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border, which is yellowish ; veins brown, yellow at the base and 

 along the fore border; poisers pale yellow, their knobs brown. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



Tipula eburnea, n. s., fern. Capite albo flavescente supra fidvo, tho- 

 racefusco albido quadrivittato maculisque albis ornato, abdomine 

 fidvo lateribus nigro alboque vittatis, antennis tarsisque fuscis, 

 pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiisque apice nigris, alls albo limpi- 

 dis fusco cinereo fulvoque variis. 



Head yellowish white, bright tawny in front above : feelers 

 and mouth brown, the former not near half the length of the chest : 

 palpi and eyes black : chest clear brown, adorned with large ivory- 

 white spots, and having four short narrow whitish stripes on its disk : 

 abdomen tawny, with a black line and a white line running together 

 along each side: legs dull tawny; tips of the thighs and of the 

 shanks black ; feet dark brown, dark tawny towards the base : wings 

 colourless, inclining to white, marbled with brown, gray and tawny : 

 veins brown, tawny at the base and on the fore border ; poisers 

 tawny, with black tips. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by the Rev. T. Evving. 



Tipula dorsimacula, n. s. Fusca, thorace fulvo quinque-vittato, ab- 

 domine fulvo, nigro vitlato et maculis nigris utrinque lineato, basi 

 apiceque piceis, antennis fuscis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiis 

 tarsisque apice fuscis, alis cinereo fulvis albido maculatis, margine 

 antico fulvo. 



Head and mouth grayish brown, the former dull tawny round 

 the eyes : eyes black : feelers brown, tawny at the base, very much 

 shorter than the chest: chest brown, with five dull tawny stripes, of 

 which the two pairs are united on each side both before and behind : 

 abdomen bright tawny, piceous at the base and at the tip, and 

 having a black stripe along the back, and a row of black spots on 

 each side ; two spots in each segment : legs tawny, rather stout and 

 thick ; their down very short; tips of thighs, of shanks, and of feet, 

 brown : wings pale grayish tawny, with some very indistinct white 

 marks on the disk, and some clearer white marks along the fore 

 border, which is dull tawny, and has a small brown brand near its 

 tip ; veins brown, tawny at the base ; poisers dull tawny, with brown 

 tips. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



