igii.] E. Brunetti : Oriental Tipididae. 255 



Abdomen brown, ist segment reddish yellow; 2nd reddish 

 yellow on upper side, last segments blackish. Belly lighter brown, 

 yellowish at base, tip blackish. Genital organs mainly dark 

 brown, large and complex, but considerably concealed between the 

 two large side plates, apparently consisting of a small upper dark 

 brown pubescent plate ; a pair of pale yellow flat, pointed organs ; 

 the usual pair of large claspers of which each bears a brush-like 

 appendage ; and there are apparently intermediate organs also. 



Legs. — Coxae yellow, with a little pale gold hair, femora light 

 brownish yellow, tips rather broadly blackish. Tibiae brownish 

 yellow with blackish tips; tarsi yellowish brown, very long; hind 

 pair nearly twice as long as the tibiae. 



Wings pale yellowish grey, with darker brownish yellow 

 parts, such as the costal cell, the major part of the ist basal cell, 

 a large area near the distal part of 2nd basal cell, a squarish 

 spot in the middle of the 6th posterior cell, the whole of the 

 two submarginal cells, and the base of the ist posterior cell. 

 Stigma yellowish brown, well defined. Veins dark brown, fifth 

 with a tendency to a narrow suffusion. Halteres brownish 3'ellow. 



Described from one a" in m}- collection from Mussoorie, taken 

 by me 22-vi-o5. 



Tipula elegans, mihi, sp. nov. 

 ? . Western Himalayas. Full length about 20 mm. 



Head yellowish grey, more yellow on back of head, from 

 which a narrow, not very distinct fuscous stripe runs over the 

 vertex, but terminates before reaching the base of the antennae. 

 Nasus rather produced, pale yellow, with a pinkish tinge, and 

 some yellow hairs at tip, pointing forwards. Frons one-fourth width 

 of head; eyes black; palpi dark brown, pubescent. Antennae: 

 scape yellow ; flagellum dark brown, the base of each joint 

 narrowly black ringed, and with one or two hairs each side, the 

 joints having a microscopic pale pubescence which gives a grey 

 shimmer when seen in certain directions. Proboscis dark brown, 

 tip black. 



Thorax. — Dorsum brownish grey, with the three usual stripes 

 shortened and confluent, thus forming a central spot of dark 

 blackish brown colour, which in certain lights has a reddish tinge. 

 Two almost contiguous broad grey stripes (each darkened on its 

 inner side) proceed from the front of the dorsal spot to the 

 anterior border of the thorax. 



Two dark reddish brown spots on each side, behind the suture, 

 the upper one circular, the hinder one oval: the hinder half of 

 this latter one, seen from behind, bears a greyish shimmer. A 

 small yellowish cavity just below the shoulders. Prothorax more 

 or less ash-grey, with slightly darker markings and a small brown 

 streak on its upper part. 



Scutellum and metanotum very pale brown; posterior half 

 of latter with ash grey reflections seen from behind, with a narrow, 

 dark median line, as has also the scutellum. The scaly ridge in 



