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CRANE FLIES 



Family XIF-CILIDAE 



Order DIPXERA 

 The crane flies constitute a large group of two winged flies 

 that is of great interest to the student of the genetic relation- 

 ships of the Diptera because of its rather generalized form 



Fig. 5 Tipula abdominalis Say i nat.size. (Reprint from N.Y. State Mus. Bui. 47) 



and structure. It is of interest to the student of natural 

 history also, because of the remarkable diversity of structure 



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Fig. 6 Larva of Tipula ab-^lominalis Say. (Reprint from N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 47) 



and habits of the larvae. The group is largely represented 

 within our borders, and during two past field seasons I have 



