338 TIPULID^E. 



241. Tipula gracilis, Brun. 



Tipula gracilis, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 262 (1911). 



2 . Head : antennal scape yellow, with a few hairs on the 

 upperside ; flagellum black, with microscopic grey pubescence and 

 a verticel of hairs at base of each joint. Proboscis, palpi, frons, 

 and back of head brownish yellow, with a few pale haira on each 

 side of the centre. Thorax ferruginous brown ; the three dorsal 

 stripes and a large one on each post-sutural callosity, all united ; 

 the suture very narrowly pale. Scutellum with the basal half 

 yellowish, posterior half light ferruginous brown ; metanotum and 

 sides of thorax yellowish brown, with a little shining yellowish 

 grey colour about the pleurre. Abdomen dull black, with very 

 short sparse grey hairs ; yellowish at base, posterior border of 

 segments whitish. Ovipositor shining black, terminal sheaths 

 brownish yellow. Legs brownish yellow, microscopically pubes- 

 cent ; coxae with a few short hairs ; femora yellowish with black 

 tips ; tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Wings yellowish ; costal cell 

 and stigma deep yellow, the latter distinct ; an indistinct sub- 

 hyaline streak from the inner side of the stigma to the basal half 

 of the discal cell ; 5th longitudinal vein 011 its distal part apparently 

 double, forming a flattened triangle at its junction with the cross- 

 vein connecting it with the 4th vein ; 7th vein very close to 

 hind border of wing, and parallel to it. Halteres blackish. 



Length (entire) 12 millim. 



Described from one specimen in my collection taken by me at 

 Darjiling, 7. x. 05. 



242. Tipula cinctoterminalis, sp. nov. 



$ . Head : vertex blackish grey, with a narrow median darker 

 line ; remainder of head brownish yellow, sides and tip of proboscis 

 darker. Antennae brown, scape yellow. Thorax dark brownish 

 yellow, the usual three dorsal stripes rather indistinctly delineated. 

 Thorax below dorsum, the scutellum and metanotum yellowish. 

 Abdomen blackish, base yellowish, hind margins of segments very 

 narrowly grey, the 8th segment wholly yellowish grey. Ovipositor 

 shining dark brown at base, the valves reddish yellow. Legs : 

 coxae pale yellow ; femora brownish yellow, becoming nearly black 

 at the tips ; tibiae and tarsi blackish. Wings pale yellowish grey, 

 more yellowish in costal cell ; stigma dark brown, more or less 

 distinctly defined. 



Length (entire) 16-18 millim. 



Described from a type female from Kurseong, 5000 ft., Darjiling 

 district, 7. ix. 09 (Annandale), and a female from Bhowali, 5700 ft., 

 15. vi. 10 (A. D. Imms). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



