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IX.— DIPTERA. 



FAMILY CULICID/K. 



433. CuLEX PUNCTOR Kirby. — Length of body 3^3 lines. Two 

 specimens taken in Lat. d^'. 



Body black. Proboscis longer *han the trunk ; sheath black ; valvules 

 and lancets testaceous : palpi somewhat incrassated towards the apex ; 

 antennae broken off in both specimens; wings wiiite. iridescent, with 

 testaceous nervures, without scales, hairs and fringe ; legs testaceous. 



[310.] FAMILY T1PULID.€. 



434. TiPULA PRATORUM Kirby. — Length of body 7 lines. Taken 

 with the preceding. 



^. Head and trunk slate-colored. Antennai black, with the scape 

 yellow ; thorax with four brown stripes, the lateral ones abbreviated ; 

 wings embrowned, clouded with white ; nervures black, but those at the 

 base of the wing are testaceous ; there is a black dot or two near the 

 anterior margin ; and the stigma, or what represents it, is black ; the 

 poisers are pale but black at the tip ; legs obscurely testaceous ; thighs 

 and shanks black at the tip ; tarsi black ; abdomen clubbed, yellow, with 

 a longitudinal dorsal brown stripe ; anal club black. 



^. Wings not spotted with white ; legs distinctly testaceous, black 

 at the joints ; last joints of the tarsi black ; abdomen lanceolate, yellow, 

 with a dorsal, ventral, and on each side a lateral, brown stripe. 



FAMILY BIBIONID.*:. 



[311.] 435. Asi'iTES (Arthria) analis AV/-^^. — Plate vi., fig. 8. — 

 Length of body, excluding wings, 2 lines ; including wings, 3 lines. 

 Several taken in Lat. 65". 



Body black, naked. Head very small ; trunk with a dorsal area marked 

 out by a ridge ; on each side is a reddish-yellow line drawn from the 

 collar to the base of the vving ; but in some specimens this is very indis- 



