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CRANE FLIES 



Family XIF»LJLIDAE 



Order DIRXERA 

 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 abdomin alls Say ? 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 



Fig. 6 Larva of Tipula abdominalis Say. (Reprint from X. 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 



