1918.] E. Brunetti : Oriental TipuUdae. -257 



Subfamily TIPULTNAE. 



Section CTENOPHORINI. 



Xiphura indica, sp. nov. 



(Plate viii, fig. 1.) 

 (^. Darjiling. Long. 12 mm. 



Head blackish-grey with yello-s\ash hairs, more or less white dusted on 

 frons, face, and lower part of head ; a well defined yellow circle on frons 

 around base of each antenna ; scape of latter black, tips of both joints 

 yellowish, 1st flagellar joint of same length as the rest, with two thumb- 

 like prolongations on under side ; 2nd to 12th joints with a bisinuate 

 ray on inner and outer sides, placed at base of each joint, and a 

 thumb- like prolongation on under side of each at about the middle ; 

 13th joint without rays, slightly longer than 12th, with a slight 

 thickening in middle of under side. Each ray has a single verticil on 

 upper side at about one-third of its length and each joint one on upper 

 side in middle ; in addition, each ray is microscopically pubescent. 

 Proboscis blackish-brown, pubescent, bright yellow for a short space 

 on each side near base : palpi blackish brown ; occiput black. 



Thorax bright shining yellow ; collare conspicuous. Three coales- 

 cent shining black spots in middle of dorsum, taking the form of a median 

 broad band with parallel sides, not reaching anterior margin, and two 

 oval contiguous spots on each side barely interrupted by suture, prac- 

 tically forming one spot on each side of the short median stripe. Scu- 

 tellum and metanotum yellow^ ; latter with two round blackish spots 

 on hinder side. 



Abdomen shining yellowish ; a more or less distinct median shining 

 black stripe, and hind borders of segments black, the colour spreading 

 over greater part of apical half of abdomen. Genitalia large, black. 



Legs shining black or (tibia ) blackish brown ; under side of femora 

 yellowish except at tips ; basal half of fore femora, which are distinctly 

 thickened towards tips, shining yellowish brown. 



Wings distinctly yellowish, shining, iridescent ; stigma brown ; 

 most of the veins sHghtly grey suffused, also wing tip ; halteres yellow, 

 clubs dark brown. 



Deseribed from a single perfect (^ in my own collection, taken by me 

 at Darjiling, 6,900 ft., i-vi-1917. The first species of this genus known 

 from the East. 



PSELLIOPHORA, Os. Sac. 



Pselliophora laeta, F. 



A ^ fi-om Castle Rock, Xorth Kanara District, differs from the 

 typical form by the head, thorax and femora being wholly black. The 

 two large spots on the wing are paler yellow and do not quite reach the 

 costa, whilst the basal pale spot (normally united more or less to the 

 proximal large spot narrowly along the costa) is absent. 



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