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writer to propose these new names. Although Brunetti has 

 failed to subscribe to this principle advocated by the Inter- 

 national and other codes, he has inadvertently done so in re- 

 naming Ctenacroscelis pallidus (Walker) as C. borneensis 

 (Brunetti). The following species are herewith re-named as 

 being primary homonyms of earlier names in the same genus: 



Limnobia garoensis new name for Limnobia longipennis 

 Brunetti (Rec. Ind. Mus., vol. 15, pp. 292, 293, 1918), nee 

 L,. longipennis Schummel (Beitr. zur Entomol., vol. 1, p. 104, 

 1829). 



Limnobia brunettii new name for Limnobia nigra Brunetti 

 (Fauna Brit. Ind., Dipt. Nemat., p. 404, 1912), nee L. nigra 

 Wiedemann (Aussereur. zweifl. Ins., vol. 1, p. 27, 1828). 



Brioptera bengalensis new name for Brioptera flava Brunetti 

 (1. c, p. 455), nee B. (Bmpeda) flava (Schummel) (Beitr. 

 zur Entomol., vol. 1, p. 148, 1829). 



Limnophila (Dicranophragma) venustipennis new name for 

 L. (D.) pulchripennis Brunetti (1. c, p. 524), nee Limnophila 

 pulchripennis Meunier (Mon. Tipulidje et Dixidse de I'Ambre 

 Baltique, p. 379, 1906). 



Tipula perelegans new name for Tipula elegans Brunetti 

 (1. c, p. 323), nee T. elegans Fabricius (Syst. Antl., p. 26, 

 1805). 



Genus LIBNOTES Westwood 



Libnotes longistigma, new species. 



Male. — Length, 15 mm. ; wing, 21.5 mm. 



Close to L. strigivena (Walker) but much larger. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with first seg- 

 ment dark brown ; flagellar segments oval, pale brownish yel- 

 low. Head fawn colored. 



Mesonotum fawn colored with greenish tints ; lateral mar- 

 gin broadly blackened, these lines passing beneath the root of 

 the halteres to the abdomen, not suffusing anterior end of 



