270 Rpcnrdx nf tlir Indian MusriDn. [Vol. XV, 



Tipula brevis, sp. nov. 



(^ 9. Shillong, Assam. Long. (^ 12 mm. ; $ 15 mm. from tip of 



nasus to tip of ovipositor. Length of 

 each wing 15 mm. 



Head and proboscis brownish-yellow ; labella with dark brown 

 margins ; palpi dirty yellow, gradually darkening to black at tips, black 

 pubescent. Antennae yellowish, base of all scapal joints except 1st 

 jet black, the colour fading away at about middle of each segment. In 

 the $ the black is confined to a narrow basal ring. Occiput brownish- 

 yellow, with narrow brown median stripe and some black pubescence 

 towards eye margins. 



Thorax. — Ground colour pale brownish-yellow ; three olive brown 

 stripes of the usual form, the centre one narrowly divided except on 

 anterior margin ; side stripes shorter anteriorly but extending to pos- 

 terior margin. An obscure stripe extends in the $ from the neck to just 

 below the wnng base. 



Abdomen in (^ brownish-yellow, with a narrow blackish irregular dorsal 

 stripe dying away at about middle of abdomen (type (^) ; or dark 

 mahogany brown with the dorsal part nearly black, and the last two or 

 three segments wholly so. Belly browni>>h-ye]low, tip blackish. 



In $ abdomen brow^nish-yellow, with distinct and complete dorsal 

 black stripe without well defined edges. Belly darker brownish-yellow. 

 Genitalia in ^ brownish-yellow, dorsal plate V-shaped with rounded 

 edges bearing yellow pubescence ; 2nd joint of claspers ending in a pair 

 of broad thumb-like processes ; ventral plate reduced to a long narrow 

 style-like piece with yellow pubescence at tip. 



Legs in (^ : coxae and femora yellowish, latter with a broad dark 

 brown apical ring ; tibiae and tarsi dark brown. In $, tibiae concolor- 

 ous with femora, the apical ring on latter barely perceptible. 



Wings pale grey ; stigma brownish, ill defined ; a barely perceptible 

 pale streak just beyond stigmatic suffusion reaching from costa to 

 di'scal cell ; similar barely perceptible paler patches in 1st basal cell 

 dividing it approximately into three parts ; two or three similar pale 

 spots on hind border of wing (two in 1st axillary and one in 2nd axillary 

 cell). Costal cell very shghtly yellowish. A small, just perceptibly 

 darker grey spot at base of 2nd longitudinal vein and another conti- 

 guous proximally to the stigmatic suffusion. Halteres yellow, knobs 

 blackish. 



Described from 4 (^ (^ and one $ (the latter apparently rather im- 

 mature) in the Indian Museum from Shillong, Assam, 4,900 ft., 10 — 12- 

 x-14 (Kemp). 



On TIPULODII^A, Ender.i 



There is a small group of species of Ti/pida with snowwhite to yellow- 

 ish rings on the femora or tibiae or both, and long white tarsi, and though 

 closely allied I have been able to distinguish six valid forms, pedata, W., 



1 Since writing this page I have seen that Alexander noted in 1913 that Tipulodina 

 was uncjucstionably a Tijiuline, but I had overlooked his paper. He does not definitely 

 state whether he regards it as a good genus or not. 



