240 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. VI, 



laeta.F. , & 9. Type in the Fabricius collection in the British 

 Museum; but no information is to hand as to its condition. 



Apparently commonly distributed throughout India. Van der 

 Wulp records it from Bombay, Sind and Ceylon. The Indian 

 Museum possesses it from Trivandrum, iv-1889; Bangalore; 

 Dehra Dun ; Calcutta, i3-vii-07. 



In the Vienna Museum and my own collection, in both cases 

 from Ceylon. This and the following species bear some consider- 

 able resemblance to each other, but are easily recognized by the 

 characters given in the table. 



Van der Wulp quotes ''pi. ii. i " as a figure of this species 

 in Wiedemann, but I find no such figure. In the Pusa collection are 

 a & and 2 taken in cop in the Shevaroys (4,000ft.), (Madras Pre- 

 sidency), 26-viii-07 on coffee bushes. In the Indian Museum are two 

 specimens that represent well-marked varieties of this species, to 

 one of which a name is given. The first specimen is from Katihar, 

 Purnea District (N. Bengal), and is a ? in good condition taken by 

 Mr. Paiva, 23-iii-09. It differs from the typical form by all the cells 

 on the posterior half of the wing being pale grey in their centres ; 

 one or two cells being almost entirely clear. The 3rd, 4th and 5th 

 abdominal segments have a subquadrate black spot on the dorsum 

 of each. 



The second specimen I term var. trilineata, from the presence 

 of the usual three tipuliform black thoracic stripes, the median one 

 extending over the anterior margin on each side as far as the front 

 coxae. The outer stripes are replaced behind the suture by a large 

 spot each side. There is a blackish mark on the pleura below the 

 wing, and the hinder side of the metanotum is shining black. The 

 wings have the clear spaces as in the preceding variety though not 

 quite so obvious, and the last two or three abdominal segments are 

 blackish, some distinct darkening of the preceding segments being 

 noticeable. The yellow colour of the legs is deep chrome, not 

 orange. It was taken by Mr. H. L. Andrewes, September 1910, in 

 the Nilgiri Hills (3,500 ft.). 



The yellow marks on the wing in both forms are so exactly 

 like those in the typical form that they cannot be regarded but as 

 varieties. 



taprobanes, Wlk., 0=' 9 . Type ( 9 ) with two other 9 9 in 

 good condition in the British Museum, from Ceylon, which seems its 

 only habitat, where it is not at all uncommon. Also in the Vienna 

 and Indian Museums and my collection. The cf is much less 

 common than the female and I believe has not been described, but 

 it is present in the Indian Museum and shows no peculiarities be- 

 yond the ordinary sexual differences. 



dolens, Os. Sac, cf 9 . Described from two cf cf and one 

 9 from the Philippines. 



fumiplena, Wlk., 9 . China. Very variable in the propor- 

 tionate amount of black and yellow colour in the body, according 

 to Osten Sacken, who has examined the type in the British Museum 

 (a 9 in good condition) with some other examples from China. 



