igii.] E. Brunetti : Oriental Tipulidac. 275 



Wings pale yellowish grey, glassy, iridescent. Auxiliary vein 

 ends nearly half-way between the base of the 2nd longitudinal 

 and the marginal cross- vein, which latter is placed exactl}'- at the 

 tip of the ist longitudinal, and just beyond the middle of the mar- 

 ginal cell. Base of 3rd vein oblique, two and a half times the 

 length of the anterior cross-vein. Discal cell twice as long as broad, 

 as long as the 2nd and 3rd posterior cells ; posterior cross-vein 

 barely beyond base of discal ceh. Veins on distal part of wing prac- 

 tically parallel. Stigma light brown, ill defined but distinct, 

 situated over the marginal cross-vein. Halteres brownish yellow. 



Described from one 9 taken by Mr. Howlett at Simla, x-08. 



Type in the Pusa collection. 



Geranomyia genitalis, mihi, sp. nov. 



& ? . South India, Assam. Long. 5 mm. 



Head blackish. Proboscis as long as head and thorax to- 

 gether, palpi, placed at the middle, all black. Antennae black, 

 joint not ver}^ distinct. 



Thorax light grey. Dorsum mainly occupied by a large 

 shining black spot, projecting broadly forwards to the anterior 

 margin. The linear depression behind the suture wide, light grey, 

 as are also the scutellum and the middle part of the metanotum', 

 the sides of the latter, with the pleurae, being shining dark brown. 

 Sides of thorax light grey. 



Abdomen. — Dorsum blackish, belly yellowish, genitalia in & un- 

 usually formed. A small square upper brown plate with an under- 

 lying pointed piece. A large pair of complicated claspers, the first 

 joint thick, hairy, brownish black, shining; the second of equal or 

 greater length, rather larger, oval, of roughened, sponge-like 

 appearance. The first joint bears a small concolorous, hairy palp- 

 like organ on the inner side, near the dorsum ; below which is a 

 slender yellow semi-transparent hook, and below which again is a 

 rather small, bifid, interior appendage. The whole organ lighti3^ 

 hairy, except the second joint of the claspers, which is practically 

 bare. In the 2 the ovipositor is normal, blackish, the terminal 

 blades reddish j-ellow. 



Legs mainl}^ brown ; coxae, base of femora and basal half of 

 tarsi, yellowish. 



Wings pale yellowish grey, conspicuously iridescent. Stigma 

 oval, moderate- sized, brown, placed over marginal cross-vein. 

 Auxiliary vein ends nearly half-way between the origin of the 2nd 

 longitudinal vein and the marginal cross-vein. The 2nd vein origi- 

 nates at the middle of the wing, the praefurca two-thirds as long 

 as the remainder : base of 3rd vein three or four times as long as 

 anterior cross- vein : submarginal cell considerably longer than ist 

 posterior cell. Discal cell twice as long as broad, barely shorter 

 than 2nd and 3rd posterior cells : posterior cross-vein immediately 

 after base of discal cell. Halteres blackish brown. 



