NO. 2103. JAVANESE CRANE-FLIES— ALEXAXDER. 187 



Abdominal segments dull yellow, tergites 6 to 8 black, 9 dark brown. 

 Hypopygium: 8th tergite very narrow above, on the sides attaining 

 the 8th sternite. 8th sternite with the caudal margin rather squarely 

 truncated, provided with a few hairs. 9th tergite (see pi. 49, fig. 65) 

 rather large, subquadrate, the caudal margin deeply concave, fringed 

 with short hairs; the caudo-lateral angles of the sclerite produced 

 caudad into short points; a weak median impression. 9th sterno- 

 pleurite (see pi. 49, fig. 66) rather large, subrounded, the pleural suture 

 incomplete, rather short, running ventrad; outer pleural appendage 

 elongate oval, pale, with numerous long blackish hairs, the base sud- 

 denly constricted; the inner appendage is compressed, chitinized, 

 especially on the cephalic end where it fits into the notch of the 9th 

 tergite. 



Habitat.— J &Y&. 



Holotype. — ^Tjibodas, Mount Gede, Java, altitude 9,000 feet. (Bryant 

 and Palmer.) 



Tijpe.—Csit. No. 19028, U.S.N.M. 



The specific name, sunda, is that of the original inhabitants of 

 western Java — Sundanese, or ''men of the soil." 



This species suggests T. cinereifrons de Meijere ^ from Java and 

 Borneo, but in that species the thorax is dull reddish yellow, not 

 gray. In cinereifrons, also, the tip of i?2 is atrophied beyond the 

 cross-vein r. 



TIPTJLA FLAVICOSTA, new species. 



Coloration dull reddish yellow, thorax without stripes; wings 

 subhyaline with the costal cell yeUow, petiole of cell M^ very short. 



Female. — Length, 13 mm; wing, 13.8 mm. Frontal prolongation 

 of the head rather short, broMai, the palpi very long, light brown. 

 Antennae with the two basal segments dull j^ellow, the flagellum 

 broken. Front dull yellowish, the posterior portions of the head 

 grayish. 



Thoracic dorsum dull reddish yellow with distinct suggestions of 

 greenish which are probably abnormal. Pleura rather dull yellowish 

 brown. Halteres bro^vn. Legs, coxae and trochanters dull yellov/, 

 remainder of the legs brown. Wings with a light brown suffusion, 

 the costal cell light yellow, stigma brown; venation: (see pi. 46, fig. 41), 

 terminal portion of i?2 beyond r distinct; cell 1st J/g very small, 

 pentagonal; the petiole of cell i/j very short, less than the cross-vein 

 m or r-m; the fork of Mi very deep; cell 2nd A very narrow. 



Abdomen dull brownish yellow, darkening into brown on tergites 

 4 to 9, the apical sclerites almost black, shiny; ovipositor with the 

 tergal valves long, gently curved downward at their tips, the sternal 

 valves short, only about half the length of the tergal valves. 



1 Tijdschr. voor Entom., vol. 54, 1911, p. 68, pi. 4, fig. 48. 



