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F I G. IL 

 TIPULA RIVOSA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Brown-grey. Eyes black. Antennae feathered. Wings larger than 

 the body, with three brown patches near the margin. Tail of the female 

 bifid. Length one inch. 



Syjf. Erd. 74§. 2. — Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 971. 2.— - 

 Fn. Sv. 1738. 



Geof. Inf. 2. 554. 2. 



Degeer. Inf. 6. 341. 2. Tab. 19. Fig. I. 



Raj. Inf. yi. 2. 



Scop. earn. 846. 



Jffa Halm. 1739. Tab.g. Fig. S. 



Sulz. Inf. Tab. 20. Fig. 128. 



The Genus Tipula, comprifes an extenfive family of the Dipterous 

 Order, or of fuch Infects as are furnifhed with two "Wings only. Our 

 largeft Species are Tip. Rivofa, Crocata, Lunata, &c. the moft com- 

 mon is T. Oleracea, generally known by the trivial appellations, Long 

 LegSy Old Father, &c. It is, as are alfo the other Species, perfectly 

 harmlefs and inoffenfiye j yet their Angular form, and more particularly 

 the extraordinary difproportion of their legs, operates frequently to 

 their difadvantage with the ignorant, who readily fuppofe they have to 

 avoid, the fecreted fting, of whatever appears aukward or uncommon. 



Our fmaller Species are infinitely more numerous, and many of 

 them are not defcribed, being fo very minute as to remain unnoticed. 

 The Tip'ula Plumofa^'Fhte xxii, differs materially in its general appear- 

 ance from the larger kinds. 



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