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teous, tawny at the tip ; a black interrupted dorsal stripe. Legs pale 

 luteous, very minutely pubescent ; tarsi, except at the base and tips of 

 the femora and of the tibite, brown. 



Very rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



Genus XV. TIPULA. 



TiPULA, Mcq. ; Staeg. ; Ross. (V.) ; Zett. D. S. Tipula p., L. ; F. ; 

 D. G. ; Schr. ; Scop. ; Gmel. ; Latr. ; Meig. ; Zett. I. L. ; Gimm. 



Corpus magnum aut maximum, raro mediocre, elongatum, cylindricnm, 

 parura pubescens. Caput parvum, rotundatum. Frons plaua. Ocidi 

 i-otundati, modice remoti. Proboscis sat longa, subcylindrica, apice 

 supcrne acuta. Palpi 4-ai*ticulati, incurvi, subcylindrici ; articuli 

 primus, secundus, et tertius eexjuales, pilosuli ; quartus elougatus, pu- 

 bescens. Antennae IS-articulatfe, porrecta;, simplices, subfiliformes, 

 deorsum arcuatse ; articulus primus longiusculus, cylindricus; secundus 

 parvus, cyathiformis ; tertius et sequentes cylindrici aut subcylindrici,' 

 basi verticillato-pilosi ; tredecimus parvus. Prothorax distinctus. 

 Scutellum parvum. Metathorax pauUo convexus. Aloj lanceolata3, 

 divaricata;, basi angustaj^ apice rotundatae. Abdomen segraentis octo, 

 elongatum, cyhndricum. Pedes longi aut longissimi, ssepissime gra- 

 ciles, niidiusculi aut subpubescentes, inerraes ; calcares breves. Mas. 

 Antennoe longiores. Anus obtusus, subclavatus, varie appendiculatus. 

 Fcem. Antennse breviores. Anus acumiflatus, stylis duabus acutis. 

 Body large or very large, rarely of middle size, elongated, cyliudri- 

 cal, slightly pubescent. Head small, rounded, slightly attenuated be- 

 hind. Front flat. Eyes round, moderately remote. Proboscis rather 

 long, nearly cylindrical, acute at the tip above. Palpi four-jointed, de- 

 cumbent, nearly cylindrical ; first, second, and third joints nearly equal ; 

 fourth elongated, pubescent. AntenniB thirtceu-jointed, porrcct, simi)le, 

 nearly filiform, of various length ; first joint rather long, cylindrical ; 

 second small, cyathiform ; the rest cylindrical or subcylindrical, verti- 

 cillate-pilose. Prothorax distinct. Thorax elUptical. Scutellum small. 

 Metathorax slightly convex. Wings lanceolate, divaricate, narrow at 

 the base, rounded at the tips ; mediastinal vein jouaiug the subcostal at 

 somewhat beyond two-thirds of the length of the wing ; subcostal end- 

 ing at a httle before five-sixths of tlie length ; radial and cubital spring- 

 ing from a common petiole, which is rather more or less than one-half 

 of their length, and which proceeds from the subcostal at about two- 

 thirds of the length of the wing; radial connected with the subcostal 

 by an oblique veinlet before one-third of its length ; cubital curved, 

 forming very near its base an angle, and then coiuiectcd by a veinlet 

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

 fore part of this veinlet, sessde in some species, but generally forked at 

 half its length, and connected at some distance from its fork with the 



