323 TIPULIDiE. 



Coxa3 and trochanters grey, the former with whitish tomentum ; tarsi 

 and tips of the femora and of the tibite black. 

 Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



3. rufina, Meig. Zw. i. 176.10(1888); Mcq. ; Schumm. Cana, 



thorace vittis quatuor fuscis, alis cinereis albido-maculatis, abdomine 

 Imido segmentorum marginibus posticis testaceis, pedibus testareis, 

 femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 5-6 ; alar. 12-14 lin. 



Hoary. Proboscis piceous. Palpi and antennae black, the latter 

 testaceous at the base. Thorax with four brown stripes, the outer pan- 

 short. Wings grey, with four or hve whitish spots, the most conspi- 

 cuous one adjoining the stigma, which is brown. Halteres testaceous ; 

 knobs brown. Abdomen lurid ; hind borders of the segments testa- 

 ceous. Legs black, very slender ; tibiaj dull testaceous towards the 

 base ; femora testaceous with black tips. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



4. hortensis, Meig. Zw. i. 178. 12 (1818); Mcq.; Schumm.; 

 Zett. Cana, thorace vittis sex fuscis, alis cinereis albido-quadrimaculatis, 

 abdomine lurido vitta dorsali apiceque piccis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus 

 tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 6-7 ; alar. 13-14 lin. 



Hoary. Proboscis piceous, tawny beneath. Palpi testaceous. An- 

 tenna3 black, tawny at the base. Thorax xoith six broad hrown stripes ; 

 metatliorax and pectus whitish. Wings grey, with four irregular 

 whitish spots on the disc, and one on each side of the stigma, which is 

 brown. Halteres testaceous, with brown knobs. Abdomen lurid ; 

 dorsal stripe and apical part piceous. Legs tawny ; tarsi and tips of 

 the femora and of the tibia? black. 



Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



5. longicornis, Schumm. Tip. 32. 8 (1833). Cana, antennis 

 fuscis basi testaceis subverticUlato-pilosis, thorace vittis qnatuor latis 

 fuscis, alis cinereis maculis tribus albidis duabusque fuscis, abdomine 

 lurido vitta dorsali fusca, pedibus subpubescentibus, femoribus tibiis- 

 que apice tarsisque nigricantibus, femoribus testaceis, tibiis ferrugiueis. 

 Long. 6-7 ; alar. 12-13 lin. 



Male and Fern. Hoary. Proboscis and palpi testaceous. Antennre 

 brown, thinly verticillate, pilose, testaceous at the base ; joints elon- 

 gated. Thorax with four broad brown stripes. Wings grey, whitish 

 about the stigma, and with two lohitish spots in the disc ; a brotvn spot at 

 the base of the petiole of the radial and cubital twins, and another joining 

 the hind border of the stigma, which is also brown. Halteres testaceous, 

 with brownish knobs. Abdomen lurid, with a brown dorsal stripe. 

 Legs minutely pul)escent ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibia; 

 blackish ; femora testaceous ; tibiaj ferruginous. Male. Antennm rather 

 more than half the length of the body. Fern. Antennae a little shorter 

 than the thorax. 



Rare. In Mr. Ilaliday's collection. (L) 



