lL

THE CRANI]-FLIESOF JAMAICA T
BY

CHARLES P. ALEXANDER, Aunnnst, Mess.
Our knowledge of the crane-flies or Tipulidae of Jamaica has beenrver)' limited. The first speciesto be recorded from the island wasl
Gerctnom,yiu
intermedia,(Walk.), collectedbyGosse(18a8)z Lt thetime of the publication of Mr. Johnson'sfirst list (1894), this still
remained the onlv crane-fly known from Jamaica. In his supplement
to this basic list, Cockerell (1894)recordeda "Limnobia" sp., from
Balaclava,the record apparently referring to the speeimenof RhiTtidia
domesti.co,
O. S., mentionedlater by the writer (Alexander,1912). In
1913,the writer deseribedRhabdomastirp&rua and Limnophila rlauea,
basedwholly or in part on Jamaicanmaterial, collectedby Grossbeck.
In 1916,the rvriter gave additional records of Geranomyiaintermedia,.
(\Yalk.). In his revisedlist of the Diptera (1919),Johnsonlists all of thethe specieshitherto made known from the island and adds records for'Gonomyia (Progonomyiu)slossonae,Alex., and G. (Lipophleps) puerr.,
Alex., both taken in April at Kingston. In 1926,the writer described
and llelius creper.
as rlew Lim,oniajamaicensz,st-pon his arrival in Jamaica as Entomologist, Mr. C. C. Gowdeytbeganthe systernatiecollectingthat has added so greatly to our knowledgeof the inscet fauna. Nluch of this material was sent to the British
lluseum of Natural History and was not available for inclusion in thepresent paper. In July, 1926,Dr. G. C. Crampton visited the islandand his children, Kathleen ancl N[artin, collected
ancl rvith NIr. Gorvde-',in various plaeesat and near Kingston and in the Blue Mts. It is
unfortunate thai many of the smaller specirnensin this latter collection\\'ere placed in vials of alcohol and were badly damaged in transit, inmany casesso mueh so that the male hypopygium had to furnish the'chic'f rneansof iclentification. The specimenssent to rne for namittgb;,'}Ir. Gorvde;;have beenreLurnedfor inciusionin the Departmental
Collections. Dr. Orarnptonhas beenkind enoughto allorvme to retain
the aleotrolietypes resulting from his 1926collections. One additional
species,t Tipu,Ic,is in the American Nluseumof Natural HistorS'snd
rvas included in extensive series of crane-fliessubmitted to me for 'naming by \Ir. C. H. Curran. I wish to expressmy deepthanks to allof the above colleaguesfor their help in maliing known this interestingfauna, but especiallyto Dr. Clramptonand A{r. Gowdey who have donea most r.alu:r,bleand creditable ivork in unravelling this fauna,
Sunre*ul,v LruowrrNAE
Limon'ia, Meigen.
Lim,onia basistylafo,sp. n.
Generalcolouration obscurcyelllow, variegatedwith brown; mesonotalpraescutumwith
abroad mediandarkbrown (or black) stripe; male hypopygium with the styli dark brown,
the eight sternite and aedeagusabruptly paler; basistyles very long and slender, eachwith three setiferous lobes; dististyle single, terminal in position.

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Contribution from the Department of Entomology, MassachusettsAgricult ura'
College,Amherst,I\{assachusetts.
2
Dates refer to the bibliographyat the end of the paper.

5Male.-Length, 7-8.bmm.; wing, Z-Z.b mm.
Describedfrom alcoholicspecimens.

Rostrum and pal_pibrcrwnishblaek. Antennae rvith the first segment obseureyellow,
the remainder of the_orgaqblack; in one specimen the entG o;su" i" blu.[; d"gell""'{e8ments oval, somervhat
shorter outward!5', the last segment pointed at aper. Headdark throughout.
hono'tum dark brown medially, paler laterally. Mesonotal praescutum obscureyellow'with a broad co'lsqicuous dark
6rown (possibly black in living speei-Los) median"stripethat widens out bihind, crossing the sufure utrd sufrusing the"scutal lobesl lateral stripes
represented o-nly by a paler brown cloud on the margin of ttre sclerite shoitly behind ihe'pseud_osuturalfovae; median area of scutum broadly pale, this colouration likewise
i-ncluding the extreme basal median portion of the scutellum n:hich is other.rviseuniformly
dgrkened; p-ostnotalnrediotergite uniiormly infuscated or somewhat darker on the pos.terior third. Pleura pale, the propleura more yellorvish; brown spots and cloiuds
arranged as follows: ;\ transverse girdle on the inepisterum and iternopleurite; a'f9llpicuous- sp_ot_on ttre postnotal pleurotergite, imm.ediately before th; haltere.
Halteres P?le, the knob dark brown. l,egs n'ith-the fore eoxaec6nspicuously darkened,
the remaining cor&e and the trochanterJpale; femora brownish yeliow basally, passing
inbo bros-n" d-eepeninginto a dark brohn lsubterminal ring, the Lrtreme tips narrowl!
P-ale; tibiae dark brorvn. \f ings badly shredded in all tle specimens available, only'theeostai -re_gionqreserved; from this i1 would appear that the wing is rather muikudll'
li"g"a with brownish grey, the oval stigma dark-er brown, the vei-nsbrorvnish blacli.
'Venation:
Sc. Iong,. prqiecting far beyond the origin of Bs, the penultimate and-antepenultimate seetionsof Ri subequal; Scii at theiip of Scii r at tip of Ri and atrifle longer, both bisecting the stignra.
Abdominal tergites dark brofon, the extrernecaudal m.arginsof segmentstrvo to fo,urpalerl basal stentites yellorv,the intermediatesegm.entsn-ith the basal three-fifths of the-segme_nt
brown, the ap-exyellow, the seventh segmentuniform.ly'
darkenecl;eight stemite-each,
pale; hypopygiunr.rvith the basistylesvery long and slender,
op the rientronr.esal
face
with
just
a
large
setiferous
lobe
mJdlength
beforernuch'snaller
and.alobe ju-st'beyond;extreme baseof each st1'leon ventr&l facewith a rnuch larger truncated darkenecl
dobe that is strongly setiferous. Dististyle single, ternr.inalin po.sition,prot'ided with a,fQ.t basal appendageon o'uterm.argin;bel'ondlhis appendage,-gently
rvidenedto shortly'
the-tip,
there
abruptly
truncatedandp.oducectfurth-eiinio
a slender spine.
!,eigreAedeagus elongate.gently curr.ed.
Eabi,tat.-,Iamaica.
^ -Holoty-pe,nrale.Cinchone, Blue \Its., July 25, L926(G. C. Cram,pton'). Pilr:rtotypes,
9badly dlmaged males(G. f-:.CramTtton
and (). C.Gowde,y).

Limon ia j:tmaicerasas,
Alex.
1926. Linnnt't .jllrrrrroi.sr,s,^\lex.,,ir]. N. Y. Ent. soc., xxxl\',
p. 22:l-22+.
I{non'tr onlv ft'ottrtlie t.r'pes,tllien ncal'1'Lor',}Iay 23 (A, E.Il:igli,).
I)icranomyiu, Steph.
),1eolirnnobia,subgen. n.
(lharectet'sas itr Dicranomyia, s. .''.,clifferingin the possessionof a:s_uperntlmel'tu')'crossveinin cell Riii of the wings at near trvo-thircls
lengththeof the eell.
Typq of subgenus:Dicrano'myia(Ir{eolimnobi,a)dtua, Schiner (Neotropical Region).
Besidesthe t1'pe,the eloselyallied speciesor forms,'nlu,scosa,
Iincler.,'attq fficinct.a,AIex., agreeingin the beautifully reticulated
wing-pattern.a,nd conspicuously_banded femora; and the more isolateC iprecies,.translucida, Alex. (Panama) belong here.
D icranomyia (N eolimnobia)cliua,Schiner.
1868. Limnobia diua, Schiner, Novara Reise, Dipt., p, 40.
This beautiful crane-fly is apparently not uncommon in the Blue
Mts. Mr. Gowdey sent two pinned females collected at Cinchona,,September 20, L924, by R. S. Martinez. In late July-byand early
Messrs.
4ugust , L726,_a^few- additional specimens were taken''Crarnpton
and Gowdey. These spcimens show the fore and middle
f,emora to have two brown rings while the posterior femora have three$uch rings.

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The true relationships of the three named speeiesol forrns that
centre about diua are stil not rvell unclerstood. In 1921,I was enabled
to study the type specimenof diua, a female frorn Brazi\, through the'kind interest of Dr. Hans Zerny. 'Ihe type measures8 rnm. in length,with the rving I0.2 mm. The fly agreesvery closelywith Enderlein's,
figure and clescriptionof.ntuscoso,exceptin the colouration of the femora.
The praescutal stripes are exactll' as describedfor muscosa. Scutal'
lobes greenish )rellow, eaeh with a conspicuousdark brown centre.
Halteresdistinctlytinged rvith green. Legs
rvith the trochantersetreen;"-subterminal
femora with the yellow apex and yellow
ring subequal in
wiclth, the two taken together about as wide as the subterminal brown
ring; besiclesthe subterminal brown ring, there is a broader but lessdistinet similar ring imrnecliatell' beyond rnidlength of the fernurWing-pattern ancl venation quite as in Enclerlein's figure of. muscosa,
only the seriesof costaldots ale darkel'brownthan thoseof the remainderof the wing.
In the Vienna Collectionthere are likelrisethree specimens(2 females,
1 rnale) of rvhat appeal' to t'epresentthe sarne species(\rened.rela,
Kaclen,57). The wirrgsof the tnalelrleasurefi'our11.5-12mur. These"bear the ttrauuseriptnillne tner''moree"
and a label bv Osten Sa<.ken"Ver{i,. Li,mnob.clit'a,Schin."
The chief distinctions betlveenthe tlrree forms lies in the pattern of
having the least adornecllegs, tricincta the most,tlre femoril, /nrrsco.sobands
on the fenrora. W'hetherthe nalnesall pertainn'ith three bt'orr'n
to & single highll' variable speciesu,ith a trenienclousrange in the"Neotropies,ot'rvhetherthere at'esevet'alcloselyallied speciesinvolved,
is a cluestionthat rvill require still furthel rrraterial from man)' part$of South anrl If irklle Anreriea.
The proposalto et'eeta nelv subgenericgroup baseclon superllulrrerarycrossveinsbrings the pt'eseutgenusin acrcortllvith the other generaandsubgenerathat have been baseclchiefly on this charaeter' (Disccbola,
W-estn'.,Laosa, Edn,.).
O. S., Dapanoptera,
Rhipidiu, Meigen.
Rhi,pidia (Ithipidia) subcostalis,
Alex.
Alex., Pt'oc. LI. S. Nat. \Ius.
1922. Ilhiyirlia (Rhipidia) su,bcostalis,
LX, Art. 25, 1t. 3-1.
This intet'e-"tinf{et'une-flr \\'AS pt'eviouslv llron'n onll' froru theunique t11re (rnale) ft'ont C)osta,Il,ica. Trvo fernalestaken by Nfr.
Gorvclel-at Clinchoua,July 2I ancl August 1, 1923, eertainll' appear
to be conspeeificand the better pt'eserveclindiviclual is describedhereu'ithas the allotyl-'e. l'he details of eolouration of the antennae,
ancl legs, ot'g:rnsthat wel'e lrrolien in the type, are notewolthl'Allotype,fernale. Length, about 6 . 5 lnn. ; n'ing, 7. 5 rnrn.

,\greesrvith the descriptionof the male sex e.xceptin the'followingregards:,Antennal flagellum blaek, the penultimate and antepenultim.atesegmentsabruptly
yellowish; flagellar segmentspectinate, the basal portion of the individual segments
simply produced,the shiny apical pedicelconspicuous.
Postnotal mediotergitewith the basal t*.o.thirds dark brorvn rnedially,not split by apale line, the posterior third and broad lateral rnarginsbuffy 1'ellor+'.Pleura yellow
with trvo narrow longitudinal dark brown stripes,the nrore dorsal ending at the root of .
paler coloured,the enclosedareadiscoloured
the halteres,the m.oreventral stripe som.ervhat
with brou'n. Legswith segmentstwo to four of the posteriortarsi conspicuouslyyellow,
the terminal segm.ent
black. \4'ingsas in the t1'peexceptthat the cell lst. Mii is nrorc.
elongate, with m-at at its proximal end.
OvirrqBitorwith the very slendertergal ralves gently upcurvedto the acute tips,

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Altotype. fetnale, Cincholta, August 1, 1923,. (C'. C. Gowdey)
In the seconclfemale, the subterminal antennal segmentsare obscure'brownish yellow instead of clear yellow.
The chief clifferencesfrom the t1'peto be found in,the presentmaterial
lie in the notieeablymore elongaiecell lsf Mii. Mrembersof this sameand it is probablegl'oup of tn. subgenusoccur as iar south as Argentr-na-inthe eomplex bqt llt*
Itrut r)]ore than'-a single speciesis involved
material available at the piesent time is not sufficient to separate thespeeies.
Rhipidi,a (Arhipidia)

schwarz'i, Alex.

1912. Rhipiclia schwarzi,Alex;, Bul. Brooklvn Ent. Soe', VIII, p'

13-1+.

Deserilterlfrottr Cuba ancl Santo Domingo. A male taken in Hope
Garr-lerrs,
Novenrber 17, 1925 rc. C, Gowdey).
O. S.
Rhipidia (Arhipirlia) clomestica,
O. S., P1oc.Aeacl.Nat. Sci. Phila",P' 2O8'
1859. Ilhi1tictiadornest'tca,
Balael:rva(Cicietett). Hopeclale,Decenrber11, ry25 anrl Decembet'
ZO, f iiZ; f C. C. and 1\'I'.C. Goidey). Hope Gardens,Decetnber'20, lg25'(XI. I{. Gou'rley).
GeranantYia, Hali<le1ia) rostrata,(Say).
Geranomyia(Geranont,rf
1823. Lirnnobia rastrata,Sa1',Jn. Aead. Nat. Sci. Phila',.III, p' 22'
Orre fetrtale,Hope Garclens,-.ian.3, 1926 (M. C. Gowdey).
interntedia,(Walk')'
Gtrcttro
rtryia (.(lerunontui,ri, l, P' .!7'
W1lli.. List. Dipt. Blit. }r'Itrs'
181.q. Lirrttufii,l itiermc,tlza,{}. 1903 (IW'Kirgst,,,t. Iielrt'utt'.r'10, 1903 (l1r (]rabhai,)i lpt'(1910:489-490)'
g:'efihittrr).Ilecot'tlerib1' Alex:.rntler(leronontgia (Gerartornyia) tibialis, (I,rv')'
18ir1. Aporasatibial'is,Llv., Linn. .E t,' Y, p: 3.97;H,r1rgGatltlels,Novembet 29, 1925(C.C.Gowdey);October10, 1926
(XI.C'. Gorcde11)
H el'iu,s,St. Fargeau.
Hel'ius creper,Alex.
1926. Helitts0.eper,Alex., Jn. N. Y. Ent. S9.., =IXXIY., p._225The t1-pesru.t. taken ne&r'Troy, \t3]'L2-14 (A.8..Wig.ht)... Fut?t1'pes\\-c'l.e*"..rrr..[ b1, ()'amptgl-nnrl Gou'de]' at-vat'ious localities in
the Blue \lts., uspu.i"tly neai cinchona, in late JulY fnc! earlyAuBlst,'
1926. J'irurecisfi.i-ut * ftott, Cinehona,Augur\ 2, 1926(C' I ' Gowdey)
S;;" 9f these paratypes are verv large, darker eolouretl specimens?"iog., rnale,upto rO.S mm.), lri .thgi'ange in the seriesis such thatappears to be included.
but ii ,singlesp-eeies

Diotrepha, Osten Sacken.

Diotrephaflauicosta,sp. n.
Legs with the-fem'orayelldw, the tips.narro.wly
dark brcfivn,prtceded by a wider more
whitish rins: tibiae rvhiie, tr,J upr not
darkened;tarsi white, the terminal segr.enfs
darkened:*teP rvith a dustviirgg, trt"rlrlul;'.";;"
conspreuousiy;,e1ow; ,"acrotricliae
of veinsrelatively extensive,iir.tuairrs the cristal
end of ^Rc.

Male.-Length, g. b lnm.; wing, 6 mrn.
Female.-{.,ur$.h,. 10 rnrn.; ,ui"-g Z .rrrrr.

Rostrum and paipi dark brown. Antennae
with the scapal segmentsbro\rn. theflaqellum yellowish; iiagellar segm"nts
oval
tolong-oval.
u"r,i u.own, with orbits more
greyish; arrterior vertei vory ,iurro*.
"trfisonotum
Pronotum dark brown.
and dorsal preurites dark brorvn, the r.entral
pleurites nlore -vellorvish;poetnotal
mediot*gii" aait<-b;;;;ile pleurotergite paler.
Halterespare,tle.knobs;;[it;;;fi;1.":'i&:.

;iii fi;;iul-rnd
trochanterspaleyellow; femorayellow, the "ii"temetips dark biown, precededby a nruch wider, morenearlv white ring; tihiae and tarsi wh-ii;;it;iip, of it" t"ti"rtarker.
Iryinsswith astrongduskv,i:,q-ji,'tensi,,e;i";;";i;c"i;;i-i'Jr,i'rr.es of cerricrr andlsl' -4:co-stalregion:lr.^._ri]I
conspicuo".ivliehi;;ii;"*;;ins
and r?.Iislrr .r.erow.
Macrotrichiae
ielatilgli;i,-t*ii','to,-o..uiring dn lh'; bron-n,-c,'^s;).
il;i'?;,ffi'or
moreof R.s,[etrfu
sectionsof Rii*iif, disialsection;t
i,nJ
bottr
uroo.tu,nroifr,;+;
bacxalmost
to fork.
venation ^Scendjnsopto;;;';;ethird t" t*" niihs the lengthof Rs,gcii atthe extreme
tip or evenslishtl:r'6.vo"tl; Bs-r,'e1kit;;g"iitua
ut ".i-*irr,=;-go*"aiutoncefrom the tipof Ri, the bas:il,tttligi EtiTiti o"d tire diit"iru.tior,
inner end of cell Ri'ii Iving iu"-rrro.imoaoi'.uri'utt; ;i A;."L.q.rur or the ratter rongcr;i
nr-ctratnearmid-distance
betrveenarculusand origin of R.s.'
Abdominaltergitesbro.wn,-theincisuresnarrorvlydarker,sternitesobscurebro*.nish
yellow, the ineisulesrestriet"hfy--' au.r. b;;i;;;ilterminal
segm.ents
of abdom.en
and thehypop-r'giurnbrownishblack.
Hahitat.--Jamaica.
Holotype,male,cinchona,Irruerir:.r.\rs-. ',,.1g.2q
Ailotopot).pe,e. c.Gou,deiD._fenrale,alcoholic(G.C. C'roi1,tiuandlli. C.Vi,,iaru).p:iratopotypes,.)tlanreged
males,
in crampton's coilection,Jur-r'ir, ir':h.
;rnd Go*detr.).
\ti,ir',:rr,1ore

D' .flat;icosfo
is t'ea,liilittisiingrii.ni^,ii."rn all o1-ihe'',t..er.i5erl
speciesof the geilusby the large"ir",j"g-puit",:,r(fe,i,cir:ai-lip.
'tir;'ar.r.o*-hrlar,lienecl,tibiae uniforrnl;'.pale) u,r,f"li,rg. (eolspic,,*,r'1liil;r'ri.i,lt"rrnargi':ranrl the reeessio,,of r).
I,i nutopltila, I\lacq.
Lim n,ophilanuu.ca,Alex.
1913. Lintttophilct,ec).ce,,\lex., Pr.oe.II. s.
Nat. l4us., xLl v, p.
541-545.
The type antl onll knoivn sltecinrenn'as' ! a ' Jtulien' l u('inc.hona,v ( { r l \ r r(at\ rrr
ffel:ruary

21, 1911, by the laie lh.. Grossba.k-

Ericcera. llacq.
Eriocera ct.amTtton?,
sp. n.
General colouration of the thoracic notum
rich dark fulvous, narrowly nrarginedlaterallv with pale yellorv,oo-ltr" p."escutum
thiscolorrration,lrr"irlry border-ed
intcrnallyrvith dark brown; head-bu;kilit-6"".1i r"g.
urr;{ ilirrgr.yellowishgr_ey,the costal ruargin
brighter, ttre surfaceof ths winq'*iitt #;;;;ilt.
nna'"u,rrrd"r,t'ir,sky spots.

MaIe.- Length, about 11 rn.; rving,-o' 11. b nun.
Descrit,tcl fr:onia,leoholicrnaterial.

I?ostrum r d palpi black. Antennae nroderately
elongate;segmentsy'rlow: intermediate two flagellar seSitne"ts fgapg and basal two flagellar
the extremetips vellow.;last flaseilurr"grnuot unif"orml.v vruirttv-Li.oiourous, black, *,ith
aalqgnJa;!"igrr-""u
7_ segmented,'H;fi
all flagellars!3ments

tbng"yilna.'i.;tl*irl;ilil;i;verticirs.

darkbrackishgrey

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Pronotum small,

ilIesonotum

rich dark fulvous,
P-ale'marginedlateralrvwiih
paley"l6;;;hi.;;i;r;;rrririi?t.ro'u1v the praescutum.narrowlv
uv a subequalrin!
'of dark brownl.scutaliobes'i"ai.ii".iii:"*il:g--i"-ith;;;il;;
scurelumnarrowly
marginedposteriorlywith dark b-rown. Pleurf3.ellou,,-iiie
aor.oi'pr"urites
tra'ersedb;rtongitudinrt.t"if"liil ;;;;;-pr*r"i'fiu- ur"i. nt*ilil"'rr"-iiil, pare
eonff
.ent
1,eirorv,
m.argin,d. aor..iflt luoi-".
the
knobs
I.ellow,darkwith tiu-eo*au pple, trocfia.,ters'wingsbrown' Less"$..t,-vellow;remeinderof legs black.
yellowish
1n".-.".t"r t.iio"'","r"'*u.ig\tr-v---cor;;;,conspicuouslvvaricgadedwith brorvn-spotsand abuia.""t gir;ilrii.oru'the wing surface
or dusky rlotsi
Iargei spots,it o.igiti of;'t"s;;; i;';rr;i"g the tip oi F.a;qhedotsare especiary{r;."1,d.";
distinctin the cos--talu"a iuaiuih.r-a5,t;;;;j;;ii'o."\'asueand criffuse
in rhe pbsteriorcells;cord and outerendof ."il iJ-ffi; ;;;;j"r:.u-n*uaiitr,rroo:n;posteriorprearcurar
regioninfuscated-;
veinsparebrorvl;.;;{";;iro"irr, i,, th;;;;'r"gior(c,,.Sc,
anclB);
s small duskv robeon the *'ing "y1!rq;.1;;-;;in"u"r". \;;;*ti;'; sci endinsa srrort
distancebevondtn"lotiior iiiiiitq,.(9t;;ilrtur,." fr'm itr-iip, s'ci alone beins
aboutthreefourt.h:-th"lgfutf, "in;rT;;;;"i;;+flietoneate,
a litle longerthan the basal
sectionof Rii: 'Rf bel'onclt". littl" *cre than tntce
long and n&rro\*-'thJl.";i.r.h-"i;h; Iatter; cell I.scMii,r a little ttroti.r tha, tire ori". a"n."ti""?i'th.' zr,r;'it'oru r-einsi.ssuingfromtn-c,L't:.j$fywlth the narrorv praescutal::tt"li: #:!$t:.:,'i."t'to. t.rriiJ ;;:thiil;r.;;gtn' th; ;;li; ;i"iio.

Abdominal tergites brown nrccliallr-,mgr-c 'i,"ro"p1.gium
laterally; sternitesm.oreuliformly.r'ello'rvish
brownishlr-i".
v;ti"*,
ivith the tip of the ourer
I:ll?Llvpopygium"dististyle
narrowe-dinto an o.,ui" polnt.
Hab'itat.-Jamaica.
Holotype, n"''ale,
cinchona, Iilue lft.s.,.iul-v'?J,l{i26 (G. c.crantTttotl).
I)aratopot.r.pe,
male. Types badl;, broken, preserr.ecl
i" ,ii.of,if.'

1'his,r'er.\' itlterestingcl'&re-fl]' is nanreclin

honour. of ln\- fr.ie*clanrleolleagre,
Dr. G. cr. ('r'uruptoir,t, rvh'rrrr ili i.;'rtt,Y'tr;trti,i"io"aclvicerttrdassistittlceulx)l),,,oni ctifficult'pointsui..rrilfl1. 'ror.'lr.!.gy.
cTantptorrz'
llelu'sri curious i,,1,e,'ficiallesernblance!
tropical sPeciesof EpiTtltra!fltm'. In itp spr,rttetl to cer.ttri, ^\e.alcl ,lotte,i ,iirigpattet'tt.,
fl1'
dellaris'rrotirlri.r-thetl,* iru,.nri.l.,iiorrratiun of the_fr'<,,,r
genus. \Ierrrilers of. the.genus Ilt.iocet.rt
lrar,e iri,.,u"'b..n rliscor_erecl
on all .f the rrrajo.islarrrlsof tlre (;i.e,rtcr.
^\.tilles.
Erioptct ct, lieigrcn.
Eriopteru (.Etnperta'1ntltttplti,eri, sp. lr.
Gencralcolourationdark brofi'tr;.leg-sllla.ck,the tibiae ancl basitarsieach u.itlr a een
spicuouspure rvhiteririu; uings' teeritl'fiin,;;i;;;,';ile basalhaliand eo.*talregionl.elion.i.:h,the distal half n..oreg,re.:ish.

F e m a l e . - I , e . g t h , a l l o u t - { r . r r r . ; * - i '--1g, B.g lrrrrr.
'l')'pe f)r.ess1.1rprl
i1 aleohol.
Rostrunr'and. palpi dark brown. Antennae blnck
the first flagellar
segmcntenlarged,globular; renraining flrlgelinrsegnrertsthroughout,progrersir-il *,rii.",oi*r,"u.
miillength of the oigan par.i'g into o'ar. I{c.adbrack.
Pronotum obscureiarror*'lv tlark [to":it medialll-. trIesonotunrclarl<
brou.n,the hum'eral region l:ill9*,
very iestrictedfy ;;Gt:-"ii"rr"darli bro.r.ir,,the rJors..p1:ural

Halteiespale

i*itttvellorv,'l,irl
ttr. ro.* .o-,,"1aurt bro*.ri. the:TP-t1T coxae
liltl' and all trochantirs
remamrng'broadbro*n; femo.abh;k; ;[1;; ff,ir.^i.itr, u
1'ellowirhpure rvhiterjng just be-"*ona-if.i""iirr,^qh" t.i"*:about
apex bevond;basitarsipure-rrhite,th" iii.i"l ihiri nna on. torr aslo'g as t5e black,.rairia". or the tarsi black.
wings n'ith the basalhaif and costatr"ei""iheii-t"i'rrlrr- passingi'to grey;v"rr"-tish,
stigmaelongate-oval,
brown;veinsin theirasuitr-orr
oi
rving
ttr"
the corrland bcrvond
1-ello\,,,,
passinginto dark brown. irenation';.r-aru about oppoliteor" tttii^,rr"'[i*ii,9;1"r8s, sc'if a short distancefrom iis tip, s"i aln;; irlrt equal
tor..
r
onRii*iii
atatittlelessthan its ownlengthbeyondtt e f&l ilcellMiii alitttc long;erthanm.cu.
Abdomenclark brown." ovipo,sito.*itt,f;;F,il;.ofiri" rui"ii".il' r.*;li. t;ial 'alr.es upeu*.ed;
darker brow' than the sterna-l-v"i','".,i;"-bo;;." ,.,ar.orrly
blaekened;.sternalvalvesstraight,obscureJ'ellorv.
Habitat.-Jamaiea.
I{olotype,female,cinchont, I}lue nlts.,.Iuly ?4, lu25 (G. (:. (-rarnTttott).

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Gonnmyia, Miegen.
Gonomyia (Progononryia) slossonae,Alex.
Alex., Pt'oc.Acacl. Nat. Sci. Phila., p191.+. ? Gonontyiasl,ossonae,
588-589.
1917. (lonomyia (Gonomyetta)slossonat,Alex., Ann. S. Afr. Mus.,
XVII, p. 152.
This speeiesranges from South Carolina to Panarna,. Mr. Johnson
recorclsit fronr Kingston in April (1919: 422).
puer, Alex.
Gononryia(Li,Ttophleps)
p'uer,Alex., Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
1913. Gortomyia(LeiTtonew'a)
XLIV, p. 50$.
Mr. Jollosbureeorclsthis speeiesflonr I{ingston (April) (1919: +ll)A fettrale of what is presuriralrll'this sl:€cieswas colleeteclby .lh'
clescribed
Gorvclefirr,Hope Garcler.s,Deeenrber20. 1925. The fl1' 11's1t
fronr Santo l)bmingo but is norv knorln to range ft'otn the southern
Unitetl States to northern South Arrrerierr.
(Jonornyia (Lipophleps) pleurcili,s,(\Vill.).
'fl'ans. Ent. Soe.
1896. ,'Itarba pleuralis, \\/ill..
L,ond.,-Il. 289.
A fenraleof rvhat is verl; llrobalrll' this speeiesn'as talietr at Hopeclale,
Deeerrrlrer11, l92it (II . C. Gouclelt).
Ilhabclontostir,Sliuse.
parttt, (Alex.)
Rltabrlonmstir(Sacrtndnga),pet't&,Aler., Proe. U. S. Nat. IIus., XI,IV, P1913. Sacartdaga
508-ir09.
The t)'pe ancl only known speeimen frotn Jarnaica \\:as taken at
Yallahs \iallel', RIue"Nlts., Febiunr;- 21, 1911,by' I\tr. Grossbeek.
Trentepophila,Bogot.
(Paramorryona), ner-lrniteitarsfs,(Alex.).
Trentepoqtliila'\lex., Pt'tle.tT. S. Nat. Mus., XLIV'1913. Llongonta,rti,t'etfct'sa.s,
p. 501.
The t1'pes of this species\\'el'e taken oll El Yunque, Porto Rico,
altitutle Z,S;Ofeet. Di. (lrarupton brought home a single fragmentarys,itirout antennae, legs or wings, tg,kqn inspeeitrrenof Trc,nteTtoqthila,itt^heBlue IIts., Jull; f5, tflZA. Fronr a stucly of the nrale__genitalia.,
may lte staterl'that the insect is vel'v eloseto, if not actually itlenticalrvith, this speeies.
Teucholabis,Osten Sacken.
Teucholabis(Teucholabis)gowdeyi, sP. n.
(F.); pre-eclialring of ferrur n&rrowand indistinct;wings-,\llierlto T. melanocephala,qst,.
Mii;p;" bV the it.obtrl' of the outer deflectionof Miii;jt4". hypopygiumwith cellwith the outer aiJtirtyf! terminaiingin a simple pale spine;inner'distist.'*lewith thenner arm a subcylindricalblackenedrod.

11Mdle.-Length, about 8.5 rnnr.; wing, Z mm.
Fernale.-Length,about g mrn.; u'ing,'7.2 mrn.
Rostrum brown, sonelhat paler beneath;palpi brownish black. Antennaewith tlre
scap.ll segmentsobscureyellor'; flngellunr diik brown, the basal two or three segmentsa trifle p-aler;flagellar segmentsoval, pa.ssinginto elongate-cylindrical. Head Jb..ur"yellow, the vertex largely covered by a triangular dark brorvn rnark; anterior verter
narrorved,-aboutas wide as the diamelerof the first scapalsegment.
Cervical sclerites_conspicuous,dark brolvn. Prono?um frominent, reddish brown,d"T\:t laterally. Nlesonotal praescutum.shiny obscure yell^oi with three eonspicuous
reddish ehestnut stripes,-the mediau stripe moie pollinosein front; scutum yellow, eachlobe with tu'o eonfluentdark brorvn spoti; sr:utellum.r'ellorvishtestaceous,daiker bdsaily;
postnotal mediotergite yellou'ish brorin latcrally and on the cephalic haif, the posterior
half dark brown. Pleura shiny obseure1'ellow,the sternopleui.itedarkened,especielt-v
v,entrally; sternopleurit,eand pieropleurite eoveredrvith a m,icroscopic
silveiy icaling;d-orso-pleuralregion blaekened. Ilalteres 1'ellorv,the outer end of the stem and ba*e ofthe knob brownishblack, the apex of the lnob 1'ellorv;fernorayellowwith
a narrow darktrrorvnsubterminal ring, ihe 1'ellorvape.rbe5'ond'thisring narrdrverthan the annulus andnlore.brigh-tlv,colouredbeneath; a \,'or)'narrow and ill-definedbrorvn ring before rnid.
length of the ferr'.ur;til-riaeobscure1-eliou',ttre tips narrowly blaekened;tarsal segnrent
tu'o iight brown, the tips and renraininglarsal segmentsbrorvnishblack.' \\'ings w:hitish
subbl'alinervith three pale brorvn crossbantls,
the fir.st1r';u*just beforethe orilin of 1?s,ju-st
the s.r:cond
theeortl,
thelast
oceuuvinq
th" ii.*1, narro\\,.,vingtip; stigma-tre1'orrd
subcireular,darker bron'n1r'ostai ancl srrLreostai
veins brislrt 1-ellolr',thc o;heis brown,h-ecorrring
still darker brovjn n'herethr,1'trirversethe .ro.rborrd.. Venation .{czending
about oppositemidlength of the lorrg arcuatedR"s,Scii t short distancefrom its tip; r
at about,its own length be5'ondthe fork of .Rsand at slightly lessthan this leneth fion,
thetip of Ri; cell lsl Mii openb1.ntrophv of the outer defleciionof Miii, eelltrtit being
about trvo and one half tinresas lorrggs its periole;rn-crrshortly beyond'thefork of M.
rlrnaining tergites 1-ellow.Abdominal tergite one brorvnishblaek, peler basolatere,lh';with a narrow blackjshring just be5'orrdinidlengthof the,segm.ent;
sierniTessimilar,
eaeh segmettton either sirle ri ith a eonspieuousblaekenedar6a that is confluent or
subeonfluenton the median line; hypopygiurn brou'nish yellol. Abdorrenelonqate;sternite five with the curious setiferouspocliet eharnetcristicof rr'.alesof the g"iru.;
sternite six with about fi\'e eurvedsetaeoneither sideof the medianline. Nlale hlipopygiunr.(Iig. 1) with the basist.r'leproducedinto a relatir.elyelongate'[he outer lobe; ienfral
faee u'ith a short, curverl, blar:kenedhool:, the eoneaveface oflatter n'ith'a rlenserow,of-setae;dorso-tttesaln,.arqinof basistvlcnot heai'ilr-chitinizerl,rvealill,'and c,r:lrsel.y
toothc.l.

Fig. I llale hypopvgiur.tof.Tertelt.olai;isgou:tie'ii,
sp. n. Erplanation of synbcls:
a:aedeagus;b:basist,yle; id:inner dististyle;od: outer tlististyle.
Outertlististl'lea nearl.ystraightpale rod, the outer face setiferous,the epex a single
pale spine. Inner dististl'le bifid, the two arrns blaekenedapienlly, ihe inner arm s,ib-

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cy'lildrical, gently curved, the outer arm setiferous. Aedeaguscompressed,the disk
set!!e1ous,the &pexa small ehitinized point.
Habitat.-Jamaica.
__Holotype,_m&le,Hope Gardens,I{ov. \2, 1925 (C. C. Gowdeil. Allotype, female,
Hopedale,Mar. 18, 1926 (I[. C. Gowdey).

This very interestingcrane-flyis namedin honourof the Government
pntomologistof Jamaica,Mr. C. C. Gowdey,towhoml amvery greatly
indebted for co-operationin rnaking this survey of the Jariraican
Tipukdae. The speciesis allied to T. melanocephala,(F.), T. anntr,lata,
Wjll., and relatedforms,from all of rvhiehit is ieadiiy toid by the open
€ell Ist M.
Teuchclabis(Tetr,cholabis)
nebulipennis, sp. n.
General colouration obscure yellow, the praescutum viith three separated darket
brown stripes;-pleurapale,with two broad dark brown longitudi""i .trip.r; *i"gr ;irg*l
wtt-h s,1ey,yith pale grcf ish brown clouds, ineluding the origin of .Bs,-centreof eell M
and cell 2nd. A.

Female.-Length, about 6 nlm. i wiog, 6 mm.
Describeclfrom poorly preserveclalcoholic rnateriaJ.

R_ostlump_?le,darkbrown above; palpi bros'n. Antennae brown, the flagellar segrnents
oval, gradually decreasingin size outrvardly. Head pale yellorvishbrown, with a darker
brown spot on the vertex.
_ Pronotum pale. l\4esonotalpraescutumpale with three separateddarker brown stripes,
the medi&n one ending shortly before the suture, its caudal end squarely truncaled;
Iateral stripes broad, margined laterally by a narrower darker linef a shiny blackis[
triangle beginsat the suture, the point extendingback onto the median area of the scutum;
scutum_-yellow,the lobes darker, nrargined laterally bJ' a narrorv darker linel scutellum
palc yellow rvith a dark spot nt eaehlateral angle; postnotal mediotergite pale with a darkbrown median triangle, the point dirccted backward. Pleura pate with two broad
dark pro-wnlongitudinal stripes, the nr.orcdorsal ertending from the pronotum aerossthetr
dorsal pleurites to the base of the abdomen, ineluding the root of ihe halteresl ventra
stripe occupying the sternopleurite. Halteres pt+le, the knobs darker with pale tips
Legs with the cosae and trochanters pale; fenola light brown, the tips rathei broadly
ald conspic_uous
infuscated, precededby a'slightly u'fuer obscure yellow ringl remainderof legs broken. Wings rn'ibha faint gref ish tinge; stignra
oval, brown; vring-surface-Originvariegated rvith pale greyish brown clouds, as folloivs:of Bs; at one-third thelgqsth of cell M and at end of lsl 4. thcse n,.arkingsforming an irregular broken bnnd at
this level; cord and outer end of cell lsl Mii seamed;paler clouds at origin and near midfsn_gthof cell 2ru1.z1; basal half of cell Sc darkerl veins dark brown. Venation Sci,
ending just beforemidlength of .Es,,Scff som.edistancefronr its tip, Scf alone a little shorter
than,rn-cu,' Ils angulated and weakly spurlecl at origin; r on B ii+iii at about its own
length beyond the fork of .Rs.
Abdominal tergites dark brorvn, the caudal m.arginsof the individual segmentsnarrowly
margined_withpaler; basal lateral angiesof the sternitesrvith a brown triangular marking,continued aerossthe segmentas a paler band, the posteriorhalf or more of the segments
pale. Ovipositor rrith the strongll' upeurved sternalvalvesreddishhorn-colour.
IIa.bitat.--Jamaiea.
Holotype, female,Cinchon:-r,
Blue lIts., Julv:-!, 1{i26(G.C. Crumpton.).Paratopotype,female.

T. nebulipemrisis allieclto the Cuban T. rnyersa,
Alex., in the generalcolouration and sparsely cloudeclpattern of the rvings. In the present
speciesthe rving is even lnore extensivelv cloudecl and the bodycolouration is clifferent.
SUBFAMILY

TIPULINAE

Tipula, Linnaeus.
T'ipula (Ti,pula)jamaicensis, sp. 11.
Belongsto the oleracea(tricolor) group; size srnall, forrn slender, as in T. airgo,O. S.;
antennae bicolourous; wings with the tip of vern Rii atrophied; Rs and Riii long, subequalin length; abdominal terg-itesbrown rvith trvo darlier sublateral stripes.

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Fentale.-Length,18 mm.; rving, ri.b mm.

Frontal prolongation.of
headrelativel/shori, lightbrorvnlaterally$Tey,abovt:,-darkand beneath:nasusvery shortand stout.- Antennieruiit",it*u"*utilgr,,.eutof the sca'e
a little darkenr:d;secondtug*unt yerioniln"s.lil;;cilow, th;t;;iriirclof
each
seem.e-nr
darker. to producea bicolontott appearanc-e;
outerrnostsegm.ent.
urriioi,n"rffi;;iiie
Head greyivit h a capillutydotk-brbwn n,edianvitta, extending
aJruostto the occiput.
l\{esonotalpraescutumobscurebrownish";i;tthedisl alrnostcrrv6redby the threeusualblo.wnstripes,th.re i"&&i"lt[' &"rolaterally,""d narrowlym.arginedwith a darker
brown,the rnedian.stripepnrii.br* .rpillrry ;il;"];F;i;;i;;;
interspaces
more buffv; scutallobesdalk irifro"t, b"hiira.f"r.i"e i"to iiniii.rrii'.v;..r,rtellum behind
whitish grev, with a 'erv i'distinet cipiluty f,.o*" ir""; pl,.#"irii"."aiotergite large,
silve-ry
white, dark brownlaterallv. Pleurarri"*ni.rr;;gt, .I";."irg;;i'-bu""atutherving-root.
Ilalteres pale bro-wn,the knobs darker bro*lo.--iu'gs withtl"".o*whitish greyl trochantersbrownish-yellow;femora ou..ur" Iro*"i."ntn"
iSr--rroru infuieated;
l'"rioil,tibiae brownishvellow, the tips *uu.t d;*;;;;;";;i';;;*;;n1v-{u1o*, passinginto
darker brown outwardi.v...ITsp ,"iti, " gr"virn'rr"*g, inJ'.irt"r"rn*"gioand stisma
narrowly dark brown, follofred-by a ,,rordwbitish c6touratio;-i;tie
radialfield.-thebror"n costalregionincludescellsb, sc, the ce;h;it. portionsoad;ft
gi: preareelll"stcularregionandthe broadspaeebetrveen
the bra'rrchesof
cu sim.ilarlya"rr...li; il;;ffill
vitta ineludesportionsof cells.B andu,"tiu"aioi-ir,to thebase"oicellsRiiiand,Ra;abrighterobliterativemarking;tgrs ih; ;;;Ji;;;;Jiirrl M ii;.veins_brown,moreyellowish
in the paler are&s. \'enatiJn (Fis. 2)
approlimatelyas Iong as Riii and.
.F;."ilil-;;;.
fullv twieeR ii*iii; cell,Riietirngateidistaisect--ioioi Rtt "tropiiJ, the basalhalf or
lesswith a fervmaerotrichiae;
petiolu6t ""il a;-n""*r""' rit."-ir,rtjri"r sectionof crdstronglysinuous.

Fig.2
Fig. 2

Wing of. Tipula "lama,icensis,
sp. n.

Abdominal tergites brown mediall.l', d.arker brol.n
subl:Lterall;,,the lateral m.arsins
broadly greyish; iternites dark brorv".', oiipo*itl. " itr.,-il*';;;;ival,,,esvery slender,
straight; sternal valves very compressetl,th;-tiil litu.".
Habitat.-Jam.arca.
Holotype, ferrale, Clarentlon,Cumberland District,-altitude
about J,000 feet, DeeorNaturai
hil;r;"N-;"F.+izi"a;?..1,1fi,tf,1fui|lt;"lh:t"*:Tuiean'1\'ruseum
T. jamoicensis
is nrosteloselr-_alliecl
to T. fit.go,().S^.,(Biol. Centr..-Arn.,
Dipt., 1, r). 1+ (]88G))fronr. the higir ,r-,or,,i"ins of ii.",.,-go,
I\Lexico,differing es1:eciallfin'the bicoloroui "r-,t"nu*e arrrl the rlifferent
wingpattern,- the n hitish subrnargiual area, irrcluciiirg;;r;ifrl--lrtr.f"
proximal encl ofl?3,
w\ete"s.
in
uirgo
it
;;i,i,i.."r-t-.t
of cells Riii
.cell
Rv, enclingshortll'
befor.ethe u-rr:g-apex.

Brsr-,rocRApHy
Alexancler,C. P.
l9l2' On the T.ropi-ca!Anrerican Rhipididae (Tiputiclae,
Dipt.).
1913. ^ A .syn-opsisof Part of the Neotropi.ui-Clune-Fliesof thepylrapily Li,mnobinae(proc.u. s. tuut.' ivrur,-^ii1v,-pp."^4bj-

549,4 pls.).
1916' New or Little Known Crane-Fliesfrom the UnitedStatesand canada: Ti,prlllQot,.
(proc.Aead. Nat. sci.
^plyghopterid,aePhila.,pt.

B, pp.+ao-s4o(igro)).

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L926. Undesct'ibedSpeciesof Crane-I'liesfrour Cuba and Jamaica:
Tipulidae, Dipt. (Jn. N. Y. Ent. Soc., XXXIV, PP. 223'230)Cockerell,T. D.4.
1894. A SupplementaryNote to Mr. Johnson's List of Janraican
Diptera (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., pp. 419-420.).
Johnson,' C. W.
1894. List of the Diptera of Janraica with Desciptions of New
Species(Proc. Acacl.Nat. Sci. Phila., PP. 271-281).
1910. A RevisedList of the Diptera of Jamaica (Bull. Arn. MusNat. Hist., XLI, Art. 8, pp. 12I-449).
Walker, Francis.
1848. I-.,istof the Diptera in the Blit. IVLus.,1, p. 47.

OF DIPTERA,RECORDSAND I)ESORIPTIO\trSIVIOS'|LYFROM JAMAICA.
BY

C. H. OURRAN, llrrouolo(ircAl

Rnexcn, ()rrru'A, ('ANADA.

The Diptera rneutionerl in the follorving l)ages,n'ith one exception,
have been eollectedb1'C. ('. (lorvrle.r'artrl\Lartin Gorvcley. illost of
the specimensare from Jamaica ancl coristitute uett' records fi'otn thatisland; othels were eollecteclb;r the above in (lolurnbia tluririga visit
to that country in the spring of L926.
MvcntoPHILIDAE

nmjor, n. sp.
Cerotel'ion
Distinguishedfrom the renrainingAnrerieatrspeeiesb1' the broadly deep brou'n costal
border rvhich bears two hvaline spots. Leng,l.h,7.5 rnnr.
tr'e.male.Dull yellowish,rvith black and biorvn marking';s.Faee,p:ilpi and probobcis
yellowish, the head elsewhereblack; front bron'n, the- occiput gr-eypollinose.- Rasal
iwo antennal segmentsbrownish,the apical segmentpale 1'ellon-,the othersblack.
Nlesonotumrvith five narrow brol'n vittae rvhichare united in front of the scutellum,
the nrediantlrr.eefor son-edistanee,the outer onesunited at the anteriopfourth of thethorar. trIesopleura,scutellunrand sternum brown. Iiair blackish.
Coxae and fLrnora.whitish5-ellos.,the apicesof the coxae,trochantersand basesof
fenrora,brown; nriddle tibiae yellowishbrou'n, their tarsi brown, the segments.broadly-yellow'apically;hair blaek; tibial spinespale. - The front and hind legsare nrissing.
and on the apicalbrou'n along the_r-eins
Wingideepbrown in front, broadly gr.e5'ishhvalinespotletween theasub-reetane-"lulinterrupted
fourth, the biown costalborder!fvein;
of ir-ingsvery
third
base
the
fork
of
first and secondveins anC another be5'ohdthe
yeliowish. Ilalteres missing.
pale
Ahdom.enpale yellowish, with narrou' sublateral border and the rather rarroxr aperof oach segmentblacli, the sixth and ser-en'thsegm.entseviden-tl1'mostly' blackish, theblack lateral border interrupted at the basesof the segrrygnts.The sternitesbear a linear
median vitta, broad l,ateral border and a broad undulated m.edianfasciaof a brownish
colour. Hair black.
Type, female, Cinchona, Jamaica, Aug. 3, L926 (C. C. Gowdeil.