appendix n. 335 



the third petiolate ; the veins, especially the apical ones, pubescent. 

 Otherwise like Tipula." 



Five species, all from Chile, are described. The generic 

 character does not mention whether there are any spurs at the 

 tip of the tibiae or not ; but in the description of one of the 

 species, P. lutea, I find the statement " that the tibiae have no 

 spurs." If this is correct, the genus would have to be placed 

 among the Eriopierina. The comparison to Tipula renders the 

 question of the location of this genus somewhat doubtful. The 

 venation is not unlike that of Dactylolabis (Tab. II, fig. 1). 



LACHtfOCERA 1 Philippi. 



(Section LIMNOPHILINA ? or ERIOPTERINA ?) 



The following is translated from Dr. Philippi's article in the 

 Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, 1865, p. 615, Tab. XXIII, 

 fig. 5 :— 



"Antennae, at least those of the male, are as long as the body, 13- 

 jointed (?) ; first joint cylindrical, stout, elongated ; the second of the same 

 length with the first, gradually attenuated ; the following ones slender, 

 stouter in the middle, on both sides with long, hirsute hairs ; the last 

 joints are rather indistinct. Proboscis short; fourth joint of the palpi 

 equal to the third in length (?). Wings with two marginal cells ; the first 

 large ; the second short, separated from the first by an oblique vein ; a 

 single submarginal cell ; four posterior cells ; discal cell pentagonal ; basal 

 cells elongated, the second longer. Feet slender." 



The genus is represented by a single species, L. delicatula Phil., 

 from Yaldivia, 2J lines long. The figure represents a venation 

 not unlike that of Goniomyia. Lachnocera may therefore be re- 

 lated to this genus, or to the Limnophilse with four posterior cells. 



POLIMERA 2 Wied. 



(Section unknown ; perhaps AMALOPINA?) 



The following is extracted from Wiedemann's Aussereurop. 

 Zweifiuegelige Insecten, Vol. I, p. 57 : — 



Antennas 28 articulatae : articulus primus globosus ; secundus cylindri- 



1 From x<r£v», woolly hair, and *spa.;, horn. 



2 From ttoXv!;, much, and pipes, part, in allusion to the numerous joints 

 of the antennse. 



