neiv and little-known Tipulidae. 107 



no distinct markings. Ninth tergite large, with a rather 

 small median V-shaped, notch. Eighth sternite large, square- 

 ended, nearly covering the ninth. Outer claspers ochreous, 

 broadly expanded at base, almost triangular. Inner claspers 

 ochreous in the middle, with strongly blackened pointed 

 tips ; at the base with a strong straight sharp spine, and 

 between this and the main portion a small flat horizontal 

 lobe with a rounded edge. Legs black, only the coxse grey 

 and the extreme base of the femora yellowish. Wings 

 (see PI. X. fig. 15) with the base and the costal and subcostal 

 cells and the veins bordering them yellow, otherwise greyish 

 with some clear markings and dark-bordered veins. Tip of 

 R2 entirely atrophied beyond the cross-vein ; m-cu very 

 distinct. Halteres yellow. 



Length of body 9 mm. ; wing 11 mm. 

 Formosa : Noko, 11. v. 1919 [T. Shiraki), 1 S • 

 Nearly related to the Japanese T. trupheoneura, Alex, 

 (which is known only from the female), but differs in the 

 pale first joint of the antennse, simple nasus, darker 

 legs, etc. 



Tipula quadrifulva, sp. n. (PI. X. fig. 19.) 



Head: front bright ochreous on the upper part, whitish 

 yellow just above the antennse ; vertex brownish ochreous, 

 darker in the middle, with a blackish median line which 

 does not extend on to the front. Rostrum ochreous with 

 rather narrow blackish lateral stripes. Palpi brownish. 

 Antenuse with the scape ochreous, flagellum blackish. First 

 scapal joint elongate, twice as long as the first flagellar. 

 Verticils longer than the joints. Flagellar joints (except 

 the first) slightly swollen at the base ; third and fourth 

 equal in length, slightly longer than the first or second ; 

 last joint minute. Thorax : prsescutum with four distinct 

 dark olive-brown stripes, which have their outer borders 

 sliglitly, their inner borders considerably, darkened ; inter- 

 spaces between the stripes pale greyish ochreous, with rather 

 long fine yellowish hair. Scutum whitish grey on the front 

 margin, the usual two large dark marks olive-brown, 

 darkened on their anterior and inner edges. Scutellum and 

 postnotum long-haired, greyish ochreous, with a conspicuous 

 blackish-brown median line. Pleurae uniformly ochreous. 

 Abdomen with segments 1-4 ochreous-orange ; 5-8 blackish, 

 with the hind margins narrowly pale; tergites 5-8 together 

 scarcely longer than tergite 4. Sternite 8 with its posterior 

 corners produced into two short lobes, which are made more 



