510 TIPULIDJE. 



By placing Trichocera here it loses much of the abnormality 

 attributed to it by Osteu Sacken. 



Life-history. The larvae live iu fungi, according to Bremi, or iu 

 rotting vegetables, according to Walker. 



Table of Species. 



Wings marked with pale grey spots, only 

 a little darker than the exceedingly 

 pale grey ground-colour. 



The darker grey spots arranged more or 

 less in ocelh 



ocellar form ocellata, Wlk., p. 510. 



The darker grey spots not arranged in 



ocellar form punctipennis, sp. n., p. 511. 



ino-s absolutely clear of markings of any 



kind. 

 The 4th posterior cell pointed at its 



basal end flava, sp. n., p. 51:2. 



The 4th posterior cell rectangular at its 



hasal end montana, sp. n., p. 513. 



364. Trichocera ocellata, Walk. 



Trichocera ocellata, Walker, Ins. Saund., Dipt. pt. v, p. 433 (1856). 



$ . Head dark grey ; the closely pubescent eyes separated by a 

 broad dark grey frons of about oue-third the width of the head, 

 with some pale hairs. Proboscis brown ; palpi dark brown. 

 Antennas moderately dark brown, with close pale pubescence. 

 Thorax cinereous grey, darker grey on dorsum, with a pair of very 

 narrowly separated median dark brown lines attaining the anterior 

 margin. Abdomen brown, with short pale yellow pubescence, the 

 segments well emarginated ; the ovipositor brownish yellow, 

 normal. Legs brownish yellow, femora brownish towards tips but 

 extreme tips pale ; tips of tarsi darker. Wings very pale grey ; 

 venation normal. Very numerous small pale grey elongate spots 

 placed irregularly but mostly perpendicularly between the veins ; 

 rather large pale grey spots over the origiu of the 2nd vein over the 

 marginal cross-vein, including the fork of the 2nd vein on the origin 

 of the 3rd vein, including the anterior cross-vein ; and one spot 

 spreading over the two submarginal cells towards their tips ; the 

 spots in the axillary cell along the hind margin of the wing are 

 also much larger. Halteres long, pale yellow ; clubs black. 



Length 5 millim. 



Eedescribed from a single female from Theog, Simla Hills, 

 2. v. 07 (Annandale), in the Indian Museum. 



Type in the British Museum, in indifferent condition, although 

 the wing-markings are sufficiently well preserved for comparison 

 to be possible. 



This is probably the Trichocera ocellata of Walker, although he 



