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Described from one 2 in the Vienna Museum, from Monies 

 Mavson (2 — 3,000 ft.), taken in April or May by Fruhstorfer. 



Tipula cincrca, mihi, sp. nov. 



2 . lyombok. Long. 27 mm., including proboscis and 

 ovipositor. 



Head dark cinereous ; basal joints of antennae a little 

 yellowish; flagellum (mostly broken off) dark brown; palpi dark 

 brown. 



Thorax moderately light brownish grey, with the usual 

 three stripes, the median one divided on its anterior half, the 

 outer stripes continued in the usual form of a large approximately 

 oval spot on each side behind the suture. Scutellum and metano- 

 tum rather lighter in shade. Sides of thorax light grey cinereous, 

 almost ash-grey, with a median horizontal narrow brown line. 



Abdomen dark blackish grey. Ovipositor brownish yellow, 

 shining, of moderate length. Belly whitish at the base. 



Legs wholly- light brown-yellow, except for a rather broad 

 apical black ring on all the femora. 



Wings wholly pale grey ; costal cell yellowish ; pedicle of 

 2nd posterior cell half the length of the cell. Halteres blackish. 



Described from a 2 in good condition fromLombok (2,000 ft.). 

 May or June 1S96 [Fruhstorfer]. 



Type in the Vienna Museum. 



Tipula flava, mihi, sp. nov. 

 cf . Sikhim. Long. 30 mm. including proboscis. 



The whole body deep orange-yellow. Palpi, labella and anten- 

 nae a little darker. 



Thorax unstriped. Genitalia consisting of a bilobed , oblong 

 dorsal plate, a pair of claspers, of which the first joint is very 

 large, obtusely triangular; the second joint elongate-triangular; 

 the whole organ concolorous. 



Legs concolorous, femora tips minutely black; tarsi tips a 

 little darker. 



Wings pale grey, veins brownish yellow. Halteres brownish 

 yellow. 



Described from a single rf taken by Mr. Fruhstorfer in 

 Sikhim in March or April. 



Type in the Vienna Museum. 



Tipula himalayensis, mihi, sp. 



nov. 



cr' 2 . Himalayas, Long, to tip of nasus (f , 11 — 14 mm.; 

 2 , II — 20 mm. + 3 mm. ovipositor. 



Head yellowish, yellowish grey, occasionally with a slight 

 greenish cinereous tinge A narrow fuscous stripe from behind 

 the head, passing over the vertex, descending to just above the 



