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Genus III'ULA, Linn. 



TiPULA SIMULATA, FoBlTl. 



Fusca, cano lomentosa ; jmlpi n'ujri ; antenmB nigra, selacea-, pilosee, 

 basi fulvcc, thoracis dimidio vix longiores ; thorax fusco viltatus ; 

 abdomen testaceo varium, fusco fasciatum et nnivittatiiin, apicefer- 

 rugineum ; pedes ferruginei, graciles, subpilosi, tarsis apice nigris ; 

 alcB albfs, maculis nonnullis fuscis ; haltcres testacei, apice nigri. 



Brown, wilb hoary tomentum. Palpi black. Antennae black, seta- 

 ceous, pilose, tawny at the base, hardly more than half the length of the 

 thorax. Thorax with indistinct brown stripes. Abdomen partly dull 

 testaceous, with a l)rown stripe ; each segment with an imperfect brown 

 band ; tip ferruginous. Legs ferruginous, slender ; tibiae and tarsi very 

 minutely pilose; tarsi black towards the tips. Wings white, with 

 several brown spots, which are darkest along the costa ; veins black. 

 Halteres testaceous, with black knobs. Length of the body 10 lines; of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



Canada. 



TiPULA PLATYJIEBA, Mas. 



Fusca, cano tomentosa ; caput antice fulvum ; antenna: selacea, verlicil- 

 lato pilosa, thorace vix breviores, articulis fusco fasciatis ; thorax 

 fusco vittalus ; abdomen ferrugineum, fusco hivittatum ; pedes fulvi, 

 tarsis apice fuscis ; ala fuscescentes, maculis nonnidtis albidis tri- 

 husque subcostalibus obscure fuscis ; halteres testacei. 



Brown, with hoary tomentum. Proboscis, palpi and antennae tawny. 

 Antennae setaceous, verlicillate pilose, nearly as long as the thorax ; 

 joints alternately globose and elongated ; the globose joints brown. 

 Thorax with five brownish stripes. Abdomen ferruginous, with a brown 

 stripe along each side. Legs tawny, moderately long and slender ; tarsi 

 brown towards the tips. Wings brownish, with several whitish spots, 

 and with three dark brown spots towards the costa ; veins black, tawny 

 at the base and along the costa. Halteres testaceous. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Canada. 



