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side. The lower pair of valves is extremely short, and very liable 

 to be overlooked unless closely searched for. 



Legs black. Coxae, knees, femora at the base and a broad 

 ring near the tip pale yellow. 



Wings yellowish grey, veins brown, costal cell more or less 

 yellowish. Clearer spots occur in the wings, generally towards the 

 tip of the costal cell, at the base of and in the middle of the 

 subcostal, surrounded by the stigma ; a streak just beyond the 

 stigma, extending hindwards ; a roundish spot on the posterior part 

 of the distal half of the second basal cell, and sometimes small 

 ones at the end of the 6th and 7th longitudinal veins, all these 

 pale spots being more or less indistinct and ill defined, the wing 

 occasionally being nearly wholly clear, and having no yellow in it 

 except in the neighbourhood of the costa. Stigma always brown- 

 ish, of varying intensity. Halteres yellow, knobs black. 



Described from a good series of both sexes in good condition 

 taken by me at Darjiling, 22-ix'o8, to i-x-08, in bushes on the 

 hillside and attracted by the lamps in houses during the evenings. 

 Frequently seen in cop. I also took several in the same localit}^ 

 from 10 to 20-X-05, and again from 23 to 29-v-io. The type 

 cf and $ are in the Indian Museum ; cotypes of both sexes are 

 also both in that collection and my own. The Museum series 

 comprises specimens from Bhim Tal (4,500 ft.), 19 — 22-ix-o8, and 

 Naini Tal (6,400 ft.), both taken by Dr. Annandale ; Darjiling, 

 20-X-05 ; 22-ix-o8 to i-x-08 ; and 22 — 29-v-io, all taken by me. 



N.B. — The species is variable but within certain limits and 

 can be easily recognised by the pale yellow wide ring on all the 

 femora about as far from the tip as the width of the ring, a 

 peculiarity I know of in no other Oriental species with marmorated 

 wings except elegans. I describe this species rather fully because 

 it seems the type of a small set of very closely-allied but distinct 

 species frequenting the Himalayas. Three or four of these are 

 present in the Indian Museum. Possibly hinialayensis or some of 

 the allied species referred to may prove identical with Palaearctic 

 forms. 



Tipula robusta, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf . Western Himalayas. Total length 20 mm. 



Head dark grey : frons one-fifth width of head. Antennae 

 brownish yellow, base of joints very narrowly black. Proboscis 

 and palpi dark brown, pubescent. 



Thorax. — Dorsum practically all blackish brown, with the 

 exception of the suture, hind margins of the post-sutural callosities 

 and a broad side and hind marginal border to the metanotum, all 

 of which parts are reddish yellow. Metanotum with some short 

 golden yellow hairs towards its sides, its dorsum dark grey. The 

 median dorsal thoracic stripe attains the anterior margin and is 

 slightly darkened on its edges. The prothorax is very distinct, 

 brown, somewhat divided by a depression from the mesothorax. 

 Neck yellow. Sides of thorax light orange-yellow. 



