328 TIPULID^E. 



227. Tipula nigroapicalis, Brun. 



Tipula nigroapicalis, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 257 (1911). 



cJ $ . Head cinereous grey, frons forming one-third the width of 

 the head, with a not very distinct fuscous stripe, continued behind 

 the vertex ; underside more yellowish. Proboscis yellowish 

 brown, with blackish tip ; palpi blackish brown, both organs 

 pubescent. Antennal scape and 1st joint of flagellum yellow, 

 the remaining joints yellow, narrowly black at their bases, where 

 there is a verticel of four hairs on each. Thorax cinereous grey, 

 with the usual three dorsal stripes olive or greenish brown, the 

 middle one reaching the anterior margin, the outer stripes in the 

 form of elongated oval spots, almost contiguous with the median 

 stripe ; two post-sutural concolorous spots on each side in the 

 shape of two triangles placed almost base to base. Scutellum 

 and metanotum yellowish, with yellowish grey reflections if viewed 

 from certain directions ; sides of thorax yellowish ; below the 

 level of the wings, dark grey. Abdomen yellowish, with some soft 

 yellow hairs, a dorsal and a lateral blackish stripe, last two 

 segments black. In the female the last segment greyish, penulti- 

 mate segment grey on underside. Grenitalia very complex in 

 male, but considerably withdrawn within the two side plates, 

 which themselves appear to be furnished with a thick hook-like 

 appendage each; in addition, at least two distinct pairs of organs, 

 the larger pair being the usual claspers, conical, black ; the other 

 pair yellowish, flatter and with yellow hairs, a black edge and a 

 strong brown inner tooth ; a lower additional pair of black hook- 

 like organs visible near the ventral plate, and there appear to be 

 other organs not easily discernible in the present specimen. 

 Ovipositor shining black, with shining reddish brown valves. 

 Legs : coxa3 and femora yellowish, the latter with a blackish ring 

 at the tip ; tibiae and tarsi brownish or brownish yellow, tarsi 

 darker towards the tips. Wings yellowish, a little iridescent in 

 the male, rather paler at base of submarginal and 1st posterior 

 cells, also in the middle of the 2nd basal cell, and irregularly, just 

 before the stigma ; costal cell rather darker ; stigma yellowish in 

 male, brownish in female, distinct but ill-defined ; veins dark 

 brown. Halteres black. 



Length, <5 (entire) 15 millim.; $ 16 millim., without proboscis 

 (2 millim.). 



Described from a type male and female, 16-20. x. 05, and two 

 other females, 10-16. x. 05, all taken by me at Darjiling. 



Types c? and $ in my own collection. 



228. Tipula continuata, sp. nov. 



c? $ . Head yellow, with a brown stripe from the neck to just 

 above the antennae. Scape yellow, flagellum grey, yellowish at 

 base, a narrow black ring at base of each joint. Proboscis yellow, 

 brown below ; palpi brown, last two joints black. 



