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margin of the upper protecting plate. Leys dark brown to nearly 

 bkck ; all coxae and femora pale yellow for a short space at the 

 base ; tips of femora often blackish, and the knees more or less 

 pale. Wings pale yellowish grey; stigma brownish yellow, 

 occupying the distal half of 1st submarginal cell, from the centre 

 of which runs the somewhat indistinct but obvious obliterative 

 streak as far as the middle of the discal cell ; costal cell yellowish. 

 Halteres yellow at the rather thickened base, stem and club dark 

 brown or blackish. 



Length (entire) 18-20 millim. 



Described from several males taken by me at Mussoori, 18. vi. 05, 

 and six males and two females taken by me at Darjiling, 23-29. v. 10. 



Type 3 and $ , with others, in the Indian Museum ; co-type 

 males in my own collection. 



240. Tipula divisa, Brun. 



Tipula divisa, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 261 (1911). 



c?. Head: frons, at level of antenna, nearly one-third the 

 width of the head, yellow, as is the face and proboscis, sides of 

 latter brown, with some short black hairs ; palpi dark brown. 

 Antennal scape yellow, second joint very short ; flagellum black, 

 each joint microscopically pubescent, rather elongated, and slightly 

 swollen at base and towards tip, with a verticel of hairs just 

 above the base ; last joint very minute. Back of head yellowish, 

 with some hairs. Thorax mainly bright chrome-yellow, bare ; 

 dorsum with the three usual stripes, of which the median one 

 attains the anterior margin and is divided by a narrow line, being 

 much less distinct than the outer shorter ones ; these are some- 

 what velvet-brownish in colour. Post-sutural surfaces brownish 

 yellow ; a brown indistinct stripe from just below the shoulders to 

 the middle coxae. Scutellum, metanotum, and sides of thorax 

 uniformly chrome-yellow. Abdomen shining brown, base yellowish ; 

 posterior margins of segments with a distinct, well-defined, pale 

 yellowish-white border -which bears pale yellow hairs ; the rest of 

 the- dorsal surface bears rather thick short dark brown hairs. 

 Anal segments dark brown. Genitalia dark brown ; consisting of 

 a strong upper piece, with two small pubescent appendages ; two 

 side plates, meeting on the underside, enclose a complex pair of 

 large claspers, which bear terminal pale yellow pubescent finger- 

 like processes, and a strong pair each of bifid black claws pointing 

 upwards ; a pair of yellow- haired, comb-like processes just below 

 the large claspers. Le.cjs (hind pair missing) : femora brown, pale 

 at base and blackish towards tips ; knees a little pale ; tibiae and 

 tarsi black. Wings nearly clear ; costal cell and stigma brownish ; 

 5th longitudinal vein slightly darkened ; an indistinct hyaline 

 streak from just in front of the stigma to the discal cell. 



Length 11 millim. 



Described from a single male in the Pusa collection, taken at 

 Darjiling, 3-9. vi. 09 (Howlett). 



