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IIT]R-|HER NOTES ON ALBF:RTA LEPIDOPTERA.
BY F. II. WOLLEY

DOD, }IIDNAI

ORE' AI,TA.

( C o r t i n u e d fr o n p e 3 e 2 tt' )Vol. X[,V.

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the strength of the dcscription, rvhich I havc tlot seen. But I'rr
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BY CHARLES P. ALI'XANDER' ITHACA, N. Y.*(Continued from Page 295)"

lribe LimnoPhilini.
Genus LimnoPhilo Macquart'

tr l,tt:nI r'ionalis and nf elaporphyria oregonica. The Laggan specirnens
I ri.lerred to as having orangc secondaries e.re leiricola \\ialkcr'
rl,.st'ribecl frqlm Rocky l\4ountain specimens taken b1' Lorri Derl,y's'coliectors. A prairie ancl a rt'lountain series of tliese resJlectivcly, might easily.give evcry impression of [\1:ospecies,cspecialll-'r'lrterttber,ll llil

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REpoRT ON A COLLECTION OI'- JAPANESII CRANEFI,IES (tlptiLtp,e), WITH A KEY TO THE
SPECIESOF PTVCHOPTERA.

1r,rlion of it in B.C. I liave secn tLe species fairly swarming
irr'r1ld Gleichen, and on the Rlackfcot Indian Reservc r:e;rr tl:erc.
It ir; aln:ost or quite exclusivell' a da1'flier, ancl revels in l:trt sunrlrirrc, usually accompanied, in far fe$-er numbers, by Ilelicliptera

il tlrc serics were short otles. Mountain specimens are usttally atrillt: nrqre robtrst and l;rrger, l:avc 1'ellolr-ishor orallgc sccolrdarics,rrrrl ochrcous tintcd primaries, the dcpth of this tint varying as
tlr,'rlepth of color of the secoildarics. In size, my prairie spccirr('ns \rary from about 28 to 31 mm., snlallcr spccimens bcing unrrirnn'.on. l\{ountain specimens sren to avcrage scarcely rnorc
llrirrr 1 fftnl. larger, but rny largest spc-:ilnen, a harldr;omefemale
lr,,rrr Fielcl, B.C., cxpands very nearly 35 mm. 1\{-vclarkest and
rrr,rst riclily coloured cxample is from \\tindermert:, also in B'C'
llrrt a1 oratlge-tinted form is rarc ol tfte prairie, and a forrn rr''itfi. r (, irn rywh i tc gr ound is eq rra l l y ra re i n th e m o u n ta i ns' E ach off< l rtn i n
th c p rc d c mi n a ti n g
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I lrrrs of deliber;rtion have conte to tl:e concltt$ionth;it thr: tlalancer,l cvi<.lenccis str<'nglf in favor of therc bcing onll- one sper-'ics'

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1. Wings unspottecl (subgen' Limnophild ' . ' ' . .inconcu;sa, sP. n.
' ... '.2.
Wings marked rvith brown (subgen.Pecitostola)
mm');
wing
over
15
mm.;
22-25
2. Lar[e species (rnale, length.
Westw.
.satsuma
rvings with a ferv large seams or blotches ' 'Small species (male, length 10-13 mm'; wing under 12 mm.)
. . . .3r-ings with abunclant dots in the cells.
petioleof cell Mr as
3. Legs and alidomen yellow throughout;Coq.
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long as cell lst Mz. . .
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brown; petiole of cell I\{r longer than cell
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Wings unspotted; cross-vein r far from tip of Rr.
ll<lstrum brownish yellow beneath, brot'n above, palpi brorvn;
antenna dark brorvn, thc third segment more yellowish at its base;
anLenn:r sh<.rrt,reaching about to the u'ing basis; front, vertex
and occiput dark brorvn, dustbd with grey.
I\{esonotum grevish with a rnedi,rn brorvn stripre; pseudosutural fovea and tuberculate pits very dist.inct, black; scutunt,
scutellum and postnoturrr brown, lrleur;e drrrk brown (probablethat the Liocly,in dried spccinrens,is grey). I{alteres pale. l,egs:
coxie and trochanters dull yellorv; femora yeilow, a little darkenctl

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l,cfore the tip; -tibia I'ellow, brown at tip; first tarsal segment
ycllow, brown at tip, remainder of tarsi brown. Wings with alrrgrvnish yellow tinge; stigma indistilct, lrown; veins Sc and R'Venation (see fig. 2, pl' II): R2+sarcuy<:llow, remainder brown.
irred, long, cross-veiu r almost at its fork; Rs long; cross-vein, -n, nlor" clistad than fork of cbll; basal deflection of Cui at orslightly beyond the fork of M.
Abdomen: tergites light brown; sternites much paler, yellowi;h. Hypopygium (see fig. 12, pl. X): pleuriteselongate, sleuder,cylindrical, clothed 'with long hairs; two apical appendages,r,longaterl, the outermost longest, more slender, chitinized, directed
Cr:phalad, its tip produced into a slender spine and its inner or(ephalic edge near the tip armed with blunt denticula; inner
irPpenrlage slrorter, a little stouter and more fleshy, clothed withpronlong hairs, especially on the inner face; the anal tube
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Vi a l N o. l7. - T < ik y o ,J a p a n ; Ap ri l 2 5 , 1 9 1 2 ; l t d,7 9'
Vial No. 27.-Tokyo, Japan; April 25, l9l21, 4 I 'Holotype.- &, Yial 2.
2.
Al l o ty pe. - 9, V ial
13
Paratypes.--5 &,I , in Vials 9, 17 and 27'
Types in author's collection; paratypcs in tl. S' National
I\l rrseirrnand Cornell lJniversity collections.
Of the American species, inconcu.ss:tis mosl. likc loxoneura( ). S. (East. tJ. S.), but thc cross-\'ein r is r,:tnovctl frorrt thc tipof Rr, fusicln of Rz+r is longer, etc,; tirc criloration <i[ the t'wosJleciesis rlrrite diftcrent. In Vcrrall's key to thc Britistr species( lin t. Mo . I \ { ag. , A pr il, 1 8 8 7 ,p .2 6 4 ,2 $ 5 ' ),i t rttn s d o w n tc>l u' cortnt
Nlcig., which has a dark brown abdomer, brorvn lcgii, etc.
Limno phila (P ecilo st ola) sa !st,mo \Vcstwoocl'
Westwood, Trans. Ent' Scc. Lond',
I876.-Limnobia sat.sunre
1r. 504, pl. ll, fig. 5a, 5b.
L88l--Linnobia sutsurlr-rWest.n'oird, Trans. Dnt. bcr-'. I--r,ncl.,
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ENTOMOLOGIST315

Bergroth' Ent' Tidskrift' p' 138'
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Cat' Dipt'' Vol' 2' p' 177'
I([Z.-Limnobio sctsumoKertesz'
16.8 mm.; lrind leg, fernur
Ifale-Length 22.6-mm.; wing
14.1mm.; tibia 12'2 mm'
thc apical segment of theMale_Rostrum .nJ p.rpi brown,,
one antl two dark brown' flagellattcr tlarker,
front'Jg*""t""n'"""*,
the twolast segmentswhich are brown;i;;;"i;t;"xcept
rnedianttAditt brorvn' a narrowdark brovn' vertex u"J t"tiput
front'
ihefromstreak continued back*l':lllf.l::t3:*',nitf if''* scutumdarkbrorvn';. Pronotum
brown' the lateral'rnargins ofMesonotal praescutum rich reddish
darker brown median triangle' broadthe sclerite ,nor" *r.rittt.a
stripeslc, a point at the suture'. lateral
est in front, narro;;
brown'
scutum' lobes dark
similar in colour to the median stripe;
caudal portion; scutellul
onbrown
metlian line yellowish, dark
Pleura light brownish yellow;
and postnotum da't brown'
up to the wing;
and dorsal porticns of the.mesopleurefropt*r*large, conspicuous, situatecl
root dark brown; m"rirtigmu very
scutellum' Halteres short'pronotal
jurt U"f.ind ancl under th"e'coxzelight yellow; tt'ochanters
I-egs:
ii"* v"ff*t, knob brown'with a stillbrown'
tip
rerldish yellow; f"n",o,u yellowl-darker
extreme base' atheatdarkenedring; tibia sligltttyt"n^pi*ibrown: tarsi brownrvhitish sub-basal .n,,uluJ, tip narrowly dark
conspicuously hairy'legsclarkcr;.
isir yellow, tips of the segments
yellow' caudal
deep
third
cephalic
Wings (see fig. +, pt.lti'):brown marks:
conspicuotts
rvith
portions'yellowish gr"y;'utfutea narrow
cord;
the
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Rs;
of
u lo.g" blotch at base cf U; at origin
veins in
the
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seam to cross-vein r; pule"'o*"'rno'gir-rs
(See
4)'
69'
the vicinity of cell lst M, (discal)' Venation
margin of theAbdornen: tergites rich yellow, extreme apicalyellou"lightersclerites darker; a brown iateral line; sternites
Llypopygium
upi."r, especially of the terminal segnle.nts'darlier'with(See fig. 11, plate i.) , ',,'i"*"tl from beneath' t)th sternite
short'
t'trtypleurrecar:dal margin straight, the sides obliclue;
cylirrdrit:al'
stout; dorsal upi.oi appendage directed inward'
apicalventralchitinized, its tip rvitlr- a sharp recttrved hook;
rapidlybasc'
attu'o, the outermost chitinitccl, broacla1>penclages,
sharp poirlt, directed inward' the lower appendageatotapcring

:rl(iTTIE CANADIANTHE CANADIANENTOIIIOLC,GISTr,, tlcshy at the base, more chitinized at the tip, its caudal or outer
rrr.rrgin grooved to receive the outer appendage. Viewed from
irlr.\'tr, .9th tergite concave, with a projecting median lobe; anal
trrlrc conspicuous,rLore pointed at upper end than in japonico
One male (Vial l{o. C; Tokyo, Japan; August, 1g12); I givetlr. ubove description to supplement Westrvood's brief characterrr,rtion. The species agree with barbipes Meigen (Europe) in its,, rrr:;picLrously
hairy legs.
Lintnophila (Pecilostota) japonico, sp. n.
\Vings spotted; tibiie ancl fr:rnora tippecl with brou,n,Ifale.--Length 10-13 mm.; wing 9.8 nrm. Female, length 15
r , , r rr.;w i n g , 11- 12. 3m m ^,4/ale,-Rostrum and palpi dark brorvn; antenna dark
lrr'rvrrishblack, except segnent three, which is pale vellow basally,tIt tip brciwn; antenne short, if cxtended backward it wouldl,,rrll.1'reachtlie wing basis; segment oner clongate, as long as the',rr,r't'edingthree cornbine,d;segments 2-5 broad, olal-p1'rifi.y1s1,
1,r,r,lrurllvbecclming tnore c1'lindrical; segrr:ents 6-16 cylindricalrr{)r(: clongate torvard the end; front, vertcx and occiput dark
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I'rt'noturn ancl nresor:otum dark bron'n. Pleurie clark brorvn.
ll.rlt<:rcs long, stem 1'ellor-, knob brolvn. I-egs: c()_xrcand
rr1)(lriinters dull bron-ni:;h yellotv; fcn:ora light. 1'ellor,vislr
brorvn,tlr, ti1l [rrr:at{ly bror'."nishblack; tibirc rvith llase narr'rvly dark
1,r,,\vrr,remaiuder )'ellorrr,excel)t the broad dark l_rron-rr
lip; tarsi,l.,il. lrro*'nish blirck. \Virigs tingeti with brorvnish, cells Cl and''r'irtlrer itrigliter; r-eins 1'cllcrvish l;rorvn; tving spotted rvithl, r r, \ \n , r'a rf ing gr eat l) ' in th e s i z c o f th e n ra rk i n g s; i n onc ( g ,\ i,,l r\), thcre are largc brown $pots at origin of Rs, tip of Sb ancl
l, , r L of l tr,r, and al: undant p a l e b r< .,w nc l o ts o v e r th e rvi ng surface;
irr ,r st'r'onclspecirr-.en(.crr) thc' tving clisk is heavill, marked lithl'r,)$ri, it sr'ries .f l;rr:'n'nnrarks in tlie costal ccll, a large square
l,l,rtrlr irt origin t:rfRs. another at tip of Scr cxtending partly d6r1yn.1., ,r ', ',. tl l L -1
c or r l; ot lier s a t ti p s r;[ R r, R z a rrd R a ; l arge, pal erl, r, rrrr rl o ts inall t he c e: llso f th e rv i n g . Ve n a ti o n (s e efi g .2,pI. III).
,\l,rlonien: tergires brorvnish; sternil-es clull vellor:, ;rpicalr lrrrrl ol r'iit"hscleritc bron-n. Hvpopygiurn (scefig. l0, pl.
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Holotype.- ?. Vial 48.
V i al A .
A l l otype.-9.
P aratypes.-5 d, 5 ?. \ I ials 7, 18, 23.
T1,pes in author's collecticn; partltypes in ti. S' 1\iitional
I\{useum and Corrrell Unir.ersit}' C-'ollections,*This speciesdiffers trom L- vari'cornis Cog. (Japatr) in its 'conspicbgt the segnicnts:l:<;rter ?rntenna; legs r:ot all-vellop',ruously tipperl rvith darkr:r; abdomen not 1'ellorv; wings u'ithlrctiolc of cell Nf I rnuch lc,6gerthan cell lst Nfu, etc. L. rarjtorttis
alscr,is lrr,rbably a Peciloslola.
7'ribe ]>edicini.
Geurrs 7'r i cylthona Zettersteclr.

.fro rltrc J.\P,\NESIITRIcYPI{oN-rE.
'cross-veins
1. Wings hyalir:e or ncarly .:o, not spotied r:'rstripccl;
r-m connected with vein I{r*o beyond the fc,rk ofit zsiilot lo'sp. 'n'
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straight with afrom above, 9th tergite, cauclal margin almost
median line;
the
side
of
eitheron
Iittle rounded krrob or hooktheappendages;
apicaithreervith
pf"urit"t very short and stout'
subapically,swollenbase,
atmore dorsal Leing the longest, slenderti; slightly hcoked and strongly chiti'ized, thisu*,."*eii.
appendages'*pp.ndug" directed caudad and entad; two ventral
at itschitinizedstrongly,rr" lnor" dorsal being short, blunt, very
regularly
andclosely
tip and with ngmerous, triangular denticula,its tip
set; ventral appendage slender, curved at a right angle,
palervhitislr'
directed ccphatacl. Anal tube Yery conspicunus,
slightly not;hed at its tip. Secorid gonapophyses rather slender'
tiis expandecl, tlie organs clirected cattdad' Viewed from beneath'tlic 9th sternite has a rectangular rnedian protuberence'
Female.-Shnilar, larger; tt-e dark apic€s of tLe aLCc'rninal

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ENTOMOLOGIST.

THE CANADIAN ENTOIUOLOGIST\Aiings spotted or striped with brown or lrsllorl-' cross-veirr r-nl
r:tinnected rvith the radial sector at or before its fork ' ' ' . .2':J. Wings with a brcad, yellow subcc'stal streak, extending frorn
tl:e base of the wing t,> the apex; rnedian cross-vein
absent' ' 'ku-"-onai' sP' n'
Wings *'ith a narrow brotvn seatn alorrg the cord, and rounrledbrown sljots on rnost of the cross-veins and at the cnils c'[
rr.ost of the longitudinal veir:s; rnedian cross-vein.,..te l usta,sP . rt
p l 'e sent
TricyPhono kutaonai, sP. ttC'olor yellorv; mesonotum with black markings; rvings u'ith
ir r:c,nspicuous
1'ell,orvlongitudinal streak.
Female.-Length 15.8mm.; wing 12.2 mm.;abdomen 12.4mm.
and palpi brown; antenn,E, segment 1
Ftmale.-Rostruml,rown, segments 2 to 16 light yellow, the ternrinal flagellar segnrcnts rnore brown; front and vertex brown, the hind part of the\'crtcx, tlft occiput and the gena clearer reddish brown.
Pronotum light yellow, brot n medially. IVlesonotalprmscutumligl.t brownish yellorv. darkest rnediall-v-,the sclerite rvitlt fourr,runded, velvet)r-dark brc,rvnishblack spots as fc'llows: a snrallr,iunCeclspot ou either siCe c'f thc rnedian line, aLout nid-lengthof the. sclerite; an oval spot on the siclcs of the sclerite, al-otrt
rrridrvaybetrveen thc pseudosuttlre and the trar'sverse suture; asrnall triangular black spot on the middle of the transt'crse suture;scuturn light yellcw, with velvety-black marks as follorvs: a double,
scurilunar transverse rnark on the cephalic portions of the sclcrite,
cirudad of these marks are fottr small dfts, the outerrnost larger,
rotlndecl, occupying the nricldle of the scutal lobes, the innersrrralland oval. on either side of the median line; a srnall elongatel,lacl<mark <ln the suture, between the sctttum an<l scutelltrm;:,r'utellumand postnotum brorvn. Plcuree light brorvnish 1''ellol'".
llrrlteres light 1'ellow. [-egs: coxa and trochanters light 1'ellow;
ft'nrr:raancl tibire yellou', tip of thc latter narrorvlv dark br<,lvn;
lrrst tl,rce tarsal scgtr:entslight yellorv, narrowl;- tipped with dalklrrowr.r;segrnents4 and 5 dark hrorvn. Wings hyalidc or ncarlyr,, a l;road 1'ellc,rvstrcak running from the base of the rving

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clescritrcd is narrorvly brown at the deflection of Rr, a slenderbrown strcak runs caudad and outward along Rl*:, ending opposite
thc fork of Rrrz; cu and 2nd anal margincd with bright yellow.
Venation (see 6g. 6. plate III), Rsbeyond thecross-Veinr-mshort,
a little shorter than r-m; Re, Ra and Rr+s all originate at a common point; Rr at origin is perpendicular; cross-vein m lacking;basal deflection of Cur at fork of M.
Abdomen: tergitcs light brownish.yellow, with nurnerous
slcnder black hairs; segment 2 with a short black sub-basal streakon the margin; segments 3 tr 6 with longer marginal streaks,
which cover alnost the basal half of the sclerite; sternites lightyellow, rvith black marks on the sidcs remote from the margin ofscleritc, that on the sccond obliquc, mecting its mate on the venter,the others longitudinal.
V i al N o. 3l ,-Tokyo, Japan; M ay 7, 1912; 1 9.
9 , in Vial 31.
Type in author's collection.
Hclotype.-

T'ricyPhona insulana, sP- n.
Brown; rvings hyaline without a stigma; no rr-edian crossvein; legs largely yellorv.
Femal,e,length 9.6 mm.; wing 9.4 mm.
Female.-llostrunr and palpi dark brorvn apices of the palpal
segments a little paler: arrtennre, basil segrnents pale brown,
flagellum dark brorvrr; front, \,ertex and occiput dark brolvn,
probably with a grcy bloom in dry' specinrcns.
Pronotum dark brown. Mes,tnoturn dark brown rvith indications of stripes near the median line; it is probable that thethorax is covcred with a grey bloorn; s:utum dark brorvn;
sctttellum brownisir 1'cllow; postnolurn brown. Pleurie brou'n"I{alteres light yell<,rv. Legs: coxa: yellc,w, more brorvn trasal!y';

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rrx'lianters yellorv; fernora yelrorv, darkening to light brown at
tlrt: tip; tibia light yellow, brbwn at tip;. tarsi brown.
Wingshl,irline;r'eins light brown. Venation (see 'fig. B, plate IV) cr,rss|r.irr r-m connects R.r+r; no cross-vein m._
Abdomen: tergum recldish brow', segments with a darkllr()\\,napical ring; pleural line yellow; sternites brown, ovipositor
w it h ycl l o w v alv e.
Vi a l N o. 27. - 1ok y o, J a p a n ; Ap ri l 2 5 ,1 g 1 2 I? .
Ilolotype, 9, Vial No. 27.
1'ype in author's collection.
Related to T. vitripennis Doane (West. Ll.S.) but lacks af rri,wn stigma, has no median cross-vein,etc. From T. immautlata
l\l.igen (Europe) it differs in having cross-vein r farther removed
Ir.rrr the tip of Rr, cross-v€in r-m far beyond the fork of Rs, not,rr it; the legs much more yellow-, not mostly brown; ovipositor,,1tlre female yellorv, not patch brorvn, etc.
oTricyphona aetusla, sp. n.
Wings spotted with brown; cross-vein m-cu of the wings
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brown marks as follows: a rounded spot at Scr, a larger one atorigin of Rs, a crossband on the cord running frorn the tip of Scr,
down to fork of Cu and thence to the wing-rnargin along Cue;a round spot at cross-vein r, apical margin of the u'r'ng brown,a brorvn seam on cross-vein m, brown dots at ends of all thelongitudinal veins; veins yellow'ish brown. Venation (see fig. 5,
plate III); Rs in a line rvith R+r; R:+o short, gently arcubted;
crossvein r very far distad so that Rr beyond it is about equal to
it in length; cross-vein m present, connecting Mg with l\{r; crossvein m-cu present.
Abdomen: Tergites, segment one brown, segments two andsix dull yellow, an indistinct median brown stripe becoming more
plainly defined behind until on the 8th and gth tergites it abruptly
suffuses the entire sclerites; pleural stripe broad, clark brown,
extending the length of the abdomen as a conspicuous tateral line;
sternites light yellow, a. rounded ill-defined brown mark on tiie
8th sternite
V i al N o. 26.-Tokyo, Jap an; Apr it 2E, l9t 2:
Holotype, g, in Vial 26.

t g.

Type in author's ccllectior.

Female.-Length 16 mm.; wing 14.8 mm.; hind legs femoral { I n1o t.; ti bia. 10. 3 m m . ; ta rs u s 8 .g rn n i .
Female.--Rostrurn light brownish yellow; palpi rvirh segrnents
rl,rrl<brorvn, the apical ones with bases yello'r; antenna, baseli|llrl lirorvn, flagellum dark brorvn; front,. vertex and occiout, l. rrl,l rro rvn.

Related to T. constans Dc.one (West. Ii.S.) but is muclr
srnaller with a very different rving patteln.
In venation, sug_gesting 7'.'oernalisosten-Sacken of the Eastern united states.

l'ronot*n dark brown. lVlesonotum, pr*scutum, greyish with
Lrrr' brorvn.stripes, the median o'e double, narrowecl behirrtl;s(nlrrnl dark brown, the lnbes paler brown; scutellum
dark brown.
rrrrrt'lrlighter on the sidcs; postnotum clark bro*,n rvith a large.r'rrl spot behind on either sicleof the median line.
pleura clark
lrrowrrrindistinctly variegatcd with darker. Halteres light
1,ellow,
tlrr' knob light lirorvn. Legs: Coxar,. especialll, the fore ancl
rrrrrkllc,brorvnish at the base, rernainder light yeilorv; trnchanters
lr,ll,wish; femora y.ellow, darkening into brown at the.tip; tibia-Wings,rr'll,,u'ishbrown, rather darker apically; tarsi dark brou,n.
lrrg. rl wi th light y ellow, c .l l s c a .c l Sc a l i ttl e b r i ghter, w i th

Liogma ktnuanai, sp. n.
Resembles L. nodicornrs o. s., of the Linited states, but
thetripartite pcnis-guard is very much longer and clirecteddorsatr.

Tribe Cylind.rolonini.
Genus Liogtna Osten-Sacken.

Mal e.-Length l b.g mm.; t ving ll. 4 m m . ; ant ennzeB. g_B, g
mm.
Male.--Rostrum and palpi light brown, remaining segments
dark bro*.n; flagellar scgments slender at base,thelnnJr face
produced into a subtriangular tooth, making
the flagellum strongry
scrrate; front, vertex and occiput dull darkt,rown,-r..u rugulose,tlle vcrtex broad.
Mesor-otum dark brr.,rvn, a lighter brow' line extending[ro'r
tl:c.rnedian line cf the scutum, branching y-shaped
and extending

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r,, rlrt:rrr.udo"u,ur"]hlJ t"l" t, , irrr.r, scu'.clldm and postnotum brown, the latter rather
darker.
l'l, rrr.r',proplerrra and ccphalic and dorsal portions of the mesogrl rr.r.',to thc wi'g-root, yellowish; remainder of the pleura'pl,r,,rrrri,,lr.
Halteres pale, 1'sl1.rr. Legs: coxacsuffusedwith brown:
rr ,rir,rrrtcrslight ycllow; fcmora ycllow lrrsally, becoming brown,,r ti, . tiir. Wi'gs tingcd u'ith grey, stigma elongate-oval, brown,, lr r ir rct. Ver r alion ( s c e f ig .4 , p l a te IV ).
Alrd'nren light brou'.ish yelloiv, thc caudal half of thc Zth,,rrlr ,rrrtl 9th tergites brown. Hypc,pygium (seefigs. l3_15, plate\ I l)th tergitc, vierved from above, with the lateral cars or lobcs
the interval bctwccn thcm almost straight, not dccply
1,r,,rrrirrcnt,
r',,r,lr,'rl as in nod.icornis; 9th sternite ancl its pleurite fused,
rrr.r,,,ive, as in the genus, thc apical appendate stout, tlirccted' ;,lr,rlirtl,flattcned at its apex. Viewed fro;n ttre side, the penis_
1rr,rr,lis conspicuous, tripartite as in thc tribi:, it is vcry long,''rr',irrgfrom the ventral vr'all, dirccted carrdatr and thcnce dorsatl,'lr' sr atta-i'ing thc level of thc dorr;al ec{geof the gth stcrnite,r ,, r . rt l th ci r end, dir c c t ed c c p h a l a d , th e ti p fl a tte n e d ; anal tube', ,r',lri.ur,,us. Viewed from bcncath, the massivc stcrno_plleuritcs
rrr,' 1 i11a str:right median suturc, which is mcml_rranaccous;thc
rrrt,,rrtilc pcnis-guard is <'lccplyconcavc lrclow the fr.;rking.
Vi rrl N o . E . , - T ok y o, J a p a n ; Au g ., l g l 2 ; L &.
I lr>lo,type.--cfl, Vial tr.
l'y1rein author's collection.
l'lrr: differcnce between thc American andJ.pa'csc si;ccics erri:
1 , ,u'r rl r)' th c f < . , llowing
k ey :| ,\l,rlomcn brown; cy' hypopygium, gtir tergite u,ith a Cccp
rrrtrli.n notch; guard r',f thc penis short, dir.ctccl cau<lari.
( l,.rrst;I-I. S.) .
n.odicornisC). S.
\ lrrl ,rn crl rc ddis h br olv n ; r/ h y p o p y g i u m, g th tc rg i tc w i thout,r rlt'.p median notch betrvccn thc pr'minc't
lateral cars;
1'rr;rrtlof thc l.renisclongatc, conspicuous,dircctecl cauclaclancl
rl''rsil(l, alr*ost attaining the dorsal level c,f thc abclrxrcn.
r f ,rl ,i rrr)
. .h u z u a na,i ,sp. n.
I lr. srrcc ec di' glr ar t s c l e a l i n gth e f i p u l i n i e rv i l l c o ncl ucl ettrer lr rlt rl, r

REPOLI' ON A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CRANE.
FI-IEI (TIPULID.1E, DIPTERA).
(C.?ntinuecl
from Vol. XLV', p.322)BY CII"IRLES P, ALEXANDER,

ITH.{CA, N. Y.

Subfirmily : 7'I P ULI N'9,.
Tribe : Doltcsot'llzINr.
Geuus: NesoPeza, gen. n.
Antennr l3-segniented, segmcnt 1 cylindrical with a few long;
hairs; segment 2 oval-t:ylindrical; segment 3 very long, c1'linclri<:althe succeeding segnrents gracltralll' shorter, the last verl' slencler.
Palpi rvith the apical segment slender, as long as all of the preceding
segments comtrined. Legs excessively long and slender' Wingvenation as in L)olicholtezaCurtis (lack of cell 1st Mz, basal deflectir:n of Cur far bcfore the fork of IVI, etc.), but the radial sector isvery elongate, angulatecl at origin, almost as long as ll'r beyond
the fork, Rs not short and simulating a cross-vein
T1'pe of the genus: Dolichopeza gracilis, de Meij.
Nesopeza gracilis de I\'{eijere.
19It.-Dolichoperu gracil'isde Meijere;Tijd.voor Ent., vol. 54,
p. 60, 61; pl . 4, fi g. 46.
One g froru Tokyo, Japan; August, 1912. (Vial D.)
Tlris riew gcrlus represents one extreme of the Dolichopeza
group and ScamboneuraOsten Sacken, the other- In this genus
tlre radial sector is. extretnely elongatecl, in Dolich'opeza Curtis
almost transverseand simulating a cross-vein,u'hile in Scamboneura
the origin of the sector is farther distad than the tip. Ser: rny key
to the Dolichopezini, Psycite, vol. 19, p. 64. (April, 1912.')Genus: Dictenidia Brull6.
Tribe : CrriNopltonrxl.
Dic l enidia f a sciala. Co<luillett.
l8}8.-Dictenidia J'usciolo (Jorluillertt; Pror:. U. S. Nat. Mus.,r" ol . 21, p. 304, 305.
1902.--D'ictettidia J'ascialn lir:rtesz; Cat. Dipt., vol. 2, p. 26ti.
'19i2 (Vial
Onc c/ frorr Tohyo, Jzrpan, Aug.
:t9). lt agrees
very <:lo:ielywith Coquillelt's clescription. The sJrr:r:irn:nollers tltefoll<lwingnleusri rcrnents:\Iay , 1911 i