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basi pedibusque Uiteis, femoribiis tibiisque apicc tarsisque nigvis. Long. 

 6-7; alar. 8-10 lin. 



Black, shining. Antenna hlack. Wings slightly greyish, slightly 

 testaceous at the base, with a brown spot at the tip of the subcostal 

 vein. Halteres ferruginous. Abdomen luteous towards the base. Legs 

 luteous ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibiae black. 



Not common. (E. S.) 



Genus XVIL PTYCHOPTERA. 



Ptyciioptera, F. S. A. 20 (1805); Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Giram. ; 

 Staeg. Tipula p., L. ; F. E. S. ; Scop. ; Schr. ; Gmel. ; Ijatr. 



Corpus magnum aut mediocre, elongatum, nitidum, glabriculum. Caput 

 sessile. Oculi rotundi, remoti. Proboscis exserta, capitulo magno 

 carnoso. Palpi 4-articulati, elongati, filiformes, incurvi, pilosuli ; 

 articulus primus brevis ; secundus et tertius paullo longiores, sequales ; 

 quartus longissimus, setaceus. Antenufe 16-articulat;t!, porrectte, 

 filiformes, pilosulfe ; articulus primus brevis, crassiusculus, cvlindri- 

 cus ; secundus brevissimus, cyathiforniis ; tertius longissimus, filifor- 

 rais ; quartus et sequentes oblongi ; sextus-decimus minor. Prothorax 

 indistinctus. Thorax ovatus, supra convcxus, striatus, antice nonnihil 

 prominulus. Scutellum parvum. jMetathorax convexiusculus, sat 

 raagnus. Alaj divaricata?, modice lata?, abdominis longitudine. Ab- 

 domen segmeutis octo, basi angustatum. Pedes mediocres, subpu- 

 bescentes, inermes ; coxoj modice longaj ; femora apices versus leniter 

 crassiora; tibite apice calcarataj. Mas. AnteiuiiTe thorace paullo lon- 

 giores. Abdomen apicem versus paullo incrassatum; anus modice 

 crassus, breviusculus, parum rcflexus, appendiculis -i magis exsertis 

 subclavatis munitus. Taim. Antenna? thorace paullo breviores. Ab- 

 domen apicem versus distincte incrassatum ; apex acutus, stylis 

 analibus 2 modice longis, ensiformi1)us, parallelis, leniter incurvis. 

 Body large or of moderate size, elongated, shining, nearly bare. 

 Head sessile, transverse. Eyes round, remote, llostrum rather short, 

 slightly acute above in front. Proboscis prominent, with a large fleshy 

 head. Palpi four-jointed, elongated, tiliform, curved downward, some- 

 what pilose ; first joint short ; second and third rather longer, of equal 

 length ; fourth very long, setaceous. Antenna? sixteen-jointed, porrect, 

 filiform, slightly pilose ; first joint short, cylindrical, rather thick ; 

 second cyathiform, very short; third filiform, very long; fourtii and 

 following joints oblong ; sixteenth smaller. Prothorax inclistinct. Tho- 

 rax oval, convex, striated, slightly prominent in front. Scutellum small. 

 Metathorax rather large, slightly convex. Wings divaricate, niodo 

 ratcly broad, as long as the abdomen. Mediastinal vein ending at a 

 little beyond two-thirds of the length of the wing ; subcostal ending 

 at five-sixths of the length, connected with the radial by a very short 



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