314 TIPULIDJE. 



Genus XII. PEDICIA. 



PEDICJA, Latr. Gen. Crust, iv. 255 (1806); Meig. Klass. ; Mcq. ; 

 Stseg. ; Ross. (V.) ; Zett. D. S. Tipula p., L. j F. ; IX G. ; Gmel. 

 Limnobia p., Meig. ; Zett. I. L. ; Schumm. 



Corpus maximum, elongatum, fere lasve, sat validum. Caput parvum, 

 subclavatum. Frons i^iberculata. Oculi rotundi, remoti, subpubes- 

 centes. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi 4-articulati, cylindrici, sub- 

 pilosi, decumbentes, sat validi ; articuli primus, secundus, et tertius 

 sequales; quartus longior. Antennas 16-articulata3, porrectas, sim- 

 plices, apice setaceae, capite vix longiores ; articulus primus crassus, 

 cylindricus, longiusculus ; secundus cyathiformis, validus ; tertius et 

 sequentes rotundati, subpilosi. Thorax ellipticus. Ala3 angusta3, 

 divaricates. Abdomen segmentis octo, depressum, longissimum. 

 Pedes longi, subpubescentes, inerrnes, sat graciles ; coxaB breves ; 

 tibia3 posticas bicalcarata3. Mas. Abdomen apice obtusum, forcipe 

 brevi lata dentata. Fern. Oviductus stylis duobus corneis acutis. 

 Body very large, rather stout, elongated, almost smooth, cinereous. 

 Head small, rounded or nearly obpyriform. Front with an anterior 

 nearly double tubercle by the antenna. Eyes round, remote, minutely 

 pubescent. Proboscis moderately lengthened. Palpi four-jointed, ex- 

 serted, cylindrical, slightly pilose, rather thick, curved downward ; first, 

 second, and third joints of equal length ; fourth rather long, flexible. 

 AntennaB sixteen-jointed, porrect, simple, somewhat stout at the base, 

 setaceous at the tips, very little longer than the head ; first joint thick, 

 cylindrical, bare, rather long ; second cyathiform, bare, rather thick ; 

 the rest rounded, somewhat pilose, successively decreasing in size. 

 Thorax elliptical. Wings divaricate, bare, rather narrow ; mediastinal 

 vein ending at about three-fourths of the length of the wing ; subcostal 

 ending at a little before five-sixths of the length ; radial and cubital 

 springing from a common petiole, which nearly equals them in length, 

 proceeds from the subcostal at half the length of the wing, and forms 

 an angle very near its base ; radial connected by a veinlet with the sub- 

 costal near the tip of the latter ; cubital forked very near its base ; an 

 oblique veinlet extends from the petiole before mentioned to the third 

 externo-medial, arid is thence continued to the subanal; at half its 

 length to the third externo-medial it emits the first externo-medial ; the 

 latter is forked beyond half its length, and at half the length of its 

 petiole it is joined to the third externo-medial by a veinlet, whose angle 

 emits the second externo-medial ; anal vein and axillary vein complete ; 

 discal areolet pentagonal. Halteres bare, somewhat longer than the 

 first segment of the abdomen. Abdomen elongated, somewhat de- 

 pressed, with eight segments. Legs long, slightly pubescent, rather 

 slender, unarmed ; coxa3 not elongated ; posterior tibias with two small 

 spurs. Male. Abdomen at the tip obtuse, with a short broad dentated 

 forceps. Fern. Oviduct with two horny acute styles, forming a vagina. 



