

72 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Tipula inventa, n. s., mas. Fulva, thoracis disco fusco fulvo 

 quinque-vittato, pec tore albido, antennis pedibusquefulvis,femo- 

 ribus apice fuscis, alis cinereo-fulvis. 



Body dull tawny : feelers not longer than the head : palpi 

 brown : eyes black : disk of the chest brown, with five narrow tawny 

 stripes ; a short connecting band between the two outer stripes on 

 each side ; breast and sides of the chest whitish : hind border of the 

 abdominal segments livid : legs tawny, very slender ; tips of the 

 thighs brown : wings grayish tawny ; fore borders tawny ; brands 

 pale brown ; poisers tawny, with darker knobs. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 1 6 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Tipula vicaria, n. s., fern. Lutea, thorace nigro trivittato, abdomine 

 fulvo subreticulato, suturis fulvis, antennis nigris, pedibus ful- 

 vis, femoribus apice nigris, tarsis fuscis, alis subfulvis, stigmate 

 fusco. 



Head orange : eyes black : palpi brown : feelers black, beset 

 with short hairs, orange at the base, much shorter than the chest : 

 chest luteous, with the usual three black stripes, like those of T. pra- 

 tensis : abdomen black ; hind border of each segment tawny, and 

 there are marks of the same colour forming a net-work over the 

 back : hips and thighs bright tawny ; tips of the latter black ; shanks 

 very dull tawny ; feet brown : wings slightly tawny, with a pale 

 brown brand near the tip of the fore border ; veins brown ; poisers 

 tawny, with brown tips. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



Tipula alterna, n. s. Fulva, flam varia, capite fusco bimaculato, 

 thorace fusco trivittato et unimaculato, abdomine fusco vittato, 

 antennis nigr is, pedibus f us cis, femoribus basiflavis, alis subful- 

 vis, stigmate fusco. 



Closely allied to T. quadrifaria. Body bright tawny, mixed 

 with yellow, inclining to white beneath and on each side : eyes 

 black : a dark brown stripe on the mouth : palpi dull yellow : feelers 

 black, tawny at the base : a round dark brown spot on each side of 

 the head, a little behind the eyes : fore chest with three broad dark 

 brown stripes, which are widened in front : an obconical dark brown 

 spot on the scutcheon, which is yellow : abdomen with a dark brown 

 stripe, which is widened in the middle of each segment : legs brown ; 

 shanks paler than the feet, darker than the thighs, which are yellow 

 at the base : wings with a slight tawny tinge, especially along the 



