645. 

 LEIA PULCHELLA. 



Order Diptera. Fam. Tipulidae. 



Type of the Genus, Lcia fascipennis Meg. 

 Leia Meig., Lat., Macq., Curt. 



Antenna inserted in large cavities close to the inner margin of 

 the eyes below the forehead, approximating, as long as the 

 thorax, porrected, filiform or compressed, pubescent and 16- 

 jointed, basal joint rather the longest, subclavate, 2nd subcor- 

 date, 3rd ovate-truncate, the remainder oblong, gradually taper- 

 ing to the apex, the terminal joint rounded at the tip (3). 

 Trophi very short, excepting the Palpi, which are rather long, 

 slender, slightly pubescent and incurved, 4 -jointed, basal joint 

 globose, 3rd elongate-clavate, 4th much longer and filiform (/). 

 Lip broad and somewhat bilobed. 

 Head ovate ; face narrow (2 ^ front view): eyes rather large lateral 

 ovate, emarginate inside next to the antenna: ocelli 3, often in a line 

 across the crown (2 * npperside of head, 2 the profile). Thorax 

 globose, compressed, raised very much above the head : scutel small, 

 transverse ovate : metathorax short semiovate. Abdomen more or 

 less cylindric in the males, more fusiform in the females. Wings 

 scarcely longer than the body, parallel and incumbent, with 3 costal 

 and 2 long furcate nervures (D); halteres short and clavate. Legs 

 rather stout than long: thighs short compressed: tibiae, anterior 

 short with small spurs at the apex, the 4 posterior with long sjjurs 

 and 2 series of bristly spines outside: tarsi long and 5 -jointed, basal 

 joint long: (8 t> hind leg). 



PuLCHELLA Curt. Guidc, Gen. 1172. 



Bright ochreous, shining, finely pubescent, antennae fuscous 

 except at the base, eyes and patch on the crown black, a fuscous 

 spot on the metathorax, a black spot at the apex of the 1st and 

 2nd abdominal segments, 3 following with a black ring on the 

 margin, 2 apical joints glossy black : wings iridescent, yellowish, 

 with a long fuscous mark at the apex of the costa : tibiae brown- 

 ish-ochre ; tips of hinder thighs and tarsi blackish. 

 In the Author s Cabinet. 



This genus approaches so near to Mycetophila that it is dif- 

 ficult to separate them ; Meigen however says, that 3 distinct 

 ocelli distinguish Leia^ one being either absent or exceedingly 

 minute in the other group. 



* Ocelli forming a triangle on the cro'wn of the head. 

 1. pulchella Curt. Bril. Ent. jd. 6^5. S- 



The only specimen I have seen of this pretty insect I took 

 on Turk Mountain near Killarney, the 9th July. 

 2. nitidicoUis Meig. vol. \. p. 255. w. 3. 



