Yt, l ,:tr

NE\/II OR LITTLE-KNOWN

Wingswi,r n r,.,,nrruf'rrs..tinge,
the baserll:",1, CandSc
rrreextrcmewing-'ase
moreyellowish,
inaistircirf i""i""ro,veinsdark;;,"*
one wing
pare

CRANE.PLIES

by Dr CIIARLIISt,. AI.llXANDllR(Amlrerst,Mass,).

fflif.l:f i:Abdomen elongate.slriny
black, inclucling the
hypopygium.
Hab. ehina.
Holotgpe, J, Canton (exStaudinger-Bang-Haas).

Subfamily Limuobiinae

lbat are narrowly rnarginedlvith black, the rnedian one lurther divided by acapillaryblack medianvitta; setaeon internediate spacesconspicuous,
erect,
black ; scutallobessiurilarlylrlue-blar:k; median area of scutulr ald scltellum dark grey pruinose; postnotal mediotergites'rooth, shiny blue-black,tinged with brown, the surface only sparsely pruinose; pleurotergite grey,
longitudinally vittate with delicate parallel glabrous lines. pleura darkbrownieh black, pruinose. Halteres brownish black. Legs with the coxaeand*,,",;"il,i;,T::lHi

ftt ffi:lTltff;l;*;*Lf?J#1sni *e-rorkoili','i,,i",,1"*,hbeyo
Iiffi

Tlte speciesdiscussedin tho
llrosonIpopor aro from varioug couutries of Eastern Asia. Tho types of tbo undescribodspecios &ropresorvodin the oollectionof tho rvritsr.

l. Eriocera rufipennis, sp. n. - Genorol coloration of head
'and lhorax dark dullgroy ; praosculum rvilh trrreoshiny brue-black
stripoo l.hat,aro narrowly marginod *,ith blacli legs tllack; winge;
strooglytingedwith lufous ; abdomonshiny black.
Male.- Lengthabout2t mm.; wing lI.b mm.
Rostrumand palpi black. Autennaeof moderatelength,if bent backward
not attaining the wing-root,black,the basalsegmentpruinose. Headdark
grey I verticaltubercleconspicuous.
, Mesonotumdull grey, the praescutumwith threeshinyblue-blackstripes

spot;; d;';;;

endor cerrs
R2andR,.Venationn,i.,,r,*t"; ffi'&:'"Tr.:,:,j:,flb* u":[ [,*:l+.i,t.,:ff,
fj n::jd,""r;ii;;;;;;',t,,X1,::",;11""1:H,ilT:

Por,t.I.

ij

j:y^:"_grd
lvorrdspeeiosof r,he31,X1;*:g:'[il,H?,1?,f;i;;*]:"{:,f:-i1,t.:"U.:"#il'l

Epecies
couplet.SS
runs our at :,ii
by thouniro.riryr;t;;il:ril"escnt";;JruuKaooorler.
mostmostclosery
It
It
closel.yalierlisisaoparonl; ?
urriuJ'rot,o ilhsuch sneeioq
,
E.. m
E
"ii"ll"r, ..uojo*uo'
ntiltrhrrior,rr;r'indani oensi
y,., o,,o"oor.""trlutko, .;':ii

coloration.
col orati on.

s Alexnnder.
lw___- _- - qvrut, u. ; ut
etn,rrrr"^_!-'_r.r!r,oe.hronta_0not ably
:1, in iwalr.o"ir r ef
r ng
lr1
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ilr e bod v^r;*;;;;.,

Subfomityfipnlinrc
2' Tipula coniuncta,
sp. n._ oouu.1,.::foration
rerativeryshortaJd,stoudnrk gray; Iogs
tL r"r"i"'itihiaeblackisrr; rvinAsvoilorv,
yertorv,tip'pedrvith""0i,* ;';;;"l.uu."olyindicared, ,r*obrir,e_ratedby tfre fusion,ofvein /1.-_1-.;;;;,* ,.
ITemate.
-- Longrh
so;;.

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nil_r.

j,tl;:H';rtr;'1t,#;ij,i jf [fl'#,'#lliili,};tH#H.

F r o n t a l p r oto n g a ti o n

o f th o l .^ ^ r _ _ , ,,ansversely wrinkled,Fig. r.

trochanters black, pruiuose I remainder of legs ontirely black; apices ofindividual tarsal segmentson lower faee a little produced and here provided
with a few powerful spinousbristles; each claw with a slender basal spine.
Diptara,t. ll, fasc.e, 16,IV, r9r5 (Pario,P. Lechevalier.)-p r u i n o s e ; f t a g e l la r

Tipula conjunctasp.

n. flasal seven scEmenhsparselvof llagellum

se sm Fn fs ad trttle
r ;r .r ^ - ,produeedal" surfJce*J,r,"X"''"'.
apica'v
apicallyrFig.
rFig.
2) on the2)on
thelower"r;";;'i"il;:J;:,"n1""0"i:::":""n0]r:T:'""if iueed
rower
1:?
::?^tl:",o ::;:+ffi;d":i:i}'i"*u'u"saru,saiverticirs*u,l i"Ju"uurti?"ff : J:li l "lj:.:
cir,ll*: :l; il r"ngtr,i":indistincfly""i'oi" i",ili#:"tl:t;
Drrs""
paler;
vertieal

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NDW ON LITTLE.KNOWN CRANE.f,'LIES

89'. Anterior pronotum vdry narrow, prate-like,with a Iow dorso-medians":y,.ilrepraescutum
wiur a broadandconspi-

black. str.ipe, broadest in fiont, narrowed to, llll,:1::,, Y::y.L"ll-0":k
the suture ; tateral:l-:::^dilr_
gt'pesunusually na*row and indistinct, blackish; pseudosuturar
foveaereducedto a microscopicdot-like pit; scuiellurnstrongly flattened; postnotal
nediotergite with a dericate median irnpressedrine. Fluura
brownish grey,
the dorso-pleurar nrernbrane ocrrreous, Ilarterespale, ,ro knobs weakry
infuscated.Legs reratively short and stout, ilre segrnents
covered with a weak: 'Fig.3.-

Tipulaconjunc!4,
sp. n. Wing.Erplanationof
symboleasin 6g. r.

: rhort pubescence; tibial spurs long, truncated at tips: coxaebrownish grey;
trochantersdark,pruinose;femo'a yellow basally, ilre tips broadly blackened;
tibiae obscure yerlow, the bases nar.rowly infuseated, itr" rips i litdu ,rro"u' broadlyso I basitarsi brown, the terrninal scgrnents darker. wings wiflr a, strongyellowish ti'ge,the prearcularrcgion a'd cells c arrdsc cleareryellow;: stigmascarcely iudicated ; veins browu, those of the costal and prearcularregionsrnoreyellowish; extensiveobliterative areas along the cord, venation(Fig. 3):.Sc2endjlS a short distance before the fork oi Rs; fork of Rs
1 ,symmetrical; r faint, at the fork.of R + .ti r-m obliterated by the fusion ofveinsR* * son Mr {:, the fusion being about one-half the basat section of
Rr '| ; i cell llr longer than its petiole, the latter a tlifle less than threetimesnr; m-cupunctifornr;cell lslrlfrstrongly pointedat proximalend cell;
2ndA broad,.
flre segurentswith conspicuous
i Abdomenochreous-brown,
brown setigerous, punctures,eachwith ashort goldenseta ; no basalirnpressedareasou segments[l.beyond the second tergite ; basal stenrites infuicated rnedially. Genital
segmentdark brown. ovipositor wiilr the tergal valves loni, slender,I
ctraight.
shiny chitinizedbrown,flretips rounded; sternal valves very short.
Ii', Hab.Siberia.
ia. Itolotgpe, Q, Ussuri (ex Staudinger-Bang-Haas).

I

Tipula conjuncta is readily tokl from all described species of thoonus known to the writcr by the obliterationof the radial-mediancrossvsinof lho wings.
ll. Tipula ouonsoni, sl). rl. - Gcncrll coloratiorrof thorucicrlorBuutruforrs-yollow;honrlliglrt gloy ; trrtorrrrtl sogruoulsbicolorouuI

c.

9()

P. ILETANDER

wingswith a feint brorvntingo,thocostalregiondorkor;malohypo.
f.fqium with the tcrgitotcrminalingin two spinouslobos; notchof
ninth sternitobearingl,wopencilsoi loogyellow sotce.
Ifiole. -Length about 14 mm. ; wing l6.E mm.
prolongationof
obscu-reyelow, whitish prurnose above,the.Frontal-headsidesdarker; nasusrelativery

long
and srender,turtea'wilrr v;trr*'"1".j-segment.pelplpalebrown,the rongterminal
darker. Antennaewith the scaof
yeltow;remaining segmentsof .
i:t-::,9.:",i:,::l:1'_1T"gment-frale_ilum
f;ffi;,;;
l?^-.:ii:l{l1t:.::L_o::n.t11er51sJ.eningsio;iprJ"J",,'ilbffect. Ilead-cteartight-lrey, the posteriorpart of vertex
fi*"::!,*ol""o":and the occiput weakly infuseated.
Pronotumbroadry infuscated media[y, the sides yerlowish.
Mesonotarpraescutum with three confruentrufous-yeilow etripeeihat covermost of ttr" drrt ,the humeral region and the broad raterat matgins fight grey
; Interspacesand
median region of scutum beeoming erearery"llo* u""il
s*i"t robe with two;
contiguousrufo's-yeilow areas; scuteilum aindpostnotum
testaeeous,the former more or less suffused rviflr yelto'rv,the latter margined
behind with darker. Propleuia more or ressinfuscated.sternopreuriteandanepisternumrightgrey pruinose, infuscated anteriorry, the former morestronily so beneath;p-teropleuriteabruptly more *'hilish; dorso-preural
membrariilght yellow.
Halteres pale brown. the base of the stem abruptry yeilow.
Lefs with thefore and middleeoxaeright grey, tho posteriorcox.emore whitish ; trochanters obseureyellow ; femora brorvnish yelrorv,the tips
narrorvty brackened;
tibiae brown, the tips passing into brownish braek; tarsi brownish brack.
wings with a faintbrorvntinge, ilre base and costal region
more infuscatedto
produce a dark costarmargin as far distad as the
stigma and inciuding both
cells c and sc ; vein ca srightry cloudedwiflr darker. t'enation,rlpi"r""uuo;m and the petiore of celr rv1subequar; ce, 2nd d relativelyn"."o*.'
Abdomenwith the basaltergite testaceous-yetow,beyond
this passinginto
brown, the lateral marginsof the segments indistincfly paler.
stlrnites oug-lig. Is,

Fig.5

l''iB. /r-l-r. I'ipula rurnsoni,rp. n.
fig.
lllolo hypopygiumI niath lergito,{,
rl orrrl rrpool . -_- F i r.
ilnl" hyPopygirrnr; latoral rrp""i ;' oi t our"" airti*fle j
1.:.
S : rtorni to I 7' : tor;i to. 'f'ha lorrrrilrrrlogy
ir lhrtof Oremjton.

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OR

I.ITTLU-KNOTI'N

CNANE-FLIES

P. At.ExANDtrR

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cureyellow. llale hypopygium havingthegeueral etructure ol T. gannla;torgite distinctly separatedfrom the sternite by a corupletesuture. Ninth tergite(Fig. a) large, the caudal margin with a blackenedspinulous lobe on either sideof the median liue, the rnore lateral spinulae larger, those toward the medianline becomingprogressively srnaller. Basistyle (Fig. 5, b) separatedfrom thesterniteonly by a ventral suture. Outer dististyle a broadly flattened ear-likeyellow lobe, the posterior margin a little produced subapicallyand here providedwith a ferv slightly longer setae. Caudalmarginsof sternite adjoining
the ventral suture with a densepatchof erect yellow setae. Base of notch ofsternitebearirrga broad bifid lobe,eaclrlobuleof rvlrislrbeals a conspicuorrs
peucilof long yellow setaodircctedventrad. Stcnrite ccphaladof hair-pencils
pale,subcarinate.Eighthstel'nite unarmed with setae.

cylindrical or weakly clavatefloshy lobe that is covered wilh long
black setae. Innor style a flattened bledo that terminatesin a blakshiny blode, beforo tho apex with a sharp point directed dorsad.
Ninth sternito(Fig. 6, s) profoundlyinciserrbenenth,l,hemesalmar-

Fig.?

Fig.6

Fig,E

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ld

I/aD. Chirra (Cho-Kiang)
Ilolotype, g, Ilang-chow, April 28, tg24 (Su.enson).
This intorosting cr&no-fly is named in honor of tho colloctor
I\[.E. Suonsolr, to whorn I orn irrrlcbtcd.fol urouy kind favols. T. su,en$orri is allied f,s ?'. yutnulrr, Aloxuutlor (Jupurr) and T. ntendat,
Alsxandor (Japan), diffcring flonr bol,lt in the ooospicuous bifid setifsrous lobe iu tho notuh of the uinth stenrilo of tho nrale hypopyg ium.

4. Tipula coquillettiana, Alexander{914. Tipula coqu.illettiana Aloxander; Philippine Journal ofScionce,24 :005-606.
This insutficientlyhnown crsno-fly has been hnown hitherto only
fron southeln Saghalien. I now record B Inalo from llokkaido,
Japan(Jozunkei,Ishikari-no kuni, August 10, l!)24, Tamanuki, collecLor')and give a fow {tdditioual details of tho slructuro of ths malo
hypopygiurn and of tho allied ?. ntbcetzlralis,Aloxandor,of Kamtchotka. Male hypopygiun (Fig. 6 ) with lho l,ergito fused with thostornito iuto a continuous ring, l.ho tergal region soperstod from thestornalby o deop caudal invasion of memblane l,hat snclososs smell
isolatedchil,inizedsclerits. Ninth tergito (Fig. ?, t) of the gonorel
typo of T. centralis, Loew, tho caudal margin o bleckonod, hoavily
chitinized s&ucor,tho caudal msrgin of wlrich boars a shollow U-sha'
pod notoh; coplralicrncrgiu of saucoranorro\Mraisod rim that boars
a fow scattored denticlos, tho extromo latolal auglos tuol'o strongly
oloval,od,
acuto (Fig. 6,t.); immodiately voutrad of thisslovationa
rruollsctigeroustuberclo; rcgion of lho l,orgil,eoephaladoftho ohitinizodcoucor pelor, extonsiYo,tho median area conspicuoulymolubronous. llasistyle (tlig, 6, b) comploto, oxl,onding cuudtd into abifid poiut ($ig. 8, b). Outordislitrlyloo slottdsr,
slonrlor,blor:kouod,

Fig.I

Fig.llFi g. 6-8. Ti pnl a c oqui l l eui ant al erander. - F;g. 6 : mal e fi y popy gi ' rnl ateral;' arpc
ct
espect.6 : bas i s ty l e I i d : i nnc r.di s ti s ty l o; ni al e t,y popy gi ,,i r, i ors al!s . 7:I
fi g.8: mal e hy popy gi rrrn : c arrrl alas pc r:[.:r : l obe at ba.e ol bas i s ty te.
Fi g. o-rr. Ti pul a s i l bc entrql i sA l erandc r. Fi g.o:hy popy gi rrml dors ar' l i ;.
arpectni rrth tergi tc ; fi 8: ro : mal o hy P opy gi rrnr, l atoral -ni
as" pc c t1'
r r : mal o'fhypopygi um ; bas i s ty l e,c audrl as pec t.

gins olthe notch narrorvly chitinizerl ; a low scterite(Fig.g, x)a[ thecephalicmesal angle of tho basistyle. Anal tubo long and cons. picuous,palo.
Tipu,lasubeentrali.s,
Aloxander(.Iourn.
N. y. Ent. Soc.,p6 :71-74;l9l8) conforms much moro closcly to tho typical forrn of centralis,
Loew, in tho moro extensivoclrilirrizorlsuucorof ilro ninth torgito(fig. 0), whit:h sh.rvs l,n'o teolh whcn viorvcd laterally (fig. 10, t) ;

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tho broader outer dististylo (fig. {0, o d) aud rhe caudarnotch of thobasistylo(fig. f l).
5. Tipula kuwayamai,
Alexandor.
1,921.Tipula ku,uayamai Alcxander ; Aon. Ent. Soc. Amorica, l/* : 130-{3t .
'onoJ, ussuri, siberia (ox staudingor-Bang-llaas).I('owu hithorto
only frorn llokkaido, Japan.

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6. Tipula flavocostalis, Aloxandor.
1.921.Tipula llauocoslulis Alexantlor ; Ann. Ent. Soc. Amorica, t4 :124-l2ii.
Ono d, Ussuri, Siberio (ex Stautliugor-Bangllaas). Known
hittrorto only frorn Saghulionand llonshiu, Japan.

Sur les Lucilia et les Chrysomyia de Macquart
bt de Robineau-Desvoidy. II (t).
par g SliCUy (paris).
,. 11..Lucilia.albofasciata l{acquart 18,13,.lixot., lI-3, l,lg,l, Q (Macquarti,' det.). - Bezzi, l9O7: 60ti(Pyrellii) : Da"yphor. rultuuu, ttJi.
,,..
, .!2. Lucilia basalig Macquartdet., no 61, Mogador(Laporte)94b-3?: Lucilia sericataMeigen.
l
Lrrcilia. bufonivora (Moniez) vileneuve r9r4 : 95,2 (paradoxalisini,..13:": .. lr t t .f:L u cu ta s y lv ar um a u c t. (p a rt.) B e z z i ,? Sh a n n on,l g24:t,?5. _ N edoit pas 6tre confondu avec le Lucilia elongataqui est une bo'ne espdce.
i,,,,I
14. Lucilia c@sar L. - Fabriciusdet. (coll. Bosc): L. seric4taMg.
g'j
15. Lucilia c@sar L' - Macquartdet. (coll.Mus6urn): L, sericataMg.
l.:;:;'; __16. Lucilia cagarion Meig. - (M&cquartdet.). Environs de paris, Alg6riet, H. Lucas: Cryptolucilia.
R -D 1830:464,6 - Macquartr83b: II, 2b8,s0.
f'',,,.,jta::cili1_calida
3 -l l 8 6 ,24?, M ac quar td e t., p ro v . F ra n c e :g 6 -:L . seri cata._ A i O,247;[: . , . I ""PYrelliair.'* chrysomyia soror R
1iit, 18.Lucilia ch-loropyg:a var. R.-D.
-D. det. RobiNo 2t6, Afrique (Delatande)Cap de'BonneEsp6rance= Chry_:tl, il1y,?u.voidy.
;'iti:.8omyl8.
tLucilia chloropyga ltdacquart,(Macquartdet.l coll . Bosc. L,6tiquettel-11ii,,, 9.t,gtt"t" p.orje h. ilcg|.olina. Maequart,ou ceux qui ont manipul6 la coltectlon aprds.lui, o.nt
" j,,:{0 faire une transposition d'6tiquette. ce n,Lst pas le Lurr,,.,crlla-caroliniensis de Macquart ou le chrysomyia carolinaede Robineau-Deson trouve dans la collection du Mus6unrun cryptolucilia (no 23?);;.iYotuy.
f.r''r'ii.t', r. Ct. Diptera,ll,85-86: prrt. I.
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