SS^ TH2 eRAffE FLfa 



Genus II. — Tijjnla. "The Crane Flj, 



In this tribe, the mouth i3 a prolongation of the hesfT - 

 the probofcis is fhort, and bent inwards ; the upper jaw 

 being arched : All the different fpecies, which are no Lfs 

 than fifty-eight, have two palpi, which are incurvated, 

 p.nd longer than the head *. The whole genus is readily 

 diftinguiihed hj the enormous length of their legs, by 

 which they are ea^ibled to walk among the grafs, as men 

 are aflifled by ftilts in paffing through marfhy ground. 



The tipula maxima of Ray is one of the largeil feen in 

 ihis country: The wings are variegated with brown and 

 white J the body and abdomen- are of an afh-coloured 

 brown f . 



Tipula crocata, the fafFron crane fly. This elegant 

 fpecies has the thorax and icapuli of black hue; the belly 

 faffron : the v/ings are marked each with a fmooth re- 

 fplendent fpot of a brown colour ; the reft of the wings 

 arc yellow, and the annuli of the abdomen are diilinguilli- 

 ed by alternate bands of yellow land black J. 



The afli-coloured tipula is mentioned by Goedart \, 

 Levjenhock ^", and Reaumur |j. The whole body is of aa 



* Syft. N;if. p. 970. f Rai. Ixifefl. p. 72. No. z> 



5 Ade-. d'Uplal, 1736. p. 30. § Part II. p. l6j, 



f Epill. 1693, Dec. ao. fl Tome IV. 



