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THE REPORT OF THE 



No. 19 



Pedicia alhivitta, Walker, is a larger and handsome Crane-fly. It 

 may be readily distinguished by its brown costa and the obtuse-angled trian- 

 g'le raised upon it. In the male of the species there is a brown line running 

 from the obtuse angle to the hind margin of the wing. 



In June, 1896, I took, in the grounds of my friend Mr. Wheeler, at 

 Bergerville, a fine species of Ctenophora. Its head and thorax are jet black, 

 polished ; its abdomen is black, excepting the two first segments which are 



Fig. 38. Cat and Dog Flea, greatly 

 magnified ; a the egg. 



Fig. 39. EiUacomorpha C>»- 

 ripex. (original). 



Fig 40. Black Horse Fly ; Tabamis atralus 



Fig. 42. Pterodontii 

 Fig. 41. Robber Fly ; .4si7us. Jlmipes [origina]). 



Fig. 44. 1. Odynerus iigres. 2. Tem 

 Fig. 43. SyrphusFly. nostoyna bomhilans [origma.]). 



Fig. 45. Tachina Fly, parasite 

 of the Army-worm. 



bright red. The legs are red. The wmgs are somewhat smoky; their veins 

 are dark brown distinctly marked, and there is a brown spot on the costa at 

 about one-third the length of the wing, counting from the tip. 



But I think the most remarkable of the near relatives of the Tipulidae 

 is Bittacomorpha clavipes, Fabricius (Fig. 39). This creature has trans- 



