British Tipulidce, Sfc. 45 S* , 



Cu. nemorosus. Meig. Europ. Zzoeif. v. i. p. 4. *. 

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

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

 stated under Cu. ornatus. Not uncommon in August. 



10. Cu. domesticus f Germar, 



Luteo fuscus, abdomine atro ; segmentis margine cinereo 



villosis. 



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



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



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



.at Hertford. 



11. Cu. pipiens. Linne. 



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. Syst. Nat. v. 5. 



p. %186—lurt. Trans, v. iii. p. 663 * — Fabr. Spec. 



Ins. y. ii. p. 469 *-~Fabr. Ent. Syst. v. iv. p. 400 *— 



Fabr. Syst. Ant. p. 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. * — Schell. Mouch. dipt. pi. 41.* — Schrank. 



Ins. Aust., No. 980 Schra. Fau. Boic. v. iii. 



No. 2565— Stew. Elem. v. ii. 268 *—Samo. Ent. 



Compend. p. 71, 290 (no description)* — Berk. Syn. 



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

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

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

 during the summer months. 



12. Cu. marginalis. Mihi. 



Rufus ; thorace obscuriore ; abdominis segmentis nigro 

 marginatis. 

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

 that of Leia fasciola, Meigen, its colours being differently dis- 

 posed to those of any other British Culex, as the margin of the 



