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part, rounded towards the apex, and sending forth two branches towards 

 the costal area ; the lower spot is subtriangular or V-shaped, with the 

 point towards the base of the wings ; the two together form, in some sort, 

 a semicolon reversed ; between the lower or ovate spot and the costa is a 

 rather indistinct circlet of gold or silver, and two streaks of the same 

 lustre may be traced lower down between it and the inner margin of the 

 wing ; the disk near the apex is bronzed ; from the brown cloud men- 

 tioned above runs a wavy brown streak to the external apical angle, the 

 apex itself is terminated by a band formed by indistinct black crescents ; 

 and above the streak is a transverse band formed by two faint lines of 

 dark indistinct crescents including a pale band ; secondary wings darker 

 at the apex. 



N. B. In the Nova Scotia specimens the discoidal spots are silvery, 

 while in that irom Canada their lustre is golden. The synonymy of this 

 species seems very doubtful ; the metallic signature can scarcely be said 

 to represent either a mark of interrogation, or a Greek Iota reversed ; 

 they most resemble a semicolon. 



IX.— DiPTERA. 



FAMILY CULICID^. 



433. CuLEX FUNCTOR Kirby. — Length of body lYi lines. Two. 

 specimens taken in Lat. 65°. 



Body black. Proboscis longer than the trunk ; sheath black ; valvules 

 and lancets testaceous ; palpi somewhat incrassated towards the apex ; 

 antennae broken off in both specimens ; wings white, iridescent, with 

 testaceous nervures, without scales, hairs and fringe ; legs testaceous. 



[310.] FAMILY TIPULIDiE. 



434. TiPULA PRATORUM Kirby. — Length of body 7 lines. Taken 

 with the preceding. 



^ . Head and trunk slate-colored. Antennae black, with the scape 

 yellow ; thorax with four brown stripes, the lateral ones abbreviated ; 

 wings embrowned, clouded with white ; nervures black, but those at the 

 base of the wing are testaceous ; there is a black dot or two near the 

 anterior margin ; and the stigma, or what represents it, is black ; the 

 poisers are pale but black at the tip ; legs obscurely testaceous \ thighs 



