298 TIPULID7E. 



Testaceous. Head hoary. Palpi and antenna3 black, testaceous at 

 the base. Thorax with a brown stripe. JFings limpid ; veins black, 

 testaceous towards the base ; stigma almost obsolete. Halteres pale 

 testaceous, with brown knobs. Abdomen with a black strijie. Legs 

 long, slender ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibiae brown. — 

 Var. /3. Abdomen brown above. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



38. inusta, Meig. Zw. i. 135. 34.; Mcq. Testacea, capite albido, 

 palpis antennisqne nigris, thoracis disco fulvo vitta nigra, alis limpidis, 

 pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 3-3| ; 

 alar. 7 lin. 



Testaceous. Head whitish. Palpi and antennse black. Disc of the 

 thorax tawny, with a blackish stripe. JFings limpid, narrow ; veins 

 black, testaceous towards the base ; stigma indistinct. Halteres testa- 

 ceous, with brown knobs. Legs tawny ; tarsi and tips of the femora 

 and of the tibiae black. 



This may be a variety of L. modesta. Common. (E. S. I.) 



39. stigma, Meig. Zw. i. 138. 40 (1818); Mcq.; Stseg. ; Zett.— 

 sexnotata, Schumm. Fulva, capite alhido, palpis antennisqne nigris, 

 ihorace vittis trihus fuscis, pectore et metathorace canis, alis snbcinereis, 

 stigmate fusco, pedibus testaceis, tarsis fuscis. — Var. j8, thorace vitta 

 nigra. — Var. y, abdominis dor so fusco. Long. 3-4; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Dull tawny. Palpi and antennre black, tawny towards the base. 

 Thorax with three brotcn stripes, the lateral pair short. Pectus and 

 metathorax hoary. TFings very slightly greyish ; veins and stigma 

 brown, the former testaceous along the costa. Halteres whitish, with 

 brownish knobs. Abdomen testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous, 

 long, slender; tarsi brown. — Var. /3. Thorax with a black stripe. Tips 

 of the femora and of the tibiae brown. — Var. y. Aljdomen brown above. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



40. stigmatica, Meig. Zw. vi. 378. 77 (1830). Cana, palpis an- 

 tennisque nigris, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, alis angnstis limpidis, stig- 

 mate nigro-fusco, abdomine cinereo vitta dorsali fusca, pedibus fulvis, 

 femoribus tibiisqiie apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 3-4 ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Hoary. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with three broad brown 

 stripes, the lateral pair short. JFings narrow, limpid; veins black, 

 testaceous at the base ; a brown dot at the base of the vein ; stigma 

 large, dark brown. Halteres pale testaceous, with brown knobs. Ab- 

 domen cinereous, ivith a broad brown dorsal stripe. Legs tawny ; tarsi 

 and tips of the femora and of the tibi;e black. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



41. punctigera, n. lAilea, palpis antennisqne nigris, i^/^owce t'/^^rt 

 fusca, alis sublimpidls, stigmate fusco parvo, abdomine fuscescente, pedi- 

 bus testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 4 ; 

 alar. 8 lin. 



