• TIPULID SUBFAMILY CERATOCHEILIN^. 357 



forjii a bulb with a pointed extremity. The palpi are hibial, single-jointed, 

 and inserted in the ventral side at the extreme- end o£ the proboscis, forming 

 part of the bulb mentioned. 



Antennje with first joint short, cylindrical; second cone-shaped, larger, 

 with the base in the anterior position ; third smaller, cone-shaped, with the 

 base in the posterior position ; the apex bearing a fairly thick annulated style, 

 with the last two annulacions or joints bearing 5 or 6 long bristles. 



Eyes semi-globular, equally divided in both sexes, very large, bare, and 

 continued right under the lower sides of the head ; ocelli aborted. 



Thorax much developed in front and projecting over the long neck ; 

 scutellum moderate in size, under plate of scutellum evident : halteres fairly 

 long, with moderately large heads ; tegulse rudimentary. 



Abdomen thin, cylindrical ; genitalia well developed, particularly the 

 ovipositor. 



Legs long and thin, without tibial bristles ; pulvilli and empodium absent 

 or rudimentary, claws simple. 



Wings as long as abdomen, hyaline ; auxiliary (medastinal) and first 

 longitudinal veins only very slightly separated and ending together in the 

 costa, second medastinal cell obliterated. Second, longitudinal vein aborted, 

 third simple ; the posterior transverse vein (hinter qnerader of Schiner) 

 connects the fourth and fifth longitudinal before the establishment of the 

 •discal cell. 



Neoceratocheilus GtRAHAmi, sp. n. (PI. 49. fig. 5.) 



Head globular, dark grey ; proboscis long and thin, almost as long as body 

 and head combined ; proboscis darker towards tip, and is usually carried 

 hanoino- down, so that its extraordinary length is not a strikine; feature in a 

 pinned specimen. ' 



Thorax dark slaty grey, with the fore part projecting over the base of the 

 long neck. 



Abdomen thin, cylindrical, very dark grey, almost black, with fine 

 pubescence and the genitalia a dark rusty red ; the male ha^ a pair of forcipes 

 somewhat resembling those of Cidex, w^hile the female has very highly 

 developed egg-guides with the upper blades longer than the ventral ones. 



Legs same colour as the abdomen, with the coxse lighter ; long, thin, and 

 thickened at the ends of the femora and tibife ; metatarsus very long ; second 

 tarsal joint about a third of the length of the metatarsus ; third tarsal joint 

 half the length of the second ; fourth and fifth tarsi about equal in length, 

 half the length of the third. Appear to be of a lighter colour in the female. 



Wings hyaline, with a rather long fringe of hair in the anal region ; the 

 first and auxiliary veins end in the hinder third of the costa ; the fourtji is 



