452 TIPULIDJE. 



and the fork of its lower branch ; the 6th vein nearly parallel 

 with the 5th throughout its length ; the 7th short, barely curved, 

 running straight to the wing-margin, without any tendency to 

 approximate to the 6th. Halteres yellowish. 



Length 3 millini. 



Described from a single male taken by Dr. Annandale at 

 Kurseong, 26. vi. 10. 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



323. Erioptera brevior, sp. nov. (PI. IX, fig. 2.) 



3 $ . Head mainly grey, the frons forming one-third of the 

 width of the head. Proboscis yellowish ; palpi brown, pubescent. 

 Antennae brownish yellow, normally pubescent. TJiorax brownish 

 grey, tinged with yellowish towards the sides. Two well-separated 

 rows of dorso-central bristly hairs. Scutellum concolorous, 

 metanotum darker. Abdomen brown, reddish brown or brownish 

 yellow, with short pale pubescence. Genitalia of the male con- 

 colorous, very pubescent, the 1st joint large, oblongo-cylindrical, 

 the 2nd joint represented by a long bifid black claw. Ovipositor 

 of the female with the dorsal side of the basal portion blackish, 

 the upper pair of valves curved, the lower pair straight. Legs 

 brownish yellow, tarsi darker. Wings yellowish, pubescence of the 

 veins rather inconspicuous. The auxiliary vein ending in the 

 middle of the wing, the 1st longitudinal at three-fourths of the 

 wing; the 2nd longitudinal vein beginning a little before the 

 middle of the wing, the praefurca being nearly two-thirds the 

 length of the vein ; the marginal cross-vein placed at some distance 

 before the rather widely open fork ; the 3rd vein Originating at 

 the middle of the prrefurca, its basal section distinct, nearly as long 

 as the anterior cross-vein ; the 3rd vein and the upper branch of 

 the 4th longitudinal are parallel ; the basal end of the 2nd posterior 

 cell pointed ; the lower branch of the 4th longitudinal forked at 

 one-third of its length, making the 3rd posterior cell elongate- 

 triangular; posterior cross-vein placed immediately before the 

 branching of the 4th vein ; the 5th, 6th and 7th veins nearly 

 straight. Halteres pale lemon-yellow. 



Length 2 millim. 



Described from two males and two females. The type male and 

 female taken by Mr. Paiva at Darjiling, 11. viii.09 and 5.viii.09, 

 respectively. An additional male and female from Kurseong, 

 7. ix. 09, taken by Dr. Annandale. 



Types in the Indian Museum. 



324. Erioptera incerta, sp. nov. 



J . Very like E.flava, but apparently quite distinct. The head 

 is dark grey, not yellowish, the vertex much broader than in 

 E.flava ; the flagellum of the antennae is much longer and stronger, 



