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UNDESCBIIIEn CnANE-FuRS IN THE PaRIS NaTIONâL MuSEUM 



(Tipi LiD/E, Diptkra) : Part IV, Asiatic Species, 



BY Charles P. Ale.vander, 

 Ph. D., Urbana,Ill., U.S.A. 



The species of Tipulidœ describcd in ihe présent iuslalment are almost 

 enlireiy from China and Indo-China. The types of the species are con- 

 tained in the collection of the Paris National Muséum. 



SUBFAMILY Lllfl.\OBIll\.f:. 



Tribe HEXATOMINI. 

 Genus Eriocera Macqiiart. 



Eriocera davidi nov. sp. 



AUied to E. hilpa (Walk.); gênerai coloration velvety black; wings 

 dark brown with a rather narrow vvhile crossband before the cord, extend- 

 iug across cells islR\ , H and M; r on 7?^ about three times its ienglh 

 beyond the fork; abdomen with the bases of tergites two, four and fi ve 

 giabrous, biue-grey. 



Maie. — Length, 17 mm.; wing, ih mm. 



Rostrum and palpi black. Anlenuœ daik brown; flagellum broken. 

 Head black. 



Mesonotum decp velvety black thronghout. Haltères brown, ihe 

 knobs dark brown. Legs Avilh the coxae velvety black; trochanters 

 brownish black; remainder of the legs black. Wings dark brown, the 

 anal cells paler ; a rather narrow while band before the cord , occupying 

 cell ist Ri but barely attaining vein i?i , Avidest in cell R where it reaches 

 the fork oï Rs, narrowed again in cell M, reaching vein Cu and appearing 

 as a faint area in cell Ca; veins dark brown. Venation : Sci extending to 

 just beyond r, Sc-2 some distance from ihe lip of 5ci , just beyond the fork 

 of i?2+3, Sci alone nearly e(|ual to the deflection of Cui ; R-2+6 shorter 

 than the first section of iJs ; r on R-2 about three times ils length beyond 



