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Genus LX IV. TIPULA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenna filiform. Mouth arched over by the 

 upper jaw extended from the head. Palpi 

 two, curved, equal, filiform, and longer than 

 the head. Proboscis very short, and bent 

 inwards. 



General Observations. 



Linnaeus has divided this genus into two sec- 

 tions : 



1. With the wings open or extended when I 

 at rest. 



2. With the wings covering the body hori- 

 zontally when sitting. 



The Tipulse are readily distinguished from 

 other dipterous insects by the length and thin- 

 ness of their bodies, by the extent of their wings, | 

 and by the length apd slenderness of their legs, 

 which seem hardly capable of supporting their 

 bodies. Several of the smaller species bear a 

 strong resemblance to the gnat ; but a slight 



