1918.] E. Brunetti: Oriental Ti/mlidae. 269 



points rather turned down ; 2nd joint of claspers in the shape of a long 

 curved tooth, drawn out into a very long slender horny point. 



Legs brownish-yellow ; femora with a rather broad brown apical 

 ring, indistinctly defined proximally. 



Wings yellowish-grey ; costal cell yellow : stigma yellowish-brown ; 

 veins very distinct, dark brownish-black : 2nd posterior cell long and 

 narrow, twice as long as its petiole, which latter is subequal in length 

 to the discal cell : halteres yellow, clubs blackish. 



Described from a single (^ in the Indian Museum from Parambiku- 

 1am, Cochin State, South India, 1,700—3,200 ft., 16— 24-ix-14 (Gravely). 



Tipula fasciculata, sp. nov. 

 (^ $. DarjiHng. Long. 14 mm. 



^ Head.- — Front of head and proboscis yellowish or yellowish-grey ; 

 occiput and frons dull greenish-grey, the colour extending forward in 

 a point to between the antennae ; occiput bearing some black hairs. 

 Palpi brownish-yellow, last joint black. Antennal scape yellow, 1st 

 flagellar joint yellowish, the remainder black. 



Thorax dull yellowish or greyish ; three dorsal stripes of the usual 

 pattern, the median one narrowly divided, and the dorsal surface behind 

 the suture pale dirty brownish-grey. Pleurae dull yellowish-grey, 

 with almost a greenish reflection, a little yellowish contiguous to dorsum. 

 Scutellum more wliitish-grey, metanotum dull greenish with whitish- 

 grey reflections. 



Abdomen. — 1st segment and from the 5th to the 8th blackish ; 2nd, 

 3rd and 4th yellowish with a median dark stripe and a narrow side 

 stripe. Belly mainly as dorsum. Genitalia rather large, a large square, 

 curved dark brown dorsal plate with a pointed black piece bearing bright 

 yellow hairs on each side, projecting below it. The claspers are tightly 

 closed, the basal joint blackish grey with scattered bright yellow short 

 hairs, the 2nd joint is brownish-yellow and there is a keel-shaped ventral 

 plate. 



Legs. — Coxae brownish- yellow, more or less grey in front, especially 

 on fore pair ; femora brownish-yellow, with a rather broad apical black 

 ring ; tibiae rather darker than femora ; tarsi blackish. 



Wings distinctly brownish, slightly darker along 5th longitudinal 

 vein, no darker anteriorly ; stigma almost imperceptibly darker. A 

 pale curved streak from costa just before stigma and anterior cross 

 vein, over basal half of discal cell, thence curving outwards along bases 

 of 2nd, 3rd and 4th posterior cells, and faintly continuing along veinlet 

 dividing 4th and 5tli posterior cells. A similar streak embracing the 

 6th vein throughout its length. Halteres black. 



$. Body more greyish, nearly wholly so — including the whole ab- 

 domen ; ovipositor shining chestnut brown with long yellow terminal 

 sheaths. 



Described chiefly from a type ^ from Darjiling, 7,000 ft., 25-v-lO 

 [Brunetti). A second <^ is from Tonglu, Darjiling District, 10,000 ft., 

 21-iv-lO (Beebe) ; a third from Senchal, Darjihng District, 8,000 ft., v-13 

 (Lord Carmi chad's coll.). A single (type) $ from the latter locality. 

 AU specimens in the Indian Museum. 



