Tipulida\//'o»i Cei/hvi. 63 



oclircous. Lc/s greyish ochreous; all the femora with two 

 coiii|)!ete hrowu riufjcs, on the front pair at ;i and f^, on the 

 miihile pair at ^ anil |, ami on the huul pair at -^ and f of 

 the distance from hase to apex of femora ; knees narrowly 

 brown ; tibiaj with the apex dark brown, middle tibinc witli 

 a distinct l)rown spot in the middle of the upper side (this is 

 only faintly visible on the other lc;^s) ; tarsi liglit greyish 

 ochrcou«s, tips of tirj.t fonr joints light brown, whole of last 

 joint l)lackish. /r//?yssubhyaliue, oehreous-tinged ; distinct 

 blackish spots on the small cross-vein, the two outer angles 

 of the discal cell, the junction of the great cross-vein with 

 the fifth longitudinal, and before the apex of the seventh ; 

 terminations of all the veins slightly clouded with fuscous, 

 (ircat cross-vein just before middle of discal cell. Seventh 

 vein with its tip bent downwards at right angles to the main 

 portion, a stump arising from the angle, which is nearly as 

 long as the terminal portion of the vein. Haiteres uniformly 

 ochreous. Abdomen dark greyish ochreous, all the segments 

 with narrow brown apical bands. There is a continuous 

 median longitudinal brown band, which looks as though it 

 were due to the presence of food iu the gut. Genitalia with 

 the upper lobes longer than the lower. 

 Length of body 6 mm. ; wing 4* 5 mm. 

 HaL Weligama, 9. ii. 1908, I ^ [T. Bainbrigje Fletcher). 



7. Trentepohlia trentepohlii, Wied. Aussereur zweifl. Ins. 



i. 551. 18. 



Weligama : Galle [T. Bainbrigge Fletcher) ; Tamblcjam 

 (Lt.-CoL Ycrbury). 



8. Trentepohlia {Mongoma) pennipes, O.-S. Berl. cut. Z, 



1887, p. 204. 



Trincomali {Lt.-CoL Yerbury) ; Pundaluoya {E. E, 

 Green). 



Although Bigot, in 1854, gave no satisfactory definition 

 of Trentepohlia, he clearly indicated the type as Limnobia 

 trentepohlii, Wied., and consequently his name cannot be 

 rejected. Mongoma, Westw., was not published until 1881, 

 but it will be useful to retain this latter name as a subgenus, 

 including those species with four posterior cells, Trentepohlia 

 in this restricted sense having only three. The two sections 

 are closely allied, and no doubt are best included under one 

 genus. I hav» compared balsam preparations of the 

 genitalia of these two Ceylon species, and thev are very 



