308 TIPTJLID.E. 



a little clearer ; a distinct clearer streak above the base of the 

 discal cell and extending downwards to it. Halteres black. 



Length 24 millim. to tip of nasus. 



Described from a unique male from Kurseong, 23. vi. 10 

 ,(Dr. Annandale). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



The resemblance that this species has to my T. fulvolateralis is 

 most striking, especially in the bright yellowish sides to the 

 thorax with the distinct" lateral brown stripe, combined with the 

 large size of the species. 



208. Tipula flava, Brun. 



Tipula fiava, Brunetti, Kec. Ind. Mus. vi, 5. 252 (1911). 



<$ . The whole body deep orange-yellow ; palpi, labella, and 

 antennae a little darker. Thorax unstriped. Abdomen : genitalia 

 consisting of a bilobed, oblong dorsal plate, a pair of claspers, of 

 which the 1st joint is very large, obtusely triangular ; the 2nd 

 joint elongate-triangular ; the whole organ concolorous. Legs 

 concolorous, tips of femora minutely black ; tips of tarsi a little 

 darker. Wings pale grey, veins brownish yellow. Halteres 

 brownish yellow. 



Length 30 millim. (including proboscis). 



Described from a single male taken by Mr. Fruhstorfer in 

 Sikkim in March or April. 



Type in the Vienna Museum. 



209. Tipula fumifasciata, Brun. (PI. V, fig. 7.) 



Tipula fumifasciata, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 250 (1911). 



c? $ . Head almost wholly yellowish grey. Antennae : 1st 

 scapal joint slightly contracted in middle, with a few hairs, 2nd 

 very short ; flagellum yellow, with microscopic whitish pubes- 

 cence, and a verticel of four or five black bristly hairs at base of 

 each joint. Proboscis and palpi yellow, both with short stiff black 

 hairs. Thorax pale yellowish grey. The three normal dorsal 

 stripes pale brownish grey, the median one abbreviated in front, 

 and continued to the anterior margin only in the form of three 

 very narrow lines. Sides of thorax pale yellowish grey, rather 

 darker behind, with a slight brownish tinge behind the wings. 

 Scuteiium and metanotuun very pale yellowish grey, almost with 

 a greenish tinge. Abdomen light brown, with microscopic golden- 

 yellow hairs, extreme bases of segments very narrowly black, 

 posterior margins of segments narrowly pale yellowish. Genital 

 organs concolorous, concealed, but large and apparently complex. 

 Legs yellowish, tips of femora and tibiae a little brownish ; tarsi 

 dark brown or blackish. Wings pale brown, a little darker on 

 anterior half. Distal third of both basal cells nearly clear, the 



