380 TiPULiD.i]:. 



This s])ecies must be very near D. pvnctulata, Meij., from Java, 

 and possibly identical with it, as the wing-markings agree pretty 

 closely, so that the only points of diii'erence in the descriptions 

 appear to be the blackish bro^n anteima% the short side stripes 

 on the thoracic dorsum, the yellow coxa*, and the yellow base and 

 the ring on each femur, in D. puncttdata. Meijere's specimen is 

 shghtly larger (4 milHm.), and a male. 



268. Dicranoniyia subfascipennis, sp. nov. (PI. \"II, fig. 6.) 



d" $ . Ifc((d brownish yellow or yellowish grey, i'rons narro\\', 

 brownish yellow, eyes subcontiguons below, the dividing space 

 grey. Proboscis, palpi and sides of thorax brownish yellow. 

 Thorax yellowish, with a slight brownish grey tinge on the 

 dorsum ; traces of a median stripe (quite distinct in one specimen) 

 of a slightly brownish colour, narrowly divided for some distance 

 in front. Scutellum, metanotum and sides of thorax concolorous. 

 Abdomen brownish yellow, witli a little whitish yellow pubescence. 

 Genitalia of male concolorous ; an upper and lower rather narrow 

 plate, the lower one with a long narrow prolongation ; a pair of 

 large two-jointed claspers, only slightly pubescent. Ovipositor 

 normal, small, concolorous. Legs uniformly brownish yellow. 

 Wings clear, iridescent. Auxiliary vein ending some little distance 

 beyond base of 2nd vein, which begins beyond middle of wing ; 

 marginal cross-vein in middle of marginal cell ; prsefurca less than 

 half the length of the 2nd vein ; basal portion of 3rd vein nearly 

 twice the length of the anterior cross-vein ; discal cell twice as 

 long as broad, a little longer than, or equal to, the 2nd and 3rd 

 posterior cells ; posterior cross-vein in a line with base of discal 

 cell. Small, very pale brownish yellow infuscations are placed 

 as follows : — Over the base of the 2nd vein ; at base of 3rd vein ; 

 on marginal cross-vein, and on tips of Oth and Ttli veins, vvith 

 traces of infuscation adventitiously here and there. lialteres 

 brownish yelloAv. 



Length 3 millim. 



Described from three males and a female from Kurseong, 

 4. vii. 08 {Dr. Annandale). 



Types in the Indian Museum. 



269. Dicranomyia ornatipes, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 10.) 



S . Head yellowish grey. Proboscis and palpi browm'sh yellow 

 or pale yellowish. Prons very narrow, eyes contiguous below. 

 Antennal scape yellow, yellowish brown, or bright reddish brown, 

 both joints considerably lengthened ; flagellar joints elongate, 

 brownish yellow, the verticel on each joint containing one very 

 long hair, the apical joints being apparently destitute of verticels, 

 or, at least, of the isolated long haii"s. Thorax; yellowish, dorsum 

 mainly brownish grey, the colour more or less in the form of 

 three dusky contiguous stripes of the usual nature, and wholly 



