328 TIPULIDTE. 



Common on mountains and moors ; more rare in cultivated low- 

 lands. (E. I.) 



23. melanoceras, Schumm. Tip. 75. 30 (1833). Fcem. cana, 

 antennis nigris, thorace vittis tribus fuscis media lata macula laterali 

 alba, alis limpidis, stigmate fusco, abdomine lurido vitta dorsali fusca, 

 pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiis tarsi sque apice fuscis. Long. 7 ; 

 alar. 12 lin. 



Fern. Hoary. Antennae black, very much shorter than the thorax. 

 Thorax with three brown stripes, the middle one broad ; the lateral pair 

 short and slender ; a white spot on each side. Wings limpid ; veins 

 brown, testaceous towards the base and along the costa ; stigma small, 

 brown. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen lurid, with a brown dorsal 

 stripe. Legs testaceous, rather stout ; tips of the femora, of the tibiae, 

 and of the tarsi, brown. 



Yery rare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (I.) 



24. luteipennis, Meig. Zw. vi. 288. 48 (1830); Schumm.; 

 Sta3g. ; Zett. Cana, antennis fuscis basi testaceis, thorace vittis quatuor 

 dorsalibus fuscis duabusque lateralibus flavis, alis subcinereis basi cos- 

 taque luridis, stigmate flavo, abdomine nigricante vitta lutea margini- 

 bus subapicalibus flavis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiisque apice tar- 

 sisque nigris. Long. 10-11 ; alar. 18-20 lin. 



Hoary. Head beneath and palpi testaceous. Antennae brown, tes- 

 taceous towards the base. Thorax with a yellow stripe on each side, and 

 with four brown dorsal stripes. Wings very slightly greyish, with a 

 lurid tinge at the base and along the fore border ; stigma yellow ; veins 

 black, tawny towards the base. Halteres testaceous, with brownish 

 tips. Abdomen blackish, with a luteous stripe above and another be- 

 neath ; hind borders of the segments towards the tip yellow ; tip fer- 

 ruginous. Legs tawny ; tarsi towards the tips, and tips of the femora 

 and of the tibiae black. Fern. Antennae rather more than twice the 

 length of the proboscis. 



Much resembles T. flavolineata, but the abdomen is shorter 

 and less compressed, and the stigma is wholly yellow. Rare. 



25. lunata, L. F. S. 1744 (1761) ; D. G. ; Schr. ; Gmel.; Latr. ; 

 Meig. ; Mcq. ; Schumm. ; Staeg. ; Zett. Cana, thorace vittis quatuor 

 fuscis, alis subcinereis fascia obliqua alba, abdominis apice testaceo, 

 pedibus nigris, femoribus tibiisque basi pallidis. Long. 6-7 ; alar. 

 14-15 lin. 



Hoary. Palpi and antennae black, the latter tawny towards the 

 base in the male. Thorax with four brown stripes, the lateral pair 

 short. Metathorax and pectus white. Wings slightly grey, with an 

 oblique white band behind the stigma, which is brown. Halteres tes- 

 taceous, with brown knobs. Abdomen testaceous at the tip. Legs 



