390 TIPULIDjE. 



Described from an incomplete example taken by Dr. 3. T. 

 Jenkins on board a launch " afc ligbt," at Chandpal, Ganges delta, 

 26. viii. 09. 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



As a rule I do not care to describe a species from a single in- 

 complete specimen, but in the present case the very conspicuous 

 markings on both the thorax and the wing render the identification 

 of the species very easy. 



280. Geranomyia circipnnctata, sp. nov. (PI. VIII, fig. 3; 

 PI. XI, fig. 3.) 



d 1 . Head : occiput and head generally yellowish, the former 

 sometimes with a few blackish spots. Proboscis a little brownish, 

 comparatively short, being about one-and-a-half times as long as 

 the head and neck together, distinctly stout and snout-like at the 

 base, tapering gradually ; the basal half with numerous long hairs. 

 Palpi inserted at the middle of the proboscis, quite short, black, 

 two-jointed. Antennae yellow, flagellum with the basal joints 

 sometimes brownish ; the joints nearly oval, close together, each 

 with a circlet ot four comparatively short individual hairs, apart 

 from the microscopic pubescence ; in some specimens the scape is 

 brownish also. Eyes separated by a rather wide yellow frons. 

 Neck bearing a few long hairs. Thorax rather bright shining 

 yellow, with the least tinge of brown ; dorsum with a circle of 

 conspicuous black or brown spots, the spots approximately oval 

 and arranged as follows : one on each side of the centre near the 

 anterior margin, placed longitudinally ; three lateral ones on each 

 side, rather larger and placed transversely, two being in front of 

 and one behind the suture, this hinder one being more or less 

 triangular ; on the mesonotum behind the suture is, on each side 

 of the middle, a brown longitudinal spot almost in the nature of 

 a streak, its edges being less well-defined than in the other spots. 

 Scutellum normally yellow, in some examples more or less 

 blackish ; metanotum yellow with two brownish marks, or wholly 

 brownish. Abdomen of male varying from yellowish to yellowish 

 brown, with a row of small black spots on each side, these being 

 sometimes indistinct or absent ; in some examples there are two 

 black stripes extending the length of the last two segments. In 

 female, lighter or darker chestnut-brown, belly similar, the side- 

 spots less obvious. Genitalia concolorous in male, formed of a 

 pair of conspicuous, fleshy, two-jointed hairy claspers, with two or 

 three pairs of appendages, including a strong black hook or claw 

 attached apparently to the inner side of each clasper at the end of 

 the first joint; a ventral plate is present. In the female the ovi- 

 positor normal, yellowish. Legs pale yellow, extreme tips of 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi blackish. Wings very pale yellowish grey, 

 with very small but distinct blackish infuscations distributed as 

 follows : at the base of the praef urea ; on the 1st longitudinal 

 vein, a little anterior to the previous soot ; at tip of 1st vein ; at 



