248 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. VI, 



Since Van der Wulp's catalogue, five new species have been 

 described by Meijere, the types being in the Amsterdam IMuseum. 

 These are — 



thibetana, Meij., cr' . Bijd. tot. de Dierk., xvii, 89, pi. viii, 

 2, 3, wing (1904), Tibet. Technically this should not be included 

 in Oriental lists but it may quite possibly occur at places in the 

 Himalayas, and it is well for the student to be aware of the 

 species, which is described from Tatsienlou in Tibet. 



T. cinctipes cf , gadehana 5 , cinereifrons cf and inconspicua 

 cf are the other species described by Meijere,' all from Java. 



It will be seen that, so far as I have been able to ascertain, 

 all the species of Tipula given in Van der Wulp's catalogue are 

 good ones. I refrain from compiling them in tabular form, until 

 fuller information is obtainable respecting man}^ of them. A large 

 number of undescribed species have come before me and some of 

 these are herein characterized. 



Tipula majestica, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf 9 . Darjiling district. Long. 33 mm. + proboscis 3 mm. 

 and ovipositor 3 mm. 



Head. — Back of head light brownish grey, with a ver}^ narrow 

 median dark line. Frons and proboscis reddish brown, more 

 greyish above in 5 . Palpi blackish, antennal scape and basal 

 joints of fiagellum ^^ellowish red, rest of flagellum black; first 

 three joints of flagellum elongated, remainder much shorter and 

 slightly enlarged below in their centres. 



Thorax. — vSides of thorax and ground colour of dorsum, rich 

 deep yellow ochre, bare. Dorsum with a pair of median dark grey 

 contiguous stripes forming the usual centre stripe, with a shorter 

 outer stripe on each side, almost contiguous. The whole of the 

 dorsum of the post-sutural callosity occupied by a concolorous spot; 

 the dorsum of the thorax just above the centre of the suture show- 

 ing the bright yellow ground colour. Scutellum and metanotum 

 dark grey, a narrow dark brown stripe joining roots of wings to 

 the scutellum. Pleurae gold-yellow, with shining yellow reflec- 

 tions in certain lights. 



Abdomen dark brown, microscopical^ pubescent; posterior 

 margins of segments very slightly darker. In the 5 there is a 

 tendency to a narrow irregular dorsal stripe, formed by the rather 

 paler centres of the segments. Belly dark blackish grey. 



Genitalia in & consisting of a comparatively small dorsal 

 plate bilobed almost to its base, narrower behind, with yellow hair; 

 a pair of claspers with a very large approximately conical black- 

 haired basal joint and a much smaller scoop-shaped second joint, 

 with yellowish hairs. The eighth ventral segment has its edge 

 emarginate in the middle, bent in a sharp curve and clothed in 



1 Tijd. V. Ent., liv, 64, et seq. (191 1). 



