THE SIM U LID. E. 



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Genus. — Simuliiim 



two species have been found in England, viz., Simulium hiimidum, 

 Brodie, and Simididhim prisaan, Westwood. In the tertiary rocks, 

 Loew has recorded six species from amber, and Guerin one in 

 Sicilian amber. fO^Au-, L. 



Tipula, Deg. 

 Scatopse. 

 ChiroiWDiiis. 

 Atractocera, Mg, 

 Simulia, Mg. and Fries. 

 Body small, gibbose, with a tomentum; head small; palpi 4-jointed; 

 first joint small, second and third longer, fourth long and composed 

 of numerous little annuli, larger in ? than in the $. Antennae 

 ii-jointed, narrows to the tip, a little longer than head; first and 

 second joints remotely connected, remainder closely connected, 

 transverse, end joint conical. Wings large, first, second and third 

 dark, remainder of veins pale. Legs stout, compressed, unarmed; 

 hind metatarsus incrassate in (^ , lengthened; in the ? hardly 

 incrassate ; c^'s generally black, $ cinereous. Eyes contiguous in 

 ^, remote in ?. Labrum in female lanceolate; labium linear, 

 bidentate at tip ; lingua very long, divided, apical part hairy on outer 

 surface. Also the antenna are more remote than in the S ■ 



' Cidex sericea, L. 

 Tipula erythrocepkala, Deg. 

 Culex reptafis, Schrk. 

 Ragio coliunbatchefisis, F. 

 5. repta?is et sericea, Mg. 

 Atractocera argyropeza^ Mg. 

 ,, elegafis, Mg. 



„ variegata, ? , Mg. 



cincta, ^, Mg. 

 portkata, ? , Mg. 

 The male is deep black ; the head is black, with the front whitish- 

 gray. Palpi and antennas brownish-black. Thorax with a gilded 

 tomentum ; sides white, an interrupted white band in front. 

 Abdomen with the second and third posterior segments with silvery, 

 often with an iridescent spot. Legs dark brownish-black. Anterior 

 femora testaceous, anterior tibiae silvery, middle tibiae partly yellowish; 

 posterior tibiae yellowish towards base ; posterior metatarsi likewise 

 yellowish. Halteres yellowish -brown. Wings limpid, veins near 

 costa black, remainder light. ? Black also, but with a cinereous 

 tomentum, and a white spot on each side of thorax, in front, sides of 

 thorax silvery. 



This is an abundant species, and very generally distributed, and 



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