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CRANE FLIES 
Family TIPULIDAE 
Order DIPTERA 
The crane flies constitute a large group of two winged flies 
that is of great interest to the student of the genetic relation- 
ships of the Diptera because of its rather generalized form 
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Fig.5 Tipula abdominalis Say ? nat.size. (Reprint from N. Y.State Mus. Bul. 47) 
sand structure. It is of interest to the student of natural 
history also, because of the remarkable diversity of structure 
Fig.6 Larvaof Tipula abd ominalis Say. (Reprint from N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 47) 
and habits of the larvae. ‘The group is largely represented 
within our borders, and during two past field seasons I have 
