-540 TiPULiD.i:. 



trace of a median stripe. Scutellum, metanotam, and sides con- 

 •colorous, all bare of pubescence ; the region round the root of the 

 wing blackish. Ahdomen rich dark bro\\n ; extreme base of 1st 

 segment with a slightly yellowish grey tinge ; base of 2nd and 3rd 

 segments and posterior margins narrowly of remaining segments 

 ■blackish. The abdomen bare except for a few short pale hairs on 

 the hind margins of some of the apical segments. Ovipositor 

 conical, blackish, dull, bare, terminal blades reddish yellou-. Legs: 

 ■coxae rich dark brown ; trochanters bright, lighter reddish 

 brown ; femora and tibia) bright brownish yellow, tips of both 

 black, tarsi darker ; all the legs with tine black pubescej)ce. 

 Wings wholly dark bro\^'n, a little darker on the costa near 

 the base, and a little lighter in the anal and axillary cells ; a 

 small \\hite spot near the tip of the marginal cell, and a still 

 smaller similar one in the 1st submarginal cell ; a larger (but still 

 small) marginal Avhite spot extending transversely over the tip of 

 the .'Jrd vein. Venation as in E. semilim/nda, except that the 

 upper branch of the 4th ^'ein not being forked, there are only four 

 posterior cells. Halteres all black. 



Length 16 millini. 



Described from a single specimen from Kandy, 24. xi. 09 

 ^E. E. Green). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



This species has some general resemblance to at least three 

 ■others, namel}', E. alhonotata, Lw., from which the all-brown 

 abdomen separates it, and E. rufitJiorax and E. fhiesirata, Brun., 

 from which it may be distinguished by its brown thorax and 

 yellow legs. Three specimens (of which two are in very poor 

 condition) in the Vienna Museum, from Ceylon and Java, are 

 probably referable to this species. 



4i{89. Eriocera aterrima, sp. nov. 



2 . Whole body deep black, not at all shining, minutely 

 pubescent ; abdomen nearly bare. 



Bead : a single rather large conical protuberance on the frons 

 immediately above base of antennae, which latter are of similar 

 shape to those of E. iilumhkincta, minutely pubescent, wholly 

 black, the tips very slightly clubbed. Legs wholly black, very 

 shortly and closely pubescent. Wings with four posterior cells, 

 entirely blackish ; anal margin barely a little clearer. Halteres 

 black. Ovipositor small, black. 



Tjengtli 11 millim. 



Described from a perfect unique specimen in the Indian Museum 

 from Maddathorai, Travancore State, IS.xi. OS (Annandale). 



This must be near Edwards' E. fusca, described from Ceylon, 

 but the absence of both a bluish tinge to the legs and an ochraceous 

 tinge to the antennae, with other minor differences, make it appear 

 •as a distinct species. 



