252
Undescribed Speciesof Australasianand Oriental Crane(Tipulidae, Diptera).

By CH.\RLE5

p. ALEX.,\NDER,.{}IHERST,(Presented by l[r. Bryaa
at the meetiag of Juty

M.\ss.

6, 1999.):

as nelvare from Soutrreastern
papua,
China.
*: g:::::
1T:tlf:,ibed
andE_asrer"
A;;r;il
ff ;:I :fii:::firT]Iessrs.

I{ershaw and .}Iuir,;.];.*rn"rr.r.
R. Helms andF. W. Terry. Thev""dwere includ"Oi" the collections ofBernice p. Bishop l\Iur.u_the*.r""f.inOt.u ,uUrnitted
tor determination by
to me
"rJ

-r
nring*o;,',;rvhom
r ;",'l;;;,"?,TIj:ff t,*.,."r,1T,:'
GeNr-sGysoplrsrr.l Wesrrvooo.
Crynoplistia nigrithorax,

sp. n.
General eoloration black;head reddish; antenna
te with teo branebetl
t"j"twith a very heavy bSowl
segpattern.
-t"r-o*Wing,
Iemale?
Il mm.

Rostrunrobscurereaaif;,.rlouth-partsdark;n'jllr'j':*t::;: l^-,,itt"'.

patpi rlark red, p"t",rrarkbrorvnl; serenteeujTx{tj"l+i$ti#'?"7:,i:Ti{l'::"h,:"Hi.r:i,'"*i|i':ff.]"";"

tion of ltageuar *e-"n1uo-l;";;;":::"^

1t-11

"tl

tle -sesmeDt;pectina-l"orru-'"r,.tyur*r.'"^SiFJil"{iJilll1-:iorar in ouuine.

;ij:f,;"::;.y.jf",

ereo.a""routybrack.Earterestinge, the base aadcell C more

Ur""",

rh".o'a";;:, ;;;;tersbrack,,n","."J-,ffi::ll';:,"","flJ',Ibroatrest
ootrepo"t"ril.._r"o,o"",,iri,t::T ffi"J?""Ttffi::l"i.".,-*il *. theertremen:,?":T"1,?"1"r"""the broatrerba,"saod
apices:ij:,:y::y:1t";:r;ytrarkeneu;
tarii ;,J.
:Tr":tH:rT;HT"r""*r"i#T;.l,l1iiE;:r'::broa'lrcrossbi;a':;;"L;;:y.#:L.1ffi
the-origin

or 'Bs,interrup; il;il;
proximadproxinadof
or'Bs
rn.r *t.io.l'o'f.^-o:l"J-1.-"t '"i""r1"]"i""ii#Tr:'*,l:-Bs'andTli;; fi# rlnaoccopi"jthef"".*lf;'"
cord,is ofthereve,or;:"::y:,:,nearry::::1.
equar
widthio.""ro"r?""r.::.fi:ffr#;IJjrrij.

,5 ;"i,lu..",",toa verynarro'
and'r-derned#.i#'f;*;.111:""::,
areeacross'_3.
tha:::1f-"::::"r"T' #;, ;TroT:
the rellow areas. venstion:
e"i:C"."il,ii;;;;;il

Proe. Eaw. Ent. Soc.,
V, No. 2, September,its petiole; ee\first .

1g28.

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cleflectiot of Cu7 about one-third its
arcuahd at its Proximal entl; basal
length beYonclthe fork of M'
Abilomen broken.

Hab.-Pagua
November' 1910
HolotyPe, female ?, Laloki, Nerv Guinea,(F. )Iuir).
Station'T-"-pe in the Harvaiian Sugar Planters' Experiment
Gynoplistia fumiPennig sP' n'pleura 'lustetl with grey; legsGeoeral coloration black, tbe thoracic
abdomen orange' the termiual two
black; wings sufuserl rvith dark brownl
and the ovipositor black'-(egments
nrnr'
tr'emale. Leugth, 12.5 mm'; wing, 10'5
tbe flagellum badly twjsted
blaek'
Intennae
black'
palpi
aud
Rostrumcannot be accurately 'leter'
segments
ofin the unique type so the number
black.
urinetl. Ilead shinY
an appressed microscopic grey
Thorax shiuy black. the pleura with
Ilalteres brownish black' Legs withpubescencetbat appears iit" * lfoo-'of the legs black' Wiogs
remainder
grey;
rvith
the eoxae blaek, ilusted
over the entire surface' thervith a rlark brown suffusioo. t"t-o"t uniform
streaks in eells
longituilinal
paletlarker'eostal region onfy Ueinf a little
veins ilark brorvn' Vena'
lf
veiu
aloog
;
an<i
A,
seconilA,
E, M, Cu7, firstshort' about one-half longer
tion: r uear tip of I1,'petiole of cell Ml ver'vof cell frsf 19'
mitllength
justbeyondCutofthau m,'basal ileflectioo'nine shiny black' Ovi'
Abtlomen bright orange, segments eight andpositor black, the valves elongate'- u.Ffob.-New South Wales'
Holotype,female,Blue ]Iountains, December'1912'
Type in the BishoPlluseum'

Gynoplistia hclmsi" sP' n'abtlomen violaceoug, the third andGeneral eoloratiotr greenish black;fenoral bases broaitly reddish;theblack'
f"gs
genital segmeot" t"aai'i;with browu: atrtetrnae with not more
il,iog, .oliUytlhe, heavily t'J"a"afagellar segmelts pectinate'
sevel
thau seventeensegments,the basalmm'8'2
Female. Length, 8'8 mm'; wing'
Artennae with sirteen or sevenRostrum greenish blrck; palpi black',(or 8)' black' Eeacl gteenish
z+z+S*7
U"iogteen segments, tue torJ-ota
black.
black' itusted witb whitish'
Mesonotun gteenish black, shiny' Pleurawith white; trochan'tluste't
black'
corae
iU
Ealteres yellow. Legs Jtn
te rsb lnck;fe mora blac k wit ht hebas alhelf or les s r e t k l i s h 't h e t i pWingss s o n esub''
poeterior legs-lost'
what plevate; remaintler of the legs blaek;254
Sc rlark brown; a'hyaline. the base yellowish; cell C light brown,
antl lf' con
bros-n pattera tlisiributed as follows: bases of cells -E
of '8s'originirt
areaquatlrate
large.
into cells Cr antl frst J .: aacross the wing
stigmathefromerteutlingcrossbantl
1/;areaching
1IJ,' rving-tip tather nar'along the eortl, leaving a pale spot in cell Ttrst
of cclls n2' n3' ancl '85;
trvo'fifths
tlistaltheinciutling
rosli ,lark brorvn'
cloutl beyontl mid'
all of .]ll anrl the extreme tip of 'second ')19; a brorvn
ot' the w i ng'
base
the
at
ye
llo
r
v
b
r
o
wn
,
r
'
e
in
s
l e n g t h o f c e l l se co r ld .l;eell 'l1l lbout us long
Cell 'seconzl ]31 rery small. triangular:\tenation:
length of cell
as its petiole; basal tlefleetion of CttI at about ooe-thir(l thefirtt JIJ.
elougate'
thirtl segment retltlish' Otipositor^\brlomen tiolaceous. tbeorange. the tiPs ,larkenetl.

Hob.-\erv South \\'ales'
Holotype,female.Blackheath.January' 190+ (R' Helms)'
T1'pein the l3ishoP]Iuseum'
Tiris ,peciesis dedicatedto the memor\ of the collector'
Gaxrs Enlocsn'r)I'rcqr'rtr'
Eriocera praelata, sP. n.
llale. Length, :14 mnr.; wing, !* mm'present
81' E,lrranls' I(ty to the Oltl \forlrI species ol Eriottnt' theit difrerc
rvhichfrorn(\\'ietlemann),mesopyrthu
E.
rlorvnto,uo.
,p..i".
as follorrs:
the genus known' Antennal
Size rery large, one of the largest species of
the terminal segments'
obscureflagelluur
the
,larl
brorvn,scape-vellorv'
conrcal' Jlesonotal
small'
tuberclevertic:rl,larker. Ilead ,lark brrrrvn. lhe
the mesonotum rlarkerl
ofremaintler
thebro$n.
rerklishrichpraescutum
Pteura brown' Lcgs rvith the fore
scutellum eonspicuously protuberant'
tips narrowlv infuscaterl; posterior
thebrown.
re,ltlish
an<l rnidtlle femora
Wings rich brorvn rvith a broad
femora rlark brorvn, the bases brighter'
mostly proximarl of the cord;l,vingthisbut tliffuse yellowish crossbantl,
third of costal region darkrlista.lbrightenerl;similarly
cells
anai
base ofand first M2;"
bro.o; the yellow cliscal bantl incluttes the bases of cells '83
one ancl ono-jr
about
origin;atIsspurreil
Yenation:veins pale brown.
petiotehalf times its length beyond the fork of B*; M2 shorter than theveiltowartlstrongly
bent
sinuous,stronglydof cell .)/1r' vein seconil
I is narrower at the margin
second
cell
large
the
tip
so
A
at
the
first
ffve !oilan is cell Cu. Abtlomen rich redclish brown, segments one anil
na
four
to
two
tergitesofmargins
eautlaltheniue brownish-black,ilarkened; basal half of tergite two shiny; hypopygium black'Hab.-Crrina.
Holotype, male, Macao (F. Muir).
'T;rpe in the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Experiment Station'

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n'
Eriocera muiri, sP'

toJi""J.

: winssb*y"' :"11^c"il'J',#tf;:rr
brackcoloration
Lleneralthe cortll abtlomet

ttossbantl before
trrirLi't"it"*scoriaeeous'ttte'tetgites
c,imm'
nrm': rsing' 14'5.--tr hrown. the terminal
termina\Iale. Length. 14
j\nteonae tlark brown'
palpi
paler tnan
littleaRr)struIll url
flagellar segments""to'i'^'"'
sesrtlents f'*f"""tf"'f'asallllstilar"'il:'l':';"t::::;*:'l:,1"r"'"T:1,,0'0""".'':::.'-*l#1"J."shiny rlark, brorvn',*nir"*",
scurrllunr lnrl posrnotum
trrorsn' Ilalteres ::tltt -"1"t": ;"i;;;t-;pes
Pleur:r s'inv tlark

pair basally.
broatlly;ll';.;;";..".:::i:,ll:l:J$::,'".:::-1"*l#;i,T:,iurker lrrorvn: :r *et]'brown. allll,i1.*"*;,;;

i::;1,,,l:,,:""::;''l;..:T;;".,".

be,vontrrhe

its length
oue'thirrllt",oooo.,cer second,r at"ursin 'seco'"present:

cell 'uI
'J'
t jit
a
o
g
i
*.inn,,o, rittre-iTl,""'-'l;fJ;':ll ;:T'-.1,*l?"'"*,i**,tlarkI sternites;,il"';;';-:

Ib,lorninal

tergitesbro\rn' the "n1ltt1'1""J-"ii-ty-uro"t;iitincoous
tutort' unifornrlY

typopygium

brort-.n'

Htrb.-China'] la c a o ( F ' ]tu i r)'!! o lot t ' f t : ' m ale'
Experiment Station'
go*'"iion Sugar Planters'
T1'pe in tn"
honor oi the collector'
interesti'g'r';';;:
This
1i:d.l:rluf,' BvEdrvarg::-Tktli'r:::;::"il?i'::rtr. Fre<leri'r'by the combtn'attuu
sevent)'-one
and I",'.oopt"'
ab<rominaltergites
theonban<lsterior cells'
Eriocera obliqua' sP'

Or.-**..

five pos-"fn'

14'14'5 mm'
15'16 mm' i wing'
Female. Len$th'
rvhich it itifrers as lollows:(Westwootl)' fromu'poi'i'in'
Allieil towithil'" tu" ootl1*'^:l"I rtJJ":lJ:ti#tffl"j':i;IVingsl{,
B nntl"-P
of.B2*3'

the fork":""i^:l;'";;";;""
corclbroaclestin cells
ins:*"i-'1*"'.d;lJ**ofo"tf'
of species'
obliclueas in this groupvatt
black' onIYtbe#t;,J""i; *itu tlt base

t
T','
i:

#FI
Fi

rr
I

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Hab.-.China'
Macao. (F' Muir\'
Holotrfe, female'
females'Parato Pot'tPes'two
Station'Planters' ExperimentSugar
ff"*"li"n
*t"
"of
in
Type
like E' htlpa
this flv is more
The general ;;;;t

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{
Walker and allies (hilpoides Alexander, da'aidi Alexander, etcfrom all of which it is readily told by the position andol r.
Eriocera terr5ri, sp. n.
]Iale. Length, 12.3mn.; wing, 11.5mm.
Female. Length,15 mm.; wing, 12.t mm.
Related to E. geminato Aleraniler (Japau), tlitrering as follows:
Antennae of tbe male longer, witb long antl conspicuous setae. Thor'
acic stripes black. almost concolorous with the interspaces. Legs brownighblack throughout. Wings rvith the rliscal pale band larger. oblique in position anrl pale yellow in color. only a little paler than the pairerl spots incell .R,'the diseal band ertende from eell Scl across eells second I1,8,
and.ilf, barely attaining cell Cu; a pale area in the eenter of cell CnI.
Yeuation: r approrimately its own length beyoutl tbe fork of E3*3 andtwice its length from the tip of. 81 ; fork of vein Cr .forming a greater
angle; basal rleflection of Cttl at or before mirllength of cell Crtl. Ovipositor and genital segmeDt fier-v orange.
Hab.-China.

Holotype, male. Hongkong, 1908 (F. lV. Tcrr-r).
.lllotopotype. female,in copula with the qvpe.
Type in the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Experiment Station.
This interestingspeciesis named in menroryof the collector,
the late .\Ir. F. W. Terrv. By Edwards' Key, it runs out at
E. hilpa Walker.to rvhichgroup of speciesit shouldbe referred.
Eriocera submorosa, sp. n.
General coloration black; vertical tubercle ,leep retll wings brorvn; cellM1 lackirg; abtlominal tergites with alternate opaque antl shiny cross'bands.
Male. Length about 12.5 mm. I wing, 12.2 mm.
Bostrum anil palpi <lark brom. Antennae with the scape brown, theflagellum black; antennae, if bent backwarcl e:rtending beyontl the base of
the abclomen. Ilead bl,ac\ the region of the rertical tubercle tleep retl
with a small, circular black spot.
Pronotum dark brown medially, paler laterally. lfesonotum velvety blackPleura brownish black. Ilalteres tlark brownish black. Legs brownish black
throughout. Wings strongly tingetl with brown, somewhat tlarker at thebase and in the costal region; veins tlark brom. Yenation: ScI endiag";?,:; ;ffi";;;;;;

an<rone-harr
timeriffi

length beyontl the fork arit on .EI nearly four times its length from the'i$tip; cell M1 lzeking; cell /trrt MP reetangdarl basal rleflection of Cul \2'r7
the length of the
M2; Cu€ about one-half
cell
first
of
before mitllength
seYenmorelrasal rleilectiou of cu1' , ^- ur-arr.
segme: three toblack; o"qments
velvetyglabrons'
abrlonrinal tergite
shiny'
of each segment"".*t and rvith the uu*f i*'o-iUi'ds
retldish brorvn',lihte(lcleep
fr"tr;
hyJ;il'tttoites
soures:hatglaucousl
Hob.-China
Holottpe, male, Horv-lik\Iountains'

T1'pein ttt" ltuouoii"n Sugar

1907 (I{ersha'at)'Planters'Experiment

Station'

OsrEN Srcrex'
Grxus Pser'lropnoR'\"'::'i::ffi"i.TT;;:;l:,::.:,.:,:'i"?';lT;,[ilil*T?
paler brown;eighth sternite ot'.'.,it'-*'*,"":t"
jec t ing.
U.rle.
f.noi".

Lengih,19 mur';

wing'

l5'5

mm'

wing' l9
Leugth, 25 mm';'nal

; o''ni"*not""o''!'o:o'--t:[lff |iT|? ffi"[T:*io.,run'retltlish
flaiellations black;-^pe^"]ttf"ro"lu*urr*r*il:;;;,,"tner; allatrtennaeot
rl'e n'ale stout' ora'ge;orange, the termrnal;X'"X#::";-I*:":T:;.::::'::$il,k"-1,r*';"";;;-*e
thelo'ae and trocban**;i,""i-;;;"iib
posterior.ltjl?""".tri-"
theor:!uge,femore obscure.nfssgsle,li tibiae or-ange, the posterior ,tt"]1rr-"liu"tips conspicuolslv
urora but ilifruseterminal seg,nents

t*ii*Jtff:;il:'"r"i"Jh:;ff
J"i*{*:x#'J';'*::';:

i::'inll*:::'i":f"ir-"-'l-ifr":'""*';]l;..i;:i"r::x,':es
l/' narrowerin cells-c-' "*l;;JJ
g*ooa-tororsppeers.;ttr'?
entirely-.t"tki to:-)r;"'ioi **g beforethe corrl"''iof.
first.J.
iriit,*t*t"
bancl eompletetl,:T"^t:":f '*u" 7i aud Jtrst.J, on
a broatt.conspicuous
area la-the t.iT".ti'o"li*,'tl to the
margu o""longituiuual
to-"'glo;;;;";;#
across-cerlfirst avein;;;;:contrnuedofside
either#;thetip or sein";;;; ;'"i"1rc'-:t"
O' -t1"":"::1t1.1"3;i;T"iin eells
especiallyintense'"11-'
lol'g'
lesswhat
arl tu'"ry sessile;*ar/ is yellow' v"""'if"-'Gu-\bcromen"""r;";;";;;lyl"'{^:'fff"'$T;f.fitT*Jt':S:bry"'p{15r;.""V
the femaleblack' Maletruneated"wr the;;;;oflob-esobliquelyiJ";'ed'iitnt"ttoi-0"*":"1"o:"'*-tl"
micoscopicallyroughinq an o*-al-tu'"l"oi'li''tnt
i""*j'
each'terminatinginoo']ul f"t" **o'n**'J'o't*:*"""1'"
pratea-lrins si<teNinthYt'"-":l^3tt
eneil.
tue cauaar-ilri" 9t't1"
tlorsacl'
ai''tJtuaan acutetpio"b y s it le. t u" o. o#.i ," i " i * g r" p " o .i o ." J " u .o tl a d i n t oachi ti ni zetl rotl

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;l1l#

tlirectetl ventrad' the aper

Hob.-China.
H olotype,male, Horv_lik.7lloto pot7,pe, fenrale.
Tr,pe in the Harraiian

feebry bitoberl. Eighthsterrite\Iountains. lg07 ( Kcrsltaui.t.

Sugar Planters' E-xperirlent

Station.
psertiorr;; ;:1ffli,Jo'"ill"speciesoi",.'.sting
coilector.
illi'",:

Gesus H.rnnorr.rsrrx
Sruse.

Habromastix heroni
similior, subsp. n.
lfale. Length, lJmm.; wing, lg mm.;antcun:r. 19

3rmm.;,log,r7-*..1""1*";,."rll"i;3:i"; ":oTn,' ' ' - tt { '' .u r ' ; antenna' d'i nrm'
G e n e r a l l y s im ilq r
to t. ,'le r o a d Ale x.
( Do r r igo. \ew Southferingr i n e ini n ther h o wing-pattern,*:- _ _ ,- .
S orrrh Wtles), rlifas follows:

Pale ante-stigmal areai()r Iaeking:lacking; the
area
:a in
ia cellthe rli5lalceuti;;d;;;1,::::::
rristarpare
f,f conrple..t" tr"*","L
ps16;:'^:i'j":'__
ff:'":T'il:" veinlrc ceu rromt'rom--*veinconlinetl
conrinett
11," (,u,:.'ii^-nriirin," tbeto-lI to; ;";;';1.'l.1lj"t;:,t-oete.llvieinitv ;1in heroni

or
eetl.
u" "'-,r,-"0".r",-jt
vun"tiuo,n*,"*'",i,1'1,,#'"*:l-:-:::,::ljll' ,r-,-"",i.;ri';#:j-'.,.
"."';#J;1:.
;:: {: :"South:*' -"ri";'#;F/a6.-\'erv"J;,.1'."\\iales.
H,l,lorlpt, male. S.vdne-v,.larch. l9l0 rR" Hclntst.
Allofopotype,female,
April 10. l90g (R. Hclutst.
Paratopotl,pe.r.
twolorif iS_:0,'iOr.
T_vpein the Bishop-"t"r,lluseum.
Other Malayan, Oriental,t?,;".r..*: ,iand Australasian Crane-Flies.*rr..yspeciesof ripulidaedescribedby._ProfessorAlexande;*.:":".,1._*"il*,h: il#;Specimensin the Eishop::ll::""",;";;;;;;.:1r'T,;:'"9,::,;'":"'i:i,:,'",,:)Iuseum.
Ausrnrl.t,t, Her.rrs Cor.r,scrroN.
Gynopl.istiamelanopyga
Sch., Sydney, N. S. W.
Gynoptistia
oah din.), Syd".;,,\1S.'iv.
r ruogrnc,ramiconr,.isCintennial park.
-(Wh.),
LeptotarsusscuteilariiStu.";;;;*i*. S. w.
P.seudolinnofh,iJoind,ecora
Al., perth, W. Aust.
* List furuishedby, E E Bryan, Jn

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cottstrictaSkuse' Sydney' I'
Jlucronrasti.-v
')'t

S' W'

( Srv:l^l,.,.t"o.lr?J
cosralis.
o-rlroi,l*ont-r
n: ,lu*.
serncornis (\Iacq')' sydlt{'..:

Isclmototno
N' S' W'
I'iiir"a"l"scIruotonta, ub'oabdi t')i"[J=iir"tt' ;' -tlitttnorpe'
W'
S'
australis(Skuse)'Ourimbah')'
W'' Perth'W' Aust'S'
N'
Trirtticraltirtipestutt'i,-Sianey'
S' w'
gracilis(Wrr.1,Sydnev,-N:
bit,,r,'r,:,rrt'i'cl,riit,"i,,tti(rttot"'l' S-rjn^er'\' S' w'
iascr'pennisW'

crltereo}lacc1''Syt!t"):' N' :;Doliclropesa"p'o1;rl,oipuroW'longiirtrcoSluse' Sydney'N' S'
N'birrori,uyi,, .P'. SYdtt"1"N' S']I'urv'rx'r-rn(Collectetl

by F')Iuir'

Onrexr'rt.'

notetl')except where otherwisefeet)'fou ]Iountains (100-1000
Eriocera clvysorttelaEdrv'' Lo
China.
China'
Lo fott Shan (100-1000 feet)'
Erioccra tre['alertsisNest''
Erioccru basillaris \Vtl" Java'
Erioccra poctulata End', Sandaglatla' Java'(wilFtlitipp;ne Islands
Eriocera fere,tltis o:";.: io.-e-u"o.l iam s) .

..
not glvenl'(localitysp'
Ctenacroscelis
material' S' S' TjibTrentepahlw (l'1";';'p'i*u"i"aodtts'
K o rv l o o n (T e rry )'C o n os iair ( or at a (W d ' )'(S' W' Celebes)'^\Iakassar
Pselliophorago"a"'-(ivtiftttl
PhilippineIslands

Los Banos'
Pselliophorot'tpuiii''s';t"'(Williarns)'
China'
Pselllopiorosp',\Iacao Island'
China'
iiPulo'ai;r,o M"t"o Island''P',
China'
Island'Macao
sP',\ePhrotomo)i iPhrotoma sP', Amboina'
ofP' Alexander on the Crane-flies
Other papers by Charles
theseregionsare:fnfrom the Philippine Islands'
lgl\. Two New Crane-flies
V' pp' G8'
scutor Inscitiae Menstruus'
Asia'
Crane-fliesfrom Eastern
1918. New Speciesof Tipuline&75'
Ent' Soc'' xxVI' pp'
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