506 TIPFLIDJE 



oval joints, the 1st the longest, all very distinctly separated, with 

 close pubescence and each with a verticel of longer hairs. Thorax 

 distinctly gibbous and high ; the short neck placed at the lowest 

 point of the underside (seen best in profile). Thorax, including 

 dorsutn, scutellum, metanotum and sides, mainly dark grey, the 

 dorsum in one specimen with a moderately wide blackish brown 

 stripe from anterior margin to suture ; a blackish brown smaller 

 mark on each shoulder connected by a very thin line on the 

 anterior margin ; two small stripes in front of the suture, with 

 two spots behind it, irregularly shaped, of the usual nature, 

 occupying most of the post-sutural dorsum. Scutellum somewhat 

 produced and thickened; metanotum a little brownish. Abdomen 

 dark blackish brown, emargination of segments distinct, with 

 some pale hairs at the sides; belly similar. Genitalia of male 

 blackish brown, a little pubescent, composed of an upper plate, 

 a pair of claspers, with a second pair of appendages below. The 

 female ovipositor barely thickened at the base, terminal valves 

 reddish brown. Legs brownish yellow, tarsi darker; coxae slightly 

 dusted with brownish grey. Wings : venation in accordance with 

 generic description. Pale grey ; a small pale blackish brown spot 

 on the costa, near the subcostal cross-vein ; another over the base 

 of the 2nd vein ; a large oblong stigmatic spot, ending at the 

 marginal cross-vein, proximally continued along the cross-veins 

 narrowly but uninterruptedly to the 5th longitudinal vein, along 

 which the colour runs to the hind margin of the wing; tips of all 

 the veins (except the 3rd and 6th) and the bases of the forks of 

 both branches of the 4th longitudinal, slightly irifuscated. Hal- 

 teres yellowish. 



Length, J 3|, $ 5| millim. 



Described from three males and two females in the Indian 

 Museum with the following data : Darjiling, 9. viii. 09, type male 

 and female taken by Mr. Paiva, and an additional male and female 

 taken by Dr. Annandale at Phagu, 12. v. 09, and Kurseong, 

 7. ix. 09, respectively. 



363. Claduroides sordida, Bnm. 



Cladurpides sordida, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 290 (1911). 



cT $ Head dark grey, with scattered hairs. Proboscis brownish 

 yellow ; palpi dark brown. Antennae brownish yellow ; 1st scapal 

 joint cylindrical, moderately long, 2nd shorter and broader as 

 usual ; flagellum of thirteen oval joints, diminishing in size towards 

 the tip, the 1st being distinctly but not conspicuously larger than 

 the rest. Thorax, dark grey, with no obvious marks on dorsum, 

 though the impression is given that in some specimens there may 

 be indistinct stripes. Scutellum and metanotum similarly coloured ; 

 sides of thorax with a very slight brownish tinge. Abdomen dark 

 brown. Genitalia of male consisting of a pair of rather large 



