408 tipulim:, 



7th vein, and at two places on the costa, the first nearly basal, 

 the second opposite the tip of the 7th vein ; in all the darker grey- 

 spots along the costa the 1st longitudinal vein is black ; in the 

 rest of the wing the veins are generally brownish, but here and 

 there for a short distance they are sometimes pale yellow, some- 

 times black. Halteres pale yellowish, clubs barely darker. 



Length 4 millim. 



Described from a single male from Simla, 24. iv. 07 (Annandale). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



Genus ATYPOPHTHALMUS, Bmn. 

 Atypophthalmus, Brimetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 273 (1911). 



GETfOTYPE, Atypophthalmus Jiolopticiis, Brun. ; by present 

 designation. 



Allied to Limnohia, Mg., from ^hich it differs only in tlie 

 eyes being absolutely contiguous in both sexes from the vertex to 

 half-way to the base of the antennae ; they are also contiguous on 

 the lower side in both sexes. There is a distinct neck ; the 

 proboscis is about half the height of the head ; the male genitalia 

 are large and conspicuous. 



298. Atypophthalmus holopticus, Brun. (PI. XI, fig. 9.) 



Atypophthalmus holopticus, Brimetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 273 

 (1911). 



J 2 . Bead : vertex and back of head yellowish grey, with long 

 stiff hairs. Eyes contiguous above in both sexes for a considerable 

 distance, below which is a vei'y narrow short grey frons ; they 

 are also contiguous on the underside ; the surface of the eyes is 

 concave.* Proboscis, palpi, and antennse brownish yellow or pale 

 brown, the joints subcyliiidrical, a little elongated; the last joint 

 attenuated, constricted towards the tip, making it appear almost 

 like two joints. Thorax : dorsum brownish yellow, with three 

 brownish oval spots, the upper one taking the place of the usual 

 median stripe, situated just in front of the suture, but only 

 extending half-way to the anterior margin ; the other two spots 

 placed behind the suture in the usual position. Scutellum of the 

 same colour as these spots ; sides of thorax and metanotum 

 brownish yellow, the centre of the latter brownish, a lateral darlt 

 brown stripe across the pleurse. Abdomen of male blackish ; of female 

 more dark brownish, shining. Belly of male with the basal part of 

 the basal segments yellowish ; in the female, belly almost wholly 

 yellowish. Genital organs of male large, conspicuous, and complex : 



* Tliis may be accideutal, or due to shrinking after death, but the specimens 

 ai'e in perfect condition otiierwise, and show no trace of damage, moreover the 

 feature indicated is present in both eyes of both specimens. 



