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Genus If lipulu. 'the Crane Fly. 
In this tribe, the mouth is a prolongation of the head y 
the probofcis is Ihort, and bent inwards ; the upper jaw 
being arched : All the different fpecies, which are no lefs 
than fifty-eight, have two palpi, which are incurvated, 
and longer than the head The whole genus is readily 
diftinguifhed by the enormous length of their legs, by 
which they are enabled to walk among the grafs, as men 
are alhfted byftilts in palling through marftiy ground. 
The tipula maxima of Ray is one of the largeft feen in 
Shis country : The wings are variegated with brown and 
white; the body and abdomen are of an alh-coloured 
brown f. 
Tipula crocata, the faffron crane fly. This elegant 
fpecies has the thorax and fcapuli of black hue; the belly 
faffron : the wings are marked each with a fmooth re- 
fplendent fpot of a brown colour ; the reft of the wings- 
are yellow, and the annuli of the abdomen are diftinguilh- 
ed by alternate bands of yellow and black J. 
The alli-coloured tipula is mentioned by Goedartj,.- 
JLewenhock ^f, and Reaumur |J. The whole body is of an 
alb- 
* Syft. Nat. p. 970. -j- Rai. Infect, p. 73. No. 3. 
$ Ai 2 .es u’Upfal, 1736, p. 30. § Part II. p. l6j, 
Epift. 1693, Dec. 30. ft Tome IV. 
