British Tipulidcej Sfc. 455r, 



Cu. ncmorosus. Meig. Etirop. %ioeif. v. i. p. 4. *. 

 The name of this species is likewise changed by Meigen in the 

 8vo edition of the Kiassificazion, &c. for similar reasons to those 

 stated under Cu. ornatus. Not uncommon in August. 



10. Cu. domesticus f Germar. 



Luteo fuscus, abdoinine atro; segmentis margine cinereo 



viDosis. 



Cu. domesticus. (Germ.) Mcig, Europ. Zweif. \. i. p. 8. *? 



One male and two females of a species which appears to agree 



M ith the above characters of Meigen, are in my collection : taken 



yt Hertford. 



11. Cu.jyipiens. Liune. 



Thorace rufo, lineis duabus obscuris: abdomine cano 



fusco annulato ; pedibus pallidis. 

 Cu. pipiens. Lin. Syst. Nat. v. i. pt. ii. p. 1002* — Lin. 



Faun. Suec. No. 1890* — Gmel. Sijsl. Nat. v. 5. 



p. 21S6—lurt. Trans, v. iii. p. 663 *—Fabr. Spec. 



Ins. y. ii. p. 469 *~Fabr. Ent. Si/st. v. iv. p. 400 *— 



Fabr. Syst. Ant.^. 33 * — Degeer. Ins. v. vi. p. 127, 



tab. 27. — Reaumur Ins. v. iv. tab. 43,44 — Geoff. Ins. 



V. ii. p. 579. tab. 19. f. 4. * — Fill. Ent. v. iii, 



p. 562. *— 5c7te^/. Mouch. dipt. pi. 41.*— Schrank. 



Ins. Aust.. No. 980 Schra. Fuu. Boic. v. iii. 



No. 15Q5—Stew. Elcm. v. ii. 268 *—Samo. Ent. 



Compcnd. p. 71, 290 (no description)* — Berk. Sijn. 



V, 1 , p. 166 *—Shaw. Gen. Zool. v. vi. pt. 2. p 387. * 

 Tiiis is by far the most abundant species of the genus, at least in 

 the neighbourhood of London, wliere it may be found at all times 

 during the summer months. 



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12. Cu. murginalis. Mihi. 



Kufus ; thorace obscuriore ; abdominis segmentis nigro 

 marginatis. 

 The abdomen of this insect, at first sight, greatly resembles 

 that of fycia fasriulu, \Ki;,'('H, its colours Ijcinj; diflTcrontly dis- 

 posed to tiiosc of any other British Culcx, as (lie margin of the 



