293 TIPULIDiE. 



legs, ferruginous. TFings hroion ; veins black, ferruginous at tlie base. 

 Male. Legs and sides of the abdomen very hairy. Fern. Hind tibia) 

 and sides of the abdomen sb'glitly hairy, often bare. 



Not common. Inhabits the banks of ponds. (E.) 



21. vagans. Walk. C. D. B. M. i. 43 (1848). Fcem. cinerea, an- 

 tennis nigris, pectore abdomiveqite sordide fulvis, alts subcinereis, stigmata 

 fusco, pedibus fulvescentibus, femoribus tibiisqiie apice tarsisqiie fuscls. 

 Long. 2^ ; alar. 6 lin. 



Fern. Slender, greyish. AntennEe black, a little longer than the head, 

 tawny at the base. Pectus, abdomen, and legs dingy tawny. Wings 

 slightly greyish ; stigma and veins brown. Halteres pale, with darker 

 knobs. Tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibia brown. 



Not common, (E.) 



SUBSECTION 2. 



Mediastinal vein ending at a little beyond two-thirds of the length 

 of the wing ; subcostal ending at about five-sixths of the length, con- 

 nected by a transverse veinlet near its tip with the radial ; radial and 

 cubital springing from a common petiole, which they rather exceed in 

 length, and which proceeds from the subcostal at a little before the 

 middle of the length of the wing, and is almost angular near its base ; 

 radial forked near its base ; cubital connected by a transverse veinlet at 

 its base with the first externo-medial ; first externo-medial springing 

 from the third, with which it is also connected by a transverse veinlet, 

 whose angle is the origin of the second externo-medial ; subanal con- 

 nected with the third externo-medial by a transverse veinlet, which is 

 very little beyond the base of the first externo-medial. 



22. errans. Walk. C. D. B. M. i. 55 (1848).— var. remota, Walk. 

 — var. ignota, Walk. Foem. lutea aut fulva, antennis apice obscuriori- 

 bus, thorace nonnunquam vitta cinerea, alis limpidis, abdominis dorso 

 fulvo, pedibus flavis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 

 3-4 ; alar. 7-10 lin. 



Fern. Luteous or tawny. Antenna3 tawny, darker towards the tips, 

 longer than the head. Thorax with an occasional greyish stripe. Wings 

 limpid; veins brown, tawny towards the base. Abdomen above tawny. 

 Legs yellow ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibiae brown. 



Not common. (E.) 



Section 13. 



c c. Radial vein not foi'ked. 



d. Veinlet between tlie subanal and the third cxtcrno-mcdial in a line with the 

 inner side of the discal avcolct, or nearer to the base of the wing. 

 e. Subcostal vein ending where it joins the radial. 



Large bright-coloured species, with more or less variegated wings. 

 Mediastinal vein ending beyond two-thirds of the length, connected 

 by a veinlet very near its tip with the subcostal ; subcostal ending at 



