Reprirrtetlfrom Bulr,nrrx oF THE Bnooxr,vx ExrouoLocICALSoctntvr
Yol. XXIV, No. 1, PP. 22-29. I'ebruary' 1929

THE CRANE_FLIES OF NEW YORK: THIRD
SUPPLEMENTARY LIST.
Amherst, Mass.
Bv CHIRLESP. AI-ExANDER,
The preliminarl' list of crane-flies,including the families Tanycleridae,Ptychopteridae,Trichoceridae, Anisopodidae and Tipulidae, totalled 267 species.' The first supplementarylist2 brought
this number to 277 species. The second supplementary lisf
added five species,bringing the total number to z8z. In the accompanying list, z4 additional speciesare recorded, bringing thetotal number of speciesto 3o6, of which zg; belong to the family
Tipulidae. A few of the speciesrecorded at this time were included in the Nerv York lista but the majority have not before
been recorded from the State.
The additions to the list of Nerv York crane-flies are as
follows :283 Tipu,laangulataLoew.

Essex Countl': Foot of Hurricane Mt., June 12, rg27 (c.
P. Alexander).

284 Tipula entomoplt'thoraeAlexander.
Essex Countv: \\'ilmington Notch, June 13, rg27 (c. P.
Alexander).
285 Tipu,la platt,mero\\Ialker (- IabradoricaAlexander).
Essex Countl': Mt. Sk1'light,48oo-4920feet, Jrly 22, rg2o.

Loerv.
286 Tipula septentrionalis\\,-arren County: \\/arrensburg, June I r, tg27 (C. P.
Alexander).
287 Limonia (Limonia) hudsonicaOstenSacken.
Warren Countr': \\tarrensburg,June r r, rg27 (C. P.
Alexander).
t Alexander, C. P. The crane-fliesof New York. Part I.
Cornell Universitl', Agr.
- Expt. Sta. Mem. 25: 787-826i 1919.
2Alexander,C. P. The crane-fliesof New York : First suplist. Bull. Brooklyn E_1t.S99- t7:-58-6I tgzz;
plernentary^3Alexander,C. P. The crane-fliesof New York ; Secondsuprg2+
list. Bull. Brooklln E1t. Soc.,lg_:_57-_6_4;
plementary^a Leotraid,M. D. A list of the insectsof New York. Cornell
Agr. Expt. Sta. Mem. ror : 688-7ot; rgzSLTniversity,Feb.,1929 Bulletin of the Brooklyn EntontologicatSociety

23288 Limonia (Lint,onia) no?)ae-angliae
Alexander.

Orange County: Tuxedo Park, August z7-28, rgz8 (F.
W. Edwards).
z8g Lirnonia (Dicranomyia) profunda Alexander.
Fulton County: Sphagnumbog, near CanadaLake, r1cn
feet, June25, rgzS (C. P. Alexander).
zgo Limonia (Dicranomyia) sphagnicolaAlexander.
Fulton County: Gloversville,9oo feet, June 24, rgt6, June
22, tgz9 (C. P. Alexander).
2gr Limonia (Dicranomyia) ulig.inososp. n.
Hamilton County: Lake Pleasant,rTSofeet, in sphagnum
bog, June r8-zo, 19z6 (C. P. Alexander).
292 Dicranoptychaa/sosp. n.
CattaraugusCountv: Tunesassa,August 19, t9z6 (W. p.
Alexander).
293 Dicranota currani Alexander.
EssexCounty: KeeneValle,v,M"y 26,rgzo (H. Notman).
294 Limnophila harperi Alexander.
Essex county: Summit of Hurricane Mt., June T2, rg2z
( C. P. Alexander).
This interestingcrane-flywas describedfrom Alberta and its
occurrencein Nerv York is of exceptionalinterest. The flies
were found on the western side of the mountain, close to thesummit,where there are low cliffs continuallymoist with drippingwater. They rest on these exposures,quite in the manner ofD actylolabis nrontana. Several pairs were in copula, resting
end-to-endon the vertical rock faces, the n,ings of both r.*.toutspread. Detachedmalesare very active.
295 Limnophila (Ephelia) solstitialfsAlexander.
ChenangoCounty: Lower Cincinnatus,lulv zr, 1916(C.
P. Alexander).
cortland county: Taylor,July zo, rgt6 (c. P. Alexander).
Fulton County: Mountain Lake, r55o feet,June r5-July 7,rgr4 ( C.t P. Alexander).
Hamilton County: Wells, July z9 (D. B. Young).
296 Limnophila (Ph,ylidorea)auripenzfsAlexander.
Essex County: KeeneValley, August 20, rg2o (H. Notman).
Rensselaer
County: Brookvierv,June, 1923 (C. P. Alexander).

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Tompkins Countl': Fall Creek, Ithaca, May zg, t9r6 (C.
P. Alexander).
zg7 Limnophila (P\'lidorea) caudifero Alexander.
Hamilton County: Lake Pleasant,r75o feet, June r7-2r,ry26 (C. P. Alexander).
zg8 Lintnophila (Pfu'lidorea) fimidicosta Alexander.
Tompkins Countl': Bools Backwater,fthaca,June 13, r9r7
(C. P. Alexander).
2gg Linr,nophila(Plrylidorea) luteola Alexander.
Hamilton County : Lake Pleasant,r8oo feet, in lris swamp'
June t8-zr, 19z6 (C. P. Alexander).
3oo Linrnophila (Phyliflorea) neadustoAlexander.
EssexCounty: Keene Valley, Jnly 14, rg2o (H. Notman).
3or Limnophila (Ph5,lidorea)platyphallus.Nlexander.
Fulton County : Masten's \\toods, Gloversville,9oo 'feet,
June rz, ry26 (C. P. Alexander).
Hamilton County : Lake Pleasant, rTao feet, June r7-2o,
19z6 (C. P. Alexander).
3o2 Gonomyia(Gonontyia) bidentatoAlexander.
Fulton Countl': SacandagaPark, August 28, rg25 (C. P.
Alexander) ; Masten's Woods, Gloversville, 9oo feet,
August 3r, rg25 (C. P. Alexander).
Essex County: Ausable Chasm, August 15, 1925 (G. C'Crampton).
3o3 Gononq,is(Gononryrislcurroni Alexander.
RensselaerCountl: Brookview, June 25, rg23 (C. P'Alexander).
The rvings are rnore strongly suffused with yellow, with anevident stigma, and there are slight differencesin,the structureof the "p.* of the aedeagus,but still insufficientto separatethe
presentmaterial frorn t1'picalcurrani3o4 Erioptera (Erioptera) ebeninaAlexander.
Fulton County : Masten's \\,'oods, Gloversville, 9OOfeet,
June 16, rg24 (C. P. Alexander); same locality, June27, r9z8 (C. P. Alexander).
3o5 Ornt,osiaitltacana sP. n.
Tompkins CountY: Ithaca, April zLMay 5, r9r3 (C. P.
Alexander).
3o6 Ormosia luteola Dietz.
Fulton Countr.: Masten's \\'oods, Gloversville, 9oO feet,
August 3r-Septemberr, rg25 (C. P. Alexander).