igii.] E. Brunetti : Oriental Tipulidae. 287 



The subcostal cross- vein is placed near the middle of the wing, 

 joining the auxiliary vein to the ist longitudinal not very far beyond 

 the beginning of the 2nd vein. 



The 2nd vein commences almost before the first third of the 

 wing, at a moderate angle, forking just opposite the tip of the 

 auxiliary vein, the branches practically parallel; the praefurca 

 longer than the lower branch, which itself is rather longer than the 

 upper one. 



Marginal cross- vein just beyond the fork, and a little bej^ond 

 the tip of the auxiliary vein. The 3rd vein originates a little 

 before the fork of the 2nd vein in an almost punctiform manner , 

 meeting the anterior cross-vein at the same point. The 3rd 

 longitudinal vein runs straight to immediately below the wing-tip. 

 Anterior cross-vein of moderate length, meeting the discal cell 

 before its middle, which cell is pointed at its proximal end. Upper 

 branch of 4th longitudinal vein forked at half that portion of it 

 lying beyond the discal cell, the veinlets nearly parallel. 



Lower branch of 4th vein acutel}^ forked at middle of discal 

 cell, the posterior cross-vein situated just beyond the fork. The 5th 

 longitudinal bent at its union with the cross-vein; 6th vein nearlv 

 straight. The seventh longitudinal vein remarkably short, much less 

 than half the length of the 6th vein, its tip bent down sharply to 

 the wing-margin. 



Paracladura g'racilis, mihi, sp. nov. 

 ' & 9 . Darjiling. Long. 2 J mm. 



Head. — Eyes separated above by a frons wider than one-third 

 the width of the head. 



Face above antennae distinctly gibbous. Proboscis rather 

 long, narrow, pale yellow, a little hairy ; palpi, ist joint pale yellow, 

 2nd, 3rd and 4th black Antennae : scape pale yellow, slightly 

 pubescent, joints very short, almost annuliform ; fiagellum of 

 fifteen very elongate joints, closely but shortly pubescent, with one 

 or two longer hairs at the tip of each. 



Thorax considerably gibbous, uniformly pale yellow, quite 

 bare. Scutellum, metanotum and sides of thorax concolorous. 



Abdomen brownish yellow, a little pale hair at the sides, seg- 

 ments in the o* towards the tip of the abdomen, both above and 

 on belly, with more or less distinct blackish irregular marks. 



Genitalia in cf rather longer than usual, especially the second 

 joint, which is nearly as long as the first, the latter being less 

 robust than usual, the second equally fleshy, subcylindrical, 

 pointed, both bearing numerous soft hairs. Some further append- 

 ages are visible below the claspers, also a large ventral V-shaped 

 dark brown plate. The upper plate is also dark coloured, narrow. 

 In the 9 are a pair of moderately long lateral valves, blackish at 

 the tip ; below these, a pair of pale yellow soft, hairy, short, conical 

 appendages, apparently a pair of small claspers. 



Legs uniforml}'^ very pale yellow. 



