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or ten of these larvae are found on the largest 

 Agaric. Towards the end of summer, the larva 

 encloses itself in a case spun of the same mat- 

 ter with which it constructed its nest. The 

 case is of a conical shape with a rough surface, 

 and in this the chrysalis remains about a fort- 

 night before the perfect Tipula appears. 



The well known Gaffer Long-legs, so fre- 

 quently seen in houses in the autumnal even- 

 ings, flying about the flame of the candles, and 

 often perishing in the blaze, is the T. rivosa, 

 one of the larger species of this genus. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Titula pectinicornis. T. antennis pectinatis, alis 



macula nigra, thorace flavescente. Linn. Syst. 



Nat. 1. p. 970. Grnel. 1. p. 2812. Fabr. Spec. 



Ins. 2. p. 399. Mant. Ins. 2. p. 321. Ent. Syst.4. 



p. 233. 

 Degeer, Ins. 6 p. 400. t. 2b. f. 3. 

 Schaeffer, Elem. t. 13./. 8. &f 129. /. 3. 



Icon. 1. 106. f. 5, 6. 



Inhabits Europe, and is found in moist places. 

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