290 TIPULID7E. 



third externo-medial by a veinlet, whose angle emits the first extcrno- 

 medial ; the latter is forked at three-fourths of its length, and is con- 

 nected with the third externo-medial by a veinlet, whose angle emits 

 the second externo-medial ; subanal connected with the third externo- 

 medial by a veinlet, which is nearly opposite the middle of the penta- 

 gonal discal areolet. 



17. nemoralis, Meig. Zw. i. 126. 15 (1818); Mcq. ; Schura.; 

 Gimm. ; Eoss. (V.) ; Stseg. ; Zett. — var. incliisa, Walk. — var. ohsohta, 

 Walk. — var. adjunda, Walk. Cana, palpis antennisque nigris, pectore 

 et metathorace albidis, alis subcinerascentibus, abdoraine cinerco, pedibus 

 testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 3-3|; alar. 

 6-7 lin. 



Hoary. Palpi and antenna) black. Pectus and metathorax whitish. 

 Wings with a very slight greyish tinge ; veins testaceous, blackish to- ' 

 wards the tips ; stigma greyisli. Halteres whitish. Abdomen cinereous, 

 testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous ; tarsi and tips of the femora 

 and of the tibias brown. 



Not rare. (E.) 



Section 9. 



g g fj g. Petiole of the first externo-medial vein about six times the length of its fork. 

 Mediastinal vein ending at licforc three-fourths of the length of the 

 wing, connected by a transverse veinlet near its tip with the subcostal, 

 which ends at beyond three-fourths of the length ; radial and cubital 

 springing from a common petiole, which proceeds from the subcostal at 

 a little before half the length of the wing ; radial forked very near its 

 base ; first externo-medial springing from the cubital near the base of 

 the latter, forked towards its tip, connected by two transverse veinlets 

 with the third externo-medial ; second externo-medial springing from 

 the angle of the outer of the above veinlet, and rather nearer to the 

 inner than to the outer one there is another transverse veinlet, which 

 connects the third externo-medial with the subanal. — Limnophila p., Mcq. 



18. leucophssa, Hoffra. ; Meig. Zw. i. 127. 16 (1818); Boss. 

 (V.) ; Zett. Var. ? Testacea, capite pectoreque canis, palpis antennis- 

 que nigris basi testaceis, alis subcinereis, stigmate subobsolcto. Long. 

 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Var. ? Testaceous, slender. Head and pectus hoary. Palpi and 

 antennae black, testaceous at the base. Wings very slightly greyish ; 

 veins black, testaceous towards the base ; stigma almost obsolete. 

 Legs very slender. 



Not commou. (E.) 



Section 10. 



c c. Fork of the first cxtcrno-mcclial vein without a petiole hctwccn it and the discal 



arcolct. 

 Mediastinal vein ending at rather beyond two-thirds of the length of 

 the wing ; subcostal ending at a little beyond five-sixths of the length ; 



