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NEW SPECIES OF.CRAITE.F.IIESF.ROM SOUTE
AMERICA. PART Ir.*
Order DiPtera).
Family TiPulida,
CgAnLEsP. Ar.nxexnen,
Anherst, Mass'

The majority of the crane-flies discussed.at this time :Lrefrom Chile;d bangonia, wherg they were collected by Messrs.
Fau,, Jaffuef La P-irion. A few additional specimens were.""*Jd. by M;. Merkle and tindly sent to me by Dr. Carlos
Bruch. Add.itional species described r1 this report E1'.efrom
Argentino, collected bV Mr. and Mrs' Raymond C. Shanqon;
piaguoy, trxen by Mr. F. schade; and Ecuadnr, where they
were ,."or"d by Mr. G. H. H. Tate I am very greatly indebted
of studying
to all of the "uo"" nasred,personst*lh:.opportunity
series of Neotropical'Tipulide. Except where
this i*po*;;tstated. to the contrary, the types of the novelties are preservedin my collection.
MicrotiPtrla Alexander'
MicrotipuU (Ui"rotipula) legitimasp' n'General-th" coloration buffy yellow,the praescutumwith three brown*t black;.l"gs
rtrip" stiU darker.;
stripes,;;A;
tTf_q1_9s"1
tf.Jt,'ttt"-t"ro*a *ith^a yellowt}I^ghtl
ryg; .Ynry extensively
cell
c uniformly dartened;with brgyn;*nitlrr; b;;it-"r"i.g"tei
threedark brown longitudinalyellow, withabdominal te;gite" orr&r*
stripes.
Mole. Lensth about 8-8.5fln.;wtlg, 8'8'-9.2tx,t11.'

10*q'
Femalc.G;Ah-about l0 P.t-i-gF'. bloh,the nastrsshortandb1ory+shof head.
F;;t"i fiffi!;tion
trt
flagelhrm
stout;-pJpftb"k:- Antennewith
Yt^J-11;31loq,
rf bent baclward extmding(d) relarively.etgplff,bh;k; ;;t-d;li" r."ftn or jF abdomen;terrrrinal segment
about to #Jo}i1("e":[r-*-(e.lspn1, ffTt baclwardextendingabout
very smalt.
brown,theanteriorvertexandfronsmore
to ri.ini-root.'-H;tftyrinyellourish.
pronot'm, buffy yellow with ? d"+ brownmedian line. Mesonotal
the medianstripe
praesctltumb"ffy illlow, with ryA.Pf
lffipqrfu*her divided bi , .oeryconspiorousblack median vitta; posterior
I Contribution
qrltural College.

of Entomology, Massachusetts Agrjtrom the Departnent
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sclerites of mesonotum. brown, pruinose. Pleura yellow, with two
greyrshlongitudinal stripesl dorso-pleural legron pale yellow. Halteresp"1", the stem a little darkened outwardly_,the knobs'conspicuously
pale yellow. I*gs with the coxe pale bu-ffy brown; trochanters obscurL
yellow; femora black, the basesvery narrowly and indistinctly brightened; a narrow yellowish subterminal ring some distance before apex;
remainder of legs black. TVings with the disk extensively whitish,
sparsely variegated with grey clouds that are chiefly marginal; cell C
uniforrnly darkened; cell ,Scyellow with four brown areas; two or moreless continuous fascie cross cells R and M into the cubital and analcells; wing-apex chiefly darkened, not variegated by marginal palea.reas;stigma dark brown, confluent with the dark costal cell and afield withconspicrrousdark searn on the anterior cord;cells C and ,Scdark, the remaining cells whitish; veias dark brown.
Macrotrichie of veins relatively long and eonspicrrous: Venation:Rr+r
entirely atrophied; cell Ist Mz pentagonal, narroved outwardly; petioleof cell Mt morethan twice m; cell ?nd A relatively wide. In the female,the white ground-color of the wing is even more extensive, including
portionsof bll the posterior cells, most ertensive in cells Rd and Mt.Abdominal tergites obsctrre yellow with three daxk brown longitudinal stripes that widen out on the outer segments,restricting the
ground-color; subterminal segments almost uniforrrly - blackened;hypopygiun obscure yellow; sternites obscure yellow \,eith a medianbrownish black stripe. Ovipositor with the tergal valves slender,
straight, or evenslightly decuwed.
& , Villarica, October 25,
Habitat: Paraguay. Holotlfe,
Lg25 (F. Schade). Allotype, 9 , Santa Barbara, October L7,
1925 G'. Schade). Parotopotypes, 3 d, I , September f
October L4, 1925; parotypes, 1 d, Caraveni, September 20,
1925; I d, with the allotype, October 10, 1925 (F. Schade).
Microtipula (Microtipula) ahovelutina sp. n.
praescutum with three brownish black
General coloration yellow;-velvety-black
spot on lateral Targin of_praestripes; a conspicuous
sculum oppositl the pseudosutr:ral fovee; antennal flagellun black;femora obicure yellowf the tips blackened, precededby a clearer yelloy
zubterminal tioi; wings with the disk feyrsh, the margin darker; cell
Sc bright yellow with four brown axeas.
Mile. Length about 8.5 run.; wing, 10.5 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head light .yellow, bro-wn above; nasus
distinct; pa$i darkarown. Antenna (d)relatively long, if b_eltbackward e*t'""di"g about to the root of the halteres; scap€ yellow, theflagellnm blacf; flagellar segmentscylindrical, the basal enlargement
moreevident on the outer segments. Head yellow.
Pronottm light yellow. i(esonotal praescuturnobscureyellow urith
three brownisliblack stripes, the me&an stripe narrowed and subobsoletebehind; scutnm obtioo yellow, each lbbe largety blackeaed;

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posterior sclerites of notum Sr!ems-6-yellow. A conspigugus vetvety;of_tie praesortum and dorso-p]euralLt""t spot^ on the lateral ma;gln
region, imnediately laterad of - the pseudozutural fovee. PleuraoU-*ntu yellow, the ventral pleurites more infuscated. Halteres daxk
brown, tne baie of the stem obscure yellqw. Legs -with the cox&
obscqre yellow, the fore cox& d.arkened at basel t:ochanters obscurey"tto*; femora'obscure yellow,.the tips brgadly pl-ackened,precededby
brighter yellow ring; tiUie.brownish testaceous'I llttl:; ibddald.arkened.outnrirdly; iarsi passing into broql. -Wings with the disk
eii.ttsi.u"ty gtuytshl cel Sc-brighC yel]oy, with four brown a.reas,theaart brown, conflrrent oTtq a palel
fiist "ite"dfig ioto'cell C; stigma-wing-apex
narrowly infrungd; pass ofbrown seam llong the cord;cells R and lt d&kened; a dusky-area near midlengtb of vein cu in
cell M; vens brown. No macrotrichia io "41t of.wing. . Venation:ii* "titirely atrophied; Rs relatively long and straight; cell Mt withthe petiole longer tbian m.
the lateral margins.of the-segments
Abaominal"tergites bright yellow,
segq;nts and hypopy.gium blackened;
Uac[enJ,- the titUt"t-iial
sternites dUt"tto yellow, the terminal segments blackened.

Habitat Paraguay. Holotype, d, Santa Barbara, October
17, L925(F. Schade).
Microtipula (Eumicrotipula)iguazuensissp' n'
Antenne (d) elongate,bicolorous;mesonotalpraescutumobscurevellow. with int6" Uroimiifr black stripes, the median stripe paler.in
ft "t &""pi for a capillary median vitta; pleura obsctrreyellow, *i!hbrown .itipesl legs.black, the-fe.morarrith a nanrowsubi."Siddi"ltyellow rirg; -i"gs iritn a brownish suffusioa, handsomely;;ffii""lwith ye[6w sp5ts, i.ncluding a submargrna].seriesin cells;;"fi*in, ti Anittclusirr6;cell lr seisile to short-petiolate;cells of distal halfof wing with abundant macrotrichie
Mile. Length about 7.5 rnm.; wing, 9.5 mm.
Femole. L&gth about 9 rnm.; wing, 10 mm.
F;"t"I proto?tgationof head.bUscd".yel1ow;nasus.small;pftpi
dark brown, th;-;;"mi.al segmentpaling into orange. Antenne-(q)t"tJi".ty "ibogrtu, if bent bickwari extendingto about one-third the1en}h "1 itt. iUd.omen;scape1ight.y.uil9*r.the flagellar segmenlsbililack, the apex ye119ylthe Latter;J3-d,. th; base of each sbgme.-nt
g *o." obscuri on the ouler segmentsid\tal flagglla1;;i;t-Gto-it
segments -o.L uniformly darkened. Antenne ( I ) short' Headinfuscated,paler in front.
obscure yellow with three brownish black
Mesonotal pt"*"ium
stripes, the me&iarrstripe paler in front exceptfor a continuousmedianarrl ritt ; r"rin- bro^wnjsh$ey, each lobe with two blackish areas;da.rk,"*t"Un- |elowish testaceous]tid parascutelladark;. pog.tno-tum
stripedor less ptoioos". Pteura obscrrreye{ow, longitrrdinally;"*wittr blackish,^including"aa conspicuousdorsal alea on the angnislernuq""a pi"topleririte and more ventral stripe on the sternopleurite and626

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meron' Halteres light yellow,- the knobs infi:scated, witl
their tips
pSu: L"e with tlie coxa palgj trochant"o "t..Gy"ur*; remora
black, the bases restrictedlr yeliow;-" o*o*yeqgw
"frid;tth-":iing before theslightlywiderblacktips;tetial"a"t,fuGs, bG&.'
brownish suffusion, higdsomely varieg"l"a *ith creamy yeuow ;d;spots:
cell c.chieflv darkened,variegated.
bi ygF; ;bb"J"f;;';;;;
extensivestrbterminalarca";pdst-stig;ali yellow ;A-[l*1["gf;i;in cell Roia serieiof ye!;y *6-.rsi".rlpitr-il
yrlng-ape-x""u,rgclasive;-celllst A with tw6 similatat "si.uu fr "*iug;d;tilftEto{etwo.large yellowish areas that cross vein eui'g "o""pi"**
pale areaat thearctrlus;.teio!darkbrown,p?r9t thp ftxowish;;:ifid;;
11
macrotrichiain all cells of aiifat halfof fi";.
vu;.ti.; : cell Mt
sessileor short-petiolate
Abdomen chiefly- d?rk brown, the basal sternites variegatedobscureyellow; carido-raterar
marginsof ihe i9r*tG-;rtri;?Ait

with

fi;
sterniteschiefly yellow; hyp"ygto; obsqureye[o:w.-Hobitat: Argentina. Holotype, d , Iguazu Falls, october
3-5, 1927 (R. and E. Shannon)._Alotpp,otype,g. poratopofypes,
3 & &. Holotype in the U. S. Natibnal Museum.
Tipula Linnaeus.
Tipula ftaudulenta sp. n.
Allied to T. belloriliotwAlexander (]vIexic.o);antenne bicolorous;
femora yellow with a narrow black ."ut""-iiijr"i"g; *irrgs with ;crezuny gro}ndTolor,. handsomely variegated with- ""oo:,o brod-thE^gzag crossbandsjvein R1a2entirely atrophied; ovipositor withtergal valvesgently decufl/ed.
Female. Length about 11 mm.; wins, 18 mm.
Frontal prolongationof head brournipalpi dark brown. Antenne
more or less bicolorous,tL" basal_segnieiltiobscureyellow; tases ofthe zucceeding- segmenisdarkened; 6uter segmentsmore ""ifftit
darkened.
Mesonotum.discolored,.
the praesortumobscureyellow,with indications of a mefian-stripe'in fr6nt;-,scutal lobes.oti"pi*.iusly marked
with.brourn; scrrtellum_-greenish
yellow. plerrra obscirre-yurio*,"oi.gatgd with darker. Hilteres yellow, the base of the 'knob i titttedarkened..,L"gs with- the coxi- bqo*n; trochanten-lr.G*; i.-";yellow with a nEurowblack ring before-thetips; tibie 6tscur6 yerow,th9 tip-sdarkened;tar-sipaFrng"qto dark brofr.' wdg;tnith a creirm"oJ.oTdEgunq, handsomelyvgiggated by narow bro*wnoo*tu*ar;cell C uniformly infrrscatedl
cell Sc-variegited with alout tnoee'brown-At brownnearli'complete
fascia";t""di;ti;"stisma
1I9?:;? across.
obliquely
the wiag beforethe cord to vein Cir, thencealongihis
veil to the wing-marginl a broaderincomplete brow:r tasciain ce-lls,R"and rt3;a nrurow bryg" marginal searnaror:ndthe wing-apex,the veinJ
similarly seamedwith bro#n, leaving submargin;4ffi;iareas of1923]

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various sizesin the centersof the cells; a narrow zigza4brown fascia"*5g"r the wing from the origin of Ri -t_othe caudal margin in celllst A; base of cEll Cr datkened;veins.ygllqw, {arker in the inftrscatedVenationl Rr+zentirely atrophiid; Rt elon'ate,-nearly-straight;;;:
cell /st Mr sma1l,peniigonal; petiole of cel1Mr 9.1itt19logger than m.
Abdomen diiiolored, the tergites apparently yellowis4 testaceous,the outer segmentsdarker. Ovipos+or with the tergal valves slender,
gently decuived toward tips; sternal valves short.
'
Ecuador. Holotype, I , Pallatanga, dtitude
Hobitat:4400 feet, March 28, 1922 (G. H. H' Tate) 'Tipula nigrovari egata sP. n. 'Female. Length about 17 mm.; wing 14'5 mm'
rno (Alexandbr)ana f. biniildmsi.s (Alexangq),
Allied to T.-i|iiit
differing e*peciatty io tnu arrangement of the thoracic pattern and theof the legs.
coloration-ptototrfrtiott of head_yellow, dark brown abov-e;-pgpi
F;;A
obscqreVeff.i*. eo?;""t yellow, the outer segmentsdarkened. Head'
6rownish yellow.
obscure-Mu*notal ot"lr""tum shiny yellow, with black stripes,the medianstrip" so;;6;.fu o"ty on the ceplialic third, the posterior portion beigg
laieral stripei entire; cunredoutwardly to !!e margin,*li" f"-,tgi""*;"rr*o*fv .6oooi"d along.the pretergat.regionwith the median s!4p9;
r*tr-r yellow-and rerntEinouq each-lobe-witq- a single circular black
lateral" portion. Pleura ye]low, the proplzura exA'".pn.ti";;a?tt"o"a; aneprs.ternum extensively darkened. Halterest""ri""fy
6Bf -itf..th" iemora brownish-black';;tl"*; ine lcroUsturt"i"a.
6Jt tite na"rtowU"r"r obsqure.ydttg*; ttPi* obscureyellow, th9 -tips

n#d;t

aartenJ; ar*i passrls.into dark brown. \ilings XIl*

;tdt g;ayrshyellow suffusibnrthe baseand.costalFsron.nore srfitrsed;
veing yellowish brown.
a"if"t than tire grougd-c91.or1;iig-??iitti"'"Abdo-enwith the basal tergites yellowish, the t"!t""qi"al -segmentp
oi 1n" iniermidiate segmentsbroadly blackened.
bl,r"k,-i"t"i"r #gi"rOvipositor with tle fleshy tergal valves fulvous.
Habitat: Ecuador. Holotype, 9 , Ventura, altitude 1400
feet, April 10, Lg22 (G. H. H. Tate).
Tipula inarmata sP. n.
Allied to T. armofifcmnis Alexand_er;anter?nalflagellun black;*ittto"i " .olt"t spur;male.h{po,qYgtgTllthe lobesof*i*;iJ)ift" ktitn't"tgii" rt*aut; ai"ltg,i"t aud.ifgf,tly decun'ed;appendage
of-ufttth stefrite with an apic-alelnargination
Liole. Length about 14 mm.; wing, 14 mm'
p*"t"fof head retaTively shortr .FhI fgmrginou"s;tffl""g*i.r
distinit:-p"ipi obscure yellow. Anlennre (d) rglalively loge'o"*if bent bachyLl uit""ai"g to some distance beyond the base of theabdomen;r"rp" t"U;; firs?flagellar segmentobscureyellow, darkened

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outwardly; remainder of flagellum black; flagellar segments conspictrouslyincised, the basal and apical enlargementssubequal; verticils
shorter than the segments. Head buqf yellow.
Mesonotun buffy yellow, with scarcely evident stripes; posteriorsclerites clearer yellow. Pleura yellow. Halteres obscure yellow, theknobs a little infuscated Legs *i!h the coxe and trochanters yellow;
remainder of legs yellow, the tarsi passing into dark brown. Wings
yellowish Seyr the prearorlar and costal regions yellow; stigma brownish
yello1g. No spur on costa near stigma, as in ormotiPennis, this region
a trifle dilated. Venation: .Rs short and strongly arcuated; R1.,-2
very
short and oblique, the cell being unusually wide; cell lst Mz small, longpentagonal; petiole of cell. Mt more than twice m,
Abdorninal tergites yellow, the lateral margins broadly infuscated,most conspicuous on the intermediate segments; median dark stripe
less indicated; subterminal segments black; hypopygium castaneous.
Male hypopygium with the tergite broader than long, the median area
further produced into two slender divergent, slightly deqtnred spinesthat are separated from one another by a V-shaped notch. Eighthsternite produced caudad to beyond the level of the remainder of the
hypopygium into a shovel-like scoop, the apex of which has a U-shaped
enrargination.

HahitaL' Argentina. Holotype, &, Puerto Bemberg,
Misiones, October 8, L927 (R. and E. Shannon). Holotype in
the U. S. National Museum
Tipula lanigerasp. n.
Belongs to the gtophyroPtero group I general coloration BmY, thepraesctrtun with four brown stripes, in addition to the broad brownlateral marg'ins; antennal flagellum dark; fenrora obsctrre yellow, thetips blackened, preceded by a nzurow clearer yellow zubterminal ring;wings brown, variegated with darker brown and pale ztreas; abdomenyellow, the tergites with sublateral dark stripes, the outer segments
uniformly darkenedl abdomen of male with long conspicrrous whiteseta on the ventral surface of sternites four to seven.
Mole. Length about 13 mm.; wing, 16.5 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head brown; nasus long and slender; palpi
brownish black. Antenne with the scapal segments obscure yellow,
the first darker above; flagellum brownish black, the basal enlargementof the segmentsa trifle darker in color; longest verticils about as long.as
the segmentsl antenne of moderate length, if bent backrnrardextending
about 1o the halteres. Head grey, the center of the vertex inJuscated.
Mesonotum Bmy, the praesqltu:n with four entire brown stripes,
in addition to the broad brown lateral margins; scutun graY, eachlobe with two nearly contiguous brown areas; posterior sclerites of themesonotum-lighter gray rcith a conspicuousmedia^nbrown line. Pleura
dark brownish gFay; dorso-pleural region buffy, sufftrsed with brown.
Halteres brown, the base of ttre stem and apex of each knob paler.

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Legs witn the coxe brownish gray; trochanters brownish yellow; femora
brownish yellow, the tips broad.ly blackened, preceded by a narrow,brighter yellow, subterminal tiog; tibie obscr:re yellow, the tips
infuscated; tars! brownish yellow, passiog into brown. Wiogs witha strong brownish suffusion, variegated with darker and pale af,eas;dark axeas in cell ^Scextensive, only the second pale spot being conspiorous; post-stigmal pale area very small, restricted to cells Sa andbase of R2;a nuurow obliterative line across cell /sl M2; pale a^reasin
apices of the cells beyond Rzi a conspiorous yellow mark near the outerend of cell M adjoining vein Cui veins brown; obliterative areas
extensive. Veaation: Rr+zpale but entire, with macrotrichia only atbase; distal section of vein Ms areuatd.
Abdomen with the first tergite brown; zucceedingtergites yellow,
the caudal and sublateral portions of the segmentsdark brown, becoming
more extensive on the outer segments,the terminal segmentsuniformly
darkened. Mde hypopygium relatively srnall and slender. Ninthtergite extensive, the width nrbequal to the length, broadest iustnarroved; caudal margin with abeyond midlength, thence
broad, very shallow emargination; viewed from the side, each lobe withtwo chitinized black points. Basistyle with the ventro-caudal lobe
small, scarcely longer than broad, pale in color, with conspicrrous
seta; mesal lobe of about the sa:ne size, dark-colored. Outer dististyle
relatively stnall but stout, a little enlarged outwardly, with long, conspicrrous sete. Inner dististyle bifid at apex, the caudal margin nea.r
midlength with a conspicuous fringe of pale crenulate sete. F,ighthsternite with a single median appendage, relatively srnall, the stem
portion narrow, at apex dilated into a snall flattened head that is bent
strongly ventrad, clothed vrith short silken setula. Ventral surtaceof sternites four to seven with very long conspicuous white seta, producing a wooly appezrrance.

HaAiUt' Argentina (Patagonia). Hohty|e, &, Bariloche,
L. Nahuel Huapi, April L922 (A. Merkle); through Dr. Carlos
Bmch.
Tipula anthonymphasp. a.
group; l1ti"4 to hylonymphoAlexander;
Belongsto the glophyroptcro-t[elrith foun entire brown stripes;
praescutum
mesonotr,un $ay,
femora yello*, the tips- blackened; wings. long ani narrow, marbled
with brown and grayf abdomen with the intermediatg tergites yelloq
with a broad sublateral black stripe on either side; eighth sternite ofmale hypopygitrm with a conspicuous flattened bilobed appendage,thelobules fringed with long conspicuousyellow sete.
Male. Length about 23 rnm. wing, 25 X 5.3 rnrn.
Frontd pro'longation of head dark brown-, pruinosg abovel nasius
long and stenaer; palpi black. Antenna short, f bent - backward
snd'lngfar beforethe wing-root; firyt sqg-ent brown, the apexblackened;
obscure yellow; flagellurn blackj first flagellar segment
seconii segment-subequal
to the succeeding two taken together; verticils
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relativety itconspicuous, shorter than the segments. Head pruinose;vertex \rith a dark brown 6sdian stripe; posterior orbits lined witf,
dark brown.
Mesonotum gFayr the praescutum with four entire brown stripes,
the intermediratepair namowed behind; each scutal lobe \nrith tvro browri
areas; posterior sclerites of mesonohrm lighter gray with a medianbrown vitta. Pleura gray with a broad dark brown dorsal stripe extending from the eervical sclerites to the pleurotergite, the ventral portionof the latter almost whitish gray; dorso-planral region buffy yellow.
Halteres obscure yellow, the knobs infuscated. Legs with the coxe
pruinose; trochanters dark brownl femora obscrrre yellow, the tips
broadly blackened, preceded by a vague, n€uror, brighter yellow rittg;
tibia obscureyellow, the tips infuscated; tarsi light brown, passingintb
darker brown at tips; claws small, simple; legs very long and slender.
long and narrow, as shown by the measurernents;
Wings
yellowish nrbhyaline, handsomely clouded and marbled with brownand gray; cells C and Sc pale yellow, the latter with for:r relatively
small brown areas; the pale area between the second and third da"rk
areas'extensive; stigma light brown, bordered by darker brown; allmedial, cubital and anal cells marbled with gray, the basesand apicesof the cellswith pale areas;veins brown, the obliterative areasextensive.
Venation: -Rr+zentire but pale on distal third.
Abdomen with the basal tergites dark brown, the interrnedia.te
segments obscure yeflow, brgadJf blackened sublatgrally, the lateral
margins narrowly pale; terminal segmentsmore uniformly blackened;sternites brownish yellow, the outer segments blackened. Male
hypopygium with the ninth tergite extensive but wider than long,the caudal margi4 with a broad V-shaped median-a notch. Basistylesmall, the ventio-caudal lobe barely evident as microscopic black
lobule that is provided with dark seta; mesal lobe pale, relatively
inconspicuous, clothed with delicate setula; neither the basistyle
nor its lobes bear long conspiorous reddish sete, as is the case inhylonympho. Outer dististyle pale at base, the apex a little expanded.
Eighth sternite with the median appendage broad, conspiorously
bilobed, each lobule fringed with very long, conspicuous,yellow sete.

Habitat Argentina (Patagonia). Holoty|e, &, Bariloche,
L. Nahuel Huapi, April L922 (A. Merkle); through Dr. Carlos.Bruch.
Tipula fazi sp. a.
Belongs to the glophyroftcro groupl antenne (d) elongate, basal
thrce segments yellow, remainder of flagellum black; mesonotal praescrrhrm gray with three dark brown stripes, the median stripe weakly
divided; pleura partly dark, partly yellow; femora yellow, the tips
broadly blackened; claws (d) with a conspiorous basal tooth; wings
sufiused with yellow, the dark pattern very reduced; rnale hypopygftut
with the ventro-caudal lobe of basistyle very snall; no appendage oneighth sternite.

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Length about 13 mm. ; wing, 15.5 mm.; antenna about 6 mm.
prolgngation of head brownish yellow; nasus long a^nd
_ {*o!"1
slender, brosrrish black; palpi dark brown, the terrrinal segment palereddish yellow. Antenna (cf,) unusually long, if bent- backward
extending-to some distance beyon{ the base of'the abdomen; scape1nd {rst flasellar segment pale yeilow; remainder of fl4gellum'black;first PS"U* se-gmentelongate, a little longer than thJ first scapal!
remaining fl+g"!l* segments.-elong_ate,only gently incised, a littli
longer than the longest verticils. Head gr.i, paler behind.
Mesonotal praescrrtum gr?y with three dark brown stripes, themgq?n stripe except at posterior end divided by a pale line and further
lplit by a capillary dark brown vitta; scutum gray; each lobe with t''wo
brown aleas; scrrtellum Eray, p4el laterally, urith a median brown line;
postnotal mediotergite gray *ith_ r vague-withdarker median line, thdlateral- margins- narrowly pale. Pleura
the anepisternum' andventral sternopler:rite dark, sparsely pruinose; remainder of pleura,-d.orsoincluding t!" pleurotergite and dorsal sternopler:rite pale;
pleural membrane yellowish. Halteres pale, the buter end of fhe stemand the knobs dark brown, the apices of the latter restrictedly pale.
Le-gswith the coxa and trochanters yellow, sparsely pruinose; ietirora
yellow, the. tips broadly and conspicrrously blackened, preceded by avaguely !,righte1 yellow riog; tibin obscure yellow, the tips broadly
infuscated; ba^saltwo tarsal segments pde, the tips and outer tarsal
segments infusqated; claws with a long slender basal tooth. Wings
with a -yellowish suffusion, the distal third somewhat more infumed;
stigma brown, oval; three vague brown clouds in cell Sc; anterior cordwith a similar ryarcgly indicated pale brown cloud; post-stigmal palearea including the basal third of cells Rz and Rs;-a narrow wtrite
obliterative line in outer end of cell R and base of cell lst M2, barely
reaching Mg cell Cnr uniformly darkened; vein Cu in cell M on aistat
two-thirds conspicuously sea^rnedwith brown, intermpted at near twotltit4. the length o{ the cell; veins dark brown. Venation: Free tipof Sa and -rR1..2
entire, both with macrotrichie for entire length; ceitlst Mz relatively small, pentagonal.
Abdomen with the basal tergite gray; succeeding tergites yellow
with a conspicuous median blilck stripe and scarcely indicLted brownlatera_l stripes; on the outer segments the black is very extensive,
including all of segments seven and eight and most of nine. Male
hypopygturr small. Ninth tergite large, black, with a large palebasal triangle; lobes abnrptly yellow; caudal margin of tergife thin,with a median U-shaped.notch, the lateral lobes broad, the apex of eachwith four or five microscopic denticles. Basistyle relatively small,completel ventro-caudal lobe very small, subglobular, dtr conspiorous
setiferous tubercles; mesal lobe larger but still inconspiorous, pale,when viewed from beneath subtriangular in outlinel neither lobe-projec,ing strongly beyond the genital chamber. Otrter dististyle iub.
cylindrical, terete, the outer h"lf with long pale seta. Eighth sternite
unarmed.
MaJa

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Habitot Chile. Holotytfe, &, L. Panguipulli, Valdivia,
March 3, L924(AU. Fu). Holotype in U. S. National Museum.
Tipula fazi is named in honor of the collector, Mr. Alfredo
Faz.
Tipula sBahrliferasp. n.
Belongs to the gl,ofhyroftero groapl antenne bicolorous; mesonotal
obscure y9ll9w niith three brown stripes; male hypopygiurr
with the append"ge gf- tle eighth sternite appearing as a consfiorous
median spatula, the blade nearly as wide as long, the dorsal irrrface
with a d.ensecushion of short seta.
Mole. Length about 14 mm.; wing, 15-15.5 rnm.
Frontal prolongation of head yellow, with a nzurow darker lateralline; nasus short and stout, with black sete; palpi brownish black.
Antenna with the scapeand basal flagellar segment yellow, the srcceeding flagellar segmentsvaguely bicolorous, the-basal enlargement black,
the remainder obscurebrownish yellow; outer flagellar segmentsbroken;
longest verticils subequal to the segments. Head ochreous, the vertex
marked with brown
apparently-Mesonotal praescuturn obscure yellow with three brown stripes,
the median stripe entire orcept in front where it is slightly divided bya pale vitta; sqrtum grayish laterally, more-yellow medially, each lobe
with two brown areas; posterior sclerites of mesonotum yellow with anarrow brown median vitta. Pleura rzariegated obscure yellow andbrownish *ay, the latter color on the sternopleurite, dorsal and veatral
anepisternum, ventral pteropleurite and meron; remainder of pteropleurite clearer yellow with a spa{se white pollen. Halteres yellow,
the knobs dark brown. L"gs srith the coxa obscure yellow, a little
darkened at base; trochanters obscure yellow; remainder of legs broken,
except the base of the fore femur which is light yellow. Wings with abrownish suffusion, conspiorously variegated with white; cells C and Sc
more yellowish; three brown areas in cell Sc,' post-stigmal crossband
nearly complete; pale marginal spots in cells Rr to Ist A inclusive; cell
0rrd A pale.
Abdomen obscr:re yellow, the tergites trivittate with dark brown,
on the outer segments the stripes widened to include--most of thesegments; subterminal segments blackened; hypopygium with thesternite and basistyle dark, the tergite and appendageof eighth sternite
pale. Male hypopygium relatively large. Nioth tergite gently arched,
ihe caudal margin slightly narrowed, with a small U-shaped msdian
notchl lateral lobes tnrncate, low and broad. Basistyle completel
ventrocaudal lobe relatively long and slender, at least five times aslong as thick, with long conspicrroussetel mesal lobe conspiorous,
extended caudad beyond the level of the ventral lobe, appearing as a pale
stmcture that is densely set with microscopic setula; viewed ventrally
the mesal appendage is seen to be conspicuously tr'lobed. Outerdististyle gently enlarged outwardly, with elongate sete. fnner
dististyle cSmprlssed, tf,e caudal margin with long pale seta. Eighth

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Aleraniler: crane-Fl'i,essternite with a conspicuous median spatulate

as wide * rorri,";il-e;;i-633

structure that is nearlysutf.." of the bradedenselyset with acushion of short erect seta'

Habitat' Chile. Hol'otY|e, &, L. PanguiPulli, Valdivia'
HolotYPe in
February 4, 1924 (Alf' Faz) ' Paratopotype, d.
U. S. National Museum'
TiPula tersa sP' n'
short, bicolorous;
Belongs to the glophyroptcro.grolp; antenne
and gray;. "]"gs whitish
mesonotal praescutuln striped. witl br-own.
postn"llily ""4 conspicuouslvv11eg:?ted.with bSown;;6hlr[";,^
R:linto cell-i?-1,"
stigmal white arel short ani Uroaa, extenEing
long, approxlvery
hypopygium *it-n tn" -"s"t lobe of the basisf,yle
tU" """iro-caudal lobe, tlottt; gently arorated; 'mately twice ;il;;tstsnite trifid, the median lobe longest.
;HJd;;:;;shthMole. *"dh about 16 mrn'; wing' 16 mm' darker and slightlv;! hoa'obs;;e vellow,
Frontal p";?;fiil
brownisn black' Antennagit".gtt";, q{Pl-ending
pruinose *mJ"l-X;;
berorethesomedisrance
iiffit !i*r**di;;r,:;;iy;t#j
theyellow't*" nagellar :Fgq*tt obscurewins-root; ,""p! ;ffi;*lblack,
n"g"u* segment, ui"otu:*.'s, thl basal enlargement
ffi;ililg
more-segmentsbecoming
the remaindei-y.U"*; on the outermbststgLtly
the b"PloolYilr-"it9*'
uniform brown; flagellar t"gt*i.q
lxceeding the segments'
enlargementsJm.ffl%"gest ?erticils a iittle the vertex a little more
shorter on the outer ,.g*uttt*- Head {raYtgray.
Uto*"itn.rr,1 - -^--^A ^^1^- -ac*i
restrictedly pale
Mesonotal praescufirn with the . ground-colorstripe chiefly saY,
brown, with thiee brown *a gt"y ririiTJ,*edianand a clpillary medianthe lateral margins on the post-eriortwLthirds
stripesentire, dark brown,
vitta the entirjffigth i"tf u-*tt;.lateralpruinose,the setiferous
margined with light gre{; poJt-"-tior',interspaces
and-h'meral regionsof thepunct're, .oorpiilorr'r, i-k-[to*";Gt."it gFav.eachlobe \ieithtwo extenscu'tum
Draescururl"iTh.-;;"d*;ror;pit", the central portion more
3ive dark brownish gray "tot; l""t"U"*- me&a' vitta' Pleura EraY'
infuscated.;postnotum gray'k;it ; d"tk palg, tF__kt*j infuscated'the dorso-pteuralregion b"ff;:- Halterestrochanters obscureyellow;
Lees with the cox€etp",ryJi' pntittote;
darkenedbefore the tips;
femora yellow, weakly.*a ii"o1i"pi"to'itlynate, the remainderof the'fr;;|.
- tips irrfoscailf,l-[;.ft,^itibie yetlow, [Ue;hiti$^ zulhvaline' heavily andtarsi passing ioto-'Ut*k.
rnarkexren-brown
uri*''; post-arcurar
rliiiglili-*itr,
conspicuoy_'y'#=:S*ional brownspotsalong
H;-3;tt"1 *tffit
slve,reacrungof-Ri; stigmal area connectedwith a large
cell Sc, the largest at origrn
by a delicate obliterative line
cloud. on the cord, barely #;;iprcA
pott-stigmal pale area
acrosscell /sl Mzi wtn|"'.pJ til"-arv-i*it-t$;
intg ceu t't; apexbf cell Ropalei
short and broad, extend,ing$;;;;
dark axeain the outerdistal ends"il?ut^ir' * V;pale; a conspictlous
of cell Czr darkened;cubital
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and anal cells variegated crith pale
brown _?nd whitish s,trbhvaline;-extensive.
veins brown, obliteritive areas
Venati* ]- Oi.tii-Jia*Ji
l?r+cpale bui entire.
Abdomen yeflow, the tergites triviitate with darkbrown,
median line narrower;.Male
subterrnlnal segments more unifo"ml; #t#;; thehrpgnrsrurnyellow.

hypgpystr*t *iiqtn" "i"ti-#gne extensive,-;;;
suddenlvbut stightly narrowedi,iiard *"d.1.;a;-A;"?"with a small but-very 4u"p. u-shape{ meaia"-iot"rr;-r.terar
robes
obliquely truncated. Basistlileentire, rhe"l*r"pr"a"lffig{;:;pr""rils apex 4attened and obtuiel ventrooraat i"udrr""1, ?t i;;-i;;.tT* as long as thick, with i'uty rong.r"i* th;t "r"lo'"gur than thelobe; mesal lobe yerylong and-.ottipi"oo*, airrt"J;ild;d,-ventrlcaudalfull.;
twice as long as theloLe,-"p;l=riG- "q " p"re, gentry
arcuated structure that is na.rrowedgrgquddy to t'n" Uf"rt-ttt*" apex, thesurfacewith microscopicsettrlp; viewEafrom'ben"Jfr,
areseento be contiguouson basal liat!, the-tips geptg ajJ@"t. lobesb[htisternitewith
apperg"ggextensiv-e,the^basalportion broad.;-"?i-"ofh,e,slender,
futly-one-half ronger than the rate;;i 1;b.;; the latter algu:
little broader.
Habitat' chile. Holotyfe, d, Bio Bio,
January rg2g
(A, Pirion).
Tipula microspilota sp. n.
..Belongsto tH: glaphyropteragroup; general coloration obscureyellow; lntennq bicoloroui;frae-scrrtumwith brown stripes.
.riresonoTat
the median stripe trifid; wingswith a iaitrt urou.nisr,;"ff;il;;'i;';stigma and a :.T"ll spot on-the anterior cord. darker-bro*o; malehypopy.gium{th the-appeTdage_.of
the eighth rtu*ii.1r1.Ufa, "rflobe:-slender,the median-lobei little longer.
Mal'e. Len$h about r2.b-r3 rnm.; wirg, 1b.5-16.bnrm.
of head light br6#n, the- nasus elongate.
^_.1:1{1_,f.gl"ngationAntenne with the basalthree segmenisyellow, the succeedingsegments
bicolorous,the basal enlargemenlof eadhblack, thg ;mainae; y"r]"*l'outer segmentsmore suffused;flagellar segmentsrelativety'toto"g, ifr.i
longest verticils nearly equa.l tle segmEnts. rteJsr"y.
Mesonotd praesq_utumobscrrre yelljw, with d;k f"#"stripes,.themediaristripe-trifid
by a capillarf yelow vitta "" "itlut sideofihd
subequalTedian brown ltl";.r-4g*o:ui puncturesconspi*oo.; scqtum-- teitaceous,-Bray,the l-gbesvariegatedwith brown; icutellum y"Uoftrn
brown medially; postnotumlightpt"oo yeuo#{ay,.gartgr -"aiJv.
ocherous'mor-eqrayrsh.pu"i-*..
Halteres-pruinoseIn iutty*oloredd.arkbrown, the baseof-the
pale.
stem
Lugs
witli
tG
;;;*
and
tro'chantersconcolorouswith the pleura; femorjtrownlstr
y"r1o*, th; ;G:scarcelY.
darkened;ti-bipbrownishtestaceorrs,
the tips scaicelydarke""h;injo pale brown. vfltls. with.; urowiisn t;it&;,rff,r.l"";llirip*ing
the stigma and a small area on the anterior cord darfter;
obliterativd;areasbefore and. bg)'ond the stigma
acrosscelll;,M, ii.ty
3ndevident; veinsdark biown. venat-ion:petioleof clri^ur, I*gur th;;.

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635

Abdomen obsqrre brownish yellow, the tergites trivittate withdark brown,. on the strbterminal segments_appearing as. a blackened
conspicuously yellow.. M4" hypopygium with therirg; hypopygium-extensive,the caudal margin subtnrncate, on either side
ninTfu tligit6of the m6diao ar"a a little produced; d.orso-median region of tergite
channeled; apex of tergite glabrous. Basistyle with the ventro-caudal
lobe relatively short and stout, approximately three times g.s long p
thick, tufted- with long yellow sete that exceed the lobe in lenglh;
musai lobe relatively snall, the mesal face of each with a brush of longcrrrved reddish seta that are decussate across the median rego-n 9f tle
genital chamber. Eight!. sternite with the -app-endage-trilobed' th9iredian lobe slender,-a little loager than the lateral lobes;_laterallobes narrorr, only i trifle wider than the median.lobe, at base on
mesal margiri a liitle dilated and darkened, toward the tips a trifle
narrowed ind incunred to the median lobe.

Habitat: Chile. Holotyfe, a teneral d, Malleco, Januaxy
1928 (A. Pirion) . Paratyle, d, L. Pangurpulli, Valdivia,
February Lg24 (Alf. Faz); U. S. National Museum.
Holonrsia Loew.
Holonrsia schinerianasP. n.
Allied to E. concinno(Philippi) ; mgsongtal-praescutun with fourbdkdh stripes that are narrowlt margined-I"tlt velvety-blt"t; -!nTS*iift the costalregion yellow; wing-apex-broadlylrown, variegated-witl*ftii" areasbefoie arid.beyboa tfre stigma and at outer end of cell|-il Ar; tt*te-h1ryopy$m i'ittr the medlan notch of the ninth tergite
unusually wide.
Motra Leneth about 15-16 uun.; wing, 18-19rnm'
F o"t"f ptoioog"iion of head brownisf'black, pa]er laterally;.n-dni
brighterblack. Antenne 6lack throughout, the secondscaqal9e-gment;; "p"r;-6*ti"al segmentver!-slend"t, about one-third longcrttran the
Head-obscurlefulvous, the vertex with a capillary brownp""tifti*"i".
median line.
Mesonotum yellowish I aY, the praescutum with four blackish
stripes that are"tartowly--n.r#groud with .d9.p"1 ."?ly_"jl--black,thepor[".ior interspacesmoreobscurE;scutelhrmbiownishblack;postnotum
Plegra black, *ilh pruinose areas&"tt, *i6t " vJrio*ish gray pollen..'meron;pteropleurite more reddishon the dorsal rtein;prEurit.i and
;;;a
b;;;l
ItoC"6"rzurce of the pleurotb$tlg with.a golden-vellow
Halteres dark brown, the;;16; dot=o-p1[ttr"i t"gio" 66ffy yl4ow. withthe coxa dark -brown,base of the stem nalt"#ty brighfer. t eg=

y"uo#.hE;t b*iior"; femoiabrownishvelgw,the tips
y"ilolv,' thg bases-and--tipsinfr:med;.tarsi
6i;;6;"ti; tiui*-;fi;ftJ
6fury

of
brownish black. Wi"gt *ittt ."[s C and Sc-V.efl9w;distal thirdand*iil d"*", tft riig'fi rlitt_ darker bryo4; whitish areasbefore
i;id it the b"r"s of cellsUnilMz andMsi distal section
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rnor-e-yelloqrish. Venation: Cell Mt more than twi6e its petiole; celllst Mz relatively narrow.
AMomen black, the intermediate portions of the basal sternites
weakly reddish; caudal and lateral margins of th9 segmentsvery narrowly
p+9; hffpopygttt*- d*b qhe s!fli obscure yellow. Male hyp,opygiurii
with the lateral lobes of the goth tergite relatively namowi itre ilps a
little narrowe4 *d slightly-divergent,lhe median notch wide, at outerend only a-little rydrrowerthan the lobes themselves. Outs dististyleunusually loog a.r1d. slender, extending to some distance beyond ihe
end of the inner dististyle.

Habitat' Chile. Holoty4e, & , Marga-marga, February 20,
1927 (A. Pirion). Paratopotypes,I g, september rz, igzz;
1 &, 1 g, February 14, 1928; 1 &, Febnrary 25, lg27; L g,
January 25, 1928(A. Pirion).
This distinct species of the concinna group is named inhonor of the eminent Dipterologist, J. R. Schiner.
Linonia Meigen.
Limonia (Limonia)praeclarasp. a.
Generalcolorationyellow;anteriorvertex.silvery-white;legsblack,
thq ligt of the tibia and centralportionsof the tarsi white; wiigs witha rich brownish s'trffusion,sparsely spotted and seasredwith dark-brown.
Male. Length about 8 mm.; wing, 9.5 mm.
Rostn:m v9ry reduced, obscure yellow; palpi short, brownish black,3-segmented,the secondsegment longest. Antenne black throughoutib-asal flageQr segment enlq{g,"d, thb outer segments becomingf moreelongate and attenuate, with -lolg- conspicuous-verticils; terminal segment slender, more than one-half longer than the penultimate. Hdd
obscure -yeloryr the anterior vertex with a silvery-phite pruinosity; anzurow dusky line crossesthe vertex opposite the posterior angles of dtreeyes.
Thorax with an obscure yello'nr dorso-median longitudinal stripe,
extending from the pronotum to the abdomen, much narrower and Gsi
distinct on the postnotum; praescutum with the lateral stripes lessdistinc!, - crossing the suture onto the antero-lateral portionj of the
scutal lobes; interspaces of the praescutum more infuscatedl posteriorsclerites of mesonotum more or less infirscated. Pler:ra yellow; stemopleurite ytL " few scattered sete. Halteres of moderate length,
infuscated. L"gs with the coxe and trochaqters yellowish testaceousi
femora dark brg,wnl tibie black, the tips broadly and conspicrrously
white; tarsi black, the tips of the basitarsi and segmentstwo ind threewhite; outer tarsal segmgnts darkened; claws
long and slender, each'Wingswith a basal and a premedial slender spine.
witn a rich brownish
srffusion, dtr a spaxse but conspicrrous darkei brown pattern; con-

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spiorous circular areas at origin qnd fgrk of Rs an{ at stigma; "q3llalong cord and outer end of cell lst Mil veins
iLtri"tud. seamson ^Sc2,
dark brown. Venation: Sc relatively long, Scr ending at oear t'wotftiras tUe length of Rs, Scr at its_.tipl Rsangulatg ""q short-spurredat origin; freJtip of Sa a short distance beyond fz; ge!-l 1t Mz large,
the iniei end more or lessarcuated; m-cu near fork of M,longer thanthe distal sectionof.Cu.
Abd.ominaltergites dark brown; with-a median yellgw-stripgo9 th:
6uter segments and hypopygium darkened; basal
basal segments;"
sternites obscutre yellowiJh, the outer segments dalksns6' Malenyp"pygr"t" with ihe ninth tergite low,. much wider than long, theffid;f - hargin gently emarginatl, eac\ l.ob" qho.t, 4th consPjcrrous
easiityte- witL the ientro-mesal 1oQ9-la18e,-oltuse- Ventral;t-.
A;t*ryb r*"U"r than the basisllle, $*hy, bilobed, the dorsal diltistyle
ly*t i" ifr" notch between the lobes; rojtral -pTglo.ng1tionslender,
J"-jy ghbrous, without distinct spines. Dorsal distftyle a pow-erftil.nititiir-"d. rod, iU" tip strongly cunred to an acrrtegoint; ;tem of theflattened,
conspicrrously
style microscopicallyiougheniil. Gonapophyses
ihL *"r"1 api6a1angle pioduced into a slenderlobe.
Habint; Argentina. Holotype, d, Ig:uaza Falls, October
3-5, 1927 (R. and E. Shannon).
Holotype in U. Sr National Museum'
Limonia (Limonia) rePandasP.n.
General coloration yellow; antennal flagellum. pale; mesonotal;th ; ;a-o# bro#nish black median stripe on the anteriorpr"o."i*f,ap; wings ye1low,sparsely marked with brown; fts square or evenaeute at origin. 'slightly"
Mole. Lengthabout 5 mm.i wing,.6'2mm'Femole. L&rgth about 5.5 mm'; wing, 6 mm'
Ant6nne vrith the bry-alsegmentblack'
Rostrum ;e't;1pi-black.
the-secorrdsegmStti-bto*tt; flagellum pale yell9wislr white;- fl"9914i"Ugiotfi"t, ttt" - butei segmeatspassingi.nto oval- Head;;g#tob"scurebrowiisn yellow, the anterior vertex mofe silvery'
Pronotr:mbl."k. Mesonotumyellow, the praescutumyrth a single
stiipe on the-anterior h4; postnotal
orrto* tro*oi.tr-Ui*"t-*edianbrown median axe:.that is na^rrowed*"aiot"igit" ;lh;-;;rpicrrous
U"fti"a. Pleu; ye[ow. Halteres relatively tFgtt, greerristr;;;prt?
iurLi"orrr. Ggs-with the coxa yellow; trochantgrsgpenish;.remainder
pA", ;?;; * tlir t11sed with greenish, the terminal tansal;iG;
Wdgt yellow, the base and costal re4on
a"ttut."grrE"d;'1i;16y"ld;;
rpr*; but coispicuous brown pai'te.rnrdistributed asbri;*;
from coti" at Sc1,acrossthe baseof -Rsalmost
foftZ*"r A" oUiiq;;""ttru posterior cord'and outer end of cell !s! Ltzi
to M; narrow;;r;;narrow searns;th" tt"" tifi ot St, and &i ?Picq of .veinsMs,7{taloid
vein 2fl1 A v,'ith a coinsplcuotlsi
wiih brown;'yellow,-dfiJthitd;
til e narrowly seamed
darker in the infuscatedveinsbrown seam "'"Venation jTor mod.eratelength only, extendinga shorbdistance
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beyond the origin of Rs, Sc.zatt its tip; ,R1rectqngttg or even bent at
a itieht acute angle at origin; free tip of Sa a1d.R2in alignment; ,n-ca
at fo:rk of trt,lon-ger than the distal section of Cu; vein 0nil A shoit,
zubangularly bent before aPex.
Ab?omeir yellow. Maie hlpopygiun -with the ventral dististyl-elarge and fleshy, the rostral prolongation flattened, bearing two srnall,
su&,qual, Bently curved spines that a1e placed rather close together
at n&r mi"abngth of the iaudal margin. Ovipositor with the valves
slender, the tergal valves gently upornred.
Ecuadbr . HolotyPe, a teneral &, Pallatanga,
Habint:altitude 4400 feet, March 26, L922 (G. H. H. Tate) . Allotopotype, I , March 3L, L922.
Limonia (Peripheroptera)incomnodes sp. n.
Mola Wins, 5.2 mm.
asvery similai'to L. (P) incommodo.(osten sacken),- d.iffering'Wingsfollows: Size smaller.' Coloration shiny brownish black.
hrr"1io", the tip not darkened; stigma less distinct. Venation: Sc
endittg far before tle oggll-of {s, th" distance about eqrral
sliort, ,Sr,
-Rs
lonler than the basalteflection of 4"rui bas,aldeflection
ii in";of Mr*rt^bout th:reetimes r+ni peliole o{ cell _Msshorter than the cell;,tbcu fotty its own length before the fork of-M-

Habitat: Peru. Hol,otype, a broken &, Tambillo, 1895.
Holotype in the Natural History Museum, Vienna.
[,imnspfoifu Macquart.
LimnoPhila seclusasP' n'General coloration fermginous, the praescutum with a medianbrown stripe on anterior hfu, head pnrinose; lqlgs yellowish,-th9
riigp" t"a a searn on the cord yery p-?lebrowni & near the fork ofni;-' m-cuat or beyond rnidlength of cell lst Mz.
iemole. Length about 9.5-10 Tq.iwing, 8.fg mm.
RoJnrm obdrre yellow; palpi dark biown. Antenne with thescapal segmentstesta6eorrsyeiloi, the first.sggment relatively short;
Head brown, !ruinose, light gra)r,oT.the anterior
fl";"iitt*'broken.
and posterior vertexl head strongly.narrowed behtnd.
vertex-Ftonotutit brownish yeilow to fermginous brown. Mesonotum
the praesiutum with a single_- black median stripe on
reddish brown,'Pleurl
reddish fermginous. Halteres pale, the knobs";1toiot half.
.fignUy i*uscated. L_.gr with tJreioxre concolorouswith the pleura;f&"haitters obscure yeliow; remainder of legs broken. Wings with ay"ifo*isn grotrnd-co16q,the stigma pale brown, .otg vaguely seamed
ilih pale frownish; veins dar{ei broin .Venation:Scrending oplosite
in"-tu:i[ of &, Scz'atits tip; & variablq +.p!sition, tl th"..t]'pe before
xil i;k of R3aa,in the parifype beyond this fofk on {q a little shorter
than ftr+zi ceii M, present, muctr shorter than its petiole; rrbcunear or
beyondmidlength 6f cell ist Mzi vein \nd A gently sinuous.

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Abdomen relatively long and slender; tergites brown, the sternites
too* yellowish. Ovifositoi with the valves relatively long, the tergal
valves gently upcr:nred.

Chile. Holotype, I , Pailahueque' Malleco,
Hobint:January, 1928 (A. Pirion). Paratopotype,I .
Limnophilalitigiosa sP.n.
General coloration dark brown; pleura sparsely pruinose; wings
with a crearrcolored ground, sparsely variegated with pale brown,
including the stigma ana vague- searns a-long th9 cord and vein Cz,'
Mtpresent but small; m-cu closeto the fork of.M.
Reat forl of R +oic e11,Femole. Length about 9 mm.; wing, 9 . -'Rostrum and"palpi brown. Antenn^e relatively short; scapeblack;flagellum dark browri; flagellar sgsmentsa little produced on the lower
pnrinose.
Head dark b1own, sparselyfa;.
^brown, the praescutum with a
Mesonbtum
Pronotum dark brownsomewhat darker median stripe, the surface with a ve-rysparseyellowish
p"tt"";-*,tte1lum broad, paier brown. Pleura and Postnotrun dark,
Halteres p31e yellow. I.:g: vrith
ilih i ip"t " grayish fnrinosily.
the coxa r"a tr:ochanteri browniih testaceous;femora yellovrishbrow1,
the tips scarcelydarkeged;
the tips somewhat darker; tibie palebrown,-small.
Wings. creann*91otu9'-with arsi ;;i" brown; tibial spurs
brown patiern; stigrira.o"4; vague clouds-at origragf Rs, alo1S;p;"cird and as a seam iton[ vein Cui veins pale brown. Venation: Sc
refaii""fy short, Scr exteiding _toopposite lhe fork of Rsr Scza shortdirt"o""'frorn iis tip ; Rz at fork of-Rt+o, a little shorter than Rr*i Xsstroirgly-d.ivergrng; cell & "! m-argin q?tly twice as;"d-&-othu"*id" as cell Rz; cell ,tZipresent-,less than' one-half its petiole; nbcu closeto-- the fork of.M.
AUao*"n tisht brown, the outer segmentssomewhatdarke-r;genital
Oviiositor with the valves relativetf _t!ot-t' th9r"g-"Jt;lldirh.
y"l1o*, gently upc'urved; sternal valves zubequal,blackened
ffg"t;;li.s
at base.

Habitat: Chile. Holotype, 9 , Marga-ma^rga'February, 1928
(Jaffuel and Pirion).
I am not entirely certain that this fly is not more correctly
referable to the subgenus Paralimnophilo of. Gynopl'istia. The
venation of both wings of the type is deformed in cell Ro and in
the medial field, there being two adventitious cross-veins incell Rs in each wing but in diff"r"rrt positions on the two sides.
GynoPlistia'W'estwood.
Gynoplistia (Paralimnophila) pachyspilesp' n'
Antenne simpie; mesonotalpraescrrtum.r9{oqrslt gr.1,ywith three
heavy brown rtrilpui; a conspicubusbrownisli black longitudinal stripe

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on the dorsal thoracic pler:ra; femora yello-vn,
with two brownish blackrings, the broadesttenninal nosi#t .l"sr naffow,
heavily spottedand dotted with brown; cell*pid t;-#";.
Malc. Length about g mm.; wl"i,g.i X r.Orlm.
-fiitt""b'*itn
Rostrumand parpidark brow:n.
tn" {^par segments
obse'reyellow,sp?nsgly
pryd;j a"gaiilb;G;:-

fria brownish

8raY, clearer gray in fronl, the anlerio?-"oto with "rilr.*
yellowara; a broad dark brown' median stripe on the port*#
vertex andocciput.
Pronotun say, -r'ith a derk med,ian rine. Mesonotal-iii;;, praescutum
yellowish

grat wiitr a "ottspicuous daril
incruding
threestripesthat aresoextensioe*s io t4"." *"rthei"ieispac." to capillary
lines;.hufoeral t gio" *iti"t"aryd"tk";;;
ablack lateralmarkingcrossesthe sutureonto inu t.tui"ibrtioil brownish"f;h;tutal
pseudosuturatfovee very rargg,blacktp;;t;ia;H;o-Ji*oonoturn lobes;
golden-yellow,heavily.markjq' witn ait Ero*,l;;i;di"g the scutat
lobesaad a nTfly coitinuous dark lin. tt"itn" suture
to the abd.omen.
Pleuravellowish-Erayr
with ; ti*a-Lt"*r,i.h
glack
longitudinal
stripefTo* the pronotim]-'acrossthe dG;tothepostnotuml;Ggq,"ssternopleuriteless disrinctly- darkeo.a.--rr.r-i*.r-p"i"]'th.
knobs
brownishbtack.

Legswithirr. .-".*

rcu.ilJrr!"ri?f;1
urith brown; trochanlers obscr:re yeqg{l;ora
yellow,tip, ringed.

with the tip
and a narrowerring at about twlthircis irr" tu"ffi b;*riA[i""denclosinga clearer.ie[9* annuhsj ;;"id;;;ilA; ;;;i;;". wings
narrolr, as shown by

the measureia.ll.; ground-coior-.r*"y-yellow,
the base and costal-region-*b;a;"fstigma-oyal, dark brown;
9i.ear9ryeuor;
cells c and -s9vaylga4d wilhrhr;aarr<b;m, areas,the
of
Ri,
the
third
Si;
ii*s"
areaar end of vein R3;.a1,::::9,11Tq"
remarningsurfaceof the wing with
ao-tinaaniui"*"'att, ""a ,p;, i;all the cells; veins dark broi.rr, th"-;*dl, subcostal
and radial veins
more vellowish. venation: Rz+r+ry.t.${il;;d;ri;..n snd A
very narrow, especiallyon the
h"F,
the
anar
lobe-very
reduced.
lagrAbdomenbrownjslrbrack,i"crudintthi ;;r hd;rift; sternites
yellow,thecaudaimargin.?tit. ,"grd"tr-rfiI.d withd.ark
lT:?:"""sDrown.

Habitat:Pirion)Chile. Holotype, d, Malleco,
Jantr&ry, 1g2g (A.
APhroPhila Edwards.

APhroPhilachilenasp. n.
Generalcoloration-yellow; antenne brack,.the sca,peyerow; regs
yellow,the tips of the femorajna,titia sl{ilry darkened;vrings
whitishsFbhyaline-,the. sr-igqlaprd *tu"ryi"i"-;e;?;';positeorTeslonshortly before,h..fo* of &; cefirsi rlf;;i;;;a;---- *"ie1yp6pyiiu_ rrith
the apex of the dististyle ftadridentaie.
Length about 4.5-S mm.; wing, 6_7 mm.
!Iole..It'emate.Length about b.S_6.5mnn.;frng, d.6_T.Smm.

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64r--Rostrum--yelloyi g.lqi brownish black. Antenne with the scapeyellow; Fg"lJ*
black; flagellar segments short-oval, crowd,ed.. Heidbrownish yellow.
Mesonotal praeyu-tqm yellow with four d.eep fulrrous stripes;:scutum similar, each lobe vrith fulvous markings;^ scutelh:m yelbwj
EPstnoturn somewhat darker. Plzura light luivous to oclneous.
Halteres pale yellow throughout. L"gs witlithe coxe concolorouswith
the pleura; trochanters yefoy; pmainder of legs yellow, the tips of thefemora and tibie insensibly 4+!u"q{; terrninai t,irsat .dgt""trti passing
into dark browp. Wings wtritistr sublyaline; stigma r*il, pale bto*o]a conspicuous brown wash in the axillary rygron; veins p'aie, veins Ri.and R6 sorr€what darker in color. Venation:
Si, close'to fhe tip of
Sc1; lts of moder?te-length, subeqtal t^o Rz++ri Rz subequal to .,k112,
placed qt-or shortly
leyond -t-hgpo-rlt of departure of no; no i" alighl
with
Rz+,r+r
and^ft; cell /sl Mz closr.crl;* much strbrtei than [heInen!
basal section of Msi .ry-cu 9-loseto the fork oi M; cell gnd A very large.
Abdomen p1ory1sh-yellow, in the male with the subtermirid sigments brownish black; hypopygrum large, fulvous-yellow. Maie
hypopygirrm vrth the basistyles v.ery l.tg" and poweriul, as in thegroup;-dististyle as in the genusf single, appearing as a powerfui compressed blade, the apex quadridentate, the outer maiein on basal
half with long retrorse sete. Ovipositor with the valvEs short andpowerful, as in the genus; a pencil of sete on either side, dorsad of thevalves.

Habitat: Chile. Holotype, d, Province of Bio Bio, January
L928 (A. Pirion) . Allotype, g , Pailahueque, January, 1g2b
(A. Pirion). Paratopotypes, a g ; paratypes,z e 9, with the,allotype.
The discovery of a species of.Aphrophila in Chile is of thegreatest importance and significance in supporting the contention of a former Antarctic land-connection between southern
South America and Australasia. The genus qras hitherto
represented only by eight speciesin New Zialand,. where certainof the forms are common and relatively well-known. The
adult flies are very similar in their habits to the Blepharocerida,
being found close to the margins of mountain torrents, often
on the faces of rocks that are wet with spray, whence thename'of " Foam-looing Crane-flies." As was the case with thefinding of the net-winged midge, Ed,wardsina,spp., in Australia
and Tasmania, following their original discovery in Chile, .thepresent detection of Aphrophila, with its restricted larval
habitat in fresh, fast-flowing streams, would compel us topresuppose an extensive and rugged Archinotis, rather than atenuous finger of land of low altitudes.