180 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 



Thorax entirely shiny coal-black, the praescutum with vague 

 metallic reflexions ; a small silvery patch on the meospleura 

 ventrad of the wing-root. Halteres yellow, the knobs conspic- 

 uously dark brown. Wings subhyaline with a very heavy brown 

 pattern, the base and cells C and Sc yellow ; conspicuous brown 

 areas at base of cells R and M, reaching costa ; at tip of Sc 

 and origin of Rs, extending from C to M ; mid-distance between 

 the above two, extending from R to M ; a. very large stigmal 

 area, connected with a circular area at end oi Rs and a con- 

 spicuous seam along the cord ; outer end of cell ist M^ seamed 

 with brown ; wing-tip very broadly dark brown ; cells M, Cu, 

 1st A and 2nd A more grayish ; veins brown, yellow in the 

 flavous areas. Venation : 5*^ short, Sc^ ending just beyond 

 origin of Rs, Sc^ exactly opposite this origin which is angulated 

 and spurred ; r at extreme tip of R^ ; deflection of i?4+5 very 

 long, about equal to the first section of i^o+s 5 cell ist M.^ 

 closed ; basal deflection of Cu^ about two-thirds its length before 

 the fork of M. 



Abdomen shiny black, including the hypopygium, the seg- 

 ments narrowly but conspicuously ringed caudally with sil- 

 very white. 



Holotypc, male, Mount Ibuki, June 4, 1921 (K. Takeuchi). 



This exquisite crane-fly is named in honor of the collector. 

 Dr. Kichizo Takeuchi. 



Limnobia anthracina, new species. 



Male. — Length, 8 mm. ; wing, 8.6 mm. 



Female. — Length, 8.8-9 mm. ; wing, 8-9 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi brownish black. Antennae with the scape 

 obscure yellow, the flagellum dark brownish black. Head gray. 



Thorax shiny black. Halteres yellow, the knobs faintly dark- 

 ened. Legs with the coxae 3'ellow, the bases of the fore and 

 middle coxae infuscated basally ; trochanters yellow; femora 

 yellow, the tips broadly blackened ; tibiae dark brown, the tips 

 1)lackened ; tarsi black. Wings with a yellow tinge, the base and 

 costal region clearer yellow ; stigma large, oval, brown ; cord 



