292 TIPULIDJE. 



legs, ferruginous. Wings brown ; veins black, ferruginous at the base. 

 Male. Legs and sides of the abdomen very hairy. Fern. Hind tibia; 

 and sides of the abdomen slightly hairy, often bare. 



Not common. Inhabits the .banks of ponds. (E.) 



21. yagans, Walk. C. D. 33. M. i. 43 (1848). Fcem. cinerea, an- 

 tennis nigris, pectore abdomineque sordide fulvis, alls subcinereis, stigmate 

 fusco, pedibus fidvescentibus, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. 

 Long. 2| ; alar. 6 lin. 



Fern. Slender, greyish. Antennas black, a little longer than the head, 

 tawny at the base. Pectus, abdomen, and legs dingy tawny. Wings 

 slightly greyish ; stigma and veins brown. Halteres pale, with darker 

 knobs. Tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibiae brown. 



Not common. (E.) 



SUBSECTION 2. 



Mediastinal vein ending at a little beyond two-thirds of the length 

 of the wing ; subcostal ending at about five-sixths of the length, con- 

 nected by a transverse veinlet near its tip with the radial; radial and 

 cubital springing from a common petiole, which they rather exceed in 

 length, and which proceeds from the subcostal at a little before the 

 middle of the length of the wing, and is almost angular near its base ; 

 radial forked near its base ; cubital connected by a transverse veinlet at 

 its base with the first externo-medial ; first externo-medial springing 

 from the third, with which it is also connected by a transverse veinlet, 

 whose angle is the origin of the second externo-medial ; subanal con- 

 nected with the third externo-medial by a transverse veinlet, which is 

 very little beyond the base of the first externo-medial. 



22. errans, Walk. C. D. B. M. i. 55 (1848). var. remota, Walk. 

 var. ignota, Walk. Fcem. lutea aut fulva, antennis apice obscuriori- 

 bus, thorace nonnunquam vitta cinerea, alis limpidis, abdominis dorso 

 fulvo, pedibus flavis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 

 3-4 ; alar. 7-10 lin. 



Fern. Luteous or tawny. Antennae tawny, darker towards the tips, 

 longer than the head. Thorax with an occasional greyish stripe. Wings 

 limpid ; veins brown, tawny towards the base. Abdomen above tawny. 

 Legs yellow ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibiae brown. 



Not common. (E.) 



SECTION 12. 



c c. Radial vein not forked. 



d. Veinlet betwen the subanal and the third externo-medial in a line with the 

 inner side of the discal areolet, or nearer to the base of the wing. 

 e. Subcostal vein ending where it joins the radial. 



Large bright-coloured species, with more or less variegated \fings. 

 Mediastinal vein ending beyond two-thirds of the length, connected 

 by a veinlet very near its tip with the subcostal ; subcostal ending at 



