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end, just above the oth longitudinal vein, and a similar one about 

 the middle of the anal cell. Pork of upper branch of 4th longi- 

 tudinal vein much shorter than discal cell and barely one-third 

 of the terminal veinlets. Halteres blackish. 



Length 24 millim., exclusive of ovipositor (2^ milling. 



Described from a single female in the Indian Museum taken by 

 the Eev. W. Pettigrew at Ukhrul, Manipur, Assam, 6400 ft. 



This species answers tolerably well to the description of 

 T. infindens, Walk., from Celebes, except that he does not mention 

 the small but perfectly conspicuous fuscous spots on the wing, and 

 that he speaks of the stripes on the thorax as " dull ochraceous." 

 There is also considerable resemblance to Walker's T. vicaria, from 

 the East Indies, and it is possible my species may be identical 

 with one or the other. 



232. Tipula ornatithorax, Bnm. (PI. VI, tig. 14.) 



Tipula ornatithorax, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 258 (1911). 



c? . Head tawny orange, tip of proboscis slightly darker ; palpi 

 and antennae dark brown, scape of latter orange-yellow. Thorax 

 uniformly tawny orange. On the dorsum are eight conspicuous 

 bluish grey spots, narrowly edged with black, arranged as follows : 

 two elongated, nearly contiguous, central ones (forming the usual 

 median stripe) from the anterior margin nearly to the suture ; on 

 each side is a shorter one, nearly contiguous ; a small circular one 

 at the base of each wing, with a nearly contiguous elongated one 

 posterior to it. Scutellum and metanotum of male light orange- 

 yellow, concolorous with posterior part of thorax ; in female, 

 scutellum slightly brownish and metanotum with two very in- 

 distinct brown streaks. Abdomen of male blackish, major portion 

 of dorsal surface of basal two-thirds tawny orange, with a small 

 black spot towards each side of the base of the second segment ; 

 in the female, blackish, yellowish above at base, the colour showing 

 a tendency to form a short dorsal stripe. Belly of male tawny, 

 except the last three segments, which are blackish ; in female, 

 similar to the upperside but more yellowish, the posterior borders 

 of the segments narrowly lined with yellow. Genital organs of 

 male large and complex ; a rather large squarish dorsal black plate r 

 the posterior part bilobed, the hind margins with thick bright 

 golden yellow hairs ; two large blackish side plates, from within 

 which protrude what are apparently the second joints of a pair of 

 large claspers, conical and scoop-shaped, yellowish ; an inner 

 palp-like organ is attached to the second joint. In the female, the 

 ovipositor is also large, dark shining brown, with a longer upper 

 and shorter lower pair of yellow lateral valves. Legs yellowish 

 brown, tarsi darker, extreme tips of femora and tibiae blackish. 

 Wings light grey ; subcostal cell pale yellowish brown, ending in a 

 pale similarly coloured stigma. Halteres blackish brown. 



Length 20 millim., exclusive of proboscis (2 millim.) and 

 ovipositor (4 millim.). 



