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NEW SPECIES OF JAPANESE CRANE.FLIESPARTII(Diptera, Tipulid@)
Bv CHARLES P. ALEXANDER
The undescribed species of crane-flies discussed in thispaper were included in material sent to the writer for deter_
mination by Dr. T. Shiraki. The specimensare mostly fromTeshiq northern Hokkaido, and were collected by ivlr. T.
Isshiki. My sincers thanks are extended to Dr. Shiraki andMr. Isshiki for the privilege of studying these collections.
The types are preserved in the collection of the writer: aclditional specimens are in the Entomological Collection of theAgricultural Experiment Station of Formosa.
There are a few names of Oriental Tipulide that require
to be changed since they are primary homonyms of earlier
names in the same family. These homonyms were created bv
Brunetti. The writer had notified Mr. Brunetti of this fact
but as he does not consider it necessaryto re-name these forms(Rec. Ind. Mus., vol. L5, p. Z?4, 1918), it devolves upon thetI ttOINSDCUI'OR INSCITIID

writer to propose these new names. Although Brunetti has
failed to subscribe to this principle advocated by the International and other codes, he has inadvertently done so in renaming Ctenacrosceli'spallidus (Walker) as C. borneensis(Brunetti). The following speciesare herewith re-named as
being primary homonyms of earlier names in the same genus:
Lirnnobia garoensis new name f.or Lirnnobia longipennis
B r unet t i ( Re c . In d . Mu s ., v o l . 1 5 , p p . 2 92,293, 1918), nec
l. longipennls Schummel (Beitr. zur Entontol., vol. 1, p. 1.04,182e) .
Lirunobia brunettii new name tor Limnobia nigra Brunetti( F auna B r it . In d ., D i p t. N e m a t., p .4 0 4 , 1912), nec L. ni gra
Wiedemann (Aussereur. zweifl. Ins., vol. I, p. 27,1828).
Erioptera bengalensis new name lor Erioptera fl'a,aaTltunetti(1. c., p. 455), nec E. (Empcda) flaaa (Schummel) (Beitr.
z ur E nt om ol. ,v o l . 1 , p . 1 4 8 , 1 8 2 9 ).
Limnophila (Dicranophragma) venwstipennrsnew name forL. (D.) pwlchripennis Brunetti (1. .., p. 524), nec Limnophila
pu,lchri,penni.sMeunier (Mon. Tipulicle et'Dixide de I'Ambre
B alt ique,p. 3 ? 9 , 1 9 0 6 ).
Tipula perelegans new name for Tipula elegans Brunetti( 1. c . , p. 323 ), n e c T . e l e g a n sF a b ri c i u s (S yst. A ntl ., P .26,1805) .

Genus LIBNOTESIN S E C U TOR IN S C ITI,4MENSTRUUS

Westwood

Libnotes longistigma, new species.
Male.-Length, 15 mm.; wing, 21.5 mm.
Close to L. stri,gi"vena(Walker) but much larger.
Rostrum and paipi dark brown. Antenna with first segment dark brown; flagellar segments oval, pale brownish yellow. Head fawn colored.
Mesonotum fawn colored with greenish tints; lateral margin broadly blackened, these lines passing beneath the root of
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praescutum. Pleura yellow; linear brown marks on pro- andmes-episterna. Legs with the coxa yellow, outer face of forecoxa conspicuously dark brown; f emora yellow with the tipsconspicuously darkeneil, the coloration most intense as a narfow dark lrrown subterminal ring; tips of tibie dark brown.
Wings as in /-. stri,givena; stigma very elongate.
Alrrlorrrurwith tcrgites brownish fawn color, trilineate with<lark browu ; nrcrlian stripc intcrrupteclat the posterior marginof thc scgmcntsan<l hccouring ollsclletcllehind.
Floltitut.-Japan.
l-Iolotypc, malc, Koto sho Islan<ls, Formosa, March 15A pri l 1 0, 1920 ( T. O kuni) .
Genus LIMNOPHI|AMacquart(Phylidorea) sapporensis, new species.
Male.-Length, 8.5 mm.; wing, 8.? mm.
Belongs to the ferruginea group; allied to L. rnelanomnnato
Alexander.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennre with the firstsegment dark brown, sparsely pruinose; remainder of antenna yellow, the terminal segments a little darkened. Headgray.
Pronotum brown. Mesonotum ferruginous, the praescutumwith a capillary dark brown median stripe, broadest in front,
gradually narrow€d posteriorly, becoming obsolete before thesuture; posterior margin of scutellum margined with brown.
Pleura orange yellow. Halteres yellow, the knobs a littledarker. Legs with the coxre and trochanters yellow; femora
dark brown, the bases obscure yellow, broadest on the posterior femora where they include about the basal third; remainder of legs brown. Wings with a faint yellowish tinge,
more saturated in the costal and subcostal cells; stigma andwing-apex faintly darkened. Venation: As in the f errugineagroup; cell rsf M"small, subrectangular;cell Mrahttle longer
than its petiole.
Abdomen brownish yellow, the seventh to ninth segments
dark brown, including the hypopygium.
Limnophila

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Habitat.-Japan.
Holotype, male, Sapporo, July 2?, 1908 (T. Shiraki).
Genus PSELLIOPHORA

Osten Sacken

Pselliophora galeata, new species.
Male.-Length, about 14 mm.; wing, 111.3mm.
Generally similar to P. i,sshihii (Matsrunura), differing asfollows: Antennal flagelium uniformly dark brown; firstflagellar segment dark brown, the pcctination much longer
than in P. isshikii. Mesonotal praesclltunr with thrcc conspicuous brownish black stripes; cach scutal lobc with two
confluent brownish black spots. Lcgs with thc fcmoral tips
narrowly dark brown ; tibire ancl tarsi dark brown, the basesof the tibia brightcr. Wings yellow, thc apex of each dark
br own; bas e s o f c e l l s ,l i 2 , R 3 , R o , M, a nd znd M, of thegrouncl-color. ,1?sn.ruch shorter and more strongly arcuatecl
tl.ran in P. isshikii, feebly spurred at origin; inner end of celi
rst M" nearly square. Abdomen orange with a narrow darkbrown stripe, expancled on the eighth and ninth tergites tocover the entire sclerites. Male hypopygium with the eighthsternite projecting caudad and ventrad into a conspicuous
hood-shapedstructure.
Habitat.-Japan
Holotype, male, Oshima, Honshu, July 16,1918 (T. Shiraki).
Pselliophora septentrionalis, new species.
Male.-Iusngth, 15 mm.; wing, 14.4 mm.
Generally similar to P. isskiki'i (Matsumura), differing asfollows: Antennal flagellum bicolorous, the stem of each segment fulvous, the pectinations and terminal segments black.
Body entirely a cleep shiny fulvous, without markings. Legs
entirely yellow. Wings yellow, the apex of each in cells
Rr, ft* and Ru weakiy infuscated. Rs long, gently arcuatedat origin. Male hypopygium with the eighth sternite not at
all projecting.
Hobitat.-Japan.
Holotype, male, Teshio, July 72,1916 (T. Isshiki).

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18; iParatype, male, Chuzenji, July 21, 1910 (Edme. Gallois).
Tlie paratype is in the Paris Museum and was included inmaterial sent me for determination by Mons. Eug. S6guy.
It is a large male (length, 20 mm.; wing, 18 mm.) which
agrees in all essential details with the type above described'
Genus TIPULA

Linnausf ipula isshikii, new species.
illule.-Length, 13.5 mtn.; wing, 10 mm.; antenna about
I mm.
Frontal prolongation of head gray pruinose above, lightbrown iaterally; palpi pale brown. Antcnnre with the scapeyeilow; first flagellar segmeut brownish yellow ; remainder ofllagellurn brownish black; antenne of nlale unusually elongate,if bcnt backward extending to about opposite base of fourtirabdominal segment. Head light gray.
Mesonotal praescutum buffy plumbeous with four brownstripes, the intermediate pair split by a capillary pale line, thelateral and intermediate stripes practicaliy confluent; scutum
gray, lobes darker gray; scutellum dark testaceousbrolvn;
postnotum gray. Pleura dark with a pale, longitudinai, ventral stripe, the entire pleura heavily pruinose; mesosternum
dark. Halteres obscure yellow; knobs a little darker. Legs
with the coxa gray pruinose; trochanters yellow ; f emora
brownish yellow, soon passing into the broad, dark brown
tips; tibia brown, the tips darker; tarsi dark brown. Wings
brownish subhyaline, the base and cells C and Sc more yellow; stigma dark brown; faint and indistinct brown seams
along the cord; an obliterative area before the stigma and a
Venation: Rs a little long€r
second crossing cell rst M*
petioleR,of cell M, longer than w;
persistentR,than;;m-cu distinct.
Abdomen yellow at base, gradually darkening to the darkbrown apex, this latter including segments six to nine; lateral
margins of tergites four to seven rather broadly pale, margined internally by a narrow, blackish line that widens out on
the posterior segments. Male hypopygium with the ninth

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tergite extensive, the caudal margin with a broad U-shaped
median notch, the lateral lobes broadly and obtusely rounded;at base of the U-shaped notch beneath are two triangularchitinized lobes that lie parallel and close together, the tips
subacute. Pieural suture indicated only beneath; pleural appendages large, blackish. Ninth stemite profoundly incised
medially, the caudal margin of each half providecl with abrrndant long, yellowish, decussatesete. Eighth sternite unartned.
Habitat.-lapan.
Holotype, male, Teshio, Jluly 72,1916 (T. isshiki).
Tipula shogun, new species.
Female.-Length, about 18 mm.; wing, 20.8 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head relatively short, dark brown,nasus distinct; dorsum of prolongation pruinose. Antenna
with scapal segmentsbuffy; flagellum dark brown. Head lightgray, more buffy surrounding the antennal bases.
Mesonotum light gray, the praescutum with four narrow
irrown stripes; scutal lobes with two dark gray spots. Pieura
light gray, the dorso-pleural membrane obscure yellow. Halteres yellow. I,egs with the coxa gray; trochanters yellow;
remainder of legs clark brown, the femoral bases yellowish,narrowest on the fore legs. Wings yellowish subhyaline, thecostal and subcostal cells yellow; stigma dark brown; a faintand sparsegray clouding in the ends of cells Rr, Rr, Ru and in
the anal cells; cord narrowly seamed with brownish gray;veins brown, more yellowish in the costal and subcostal cells.
Venation : Rs long, straight; cell R, comparatively large; cell
rst M, small; first section ol M"ln shorter than r-rn.
Abdominal tergites obscure yellow, with a conspicuous darkbrown median stripe. beginning on the first segment, on theterminal segments broadening out and suffusing the entire
sclerites; on tergites two to four there are indistinct brown
sublateral blotches; terminal tergites more or less pruinose ;sternites huffy, last segment gray. Ovipositor small, valves
fleshy. Tergite terminating in two slightly divergent pale
flaps; sternal valves very short.

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Habitat.-Japan.
Holotype,female,Teshio,July 3, 1916 (T. Isshiki).

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Tipula teshionis, new species.
Male.-Length, about 18 mm.; wing, 22-23 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head brown, gray pruinose dorsally; palpi dark brown. Antennze short; scapal segments
yellowish testaceous; flagellar segments subunicolorous, darkbrown, the basal enlargement a little darker than the remainderof each segment. Head gray with a capillary brown medianline on the vertex; anterior part of vertex, surrounding theeyes, yellowish.
Mesonotal praescutum obscure brownish yellow with fourbrown, gray pruinose stripes; scutum gray, each lobe with two
darker gray marks; scutellum brownish gray; postnotum gray'the median portion with a brownish gray inverted triangle
that is produced into a point to the caudal margin. Pleura
dark brown with a whitish gray longitudinal stripe passing
above coxe and beneath halteres; dorso-pleural membranes
broadly buffy yellow; mesosternum largely dark. Halteresyellowish brown. Legs with the coxre gray pruinose; trochanters yellow, the apices beneath with a dark brown spot;
femora brownish yellow, the tips broadly brownish black;remainder of legs reddish brown, passing into black on thetarsi. Wings with gray and brown spots and clouds on a subhyaline ground; stigma and a spot at origin of Rs brown;a brown cloud along cord and near midlength of vein rst A;
subhyaline spots near the ends of cells M', znd' M", Mn, Cu,
two in cell rsf A and one in znd, A; an oblique pale line
across cell M; basesof cells Rr, Ru, Ro, Mnand Cz, and mostof cel1 rst M" pale; apical two-fifths of cell Ro pale.
Abdominal tergite one brown; segments two to five reddish
brown, the lateral margins of the tergites rather narrowly pale,bordered internally by a narrow brown line; remainder ofabdomen dark brown; sternites gray pruinose. Male hypopygium with the ninth tergite transverse, not blackened; caudal
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black spines; the margin of the notch is provided with shortinconspicuousyellowish seta. Pleural appendagesconspicuous, appearing as curved paddleJike blades that jut acrossthe genital chamber, each one before its tip on the caudal
margin with a prominent spinous lobe.
Habitat.-Japan.
Holotype,male, Teshio,July 5, 1916 (T. Isshiki).
Paratopotype,male, July 4, 19|6.

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