BY F. W. EDWARDS. 275 



TiPULA (Tipulodina) cinctipes de Meij., var. 



O*. Head dark brown above, pale ochreous above the in- 

 sertion of the antennae, the dark colour continued forwards to 

 a point almost to between the bases of the antennae. Pro- 

 boscis short, light above, brownish at the sides. Antennae 

 nearly half as long as the wing ; scape pale ochreous, flagellum 

 dark brown, bases of segments blackened ; a small but distinct, 

 thirteenth segment present. Palpi brownish ochreous. Thorax 

 ochreous, more brownish dorsally, but without distinct stripes. 

 A small dark dot below the prothoracic spiracle, another above 

 the base of the mid coxae, and a dark streak at the base of the 

 halteres. Ahdomeyi brownish, with narrow ochreous bands, al- 

 most divided into pairs of spots, beyond the middle of the second 

 and at the bases of the 3rd to 9th tergites. Ninth tergite with 

 its posterior margin almost straight, with short black bristly 

 hair which is aggregated into a pair of small admedian tufts. 

 Upper clasper rather short and broad : lower clasper rather 

 long and slender, tip pointed, blackened, and somewhat curved 

 inwards : a strong, sharp black tooth projecting inwards a 

 little beyond the middle. Legs with the coxae and trochan- 

 ters pale ochreous, hind coxae with a brown patch behind. 

 Femora brownish, blackened towards the tips, the front and 

 middle pairs each with a narrow white subapical ring. Tibiae 

 blackish, anterior pairs with a narrow subapical white ring, 

 hind pair with narrow subbasal and broad snbapical white 

 rings. Front and middle tarsi black, becoming brownish 

 towards the tips, hind tarsi with three broad white rings, oc- 

 cupying almost the outer half of the first segment, and the 

 whole of the second and third segments, except for the bases 

 and tips. Wings hyaline, stigma black, a small blackish 

 cloud over r — m, and a dark brown patch at the tip of the wing, 

 extending from before tip of R^ to the tip of -R4 + 5, and in- 

 cluding a whitish triangle in cell R^ ; tips of M,. M^ and Cu2 

 very slightly clouded. Venation almost as in T. rnagnicornis, 

 but cell Mj narrower; cell Ax not very narrow. Halteres 

 dark brown, knob lighter. 



Length of body 15 mm. ; wing 15 mm. ; antennae 7 mm. 



Mt. Dulit, 3000 feet, January— 1 d*- 



Allied to T. contigua Brun. and T. simillima Brun., espeoial- 

 ly to the former, but quite distinct. 



