iQii.] E. Brunktti: Oriental Tipulidae. -301 



Styringomyia flava, milii, sp. nov. 

 0=^ . vSouth India. Long. 5 mm. 



Whole body mainly pale dirt}^ 3^ellow. ist joint of scape dark 

 brown on under side ; flagellum of fourteen joints more elongated 

 than in the other species. A strong long spiny bristle just above 

 the wing, four small, dorso-central ones arranged in a curve, two 

 long ones on the scutellum and a large one on each shoulder : also 

 a strong one a little below each wing. Pleurae with some minute 

 bristles. Abdomen with rather longer soft pubescence. Posterior 

 margins of abdominal segments with a moderately wide brown 

 band, interrupted in the middle. 



Genitalia concolorous, conspicuous. A pair of large pubes- 

 cent fleshy claspers, each bearing at its end a long; filamentous semi- 

 transparent tentacle and three strong black spines. On the inside 

 of each clasper is a slightly prominent comb-like organ and also 

 possibl}^ a pair of lamellae. Above, and alm.ost between these large 

 claspers is a smaller fleshy projecting pubescent organ. Below all 

 is an onion-shaped ventral plate, which, as well as the whole 

 genitalia, is covered with long bristly hairs. 



Legs pale yellow, minutelj^ pubescent, especially on the tibiae. 

 Coxae with bristles; femora with a faint trace of the two apical 

 black rings as in ceylonica^ fore pair barely enlarged at tip, with a 

 row on upper and under sides of longer, stiff hairs. Posterior 

 femora with rows of stiff hairs, mainly on upper and outer sides, 

 but with a tendenc}' to general distribution, especialh^ on hind 

 pair. Fore tibiae with some bristles on front side and a double 

 row of more numerous ones on outer side. Posterior tibiae with 

 bristles on outer and hinder sides. Tarsi with a few bristles below. 



Wings distinctl}^ pale yellow, very iridescent, quite un- 

 marked ; venation exactly as in ceylonica, and the costa with a 

 distinct fringe of short bristly pale hair, which is nearly absent at 

 the base, both on front and hind margins. Halteres pale dirty 

 5"ellow. 



Described from a single cf taken at light by Dr. Annandale, 

 2 2-xi-o8, at Tenmalai, Travancore State, South India. 



LECHRIA, vSkuse. 

 Lechria bengalensis, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf 2 . Bengal. Long. 4 mm. 



Head blackish grey, frons rather broad and flat, with short 

 sparse hairs ; proboscis yellowish, palpi dark. Antennae black ; 

 1st joint of scape long, 2nd short, both broader than the 14- 

 jointed flagellum, which has traces of white at the tip of each 

 joint and at the base ot the ist joint. 



Thorax 3^ellow^ish, well arched, mesonotal suture deep, 

 posterior to which the colour of the dorsum is pale livid brown, 



