472 tipulim:. 



almost parallel sides. The fifth vein is very gently curved, tlie 

 6th slightly sinuous, the 7th nearly straight, curved downwards 

 towards the tip ; the 1st posterior cell is about twice as wide at its 

 base as at its tip. Halteres yellowish. 



Length 3| millim. 



Described from a long series of both sexes in the Indian 

 Museum in excellent preservation. 



Types in the Indian Museum. 



338. Gonomyia flavomarginata, sp. uov. (PI. IX, fig. 6.) 



cJ 5 . Head : in male bright orange, in female orange or orange- 

 yellow, with a dark brown median stripe. Proboscis and palpi 

 very dark brown. Antennal scape brownish yellow ; flagellum 

 blackish brown in male with long scattered hairs, in female \\ith 

 white pubescence. Thorax : dorsum blackish, dull ; a bright 

 lemon-yellow line just below the dorsum, passing in front from 

 wing-root to wing-root; sides of thorax reddish yellow or yellow, 

 with a more or less distinct median transverse violet-brown stripe, 

 which is, in at least one specimen, absent. Pleurae, especially the 

 sternopleui'se, which ai'e large and shining, violet-brown. Abdomen 

 dark brown, emargination of segments distinct ; 1 st segment 

 sometimes black, with a little light pubescence ; belly yellow. 

 Genital organs of male conspicuous, yellow, with a pair of black 

 palp-like processes. Ovipositor of moderate size, yellow. Legs 

 brownish yellow, tibiae and tarsi darker. Winr/s pale grey, rather 

 vitreous and moderately iridescent. Venation considerably like 

 that of G. incompJeta ; auxiliai-y vein not attaining middle of 

 wing ; 3rd longitudinal vein with a much longer base than in that 

 species, and originating before the middle of the 2nd vein ; anterior 

 cross-vein shorter than in G. incompleta, so that there is not so 

 great a difference in w idth betw een the basal and distal ends of 

 the 1st posterior cell as there is in incompleta . Halteres yellowish, 

 dorsum of clubs blackish. 



Length 2-3 millim. 



Described from thi'ee males and seven females in the Indian 

 Museum : Kurseong, 20. vi. 10 {type male), 18 and 22. vi. 10, two 

 other males ; 6. ix. 09 {iype_ female), and two other females, 

 20. vi.lO; all taken by Dr. Annandale ; and one female from 

 Dai-jiling, 7. viii. 09 (Jeyilcrns). 



Types in the Indian Museum. 



In most specimens the very distinct orange colour of the upper 

 and back part of the head makes this species easily distinguishable, 

 but the length of the base of the 3rd vein, which is a distinct 

 specific character, appears to be slightly variable. 



339. Gonomyia affims, sp. nov. (PI. IX, fig. 7.) 



S 2 . Head : dark grey. Proboscis yellowish, palpi black. 

 Antennae dark yellowish brown or dark brown, rather shortly and 



