494 TIPULID^. 



356. Gnophomyia nigra, sp. nov. (PI. X, fig. 3.) 



$ . Head: the broad vertex and frons (with long bristly hairs), 

 the proboscis and palpi, and the antennae, all dark brownish 

 yellow ; the 2nd scapal joint barely wider than the flagellar 

 joints. Thorax blackish, the lateral margins of the dorsuin and 

 the posterior corners narrowly yellowish ; sides blackish. Scu- 

 tellum with a little reddish brown towards the edge, inetanotum 

 blackish. Abdomen rather short and stout, dark brown, wrinkled, 

 with pale brown pubescence; belly similar. Ovipositor small, 

 consisting of two conical thick grey pubescent pieces. Leys dark 

 brown, femora a little yellowish towards the base. Wings 

 yellowish grey, veins black and very distinct. Auxiliary vein 

 ending at middle of wing; ]st longitudinal vein ending a little 

 way beyond it ; the 2nd vein beginning before the middle of the 

 wing, the praefurca gently curved, forming half the length of the 

 vein, which forks rather widely ; no marginal cross-vein ; the 3rd 

 longitudinal vein beginning a little before the fork of the 2nd at 

 a rectangle, in a line with, and about as long as, the anterior 

 cross-vein ; discal cell absent, being coalescent with 3rd posterior 

 cell ; anterior branch of 4th vein forked before one-third of its 

 length ; posterior cross-vein in a line with the base of the 3rd 

 posterior cell; the 51 h and 6th veins nearly straight, the 7th 

 gently curved. Halteres blackish. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from a type female from the Bhim Tal, 4500 feet, 

 Kumaon, 22-27. ix. 06 (Annandale) ; and one from the Xilgiri 

 Hills, 3000 ft,, iv. 10 (Andrewes). 



Type and second specimen in the Indian Museum. 



I do not hesitate to include this species in GnopJwmyia, in spite 

 of the absent marginal cross-vein, the presence of which is 

 regarded as a generic character, because its whole appearance 

 is that of this genus, the species both in general " facies" and in 

 the distinct black veins closely resembling G. strenna ; because the 

 forking of the 2nd longitudinal vein is that of Gnopliomyia (i. ., 

 the branches gently diverging or nearly parallel), and not that of 

 Gonomyia in which the branches very widely diverge ; and because 

 Osten Sacken has already drawn attention (Monog. K. Amer. Tip. 

 p. 173) to an undescribed species from Germany and a single 

 example of another species from Italy, both seen by him, and in 

 both of which the marginal cross-vein was absent. It seems 

 therefore likely that this character is also as plastic as many 

 others in the EBIOPTEBIKT. 



Genus DASYMALLOMYIA, Brun. 

 Dasymallomyia, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 304 (1911). 

 GENOTYPE, D. signata, Brun. ; by original designation. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen of the normal Eriopterinid type, 

 with light conspicuous hairs on thorax and abdomen. Eyes 



