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from tle Eastern
Undescribetl Speciesof Crane'Flies
Tipuliilae).
(Dipt.:United States an<lCanada
Part I.
(Continuedfrom Pagc204')
P' ArEr'rNorR' Atrrhelst' lVlassachtlsetts'

By Cn'tnt.rs
Ormosia carolinensis sP'n'

2.6mm'; win-g
J- L.'lstl' abotr!:1 ; 'f"|"lfrr"t,and.ls
llelorrss'to the meigenii grouprelatedffi'.'#J',[:,i'];:t:li;i f{:il:m'i*n'"":l: J,il:-i\xxV i , ' 251

I ' N T0 MO L O G I C A LNEWS

pustltws ancl IV '(N"Ieigen), M' tciphadia,s'M'trt,rtirttr.s
M.
'rr,rrnl,u,,,last named being( ( )stcn Sacken), the second andN t' arcti c:;pcci es'
Molophilus-(Molophilus)

floridensit

tp'"'(icncralcolorationtl"tk h'olun' tt"t:.:11.p;li::i1':ii::i;oi tt.'.ti1',il"lr1kI :t|"":li"#t;^; M.;roni'ger
i' ;t,.'' ^'rqi"-i,'.'i,'ilili,;,-il'l.-r.'*#i[t"T*i;#?,tr+;1^*-e Length:^l}:'Tl;n.ffIrtll9f;;;l-*i"g;l l ,out 3.8 mm.; wing 4 m m 'Rostrum and palpi a"t"ft^flr"*"'

3.4 s.i'''"'.

Anterrnae of male elongate'

the short netk rl:iate'lins {rom a broad p'i"i-rt""!''belyot-td.
spine at each entl'
u"i'i"-lL"tkinlo an oval body thttilt;;;'lJ#%xu'1"i*l:;1i#l'T#:;i.;'-""f#*i{""ffi'l;l-'ft
Kff ''1il!;1't...1Ji"&l1,nl?.:i"l"the apex.

|;:y,:',*n'id;,';';'3;:'"";?nll:,T:i::-li;'?;"'nl.?-iitt"b",.raiiutif i. ot male.hvpopvcitt,l:irli"J''onni"theg'"oii,"l,oiI# n;:",X"t?#i:1"'i,ff;:H::
catis "
situatedd' Guilford Colleg'c''(1.
Habitot._-North Carolina' Hototype:Speed Rogers); Coll'
1g, 1918
Guiiioril county, tIJ;
No. 34. Pa ra to fo tYP e s ,2 6 3 'niphadias sp'n'
Molophilus (Dasymolophilus)

rro::yhi.lltT'.u."),",|u":iTH#'?b3;'"J5J-;il";;ttt.L,'J.-tThe headcoloration'
Jta.paleby the t";

it is told
rcdrlish'theis brow'ish,.*^.Jo.rr.'-'^ft.*".t"f',pracscutuln
irrdistinctly
Wings
y.tJlt1'
iito'u^o;;;;t" -rult,.y"ttt.t".thJ cells beyond
lateralmargins"nadimidiate,the basat";;ii-*hiiiJ
u ilttt" o"t"t' Anal angle;{hJ;^;;"'
distinctlv
cordthe'V;;;;;;;:'/-u"a.
the oerpendicularbasalof wing lacking'ind'lving 11Il'" ltkerleflectionof lt2 f"ligt'ttitt
which arer1
r-w'
anofi'ri"lion-';'i;;;;;t"tt"'fu
ir'-",Rf;;;;;;
deep' its fork approximately"iu,wise in alignment,'Lri"tryvery short; cell Zn'dA very
being
oppositer-rn, thep"tiiitirtit
testiceous'the terminal segments
nirrow. Abdomen-yeiiowish
blacK'
anclhypopygiummore brownlsh
Glen' Ann Arbor'
Habitat.--Michigan' 11o!slvpe:d' Cascade
Co'l'zi,'tgzo Q' Speed'Rogers);
Washtenawc""*rl'i"*
4 36'
No. 10. ParatoPotYPes,''-U.
(Scotland) is a larger specres
EdwardspusiUus
1n.1
in the pale coloration' tn'
though similar to M ' niphad'i'ai
includesbesidesits type'subgenusno,y"'ofo'pt"lasGoetgtttbuer"'b;ff:..i#;%:lt''"#S"finfuscated.

:'l:iilii:*x:#i:[","*u:-*r"'*::niE,:."l1i&:iflv"';ii'"'9.1i"""''r'"*" t"To*[:*i.y*::;:1ffi
l;:ll'II 31'' r,"f -"illigJ' lXtLJifr;tin,.,,B","rd"n6.ti# ;"i{S}i rf .
*T*tmt*| "r ;f""l6lrTfi;"; iitti";;"s"".1s.igr,t.,Fl*,'d:ij?'.:r;l;Hi*"[u{nliTii,n"%adrlitional setae: a'L"g'ff"tttt*J.

basal dististyle lying' tna'';.i;lil:il:a.."l;:nki:*'::t'Jil[:dff":i:'*"';'1fi.$5';rusruf$ilJtrl*L-dfifsetae'
rous, with bui a few scattered
Holotype : d'Habitat.-FJLorida.

Alachua-Gainesville'o:;ff;)r:,,'l;J:-il;is, tsit ("t"Spged'
Febru-arv
Cou,'ty,Paratt1924'
Zitotolr,otYPe,?, March 8'
the allotYPe.
resemblanceto M' nova-caesa'r-lThis fly bears a superficial
being mucha very difierent species'
tensi.s Alexa"a"' o"ii'of the ltubipennis group'rnore closely alliecl to members