62. 

 DOLICHOPEZA SYLVICOLA. 



Order Diptera. Fam. Tipulariae Lat. Tipulidae Leach. 

 Type of the Genus Dolichopeza sylvicola nob. 



DoLiCHOPEZA nobis. 



Antenna; rather longer in the male than in the female, porrected, 

 approximating, longer than the head and thorax, composed of 

 12 joints, hairy with a few bristles irregularly situated, 1st joint 

 cylindric, 2nd cup-shaped, small, 3rd the longest, the following 

 decreasing in length to the end (3). 

 Lip small, membranaceous, bilobed, externally pilose (2 g and 



2 *g). 



Palpi 2, exserted, incurved, hairy, 5-jointed, 1st and 2nd joints 



short, 3rd and 4th longer, robust, 5th very long, pilose, flexible, 



composed of numerous muscular rings (2 f and 2 *f). 



Head small, short, globular, produced into a short cylindric rostrum, 



(2). Clypeus very broad (2*). Ocelli none. Eyes oval, entire. 



Thorax gibbous with a distinct transverse segment before. Abdomen 



very long, cylindric, apex somewhat incrassated in the males, acumi~ 



nate in the females. Oviduct spiniform, corneous, bivalved. Wings 



lanceolate divaricate, ciliated, having about 14 cells, 2 of which are 



discoidal, nerves naked (9). Halteres long, naked. Feet very 



long, slender, hairy, vibratory. Tarsi 5-jointed, \st joint longer 



than the tibice, last terminated by claws and pulvilli (8, terminal 



joints of the fore leg) . 



Sylvicola nobis. 



Piceous inclining to cinereous. Head, a spot behind the thorax 

 and 1st joint of antennae pale : apex of abdomen in the male and 

 style in the female ochraceous. Wings iridescent, yellowish 

 fuscous with a blackish spot covering the oval cell and extending 

 to the costa. Legs piceous, tarsi white excepting the base of 

 the 1st and the terminal joint which are piceous. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Stephens and the Author. 



Dolichopeza sylvicola is one of those valuable insects wliicli 

 iiom its partaking of tlie characters of neighbouring genera 



