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Wings yellowish, a little iridescent in the & , rather paler 

 at base of submarginal and ist posterior cells, also in the middle 

 of the 2nd basal cell, and irregularly, just before the stigma. 

 Costal cell rather darker ; stigma yellowish in & , brownish in 9 , 

 distinct but ill defined. Veins dark brown, Halteres black. 



Described from a type & and 9 taken r6 — 20-X-05, and two 

 other 9 9 10 — 16-X-05, all taken by me at Darjiling. 



Geographical Distribution. — Darjiling. 



Type & and 9 in my own collection. 



Tipula ornatithorax, mihi, sp. nov. 



a" 9 . East and West Himalayas and Sumatra {?). Long. 

 20 mm, -|- proboscis 2 mm., and ovipositor 

 4 mm. 



Head tawny orange, tip of proboscis slightly darker ; palpi 

 and antennae dark brown, scape of latter orange-yellow. 



Thorax uniforml}^ tawny orange. On the dorsum are eight 

 conspicuous bluish grey spots, narrowly edged with black, arranged 

 as follows : two elongated nearly contiguous central ones (forming 

 the usual median stripe) from the anterior margin nearly to the 

 suture. On each .side is a shorter one, nearl}^ contiguous. A small 

 circular one at the base of each wing with a nearly contiguous 

 elongated one posterior to it, 



Scutellum and metanotum in & light orange-yellow, con- 

 colorous wuth posterior part of thorax; in 9 scutellum slightly 

 brownish and metanotum wdth two very indistinct brown streaks. 



Abdomen in cf blackish, major portion of dorsal surface of 

 basal two-thirds, tawny orange, with a small black spot towards 

 each side of the base of the second segment. 



In the 9 blackish, yellowish above at base, the colour showing 

 a tendency to form a short dorsal stripe. 



Belly in cf tawny, except last three segments, blackish ; in 

 9 similar to upper side of 9 but more yellowish, the posterior 

 borders of the segments narrowly lined with 3'^ellow^ 



Genital organs in cr large and complex, A rather large 

 squarish dorsal black plate, the posterior part bilobed, the hind 

 margins with thick bright golden yellow hair. Two large blackish 

 side plates, from within which protrude what are apparently the 

 second joints of a pair of large claspers, conical and scoop-shaped, 

 yellowish. An inner palp-like organ is attached to the second 

 joint. 



In the 9 the ovipositor is also large, dark shining brown, 

 with an upper longer and lower shorter pair of yellow lateral 

 valves. 



Legs yellowish brow^n, tarsi darker, extreme tips of femora 

 and tibiae blackish. 



Wings light grey, .subcostal cell pale yellowish brown, ending 

 in a pale similarly coloured stigma. Halteres blackish brown. 



