328 TIPULID^. 



227. Tipula nigroapicalis, Brun. 



Tipula niyronpicalis, Brunetti, Kec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 257 (1911). 



d" $ . Head cinereous grey, frons forming one-third the width of 

 the head, with a not very distinct fuscous stripe, continued behind 

 the vertex ; underside more yellowish. Proboscis yellowish 

 brown, with blackish tip ; palpi blackish brown, both organs 

 pubescent. Antennal scape and 1st joint of flagellum yellow, 

 the remaining joints yellow, narrowly black at their bases, where 

 there is a verticel of four hairs on each. Thorax cinereous grey, 

 with the usual three dorsal stripes olive or greenish brown, the 

 middle one reaching the anterior mai-gin, the outer stripes in the 

 form of elongated oval spots, almost contiguous with the median 

 stripe ; two post-sutural concolorous spots on each side in the 

 shape of two triangles placed almost base to base. Scutellum 

 and metanotum yellowish, with yellowish grey reflections if viewed 

 from certain directions ; sides of thorax yellowish ; below the 

 level of the wings, dark grey. Abdomen yellowish, with some soft 

 yellow hairs, a dorsal and a lateral blackish stripe, last two 

 segments black. In the female the last segment greyish, penulti- 

 mate segment grey on underside. Genitalia very complex in 

 male, but considerably witlidrawn within the two side plates, 

 which themselves appear to be furnished with a thick hook-like 

 appendage each; in addition, at least two distinct pairs of organs, 

 the larger pair being the usual claspers, conical, black; the other 

 pair yellowish, flatter and with yellow hairs, a black edge and a 

 strong brown inner tooth ; a lower additional pair of black hook- 

 like organs visible near the ventral plate, and there appear to be 

 other organs not easily discernible in the present specimen. 

 Ovipositor shining black, with shining reddish brown valves. 

 Legs : coxae and femora yellowish, the latter with a blackish ring 

 at the tip ; tibiae and tarsi brownish or brownish yellow, tarsi 

 darker towards the tips. Wincjs yellowish, a little iridescent in 

 the male, rather paler at base of submarginal and 1st posterior 

 cells, also in the middle of the 2nd basal cell, and irregularly, just 

 before the stigma ; costal cell ratlier darker ; stigma yellowish in 

 male, brownish in female, distinct but ill-defined ; veins dark 

 brown. Halteres black. 



Length, S (entire) 15 millim. ; § 16 millim., without proboscis 

 (2 millim.). 



Described from a type male and female, 16-20. x. 05, and two 

 other females, 10-16. x. 05, all taken by me at Darjiling. 



Types <S and $ in my own collection. 



228. Tipula continuata, sp. nov. 



S $ . Head yellow, with a brown stripe from the neck to just 

 above the antennae. Scape yellow, flagellum grey, yellowish at 

 base, a narrow black ring at base of each joint. Proboscis yellow, 

 brown below ; palpi brown, last two joints black. Thorax 



