igii.] B. Brunetti : Oriental Tipulidae. 281 



the 1st posterior cell with almost parallel sides, ver}^ slightly 

 narrower at the tip. The 4th longitudinal forks just before 

 the anterior cross-vein, the lower branch forking again widely at 

 its middle. Posterior cross- vein in the middle of the wing, half- 

 way between the origin of the 2nd and of the 3rd veins. 

 The 5th vein practicall}' straight, the 6th very gently sinuate, 

 the 7th approximate to the 6th for some distance at its base, after- 

 wards running straight to the hind margin. Halteres pale yeDow- 

 ish, clubs blackish. 



Described from three 9 5 in the Indian Museum from Borneo, 

 taken 27-vi-io by Mr. Beebe 10 miles south of Kuching, Sarawak. 



Type in Indian Museum. 



GYMNASTES, mihi, gen. nov. 



Head set closely on to the thorax without any neck. Eyes 

 rounded, bare, wideh^ separated above by a very broad frons, 

 separated on under side b}' a moderately wide, parallel, rather 

 convex space. Proboscis stout but very short ; palpi four-jointed, 

 narrow, cylindrical, normal length. Antennae of sixteen joints ; the 

 ist scapal joint rather short, cylindrical, 2nd much narrowed, about 

 the same length ; flagellar joints c3dindro-ovate, the rst longer 

 than the rest, about equal to the 2nd scapal joint. 



Thorax moderately arched ; collare rather enlarged and dis- 

 tinct, suture distinct, post-sutural depression not very pronounced. 

 Scutellum small. 



Abdomen linear, of only seven obvious segments Genitalia 

 normal. 



Legs moderately long and slender ; anterior femora slightly 

 enlarged towards the tip, hind femora longer than the others and 

 ver}^ considerably enlarged at the tip, having the appearance of 

 "Indian clubs." Metatarsus more than half the length of the 

 tibiae, the other joints short. Tibiae without spurs at the tip, 

 but the hairs are considerably stronger about the tibia tip. 



Wings elongated, narrowed at base and slightl}^ curved 

 inwards near the basal part of the costa. One submarginal cell, 

 four posterior cells, a discal cell. Auxiliary vein barely apparent; 

 so closely approximate to the ist longitudinal vein that it is only 

 visible just before the middle of the latter vein, where that vein 

 takes a sudden V-shaped bend downwards, forming a "kink." 

 The ist vein sinuous towards its tip, ending beyond the middle 

 of the wing; 2nd longitudinal vein begins just before the 

 middle of the wing, running nearly straight to the margin; the 

 marginal cross-vein near, but not close to, the tip of the ist vein. 

 The 2nd vein unforked, the 3rd vein originating just before 

 the marginal cross- vein, its basal section short, the rest of the 

 vein straight. Anterior cross-vein nearly in a line with the basal 

 section of the 3rd vein, situated at the base of the discal cell, 

 the 1st posterior cell having approximately parallel sides. The 

 4th vein emerges from the 5th at some considerable distance from 



