288 TIPULID^E. 



two-thirds of its length, and is connected with the third externo-mcdial 

 by two transverse veinlets ; the outer one of these forms an angle, 

 whence proceeds the second externo-medial ; third externo-medial con- 

 nected with the subanal by an oblique transverse veinlet, which is be- 

 yond the middle of the hexagonal discal aroolet. Lininophila p., Mcq. 



SUBSECTION 1. 



Solitary species, with spotted wings and slender legs. Inhabit the tanks of streams 



and of ponds. 



13. punctata, Meig. Zw. i. 122. 6 (1818); Mcq.; Girara. ; 

 Schumm.; Stseg.; Ros. (V.) ; Zett. ocellaris? L.; F.; Schr.; Gmel. 

 Var. geniculata, Hoffm. ; Meig. ; Gimra. Cana, palpis antennisque 

 nigris, thorace vittis tribus cinereis, alis subalbidis guttis plurirais 

 fuscis maculisque nonnullis obscurioribus, pedibus nigris, femoribus 

 tibiisque basi pallidis. Long, 5 ; alar. 12 lin. 



Hoary. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with three grey stripes. 

 Wings dingy whitish, with many brown dots, and three or four darker 

 brown spots, one at the tip of the axillary vein, the rest along the hind 

 side of the subcostal vein ; a row of small, dark brown, subquadrate 

 spots between the subcostal vein and the costa ; these extend from 

 near the base to beyond the middle, where they are succeeded by three 

 larger and more remote spots ; veins black, testaceous at the base. 

 Halteres whitish. Legs black, pubescent ; tibise ferruginous towards 

 the base ; femora tawny, black towards the tips. 



Not rare. (E. S. I.) Var. a much resembles var. /3 genicu- 

 lata, but may be distinguished by its darker colour, the darker 

 and more numerous spots of its wings, and especially by the greater 

 length of the fork of the first externo-medial vein. 



SUBSECTION 2. 



Gregarious species, with ocellated wings and stout legs. Inhabit woods; then- 

 flight vertical, rising and falling. 



14. picta, F. E. S. Suppl. 550. 80 (1805); Latr. ; Lam.; Meig.; 

 Mcq.; Schumm.; Zett.; Gim.; Stseg. ocellaris, Schr.; Curt.! B. E. 

 50 ; Guer. ; Gimm. Cinerea, thorace antice fulvo, alis lirnpidis macu- 

 lis ocellisque cinereis, abdomine lurido aut fusco, vittis tribus nigris, 

 pedibus testaceis, femoribus nigro-cinctis. Long. 4-5 ; alar. 9-10 lin. 



Grey. Head behind and thorax in front tawny. Proboscis and 

 palpi black. Antenna? brown, testaceous towards the base, which is 

 black. Wings limpid, more or less mottled with grey, and with three 

 more or less complete grey ocelli. Halteres testaceous ; knobs blackish 

 at the base. Abdomen lurid or brownish, with three black dorsal 

 stripes; hind borders of the segments whitish. Legs testaceous, pu- 

 bescent ; femora with one or two black bands ; tarsi darker than the 

 tibias. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



