Fig. 26. Tipulidae. 23, Elliptera, sp. ; 24, Diotrepha mirabilis; 

 25, RJiipidia subpectinata; 26, Dlongoina pallida; 27. Tipula subin- 

 fuscata; 28, Polyniera albitarsis; 29, Geranomyia pallida; 30, 7V«- 

 cholabis complexa; 31, Rhamphidia albitarsis; 32, Atarba plcuralis. 



The name of 'daddy-long-legs' is the one usually 

 applied to members of this family in England, but in 

 America this term is generally used to designate the 

 Phalangidse or harvest spiders. The name 'crane-flies' 

 is preferable. Commonly they are harmless, but some 

 of the species in the larval state are very destructive, 

 feeding upon the tender rootlets of grass and grain, and 

 causing the plants over large surfaces to wither and die. 

 There are about twelve hundred species known. 



Trimicra pilipes; 9, Limnophila qnadrata; 10, Gnophomyia tristis- 

 sima; 11, Rhypholophus riibellus; 12, Bittacomorpha clavipcs; 13, 

 Anisomera neglecta; 14, Rhaphidolabis tenuipes; 15, Orimarga al- 

 pina; 16, Dicra>iuinyia heretica; 17, Dicranomyia longipennis; 18, 

 Toxorhina magna; 19, Limnophila areola la; 20, Erioptera, sp.; 

 21, Helobia piinctipennis; 22, Antocha opalizans. After Osten Sacken. 



