322 TIPULID^J. 



Coxae and trochanters grey, the former with whitish tomentum ; tarsi 

 and tips of the femora and of the tibiae black. 

 Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



3. rufina, Meig. Zw. i. 176. 10 (1888) ; Mcq. ; Schumm. Cana, 

 thorace vittis quatuor fuscis, alis cinereis albido-maculatis, abdomine 

 lurido segmentorum marginibus posticis testaceis, pedibus testaceis, 

 femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 5-6 ; alar. 12-14 lin. 



Hoary. Proboscis piceous. Palpi and antennas black, the latter 

 testaceous at the base. Thorax with four brown stripes, the outer pair 

 short. Wings grey, with four or live whitish spots, the most conspi- 

 cuous one adjoining the stigma, which is brown. Halteres testaceous ; 

 knobs brown. Abdomen lurid ; hind borders of the segments testa- 

 ceous. Legs black, very slender; tibiae dull testaceous towards the 

 base ; femora testaceous with black tips. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



4. hortensis, Meig. Zw. i. 178. 12 (1818); Mcq.; Schumm.; 

 Zett. Cana, thorace vittis sex fuscis, alis cinereis albido-quadrimaculatis, 

 abdomine lurido vitta dorsali apiceque piceis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus 

 tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 6-7 ; alar. 13-14 lin. 



Hoary. Proboscis piceous, tawny beneath. Palpi testaceous. An- 

 tennae black, tawny at the base. Thorax with six broad brown stripes ; 

 metathorax and pectus whitish. Wings grey, with four irregular 

 whitish spots on the disc, and one on each side of the stigma, which is 

 brown. Halteres testaceous, with brown knobs. Abdomen lurid; 

 dorsal stripe and apical part piceous. Legs tawny ; tarsi and tips of 

 the femora and of the tibiae black. 



Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



5. longicornis, Schumm. Tip. 32. 8 (1833). Cana, antennis 

 fuscis basi testaceis subverticillato-pilosis, thorace vittis quatuor latis 

 fuscis, alis cinereis maculis tribus albidis duabusque fuscis, abdomine 

 lurido vitta dorsali fusca, pedibus subpubescentibus, femoribus tibiis- 

 que apice tarsisque nigricantibus, femoribus testaceis, tibiis ferrugineis. 

 Long. 6-7; alar. 12-13 lin. 



Male and Fern. Hoary. Proboscis and palpi testaceous. Antennae 

 brown, thinly verticillate, pilose, testaceous at the base; joints elon- 

 gated. Thorax with four broad brown stripes. Things grey, whitish 

 about the stigma, and with two whitish spots in the disc ; a brown spot at 

 the base of the petiole of the radial and cubital veins, and another joining 

 the hind border of the stigma, which is also brown. Halteres testaceous, 

 with brownish knobs. Abdomen lurid, with a brown dorsal stripe. 

 Legs minutely pubescent ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibiae 

 blackish ; femora testaceous ; tibiae ferruginous. Male. Antenna rather 

 more than half the length of the body. Fern. Antennae a little shorter 

 than the thorax. 



Rare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (I.) 



