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Genus.—Cricotopus, V. d. Wulp. 
Wings naked ; feet marked with white and black bands ; first joint 
of fore tarsi considerably shorter than the tibiz; anal ring in ¢ 
shorter than the preceding segments and broader than long; the 
pincers short and thick, snow-white. The species are all small (1 to 2 
lin.), and generally yellow and black. Three shining black streaks 
on the thorax, in some so broad that only two spots on the shoulders 
remain. 
C. tibialis, Mg. 
Shining black ; abdomen with a pale band on each segment, paler 
than thorax ; antennze brown; legs dark brown, with a white band 
on each tibia ; anterior tarsi bare ; metatarsus almost twice as short 
as the tibiz, Wings milk-white, with pale veins. Length, 1 to 2 lin. 
Rare. 
C. motitator, L. = Tipula motitatrix, L., and C. dizonias, Mg. 
Yellow, shining; thorax with three black stripes. Abdomen 
black, with two yellow bands near the base and one in the middle; 
sometimes these bands are reduced to spots. Antennz and palpi 
brownish. Legs white ; femora and tips and bases of tibice black or 
brown; anterior tarsi black, middle tarsi, with sometimes the third 
hind tarsi, with fourth joint white. Wings white, costal and first and 
second veins dark, rest pale. Length, 1 to 1} lin. A common and 
generally distributed species ; amongst grass and rough herbage. 
C. annulipes, Mg. 
Black ; thorax with a yellow border in front, pectus black, also 
metathorax and scutellum; hind borders of abdominal segments 
yellow; legs black, femora yellowish-white towards the base, a 
yellowish-white band also present on the tibiz. The 9 is yellow, 
thorax with three black stripes, rest of thoracic region black. Wings 
grayish. Length, 14 to r# lin. 
C. tremulus, L. 
Yellow, shiny. Thorax with three black stripes. Abdomen black, 
yellowish at the base in the ? ; in the ¢ the segments are pale 
brown or white at the edge. Legs black, tibize white except at the 
ends. A common species, and generally distributed. Length, 1 to 
1} lin. 
The following are also described by Walker : 
See? s ..__ ( Shining yellow, with three broad black bands on 
C. y lvestr NE F.=C. vibra j the thorax. Legs white. Abdomen yellow 
pinche dit 1 ss with black bands. Length, r4 lin. 
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