NO. 210.".. JAVANESE CRA^'E-FLIES— ALEXANDER. 187 
Abdominal segments dull yellow, tergites 6 to 8 black, 9 dark brown. 
Hypopygium: 8th tergite very narrow above, on the sides attaining 
the 8th sternitc. 8th stcrnito with the caudal margin rather squarely 
truncated, provided with a few hairs. 9th tergite (see pi. 49, fig. 65) 
rather large, subquadrate, the caudal margin deeply concave, fringed 
with short hairs; the caudo-lateral angles of the sclerite produced 
caudad into short points; a weak median impression. 9th sterno- 
pleurite (see pi. 49, fig. 66) rather large, subrounded, the pleural suture 
mcomplete, rather short, running ventrad; outer pleural appendage 
elongate oval, pale, with numerous long blackish hairs, the base sud- 
denly constricted; the inner appendage is compressed, chitinized, 
especially on the cephalic end where it fits into the notch of the 9th 
tergite. 
Habitat. — Java. 
Holotype. — Tjibodas, MountGede, Java, altitude9,000feet. (Bryant 
and Palmer.) 
Type.— C?it. No. 19028, U.S.N.M. 
The specific name, sunda, is that of the original inhabitants of 
western Java — Sundanese, or ''men of the soil." 
This species suggests T. cinereifrons de Meijere ^ from Java and 
Borneo, but in that species the thorax is dull reddish yellow, not 
gray. In cinereifrons, also, the tip of B^ is atrophied beyond the 
cross-vein r. 
TIPULA FLAVICOSTA, new species. 
Coloration dull reddish veUow, thorax without stripes; wings 
subhyaline with the costal cell yellow, petiole of cell M^ very short. 
Female. — Length, 13 mm; wing, 13.8 mm. Frontal prolongation 
of the head rather short, brown, the palpi very long, light brown. 
Antennae with the two basal segments dull yellow, the flagellum 
broken. Front dull yellowish, the posterior portions of the head 
grayish. 
Thoracic dorsum dull reddish yellow with distinct suggestions of 
greenish which are probably abnormal. Pleura rather dull yellowish 
brown. Halteres brown. Legs, coxae and trochanters dull yellow, 
remainder of the legs brown. Wings with a light brown suffusion, 
the costal cell light 3^ellow, stigma bro^\^l; venation: (see pi. 46, fig. 41), 
terminal portion of R^ beyond r distinct; cell 1st M^ very small, 
pentagonal; the petiole of cell M^ very short, less than the cross-vein 
m or r-m; the fork of M^ very deep; cell 2nd A very narrow. 
Abdomen dull brownish yellow, darkening into brown on tergites 
4 to 9, the apical sclerites ahiiost black, shiny; ovipositor with the 
tergal valves long, gently curved do-\^Tiward at their tips, the sternal 
valves short, only about half the length of the tergal valves. 
' Tijdschr. voor Entom., vol. 54, 1911, p. 68, pi. 4, fig. 48. 
