1918.] E. Brunetti: Onental Tijmlidae. .265 



yellowish spot just beyond middle i i 1st posterior cell ; another near 

 base of 4th posterior cell ; another just beyond base of anal cell ; an- 

 other a httle further on in Isl axillary cell. Base of 1st and in a less 

 degree the 2nd basal cell darker brown. Halteres brownish-yellow 

 with dark brown knobs. 



Described from a unique ^ in the Indian Museum. Darjiling, 7,000 

 ft., 13-vi-14, in perfect condition {Gravel >/). 



Tipula contigua, sp. nov. 

 .^. Assam. Long. 13 mm. 



Head. — Occiput and frons blackish-grey, rest of head brownish- 

 yellow with whitish reflections ; proboscis, labella and palpi moderately 

 dark brown, latter with last joint yellow. Antennae with 1st scapal 

 joint yellowy 2nd brown, fiagellum black. 



Tliorax light grey with three blackish longitudinal stripes, the outer 

 ones very much foreshortened ; dorsum behind suture, also scutellum 

 and metanotum blackish. Pleurae pale brownish-yellow with whitish 

 reflections. 



Abdomen yellowish-brown ; segments narrowly blackish towards 

 hind margins but extreme margins pale ; last two or three segments 

 mainly blackish. Genitalia of moderate size, brown, apparently normal. 



Leg^. — -Femora dirty brownish-yellow, hind pair darker. Anterior 

 tibiae blackish-brown, a little hghter towards tips with a snow white 

 ring just beyond middle ; hind pair black, with a broad sub-basal white 

 ring and a very broad one just beyond middle. Fore tarsi brownish- 

 yellow, middle pair dark brown, hind pair snow white except basal 

 fifth of metatarsus. 



Wings pale grey ; stigma distinct, black, the colour extending over 

 base of 2nd submarginal cell and 1st posterior cell ; basal side of discal 

 cell, posterior cross vein and apical section of 5th vein blackish suffused. 

 Apical half of both submarginal cells pale smoky black, the colour ex- 

 tending indistinctly and indefinitely along wing border. Halteres 

 black. 



Described from a single (^ in the Indian Museum from above Tura, 

 Gm-o Hills, Assa n, 3,500—3,900 ft., vlii-17 {Kzmp). 



This species bears a general resemblance to my palricia but the 

 yellowish and brown fore and middle tarsi respectively easily separate 

 the species from all others in this group. 



Tipula simillima, sp. nov. 

 ^. West India. Long. 12-13 mm. 



Differs from my ^mci//i>wrt only in three minor characters but which 

 appear to be constant. The stigma fills only the apical half of the 

 marginal cell instead of all of it ; the femoral rings are twice as broad 

 as in gracillima and rather more yellowish ; but the principal character 

 is that the 2nd joint of the tarsi is broadly black on the anterior pairs 

 and more narrowly so on the hind pair, whilst in gracillima the tarsi are 

 all white except the base of the metatarsus. 



Three (^ <^ in the Indian Museum, taken by Mr. Kemp at Castle 

 Rock, N. Kanara District, 11 — 26-X-16. 



