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New or little-known Crane - flies
ftom Japan. Part I.
By C. P. ArexaNneR,

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Orosseection of the seme at the leyel a in the former frgure, ZeiseApochr.
9mmxComp. Oc. 8.
Crosssection of thu seme at the level b in the former figure.
Bemidiagramaticview of a ventral eye (same species,,.
Crosssection of the same at the level a in the former figure, Zeiss Apochr.
SmnxComp. Oc. L2.
Crosseection of the same at the leyel b in the former fiigure.
Distral parts of ommatidia (Sympetruma; median sagitfrequense);
tal sectioo b, peripheral ssgittel section,c, sectionmade through the marginof a cornea. Zeiss DX2,Nymphal ftqctional eyes (S. vlrldla€neat. ZeigeDX4.
Nymphal developing eyes consistingthe parts other than those shown in
the former figure. ZeieeD;4.
Crosss€ction of a rhabdome in the dersal eye (S. virldiaenca).
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NEW OB LITTLFTKNOWN CRANE-ELIES FROUJAPAN. Part I.
(fipulidae, Diptera)
By Charles P. Alexander, Lawrence, Kansas, U. S. A.
The new species described in this paper were kindly sent tome by Mr. Arto Nosrne to whom my thanks are due for this as
well as other kindnesses in the past. IJnless stated otherwise thematerial was collectred by Mr. Nourne. The specimens are in thecollection of the author.
Subfam. .Limnobiine

Tribe Limnobiiui
Dicranomyia depauper&ta,n. sp.
Male, - Lengt h, 5 mm.; l v i n g , 6 .6 m m .
Fenrale.-Length, 6.2 ntm ; wing, /.8 mrn.
Rostrum and palpi pale yellorvish brown. Antennae with thescape yellow, the flagelium pale yellowish brown. Head yellow.
Thorax dull yellow with distinct greenish reflections, especially on the dorso-pleural mernbranesaud near the coxae. Halteres
rvith the stems greenish, thc knobs darker. Legs pale with thefemera slightly greenish,the terminal tarsal segments brown. Wings
with the veins and rnembraue pale, subhyaline; venation : Sc shortending before tha origin of the arcuated sector; cell lst M2 closed;
basal deflection of Cul at the fork of M.
Abdomen brownish yellow tinged with greenish, the apices ofthe segnrentsnrore yellorvish.
It is probable that in life the insect is quite greenish throughout.
H abit at : J aparr
Holotype, 6/, Kioto, April 18, 1914.
Allotopotype, S
Limnobia&vis, n. sp.

Ma le. - Lengt h, 1 2 5 - I5 mm.; w i n g , I3 .5 -I 8.5 mm.
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nish yellow. Head darl< brown, the genae paler brown.
Mesonotal praescutum obscure yellow with three dark brown
stripes, the rne.dian oue broadest, indistinctly bisected medially bya reddish line; lateral stripes very short, not attaining the suture;scutum dull yellow, the lobes brown ; scutellunr and postnotum
largely brown. Pleura dark brown and pale whitish yellolv. Halteres pale. tegs with the coxae brown basally, yellow apically;remaining coxae and the trochanters yellow ; fernora ygllow, thetips broadly brown; tibiae ,brownish yellow, narrowly tipped rvith
brown ; tarsi light brown. Wings yellowish, most itttense on the
costal region; veins and cross-veins narrowly seamed with brown'
especially at the ,origin of the secter and along the cord ; stigrna
largely pale ; venation : Rs angulated or sppurred at its origin ;cross-vein r at the tip of $,; tip of wing obtuse.
Abdomeu rvith tl-r,ebasal tergites yeiior'v with a broad medianand narrower lateral strips ; terrninal segments dark brownish ;sternites sinrilar, the four basal segrnentsyellow, brownish laterally ;hypopygium largely yellowish. The dorsal pleural appendage is
produced cephalad in a sharp point, the sclerite suggesting the headand beak of a bird.
Habitat: japan
Holotype, 6/, 'I'ol<uhara,Provincg Shinarro, Sept. 4, t'9t5; no. z;8,Paratopotype, 6/.

L. avis, var. flavoabtlominalis' n' subsp'
F em ale. - Len g th , I3 . m m .; rv i n g , I3 .4 mm.
Similar to the typical form, differing as follows : srnaller ; headyellow with trvo linear brown subparallel marks on the vertex;
praescutal stripes represented only by two rnedian black marks at
the anterior end and four similar marks near the suture ; scutal
lobes black medially ; legs yellow, the tips of the femora very nar'rowly brown; abdomen clear yellow throughout. Holotype, 9, no't'III ", no-locality.
32, labelled

Libnotes nohirai, n. sp.
F enr ale. - Len g th , Io .!-I3m m .; w i n g , rS ' r7.4mm'724

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Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae with the scapebrown, the flagellum light yellow throughout. Head brownish
gray, clearer gray along the inner margins of the eyes.
Pronotum elongate, dark brown above' Mesonotal praescutunr
light brownish yellow, whitish poilinose, with four brown stripes,
the median pair extending the length of the sclerite, the lateralpair short; scutum brown, the lobes darker I scutellunr and postnotum dark brown, sparsely gray pruinose. Pleura yellowish, themesopleura slightly gray pruinose, darkest on the mesosternum.
Halteres elongate, yellor,v, the knobs a little darker. Legs yellow,
tips of the femora broadiy black ; tips of the tibiae narrowly
darkened; last three tarsal segments and the tips of the basal twodarkened. Wings with a yellow tinge basall|, more grayish outwardly I veitts, especially costa, bright yellow except where traversing dark marks where they are brown; veins and deflections, theradial sector and second anal narrowly seamed with dark brown I
venation: basal deflection of Cur short, about as long as the r-mcross-vein.
'Abdomen yellowish, the tergites more or less distinctly trivittate with brown.
Habitat: Japan.
Holotype, $, Iwate, June t9t6.
Paratopotype, $.

Tribe Eriopterini.
(Eoplolabis)
asiatica, n. sP,
Erioptera
Female.-Length, I mm. I wing, 4.4 mm.
Rostrum and palpi brown. Antennae dull yellow, the apicalsegments a little more brownish ; flagellar segments short-oval.
Head yellowish brown.
Thorax brownish yellow, if any bloom is normally Present' itis removed by being in alcohol; the usual brownish stripesh on thepraescutnm; pseudosutural foveae distinct, dark brown. Pleura
dull yellow, the mesopleura more brownish. Halteres yellow. Legs
with the coxae brown, the posterior coxae darkest; trochanters dullyellow; femora yellow, brownish at the tips i tibiae yellow, narrowly

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darkened apically; tarsi brou,n. \Vings subhyaline or whitish witha heavy brolvn pattern, about seven brown blotches along the costal
margin, the largest of these at the origin of the sector, tip of Scr,tip of f,,r, and the last at the tip of the wing on vein R1*6 similar;
but 'smaller brown rnarks along the cross-veins and deflectiorrs ofveins and at the tips of the longitudinal veius i venation: the spurin cell lst M, completely traverses the cell.
Abdo.rinal tergites yellowish brown, the lateral rnarginsdarker;
basal sternites yellow, the apical ones more brownish.
Habit at : J ap a n .
Holot y pe, $, K i o to , Ap ri l - j u n e rp r6 ; no. 25.

Crypteria japonica, n. sp.
Female.-I-ength, Z 3 mm.; r,ving,8-8.8 rr-rm.
Rostru'r, palpi, ante.nae and head light yellolv. A.tennae
with the first two flagellar segments united i'to a fusion-segme.t,
there being trvelve segments bcyond it.
'fhorax yellow. Halteres yellow.
Lege yellorv, the tips ofthe femora a.d tibiae narrowly infuscated; tarsi yellorvish brown.
Wings subhyaiinej veins brou,u, the costal veins more yellowish,especiallybasallyI venation: cross.vein f barely evident i Rs strcug_ly arcuatedj znd anal vein ending about opposite mid-le'gth of thesector.
Abdominal tergites dull yellow, the basal third to half of thesegments brolvnish; sternites yellow.
Habitat: Japan
Holotype, ?, N" 26, without further data, possibly Kioto.
Paratopotype, $.

Tribe Limnophilini
Lirnnophila (Prionolabis) submund.a,n. sp.
M ale. - I - ens t h , 6 -6 S mm ; w i n g , 7 .8 -8 nrm.
F em ale. - Le n g th , /.2 mrn ,; \/i u g , 8 m m.
Rostrunr, palpi, head and antenrraeblack.
Thorax black, subshiny. Halte res yellow. Legs with thecoxae and trocha.ters blackish; femora dull brownish yellolv basal-

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iilly, the tips broadly darkened, broadest on the fore femora (including the outer two-thirds), narrowest on the hind femora (includingthe outer third); remainder of the legs black. In the female thedarkened apices are more extensive on all the legs and the femora
are short and stout, somewhat ciavate. Wings grayish yellow,
brighter yellc,w basally and otr the costa; stigma distinct, elongateoval, dark brown I cross-veins and deflections of veins seamed withpaler brorvn ; venation as in L. munda O.S. of the easternUnitedStates.
Abdomen black ; valves of the femele ovipositor rusty'
Habitat: Japan
Holotype, 6/, Iiioto, May 4, t9r4.
Allotype, $, topotypic, M^Y 18, rgr4.
with the allotyPe.
Paratype, /,L. (P.) auribasis, n. sp.
Fem ale. - Lengt h , II.7 mm.; w i n g , II' 2 m m .
Similar to the last but is a much larger and brighter-coloredspecies. The legs are much longer and more slender, the femora
not incrassated as in the same sex of gubmunda ; the basal portions of the femora are bright yellow; the rvings are much brighter-colored, of a deep orange.
Habitat: Japan
Holotype, $, Osaka, April 26, t9r5.

Tribe Ilexatomini
Eriocera nipponensisr n. sP.
Male - Lengt h, 1 2 mm.; w i n g , 1 3 .3 m m .
Rostrum dull yellow above, the palpi dark brown' Antenna'ewith tlre scapalsegmentsconspicuousbright brownish orange beneath,contrastingly dark brown above; flagellum blaclr' Head r'vith thegenae dull yellowish; vertdx and occiput blackish with a sParsebrownish gray pruinosity ; frontal tubercle distinct.
Mesonotal praescutum brownish gray with four distinct shiny
black stripes, the median pair elongate, narrowed behind, ending
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silvery gray pluiuose, especially on the pleura. Halteres shgrt,
light brown, the knobs darker. Legs withcoxae brownish-thegray ; trochanters rusty yellow; femora rusty yellowl the tips blackened, broadest on the fore femora, narrowest on the hind fenlora ;remainder <.,f the legs dark brown. Wings slightly infumed, thecostal cell brownish ; stigma small, rounded , indistiuct brownish
seams along the veins and deflections of veins I an indestinct yellowish spot before the stigmai v.nation: Rs elongate; cell Mr
lacking.
Abdomen black, subsinl'.
Habitat i Japan
Holotype, J, Kioto, Nlay 28, r9t4.
Paratopotypes, z {{