6 TIPULA PILOSULA. 



long dense projecting, pale yellow hairs. Abdomen some- 

 what darkened on the last segments; genitals not very 

 large , with a pair of short , pointed nipples on the upper 

 side. Legs very long and slender , uniformly pale brown. 

 Halteres yellow with the knob black. Wings with a cine- 

 reous tinge ; the stigma pale brown. 



A (^ from Ambarawa in Java (Ludeking). 



17. Tipula leucopyga , n. sp. 



Dilute testacea; thorace dor so vittis latis suhcohaerentihus 

 fuscis; abdomine vitta laterali segmentisque 5 , 6 e< 7 supra 

 nigricantihus ; segmento ultimo pallido; antennis suhsimpli- 

 cibus , articulis duobus primis subrujis , reliquis cinereis basi 

 nigra / alis laete cinereis , cellula costali et stigmate testaceis. — 

 Long. 11,5 mm. (cf), 13 mm. (9)- 



This species resembles our T. oleracea , but is much 

 smaller; the costa of the wings is less dark and not ac- 

 companied by a light border. 



Head testaceous ; on the vertex a brown spot ; face but 

 little prolonged. Antennae a little longer than the head; 

 the two basal joints subrufous ; the following joints cine- 

 reous, oblong, with an insignificant swelling at the base 

 and the tip ; their base black with a pair of long exserted 

 hairs. Palpi testaceous, brown towards the end. Thorax 

 pale yellowish-brown , on the upper side with three broad, 

 almost wholly connected , brownish longitudinal bands ; the 

 outward ones shortened in front ; the middle one divided 

 by a dark longitudinal line. Abdomen of the male pale 

 testaceous ; a lateral band and the upper side of the 5th , 

 6th and 7th segments blackish; the last segment yel- 

 lowish-white, on the upper side terminated by a pair 

 of small black hooks; abdomen of the female generally a 

 little darker ; the last segment pale rufous ; ovipositor 

 shining ferruginous. Legs pale brown ; the tips of the 

 femora and tibiae , as well as the whole of the tarsi fus- 

 cous. Halteres fuscous , with the base of the stem pale 



Notes from the Leyclen Museum, Vol. "VII. 



