TIPULA. 327 



Winr^s pale yellowish grey ; costal cell brownish yellow, stigma 

 brown ; a just perceptible rather clear spot before, beyond and 

 below the stigma ; in the discal and 4th posterior cells ; beyond 

 the middle of the 2nd basal cell ; and two or three other smaller 

 ones (probably variable in number) in the anal and axillary 

 cells. Haltei'es : stem brownish yellow, clubs black, tips brownish 

 yellow. 



Length (entire) 13 millim. 



Described from a single male from Kurseong, 7. ix. 09 

 {Br. Annandale). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



But for the few isolated semiliyaliue spots in the wings this 

 species would be classified with the " unicolorous wing " group. 

 It seems, however, to be better placed here. 



226. Tipula interrupta, Bnm. 



Tipula interrupta, Brunetti, Rec. Iiid. Mus. vi, p. 256 (1911). 



$ . Head : frons dark brownish grey, one-fourth the width of the 

 head. Proboscis dark brown ; palpi black. Antennae yellowish, 

 last joints blackish, with a few greyish reflections. Thorax : 

 dorsum, seutellum and metanotum dark yellowish grey, with a 

 little microscopic pubescence ; the usual three dorsal stripes barely 

 darker than the ground-colour ; sides pale yellowish, bare ; a little 

 more orange immediately below the dorsum, from shoulder to 

 wing bnse. Prothorax prominent, separated by a deep suture, 

 brownish yellow. Abdomen blackish, with microscopic pale 

 yellowish and dark brown close pubescence ; bases of segments 

 with a fairly wide, bare, shining blackish band, not very obvious 

 but distinctly present. Ovipositor short, shining dark reddish 

 brown. Legs brownish yellow ; coxae with a few soft pale hairs ; 

 femora and tibiae narrowly black at tips. Wings pale yellowish ; 

 costal cell a little darker ; veins blackish ; the 5th longitudinal 

 vein infuscated towards the tip and at its juncture with the cross- 

 vein ; stigma yellowish brown, occupying nearly half the marginal 

 cell. A clear streak ci'osses the marginal cell, apparently cutting 

 away the stigma abruptly, and crosses the proximal end of the 

 discal cell, which latter is pentagonal. Halteres blackish. 



Length 25 millim., without ovipositor (2 millim.). 



Described from one female in the Pusa collection from Darjiling, 

 3-9. vi. 09 {F. M. Howhtt). 



Very near T. fumipennis, but differing by the absence of the 

 distinct pale side stripe on the thorax just below the dorsum ; by 

 the lighter colour of the head and thorax ; by the narrow (not 

 wide) black tips to the femora ; the yellowish instead of blackish 

 brown wing ; the absence of red on the dorsum of the abdomen ; 

 and by the pentagonal shape of the discal cell. 



