542 TIPULID^E. 



notum bright reddish orange, bare. Abdomen deep velvet-black ; 

 on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments a broad shining lead- 

 coloured band extending round the whole segment and covering 

 it with the exception of a posterior marginal band of a widtli of 

 one-fifth of the segment ; 6th segment wholly deep black ; 

 7th, basa! half occupied by a similar leaden band, apical half 

 black ; seen from behind, there is a silver sheen on the sides 

 of the segments. Genitalia conspicuous, bright orange-red, 

 protected below by a blackish plate. Whole abdomen nearly 

 bare. Legs : cox3 black, pubescent ; femora and tibiae orange- 

 yellow (the latter rather darker), both with black tips; tarsi 

 dark brown ; all the legs minutely pubescent. Wings brown, 

 darker in the centre ; costal border to just beyond the 1st longi- 

 tudinal vein distinctlv orange-yellow, the colour ending at tip of 

 the auxiliary vein; wing grey from just in front of the 6th vein 

 to posterior margin ; a good-sized white spot (approximately 

 oval) placed obliquely across the basal cells, towards the distal 

 ends, but quite clear of the discal cell ; a smaller circular white 

 spot just above, and a little in front of, the larger one. situated 

 just beyond the middle of the marginal cell, and a white oval spot 

 at apex of wing, just covering the tips of the two marginal cells. 

 Five posterior cells. Halteres black. 



Length 13 millim. 



Described from one male in the Indian Museum (type) from 

 Ukhrul, Manipur, captured by the Rev. W. Pettigrew, viii. 08 ; 

 and a cotype (in the Pusa collection) taken by Mr. F. M. Howlett 

 at Darjiling, 3-9. vi. 09. 



393. Eriocera elongatissima, sp. nov. 



d 1 . Head blackish, blackish grey behind; with sparse hairs; 

 frons a little prominent over the antennae ; eyes black. Scape 

 black, cylindrical ; 1st joint with a few hairs, 2nd very short, 

 bare ; flagellum of five very elongate pubescent joints. Palpi 

 dark brown. Proboscis and underside of head brown. Thorax: 

 scutellum and metanotum chestnut-brown, light at the sides, and 

 with a very slight pinkish grey reflection on the shoulders and 

 pleura? when viewed from certain directions ; three blackish in- 

 dentations, placed in triangular form, one behind the wings, 

 one at the base of the side of the metanotum, and the third 

 in front of the latter. Abdomen bright chestnut-brown, nearly 

 ferruginous, darker towards tip ; bare. The 1st segment very 

 short; basal two-thirds of 5th and basal half of 6th almost 

 golden yellow, the remainder of these segments blackish ; a 

 narrow black side stripe to the abdomen. Genitalia composed of 

 a pair of dark brown claspers, bearing some short hairs, and 

 a jointed tip. Legs brown ; tips of femora and tibiae black ; 

 tibiae a little lighter brown. Wings uniformly rather dark 

 brown ; extreme tip whitish, extending narrowly over only the 

 tips of the two submarginal and 1st posterior cells. Four 

 posterior cells. Halteres dark brown. 



