 Natal : Port Natal; British Muséum. 



GENUS TIPULA LINNAEUS. 

 TIPULA LANGI Alexander. 



1920 Tipula langi Alexander; Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 43 : 

 16, 17; pi. 4, fig. 4. 



This species was described from a single female taken at Avakubi, 

 Belgian Congo, The maie sex may now be characterized. 



Allotype, a", Length about 17 mm.; wing 20 mm. 



Frontal prolongation of head rather short, brown, nasus long; 

 mouthparts and palpi dark brown. Antennae with the scapal segments 

 orange, flagellum dark brown; antennae comparatively short, the fla- 

 gellar segments slender, with long verticils as in this group of species. 

 Head brownish yellow. 



Pronotum brown. Mesonotal prasscutum brown with three indis- 

 tinct grayish brown stripes, the médian stripe split by a broad, brown 

 médian vitta that is about equal to the pale stripe on either side; a 

 rounded brown spot on the latéral margin opposite the anterior end 

 of the latéral stripes; scutal lobes dark; scutellum pale yellow; post- 

 notum brown, the caudal portions of the mediotergite and pleuro- 

 tergites more testaceous. Pleura yellowish testaceous. Haltères dark 

 brown, the extrême base of the stem paler. Legs with the coxje yello- 

 wish testaceous; trochanters reddish yellow; femora pale brown, the 

 tips rather narrowly (1 mm.) darker brown; tibias brown, the tips 

 narrowly darker brown; tarsi dark brown; claws toothed. Wings with 

 a strong grayish brown tinge, cell C more yellowish, Se brown; stigma 



