TIPULA. 313 



Described from a perfect female captured by Dr. Annandale at 

 Kurseong, 21-29. v. 06. 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



213. Tipula patricia, sp. nov. 



5 . Head yellowish, closely tomentose on occiput. Eyes widely 

 separated. Proboscis yellowish brown, palpi black. * Antennal 

 scape yellow,- 2nd joint very short ; flagellum black, the hairs 

 normal. Thorax yellowish, rather brighter on the dorsum, on 

 which are the three usual stripes, which are blackish and well 

 separated, the median one narrowed anteriorly, culminating on the 

 prothorax in a small round spot ; behind the suture two blackish 

 spots appear as the interrupted continuation of the outer stripes. 

 Scutellum shining black, with two yellow-dusted spots at base ;, 

 metanotum yellow-dusted, with a blackish shining median stripe. 

 Sides of thorax yellowish. Abdomen black, rather shining, the 

 sides continuously, and the posterior margins more or less nar- 

 rowly, yellow. Belly yellowish white. Ovipositor reddish brown. 

 Legs : femora yellowish, the tips broadly blackish ; anterior tibia? 

 brownish towards the base, becoming nearly black at the middle, 

 the distal half consisting of a white ring for two-thirds of this 

 space and an apical black ring for the last third ; hind tibiae black, 

 with a broad subbasal white ring and a wider subapical similar 

 ring ; tarsi all w 7 hite, except at the base (broadly) of the meta- 

 tarsus. All the white rings are very distinct, but without clear- 

 cut demarcations. Wings pale grey ; the terminations of the 4th 

 longitudinal vein narrowly suffused ; a blackish spot at the wing- 

 tip, extending inwards over the distal half of the 1st posterior 

 cell ; a dark brownish suffusion about the stigma, reaching to the 

 discal cell ; a brownish spot across the middle of the two basal 

 cells, and another over the posterior cross-vein. Costal cell a 

 little yellow ; 4th and 5th posterior cells and the wing posterior 

 to the 5th vein a little darker grey. Halteres blackish. 



Length 24 millim. (including proboscis and ovipositor). 



Described from a perfect female captured by Dr. Annandale at 

 Kurseong, 26. vi. 10. 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



This must be very near Wiedemann's T. pedata from Java 

 (Auss. Zweifl. Ins. ii, p. 45), the differences in the body-markings 

 being very slight. The brownish sides to the proboscis are not 

 present, and the scutellum and metanotum differ from those of 

 that species, though the legs agree very well. However, the 

 wings do not fall in with what I should expect to find from the 

 author's description, and as the present example comes from so 

 different a locality, it seems justifiable to regard it as in all proba- 

 bility distinct. 



