524 TIPULIDjE. 



posteriorly and at the sides, and also on the scutellum and meta- 

 notum. Abdomen brown, with pale hairs ; belly similar. Ovi- 

 positor with the basal part dark grey, the blades brownish yellow, 

 the two pairs of valves of equal length. Legs uniformly yellowish 

 brown. Wings clear, moderately iridescent, Venation tolerably 

 normal ; auxiliary vein ending opposite the fork of the 2nd vein, 

 which forks rather widely at half its length, the marginal cross- 

 vein, which is very faint, placed at the fork ; the 3rd longitudinal 

 nearly straight, its basal section very short, the anterior cross-vein 

 moderately long ; upper branch of 4th longitudinal vein forked at 

 half its length after quitting discal cell, the veinlets diverging ; 

 discal cell twice as long as broad, the posterior cross-vein situated 

 just before the middle. Halteres dirty yellow. 



Length 3| millim. 



Described from one female from Bhowali, Kumaon, 5700 feet, 

 29. vi. 10 (A. D. Imms). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



Genus DICRANOPHRAGMA, Os. Sac. 



Dicranophragma, Osten Sacken, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859, 

 p. 240. 



GENOTYPE, D. fuscovaria, Os. Sac. (North America); by original 

 designation. 



This genus differs from Limnophila only by the presence of a 

 cross-vein in the 2nd submarginal cell. When erected by its 

 author it was regarded as a subgenus only, but most authors to- 

 day give it generic rank. 



375. Dicranophragma pulchripennis, sp. nov. 



c? . Head : frons narrow, yellow, as is also the vertex and back 

 of head. Antennae shining yellowish brown, shortly pubescent ; 

 scapal joints large. Proboscis rather short, brown ; palpi blackish ; 

 both moderately pubescent. Thorax : neck and dorsum of dark 

 ground-colour, with close greyish yellow microscopic pubescence. 

 Scutellum and metanotum similar. A few short hairs towards 

 wing-bases, on post-sutural callosities and on posterior part of 

 scutellum. Abdomen brownish yellow to blackish, dull, slightly 

 hairy ; a blackish line on each side of the dorsum, and the 

 posterior margins of segments slightly pale ; belly similarly 

 marked. Genitalia of male brownish yellow ; apparently con- 

 sisting of a large upper and a lower hairy plate, between which is 

 a pair of elongated claspers, ending in sharp points. Legs uni- 

 formly pale yellow, distinctly but shortly pubescent throughout ; 

 femora sometimes with a narrow indistinct black ring just before 



