iQii.] E. Brunetti : Oriental Tipulidae. 233 



proboscis normal, yellow; palpi long, yellow. Antennal scape 

 brownish yellow; flagellum black, shortly pubescent. 



Thorax wholly shining black, bare. 



Abdomen black, microscopically pubescent; basal two- thirds 

 of second joint and basal half of third joint reddish orange. Tip 

 of last segment and the ovipositor reddish yellow. 



Legs. — Coxae reddish yellow ; femora at base concolorous, 

 deepening to brown at tip ; tibiae and tarsi black. Except the 

 coxae, which are nearly bare, legs wholly shortly and thickly 

 pubescent. 



Wings very pale grey, yellowish brown on the costal part. 

 A dark brown central cross-band along the middle cross-veins 

 from the origin of the second vein to the tip of the fifth vein, 

 also a large apical brown part enclosing the forks of the third 

 and fourth veins, both these brown parts in the wing being 

 connected with the costal darkening. Halteres black. 



Described from one 9 in the Pusa collection taken by 

 Mr. Howlett, 3 — g-vi-OQ, at Darjiling (7,000 feet). 



Ptychoptera tibialis, mihi, sp. nov. 



& $ . Darjiling. IvOng. cf 7-8, 5 9 mm. 



Head. — Frons shining black, smooth, bare : eyes widely sepa- 

 rated: back of head brown: face below antennae, under side of 

 head and palpi all bright yellow; antennae fifteen jointed; ist 

 joint cylindrical, yellow, brown towards tip ; 2nd short, bead-like, 

 dark yellow, mixed with brown; 3rd as long as the next two 

 together ; remainder elongated, compressed at each end, black ; 

 antennae minutely and thickly pubescent, and with moderately 

 long scattered hairs throughout. 



Thorax. — & : Aenous black, bare, shining, suture separating 

 the prothorax rather deeply cut; humeri bright yellow, a white 

 dusted patch in front on dorsum of prothorax. The mesothorax 

 is divided from the metathorax by a distinct suture, which on 

 reaching the extension of the prothorax, follows it posteriorly 

 and divides the rear portion of the metathorax by a deeply cut 

 suture with a small yellow V-shaped spot in the middle of it, this 

 suture reaching the small bright yellow scotellum. Posterior calli 

 raspberry-red, enlarged, elongated and extending from the scutellum 

 to the base of the wings. Sides of thorax shining black, a 5'ellow 

 scaly mesopleura connected with the yellow base of the wings; 

 metapleurae with silvery sheen, seen from above; metanotum 

 large, shining aenous black, square shaped, bare. 



In the 9 the thorax is orange, with a black stripe each side 

 of the dorsum, the suture blackish : a large black mark below the 

 scutellum, which latter, with the whole metanotum, is orange. 



Abdomen. — & : Bright fight orange-brown, tending towards 

 yellowish; ist segment all blackish, 2nd elongated, black at 

 base and tip ; the next three segments black on posterior border. 



