52 MYCETOPHILIDjE. 



spot) to the tip of the anal vein on the wing-margin. Halteres. 

 dirty yellow, clubs brownish. 



Length rf 6|, $ 8 millim. 



Described from two males and a female in the Indian Museum 

 collection, the former taken by me at Darjiling, 28. v. 10, and 

 the female from Kurseong, 15. viii. 09, taken by Dr. Jenkins. 



The antennae of the female were present when the specimen 

 first reached the Museum, and a note was made that they were 

 very long and thin and 12- to 14-jointed. 



2. Macrocera alternata, sp. nov. (PL I, fig. 2.) 



cJ . Head nut-brown yellow. Antennae with the two small 

 basal joints forming the scape brownish yellow, also the basal 

 half of 1st joint of flagellum, the apical half being black ; remaining 

 joints of flagellum each with basal half black and apical half 

 white. Thorax light chestnut -brown; dorsum dusted with 

 yellowish grey, with three broad, not very well defined, elevated, 

 rather darker brown stripes arranged in the pattern common 

 to this family and the TIPULID^. Scutellum and metanotum 

 concolorous. Abdomen of male brownish yellow, with short black 

 fine pubescence, posterior margins of segment black or blackish, 

 the colour extending to the posterior half of the 2nd and 3rd 

 segments ; tip of abdomen blackish ; belly mainly similar to 

 upperside. Grenitalia large and conspicuous, consisting of a rather 

 large oblong dorsal plate, a pair of elongated, fleshy, brown and 

 black, two-jointed hairy claspers (the second joint nearly as long 

 and large as the first), each with a pair of strong short black 

 tooth-like claws at tip ; also a small inner pair of lamellae. 

 Abdomen of female larger and broader, light brownish yellow,, 

 with a roughened appearance, only the posterior corners of tha 

 segment broadly dark brown, the colour extending well over the 

 sides ; genitalia small, brown. Legs yellowish, minutely pubes- 

 cent, darker at tips. Wings pale grey ; costal border, marginal 

 aud 1st basal cells yellow ; humeral cross-vein with a brown 

 suffusion, and there are also brown suffusions (mostly rather well 

 marked) placed as follows : a squarish spot over tip of auxiliary 

 vein, a similar one over tip of 1st longitudinal, and another over 

 tip of upper branch of 3rd longitudinal ; an elongated suffusion 

 over tip of lower branch of 3rd longitudinal, and a larger ir- 

 regularly oval spot over the bifurcation of the 4th vein, enclosing 

 the unification of 3rd and 4th veins and extending posteriorly, 

 gradually fading away along the 5th vein ; base of 3rd vein with 

 a small roundish spot ; tips of veins almost imperceptibly clouded 

 at the wing-border. Halteres dirty yellow. 

 Length <J 6, 9 inilliin. 



Described from a single male (type) in the Indian Museum 

 collection from Naini Tal, 6000 ft., United Provinces, 10. vi. 09, 

 and a type female in my own collection taken by me at Mussoori, 

 June, 1909. 



