444 TIPULID.E. 



Molophilus by Curtis, he acquiesces in the retention of the name 

 for the group of species to which E. atra belongs, and this view 

 is adopted in recent catalogues. 



Table of Species. 



Flagellav joints of antennae short, ovate .... inconspicita, sp. n. 

 Flagellar joints of antennae much elongated . assamensis, sp. n. 



318. Molophilus inconspicua, sp. nov. 



d* $ . Head : vertex, f rons and back of head grey, with pale 

 hairs ; the vertex narrowing rapidly into the frons, the width 

 between the eyes above the antennae about one-third that of the 

 head, but at vertex nearly one-half. Proboscis and palpi dark 

 brown. Scapal joints of antennae subequal in width, 1st joint the 

 longer, brownish yellow ; flagellum of fourteen shortly oval joints, 

 varying from pale yellowish to brownish, with short pubescence. 

 Thorax brownish yellow, shining, no distinct stripes, but in some 

 examples the parts of the dorsum usually occupied by the three 

 normal stripes and the dark spots behind the suture are rather 

 more brownish. Two widely separated rows of dorso-central 

 bristly hairs, running from inside the shoulders to the posterior 

 corners ; some further bristles are present, above the wings, on 

 the scutellum, irregularly placed, and on the pleurae, which latter 

 are in some specimens a little darker. Scutellum and sides of 

 thorax brownish yellow ; metanotum blackish brown. Abdomen : 

 dorsum brown, belly generally yellowish, with rather numerous 

 brownish yellow hairs on both sides. Genitalia of male large and 

 conspicuous, brownish yellow, with long brownish yellow hairs ; 

 a dorsal conspicuous oblong plate, the usual pair of claspers, 

 the basal joint of which is thick and conical, the 2nd bearing 

 a narrow horny hook with a black tip ; there is also an addi- 

 tional pair of slender black-tipped organs, and an inner pair of 

 claspers. In the female the sexual organ consists of two pairs 

 of yellow-haired, brownish yellow elongate valves, the lower pair 

 shorter, and slightly twisted round to the side, being also set 

 rather further back ; the terminal points of both pairs long. Legs 

 pale brownish yellow, tips of tarsi darker. Wings pale grey. 

 Auxiliary vein ending well beyond the middle of the wing, the 1st 

 longitudinal ending half-way between tip of auxiliary and tip of 

 wing; subcostal vein some distance before tip of auxiliary, between 

 origin of 2nd vein and marginal cross-vein ; the 2nd vein beginning 

 distinctly before one-third of the wing, prael'urca nearly straight, 

 nearly as long as the two branches, which fork just before the 

 marginal cross-vein, running parallel to the border; the 3rd vein 

 originating opposite the marginal cross-vein, its basal section very 

 short, thence running perfectly straight to the wing-tip ; anterior 

 cross-vein short ; the 4th vein forking in the middle of the wing, 

 some distance before the anterior cross-vein, the upper branch 



