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front of the base of the wings, yellow. Sides of thorax wholly- 

 pale greenish grey, with a whitish grey shimmer in certain lights; 

 the elongated metapleura whitish shimmered. 



Abdomen tawny yellow, with a median dark brown shining 

 stripe, and a narrow side stripe, below which the extreme edges 

 of the 2nd to the 7th segments are distinctly whitish on the pos- 

 terior part. 



Belly pale yellow, with indistinct median dark line. Oviposi- 

 tor 3 mm. long; the first part shining black, cylindrical, with a 

 whitish tip, the second consisting of two elongated red-brown 

 sheaths. A reddish yellow ventral plate and an intermediate grey 

 part apparently completes the genital apparatus. 



Legs almost exactly as in himalayensis , but more brown than 

 black ; the tarsi not much longer than the tibiae. 



Wings. — A general resemblance to both himalayensis and 

 robusta in appearance. Costal cell yellow, with only a single 

 small clear spot near tip. A wide, but pale brown band begins 

 on the costa near the base but only reaches the fifth longitudinal 

 vein, and there is an irregular row of nearly clear spots from 

 the base of the Tst basal cell, hind wards to posterior margin of 

 wing, one spot in each cell. The darker parts of the wing are 

 slightly darker than in robusta, and the clear spots have a tendency 

 to be still clearer, larger, and possibly more numerous. Halteres 

 black, apical part of club pale. 



Described from a single perfect 9 in my own collection taken 

 by me at Mussoorie, i8-vi-05. 



Tipula interrupta, mihi, sp. nov. 



2 . Darjiling. Long. 25 mm. including proboscis + 2 mm. 

 ovipositor. 



Head. — Frons dark brownish grey, one-fourth width of head. 

 Proboscis dark brown ; palpi black. Antennae ^^ellowish, last joints 

 blackish, with a few greyish reflections. 



Thorax. — Dorsum, scutellum and metanotum dark yellowish 

 grey, with a little microscopic pubescence. The usual three dorsal 

 stripes barely darker than ground colour. Sides pale yellowish, 

 bare ; a little more orange immediately below the dorsum , from 

 shoulder to wing base. 



Pro thorax prominent, separated by a deep suture, brownish 

 yellow. 



Abdomen blackish, with microscopic pale yellowish and 

 dark brown close pubescence; bases of segments with a fairly wide, 

 bare, shining blackish band, not very obvious but distinctly 

 present. Ovipositor short, shining dark reddish brown. 



Legs brownish yellow ; coxae with a few soft pale hairs ; 

 femora and tibiae narrowly black at tips. 



Wings pale yellowish ; costal cell a little darker ; veins 

 blackish. The 5th longitudinal vein infuscated towards tip and at its 

 juncture with the cross- vein. Stigma yellowish brown, occupying 



