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TSE CANADIAN ENToMOIPGISTCanarlian

Entomologist.

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October, 1926.

RECORDS OF CRANE-FLTES (TIPULTDAE) FROM ONTARIO.
( DTPTERA).
BY CHARLESP. ALEXANDER.
Amherst,Mass.
tr{r. C. H. Curran of the Entomol,ogicalBranch, Ottawa, Canada, has kindly sent me for determination the large and interesting collections of crane-flies
belonging to the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Among the material
from Ontario, collected chiefly by Mr. Curran and Mr. G. S. Walley, there were
included a number of speciesof unusual interest, including some additions to the.
Canadian lis't. It seenrsdesirable to publish these records of the various Ontario,
Tipulidae. to r"rhich further additions will certainly be made. My sincere thanks.
are extended to Mr. Cu.rran and N[r. Walley for the privilege of studying theseimportant collections. 'lhe collectors are indicated by initials following the spec-i e s : C. H. C. : C. H . C u rra n ; G .S .W.:G. S. W al l ey.
Di,cranomyiabadio (.Walk ). Orillia, June 5, rg2s (C. H. C.); Niagara FallS;.

July 3o, 1925 (G.S.W.).
D. breaiaenoO. S. Fisher'sGlen, July r, rg2; (G.S.W.).

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Lvrrr'O. S. Orillia, June ro, 1925 (C. H. C.); Ottawa, Auqust ro,
D. i,rnwod,esfo(G.S.W.).
r9z5
D. morioid,es
O. S. Orillia,June 5, 1925(C. H.C.).
D. siruulans(Walk.). NiagaraFalls, July 29, 1925 (G.S.W.).
(Westw.). Bothwell,June 13, ry25 (G. S. W ).
Geranotnyiacanad,ensis
Li,nconiacincti,pes(Say). Normandale,June 29, rg25 (G. S. W.).
L. solitario,(O. S ). Orillia, June7, rg25 (C. H. C ) ; Normandale,
July B, rgz5
(G. S.W.); Bo'thwell,
May zg, 1925(G. S.W.)
Helius flaztiles(Macq.). Orillia, June 6-rr, rg25 (C lL C.); Ottawa,Attgust
6, rgz5 (C. H.C.);Pt. Pelee,June rr, July 20, rg25 (G' S. W.)'(S"y). Orillia, June 5-rr, r9z5 (C. H. C.).
Epiphragmafa.sci,pennis
inornafo (O. S.). Ottawa,May 29, rg25 (C. H. C.)'
Pseudolimnophila
P.Iutei,pennr(O. S.). Orillia,June ro, ry25 (C. H. C.)
Limnophilas"vlzioAlex. Pt. Pelee,June 19, r9z5 (G. S. W').
(Say). Putnam,June26, r9z5 (G. S. W.)
L. (I-asiomastir\m,acrocero,
L. (.L.) tenuicornisO. S. Oriliia, -fune5, rg25 (C. H. C.) ; pothwell, May 23,
r9z5 (G. S.W.).
L. (Ph.ylid,orea)adusta O. S. Dryden, June 3o, r9r8 (H. G. Dyar) ; in the
U. S. N. M.
L. (P) awripewtisAlex. Paratype, a, Orillia, June ro, r9z5 (C. H. C)'
L. (.P.) platyfhallu,sAlex. Paratype,6, Orillia, June ro, rg25 (C. H. C.).
L. (Ephelia) joh,nsoniAlex. Orillia, June 5, rg25 (C. H. C.).
L. (Dicronophragma)fuscovariaO. S. Orillia, June 5-16, r9z5 (C. H. C.) ;Delhi,July ro, rg2\ (G. S. W.).
(Prionolabis)rufiba.sisO. S. Orillia, June 7, r9z5 (C. H C ) ; Bothwell,L.
June 13, rg2; (.G.S. W.).
Pilario lenta (O. S.) Fisher'sGlen,July r, rg25 (G S W.) ; Pt. Pelee,May
28, tgz5 (G. S. W.).
P. quadrata(O. S.). Severn,June 16, ry25 (C. H C.)
P. recondita(O. S.). Pt. Pelee,July 17, 1925(G. S. \V.).
P. tenuipes(Say) Walsh,July 3, rg2; (G. S. W.).
AdelphornriawinwtaAlex. Orillia, TuneS-7, rg2; (C. H. C.).
Tricl\hono, calcar (C). S.). Orillia, June 5-8, ry25 (C. H. C ).
(O. S.). C)rillia,.fune
T. inconstans
June 13,
5-7, r92S (C. H C.);,Bothrvell,
rg25 (G. S. W ); Fisher'sGlen,July r, rg2; (G. S. W.).
Ormosiaqrcuata(Doane).Lou' Rush, Lake Abitibi. June r, 192.5(N. K.
Bigelow).
O. deviotaDietz.Orillia, Juire ro, 1925 (C. H C ).
O. meigen,(O. S.). Orillia,.fune5, 1925(C. H.C.);Bothwell, May 23, rgz5
(G. S. W.).
O. notnmniAlex. Orillia, June rr. r92S (C H C.); Bothrvell,Mav z3rd,
rg25 (.G.S. W.).
Molofhi,lushirtipennis(O.S.). Orillia,June 5, t9z5 (C. H.C.)
Erioptera (Erioptera) ebenina sp. n.
'shiny black; headdark gray; lateral pretergitesnarrowly
Generalco,loration
pale yellow; knobs of halteresdark; ninth segmentof rnale pale; hypopygiumwith the inner dististylea short, stout, massiveclub.

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about 4 mm.; wing 5'5 mm.
Feruale.-Length about 4.5 mm.; wing 5'5 mm.
Male.-Length

Rostrurn and palpi black. Antennae black throughout; flagellar segments
elongate-oval. Head dark gray, more silvery-gray in fron't and very narrowly
so on the posterior orbits; in cases,the vertex appears to have a U-shaped darker
marking.
Pronotuur black. Lateral pretergites narrolvly pale yellow, the coloration
continued to the wing-root or nearly so. Mesonotum shiny coal-black. Pleura
black, rvith a broad longitudinal stripe of grayish bloom extending from thefore legs to the base of the abdornen, including the sternopleurite, p,tenopleurite
add the metapleura. Halteres pale at base, the stem dusky, the knobs infuscated.
I-egs with the coxae rxore or less infuscated, especially the fore coxae; trochantersobscure yellow ; femora obscure yellow at base, becon.ringsomewhat darker outwardly, the tips conspicuouslyblackened; tibiae brown, the tips darker; tarsi
dark brown. Wings rvith a faint dusky tinge, the veins dark brown; Sc paler.
Verration i rm-cubefore or beyond the fork of M; vein znd A r:riy gently sinuous,
ending belore nt-cu,.
Abdomen black, including the hypopygium, the ninth segment of themale conspicuously light yellow. N{ale rhypopygium with the trasistyles relatively
stout. Outer dististyle a powerful heavily blackened straight rod, the outer margin r,vithvery appressedmicroscopicserrulations,the tip acute; inner nrargin ofstyle at base rvith a snrall triangular tooth. Inner dististyle ,about one-half thelength of the outer, 'heavily blackened, the base or neck short and stout, soon
dilated into a rrassive irregular head, the inner n.rargin of the. style with longerec-tsetae. Gonapophysesappearing as slender, straight rods that narrorv gradually to the acute tips. Ovipt'sitor u'ith the strongly upcurved tergal valves blackbasally, the apicesbroadly vellowish horn coior; sternal valves entirely black.
Habitat.-Ontario, Neu' York.
Holotyfc.- 6, Ottawa, C)ntario, May 29, rg25 (C. H. Cwrran).
Allotopott,pc.- I , in copula and pinned with type.
Paratl,lte.- 9, \{asten's \\'oods, Gloversville, Nelv York, altitude 9oo
feet, June 16, rg24 G. P. Alcrandcr).
Eriol>tcro (8.) chlorophtlloidcs Alex. Pt. Pelee,June 17-24, rg25 (G. S. W.).
s ept c tttri o rtiO.
s S. Bo th rv e l l ,n { a y 23, 1925 (G. S . W .).
E . ( 8. )E . ( 8. ) z t c s fe rti n aO. S . Ori l l i a , J u n e S, rg2s (C . H . C .).
E. (8.) 'uillosaO. S. Orillia, June 12, rg2s (C H. C.) ; Pt. Pelee, June 24,
1925 ( c . S . W .).
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E . lis ia) or o fh i c a O. S . C h a th a rn ,Ma y 2r, r92\ (G. S . W .).
fi,. (HoflolLtbis) orntata O. S. Chatham, May rg, r92S (G. S. W.);\{av 23, rq25 (G. S. W.)

Bothwell,,
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E . ( M c s oc y lt h o n a ) c ' o l o ftc ra (Sa y ).Bo th w el l , May 23, rg2; (G. S - W .)E . ( M . ) nc ed h a mi Al e x . Ori l l i a , J u n e rr, rg21 (C . H . C .).
iHelobia hybrida X{eig. Orillia, June ro, rg2; (C. H. C.); Fisher's Glen, Julyr , r g25 ( G . S . W.).
G onom y ia ( P ti l o s tc n a ) b l o n d a (O .S .).O ri l l i a, June ro, rgzs (C . H . C .).

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Gonomyia (Gonomyia) cu:rrani sp. n.
Belongs to the swbcinerca group ; rostrum light yellow; head dark gray;praescutum with three conf luent grayish brown stripes; median area of scutum
and the scuteilum yellorv; pleura yellow, the sternopleurite vaguely striped rvith
reddish; knobs of halteres dusky; wings rvith Sc, ending sonre distance beyond
the origin o'f R.r,' male hypopygium rvith the basal spine of the dististyle verysmall, straight, the outer spine long and gently curved.
Male.-Length S.8-+ mnr.; rn'ing 4.5-4.8 rlm.
Femole.-I.ength about 5.2 mn1.; wing 6.4 mm.
Rostrunr conspicuouslylight yellor,v; palpi dark brown. Antennae darkbrown throughout. Head dark gray.
Pronotunr light sulphur-yellorv. Lateral pretergites bright yellow. Mesonotal praescutum witl.r three confluent dark grayish brown stripes, the lateral
margins and broad humeral angles yellorvish; scutal lobes grayish brown, themedian area of the scutum broadfiylight yellow; scutellun'rdark yello'u' wit'h a dark
median spot at base; postnntal inediotergite brownish gray rredially, the lateral
margins yellor,v, the caudal margin vaguely paler. Pleura sulpliur-yellow dorsally, the ventral pleurites nrore rvl.ritish,the sternopleuriteand a narrower, more
dorsai line behind the fore coxa very pale reddish to produce a vague, longitudinally striped appearance. Halteres pale, the knobs rveakly infuscated. Legs
with the coxae light vellou' ; trochanters testaceousyellow ; rernainder of legs
light brou'n, the terminal tarsal segrrenrtsdark brorvn. Wings sutrhyaline or
faintly tinged vith brorvn, the stigma pale brou.'n; veins a little darker brown.
Venation: Sc, ending sonre distancebeyond the origin of R.s, the distance varying fronr abou,t one-{ourth to nearly one-half the length of the latter; cell R,
large; cell rst IV" relativelv snrall; lr-crr close to the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites infuscated, the broad lateral margins and very narrow
posterior margins of the segnrentsyellorv; sternitesand hypopygium yellow. Male
hypopygiurrr n'ith the inner dis'tistvle on the outer margin with two chitinizedspines; basal spine verv small, straight and acute; outer spine very long, placed atnear midlength of the stvle. curved gently, extending to beyond t1-reapex of thestyle, the tip of the latter with porverful bristles and :r-ferv smaller setae. Gonapophvsesunec1ual.Aedeagusternrinating in a recurved acute spine.
H abitot.-()ntario.
Holot y f e. - 6 , Ori l l i a . J u n e 7 , r9 2 S (C . H . C urron' ).
',lllotof ottpe.- I , June ro, T925.
P ar ot opot yfe s .-J 6 d , J u n e 5 -ro , 1 9 2 5 (C . H . C urron).
This interesting speciesof Gonom,t,i.o
is nanred in honor o{ the crrllector,
Mr. C. Howard Curran, to whorn I anr indelrted for the loan of invalrrablecolJections of Canadian Tipulidae.
G . ( G . ) s ulphure l l a (O S .). Ori l l i a , J u n e rz, rg2; (.C . H C .).
,G . ( G . ) s ubc ine re e(O, . S.). C h a th a m, M a y 19. 1925 (G. S . \\r.).
f.i,ogmo nodicorni,s(O S ). Bothwell, June r3, 192.5(G. S.W.); Normandale,
J unez g, r 9 2 S (G. S . \\r.);F i s h e r' s G l e n , Jul y 2, rg2; (G. S . fnr.;.
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Phalacroceratipwlina O. S. Ottawa, May 29, rgzs (C. H. C.).
Doli,chapezaomericanaNdm. Orillia. June ro. rg2; (C. H. C.).
Tanyftera topazina (O S.).Vineland, June z4 rgz4 (\V. G. Garlick)loc)., 1926

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Prionocerafuscieennis(L*.).Pt. Pelee,June 19, r9z5 (G. S.W.).
Tipula apicalisLw. Orillia, June rr, r9z5 (C. H. C.).
T. angusti,pennis
Lw. Chatham,May zo, r9z5 (G. S. W.).
T. bicornis Forbes.Orillia, June ro, ry25 (C. H. C.) ; Severn, June 17, r9z5

(c. H. c.).

T. grata Lw. Fisher's Glen, July i, 1925 (G. S. W.).
T. hebesLw. Orillia, June ro, rg21 (C. H. C.).
T. ynacrolabisLw. Orillia, June lo, rg2s (C. H. C.).
T. rnegoura Doane. Walsh, July 3, r9z5 (G. S. W.).
T. ynonticolaAlex. Orillia, June ro, rg2; (C. H. C.).
T. parshleyi Alex. Bothwell. June 13, rg2; (G. S. W.).
T. senega Alex. Orillia, June 7, rg2; (C H. C.); Bothwell, May 23, rg2;

( G. S. w.).

T. serta I.w. Orillia, June 7-to, rgz5 (C. H. C.) ; pt. pelee, May 26, r9o5

(c.s.w.).

T. streltens Lw. Orillia, June 7, t9z5 (,C. H. C ); putnarn,
June 26, rgz5

( G .S.w . ) .

T'. subncacttlatoLw. Bo,thwell,June 13, 1925 (G. S. W.).
T. swlphurea Doane. Ottawa, May 29, t9z5 (C. H. C.).
T. taushannock Alex. Orillia, June 14, ry25 (C. H. C.) ; pt. pelee, May z7June 4., 1925 (G. S \V.)T. tephrocepholaLw. Orillia, June 7-8. ry25 (C. H C.); Bothwell,June 13,r 9z 5 ( G . S W.).

T. triz,ittataSay. Orillia, June ro, r92S (C. H. C.).
T. valida Lw. Orillia, June ro, ry25 (C. H. C.).
T. vicinaDietz.Orillia, June rr-r4, r92S (C. H. C.).
T. (Tri,chotipula)oropetoide.s
Johns. Orillia, June 7, rgz5 (c. H. c.).
Nephrotomabrevioricorm.s(Doane). ,Bothwell,_fune13, 1925 (G. S. W.);

Normandale, July 8, r9z5 (G. S. W )N. ferrugineo (Fabr.). Normandale,
June 3o. r9z5 (G. S.W.).
N. incwraa (Lw.). Orillia, June ro, r9z5 (C H C.); Rothwell,June 13,r 9z 5 ( G . S W.)
N. polymera (Lw.). Normanclale,
July 8-ro, r9z5 (G. S. \Ar.).
N. v it t ula ( I , w.)o Ori l l i a . J u n e r r, rg 2 ; (C. H . C .).