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defleclion of Cu\ . Latéral and poslerior angles of Ifn'gites brighiened. 

 Valves of oviposilor long and slender, black, tlie apices paler, 



Aliotype, 9, Juneau, Alaska, 1901 (I. de Joannis). 



AHotype in the Collection of ihe Paris National Muséum. 



Si'BFAiMFH '9'ipniina>. 



Tri RE TIPULINI. 



Gends microtipuia Alexander. 



Eiiinicrotipula NOV. SUBGEIV. 



Characters as in Microtipuia, s. s.: nasus small but évident; celis of the 

 wing beyond the cord and tho onter ends of the basai cells provided Avith 

 ahundant macrotrichiae. 



Type of the subgenus, Microlipula (Eumicrotipula) macrotrichiata nov. 

 sp. (Brazil). 



Microtipuia (Eumicrotipula) macrotrichiata, nov. sp. 



General coloration brovk^n ; mesonotal praescutnra with three very 

 slightly darker brown stripes ; nasus small but évident ; legs brown , the 

 femora Avith a narrow, yellov^ subterminal ring : Avings light broAA' n , varie- 

 gated A^àth darker broAA'^n, yeilow and siibhyaline, there being a séries of 

 four broAVU areas in the subcostal cell ; distal half of Aving Avith abundant 

 macrotrichiae. 



Female. — Length about 7.6 mm.; Aviug, 8.8 mm. 



Frontal prolongation of the head comparatively short, broAvnish yelloAv; 

 nasus small ; palpi broAN^n. Antennae Avith the scapai segments yeUov\'ish 

 teslaceous : flagellum broken. Head broAvnish yeilow with a narroAV, dark 

 broAvn, médian area on vertex, AAddened behind. 



Mesonotal prjiesculum broAvn with three very slightly darker brown 

 stripes; scnlum yellowish broAA^n, the centers of the lobes darker; scu- 

 tellum broAvnish testaceous. Pleura brownish testaceous Avith darker 

 brown areas on the mesepisternum and mesosternum. Haltères testa- 

 ceous, the knobs dark brown. Legs Avith the coxae testaceous ; trochanters 

 yellowish , femora brown Avith a narroAv, obscure yelloAV ring before the 

 broad brown tip ; remainder of the legs dark broAvn. Wings light broAA^ , 

 variegated Avith dark brown , yeilow and subhyaline ; cell C almost uni- 

 forraly brown ; cell Se vy^ith four dark brown blotches alternating with 



