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TIPULA CONFUSA, v. d. WULP. 
CHRIS. A. CHEETHAM. 
Under this name we have many records for an insect which 
is a widely distributed and common species in Yorkshire. 
It belongs to a small group which have marmorated wings ; 
antennae of normal length with basal segments yellow; thorax 
with four non-bordered stripes ; the wings with normal ‘ Tipula' 
venation and the tips not darkened. 
The species was described by v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent., 
T. marmorata Mg. T. anonyma Bergr. T. signata Staeg. 
XXVI., 176, where he stated that the marmorata Meig. of his 
Dipt. Neerl., I., 363, was, in his opinion, not the insect 
Meigen had described ; he also stated that a specimen since 
given to him by Dr. Mik was the true marmorata Meig. Wulp 
gives keys and describes the difference between his confusa, 
marmorata and signata, and this was adopted by Verrall ( Ento . 
Mon. Mag,. XXII., 201.), and later by Wingate (Trans. Nat. 
Hist. Soc. Northumberland, etc., N.S., Vol. II.). 
A reference to more recent continental workers shows that 
Wulp’s later statement has not been accepted. Bergrolh 
(Wien. Ent. Z., 1889, 119), states that Wulp’s confusa As the 
genuine marmorata Meig., and that the species received by 
Wulp from Mik was a species which had not been recognised 
previously, and Bergroth named it anonyma. Under these 
three names : marmorata Meig., anonyma Bergr., signata Staeg., 
1922 Apl. 1 . 
