298 TIPULID.E. 



Testaceous. Head hoary. Palpi and antenna? black, testaceous at 

 the base. Thorax with a broicn stripe. Wings limpid ; veins black, 

 testaceous towards the base; stigma almost obsolete. Halteres pale 

 testaceous, with brown knobs. Abdomen with a black stripe. Legs 

 long, slender; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibiae brown. 

 Var. ft. Abdomen brown above. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



38. inusta, Meig. Zw. i. 135. 34.; Mcq. Testacea, capite albido, 

 palpis antennisque nigris, thoracis disco fulvo vitta nigra, alis limpidis, 

 pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 3-3| ; 

 alar. 7 lin. 



Testaceous. Head whitish. Palpi and antenna? black. Disc of the 

 thorax tawny, with a blackish stripe. Wings limpid, narrow; veins 

 black, testaceous towards the base ; stigma indistinct. Halteres testa- 

 ceous, with brown knobs. Legs tawny ; tarsi and tips of the femora 

 and of the tibia? black. 



This may be a variety of L. modesta. Common. (E. S. I.) 



39. stigma, Meig. Zw. i. 138. 40 (1818); Mcq.; Stseg.; Zett. 

 sexnotata, Schumm. Fulva, capite albido, palpis antennisque nigris, 

 thorace vittis tribus fuscis, pectore et metathorace canis, alis subcinereis, 

 stigmate fusco, pedibus testaceis, tarsis fuscis. Var. ft, thorace vitta 

 nigra. Var. y, abdominis dorso fusco. Long. 3-4; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Dull tawny. Palpi and antenna? black, tawny towards the base. 

 Thorax with three brown stripes, the lateral pair short. Pectus and 

 metathorax hoary. Wings very slightly greyish; veins and stigma 

 brown, the former testaceous along the costa. Halteres whitish, with 

 brownish knobs. Abdomen testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous, 

 long, slender ; tarsi brown. Var. ft. Thorax with a black stripe. Tips 

 of the femora and of the tibiae brown. Var. y. Abdomen brown above. 



Common. (E. S. L) 



40. stigmatica, Meig. Zw. vi. 278. 77 (1830). Cana, palpis an- 

 tennisque nigris, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, alis angustis limpidis, stig- 

 mate nigro-fusco, abdomine cinereo vitta dorsali fusca, pedibus fulvis, 

 femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 3-4 ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Hoary. Palpi and antenna? black. Thorax with three broad brown 

 stripes, the lateral pair short. Wings narrow, limpid; veins black, 

 testaceous at the base ; a brown dot at the base of the vein ; stigma 

 large, dark brown. Halteres pale testaceous, with brown knobs. Ab- 

 domen cinereous, with a broad brown dorsal stripe. Legs tawny ; tarsi 

 and tips of the femora and of the tibia? black. 



Not rare. (E. L) 



41. punctigera, n. Lutea, palpis antennisque nigris, thorace vitta 

 fusca, alis sublimpidis, stigmate fusco parvo, abdomine fuscescente, pedi- 

 bus testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 4 ; 

 alar. 8 lin. 



