TIPULA. 331 



latas, porrectae, siraplices, pilosse, subfiliformes, extrorsum subsetaceae, 

 deorsum arcuatfe ; articulus primus subobconicus ; secundus brevis- 

 simus, eyathifonnis ; tevtius et sequentes cylindrici, versus apicem 

 sensim angustiores. Prothorax distinctus. Thorax ellipticus. Scu- 

 tellum parvum. Metathorax subcouvexus. Alse lanceolatse, diva- 

 ricatae, basi angustne, apice rotundatse. Abdomen segmentis octo, 

 elougatum, cylindricum. Pedes longi, graciles, nudiusculi, inerraes ; 

 coxee breves ; tibiae calcaribus brevibus ; ungues parvi. Mas. An- 

 tennae thorace vix breviores. Anus obtusus, subclavatus, appendi- 

 culatus. Foeni. Antennae thorace paullo breviores. Anus acutus, 

 stylis duobus subiUatis rectis, plerumque elongatis. 



Body large, long, slender, cylindrical, nearly smooth. Head small, 

 rounded, slightly attenuated behind ; front rather prominent. Eyes 

 remote. Proboscis thick, cylindrical, acute at the tip above. Palpi 

 four-jointed ; first, second, and third joints nearly equal ; fourth longer 

 and more slender. Antennas thirteen-jointed, porrect, simple, pilose, 

 nearly filiform, setaceous towards the tips ; first joint somewhat obco- 

 nical ; second cyathiform, very short ; the rest cylindrical, more slender 

 towards the tips. Prothorax distinct. Scutellum small. IMetathorax 

 slightly convex. Wings lanceolate, divaricate, narrow at the base, 

 rounded at the tips ; subcostal vein approaching the costa at the 

 stigma, then receding from it, and joining it at four-fifths of the length, 

 connected with the radial by a short veinlet adjoining the stigma ; ra- 

 dial and cubital springing from a common petiole, which is about one- 

 fourth of their length, and proceeds from the subcostal at two-thirds of 

 the length ; cubital forketl veiy near its base ; its hind fork forming an 

 angle near the base, and there connected by a transverse veinlet with 

 the third externo-medial ; the middle of this veinlet emits the second 

 externo-medial, and the latter is connected with the cubital by another 

 veinlet, which forms an angle in front, and then emits the first externo- 

 medial; third externo-medial angular at its junction with the veinlet, 

 which is continued across it to the subanal ; anal and axillary complete ; 

 discal areolet pentagonal. Abdomen long, cylindrical, with eight seg- 

 ments. Legs long, slender, unarmed, nearly bare ; coxae short ; tibiae 

 with two short spin-s ; ungues small. Male. Antennae hardly shorter 

 than the thorax. Abdomen at the tip obtuse, subclavate, witli various 

 appendages. Fern. Antennae a little shorter than the thorax. Tip of 

 the abdomen acute, with two subulate straight generally elongated 

 styles. 



33. cornicina, L. P. 8.1747(1761); F.; Schr. ; Gmel. ; Meig.; 

 Mcq. ; Staeg. ; Zett. — sannio, Meig.-^iridlcolor, Schumm. Plava, ca- 

 pitc macida fusca, antennis fuscis basi flavis, thorace vittis tribus nigris, 

 alls limpidis, stigmate fusco, abdomine testacco vittis tribus fuscis, jie- 

 dibus testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigricantibus. Long. 

 6; alar. 11 lin. 



Yellow. Head with a brown spot behind. Antenna? brown, yellow 



