
ALEXANDER—CRANE-FLIES FROM NEW GUINEA 603 
Limnopmiua (PAPUAPHILA) FUSCOABDOMINALIS 8p, Nov. 
General coloration of thorax light yellow, restrictedly patterned with reddish 
brown, including three poorly indicated praescutal stripes ; pseodosutural foyeae 
large and conspicuous; legs brown, excepting the obseure yellow femoral bases ; 
wings suffused with brown; Ry +344 about one-half as long as the basal section of 
R;, in direct longitudinal alignment with F's; abdominal tergites obscure yellowish 
brown, patterned with darker brown, especially the outer seginents; ovipositor 
with very long slender valves. 
2? Length, about 7-5 mm.; wing, 8 mm. 
Rostrum and palpi brownish black. Antennae 13-segmented, scape and 
pedicel light brown, flagellum dark brown to brownish black; flagellar segments 
subeylindriecal, a little dilated at near midlength; verlicils long and conspicuous, 
the longest a little exceeding the segments in length. Head black, sparsely 
pruinose. 
Pronotum obscure yellow, with a brown median line; both the seutum and 
the seutellum relatively large and massive. Mesouotum light yellow, restrictedly 
patterned with reddish brown, including three poorly indicated praesettal 
stripes, the central one narrower and more deeply coloured im front; pseudo- 
sutural foyeae browuish black, large aud conspicuous; tuberculate pits apparently 
lacking; centres of seutal lobes more or less darkened ; median region of sentum 
and seutellum with brown areas; mediotergite alinost uniformly yellow, vaguely 
patterned with darker near the middle of anterior portion, Plenra and plenro- 
tergite chiefly obscure yellow, Halteres with stem yellowish brown, knob darker 
brown. Legs with the eoxae brown; trochanters more brownish yellow ; femora 
obseure yellow basally, the remainder of legs passing into brown; tibial spurs 
distinct. Wings with a brownish switasion, the base and the stigma vaguely to 
searcely darker; veins brown, Beyond cord all outer radial branches wilh 
abundant short trichia; MW, and My with fewer trichia. Venatiou; Sey ending 
nearly opposite the fork of Rug 44, Sez a litile removed from iis tip, nearly 
opposite the fork of Rs; Rs in longitudinal aligninent with Hy, ,4, the latter 
only about one-half as long as the more arcnated basal section of Rs; ; cell Jy from 
about one and one-half to nearly twice ils petiole; m—cu subequal to the distal 
section of Cay, only a short distance beyond the fork of M; vein 2nd A short, 
gently curved to the margin; anterior areulus preserved. 
Abdominal tergites obseure yellowish brown, variegated with darker brown, 
more extensively so on the basal and apical tergites, the intermediate ones some- 
what more brightened; sternites more uniformly yellow, the lateral borders 
narrowly infuscated; pleural membrane, terminal segment and genital shield 
dark brown, Ovipositor with the cerci orange-yellow, of unusual length and 
