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581. 

 MESSALA SAUNDERSII. 



Order Diptera. Fam. Tipulidae. 



Type of the Genus, Messala Saundersii Curt. 

 Messala Curt. 



Antenna of the male as long as the whole body, inserted in front 

 of the face, approximating, slender, very pilose and 16-jointed, 

 2 basal joints robust, the 1st subovate truncate, the 2nd cup- 

 shaped, the remainder long and slender, gradually decreasing 

 in length and clothed with long hairs (3). 

 Labrum elongate-trigonate (2 + &) . 



Palpi elongated, slightly pubescent, 4 -jointed, 3 basal joints 

 short, 4th longer and slender (/) . 

 Lip rather short and broad (g) . 

 Female unknown. Head short, vertical, crown transverse, face orbi- 

 cular : eyes large and granulated, slightly reniform (2) ; remote on 

 the crown (2*); approaching in front of the face (2t) ■• ocelli 3 in 

 a transverse line, in front of the crown and elevated. Thorax short 

 and thick : scutellum semiorbicular. Abdomen very long linear and 

 compressed, terminated by a cordate lobe. Wings ciliated, with2large 

 and elongated subcostal cells, a long furcate nervure beneath them, 

 and 3 others reaching the posterior margin : halteres long and slen- 

 der, terminated by an ovate club. Legs long, nearly of equal length : 

 tibiae longer than the thighs, with very minute spurs : tarsi longer 

 than the tibia and 5-jointed, basal joint very long : claws minute. 



Saundersii Curt. MSS. — Guide, Gen. 1167''. I. 



Fuscous, with an ochreous tinge ; eyes piceous ; hypostoma 

 slate-black, hoary with pubescence ; antennae with the first 2 

 joints and base of the 3rd ochreous ; postscutellum subferrugi- 

 nous ; sides of abdomen ochreous-brown : wings iridescent, 

 slightly fuscous, a spot at the stigma rather darker ; nervures 

 fuscous : coxae, trochanters and base and underside of thighs 

 ochreous ; tarsi blackish. 



In the Author s Cabinet. 



