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LIST OF BRITISH TIPULIDM, &c. ("DADDY-LONGLEGS"), 

 WITH NOTES. 



BY G. H. TERRALL, F.E.S. 



{Continued from page 209). 



IDIOPTERA. 

 I am not sure that J. /ffsci^i^ff, L., is British, but think it most 

 probable ; AYalker's description may apply to it, as he says nothing 

 about the abbreviated wings of the female, but, on the other hand, he 

 puts I. puIcheUa, Mg., as a synonym. I. jjulchdla I have taken at 

 Lyndhurst and I. trimaculata at Aberdeen. 



EPRELIA. 



In this genus I know nothing of E. decora^ Hal., given by Walker 

 as a variety of E. marmorata, Mg., but Loew truly remarks that Hali- 

 day's description will not agree with any known Ephelia. Until very 

 recently (l<s63) only one very variable Eplielia was recognised as 

 European, but in that year Egger distinguished E. miliaria, and in 

 1871 Loew. distinguished three more (one of which I think identical 

 with E. miliaria). 



Our British species, exclusive of E. decora, are not easy to tabu- 

 late, but the following table may assist in their determination : 



1 (4) Wing veins entirely without small dots on them. 



2 (3) The spots at the tip of the wing sharply separated; largish species... 



miliaria, Egg. 



3 (2) The spots at the tip of the wing coalescing into a cloud, which occupies 



nearly all the tip of the wing ; smallest species, and legs thinnest... 



apicata, Lw. 



4 (1) Wing veins with some, or numerous, dark dots on them. 



5 (6) Dots on the veins not numerous, hence considerable open clear spaces on the 



wings, supernumerary cross vein with its darkening spread both ways 

 along the postical vein ; smallish species submarmorata, n. sp. 



6 (5) Dots on the veins numerous, usually leaving scarcely any clear spaces on the 



wings, but the supernumerary cross vein does not extend its darkening 

 along the postical vein ; largest species marmorata,'Mg. 



The four species all differ in the vein which ends in the tip of the 

 wing : in E. miliaria this is slightly clouded all along, except at the 

 tip ; in E. apicata it begins nearly clear, then runs through the large 

 apical cloud, but finishes in a clear spot at its extreme tip ; in E. 

 submarmorata it varies a great deal, but is never like the preceding 

 species, it usually has from four to six dark dots on it, and sometimes 

 !j finishes in a dark dot ; while in E. marmorata it is usually crowded 

 with dots. 



E. miliaria : not at all uncommon near the Shin in Sutherland 

 last July, also at Inchnadamph. 



