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A LIST OF THE CRANE-FLIES OF QUEBEC (DIPTERA.) I'";:ffi1'^i;,1iffiXl'"(Contimred from page 236)

Limon'i.o (Dicranomyia) nycteris (Alex.)
Gasp6,no.trh shore, July r-5, z8(GCC). Known trrithertoonly from Alherta.
Limonia (Dicranomyia) profundo (Alex.)
Gasp6,south shore, Jvne 26,July r, z8 (GCC).
Limonia (Dicranomyir-) pudica (O.S.)
Montreal, July (GB) ; Rigaud,
(GC).
June
Liruonia (Dicranomyia) sphognicolaAlex.
Maniwaki, June e5, z5 (CHC);
Gasp6,north shore,July r-5, z8 (GCC).
Limonia. (Rhipid,io) maculata (Mg.)
CrtranrblyCo., Sept. (GB); Rigaud,
June (GB);Aylmer, June (JIB), Sept.28,za (CHC); Megantic,
July6, 16.
Limonia. (Discobola) argur (Say)
Wakef,ield,Jttty z6 (FpI) ; St. Hilaire,
Junez/, 16; Aylmer, Aug.8, z4 (CHC), Sept.4, z4 (GSW).
Antocha' saricola o,S. (records confused wtth opoJi,zanso.s.)Montreal,
June-Sept. (AFW); Gatineau, July (GB) Coaticook,Sept. (JIB); I,achine,
June 16, z5 (FPI); CoveyHill, June r1-zr, 24 (GSW).
Helius flaiuipes (M""q.)Montreal,.June-Aug. (GC); O,mawaGolf Club,
Aug. 13, za (FPI); Coaticook,June (JIB) ; Hutl, July (JIB) ; Wakefield,
July 14,z6 (GSW).
Ped'iciini
Ped,iciaalbiztittaWalk.
Quebec, (TWF) ; Garineau,July (QB) ; Aylmer,
fune (GB).
Tricyphona autumnalk Alex. (as calcar O.S. in the W.B. List).
Meachl.ake; Sept. (TWF) ; Sept,2, 03 (I.Fletcher)
Tricyphonacalcar (O.5.)
Stoke C,enter,June (AFW) ; Gasp6,south shore,
z6-July(GCC).
r;z&
June
Tricyphona h.yperborea(O.S.)
Seven Islands, July rB, z4 (FWW).
Tri.cyphon"ainconstans(O.S.)
Aylmer, June (JlB), Aug. 24, 24 (CHC) ;Rigaud, July z7; Broadview, Mry 27,25 (FPI); Gas,p6,
both shores,June z6July 5, z8 (GCC).
Amalopina flazteola(O.S.)
Wakefield, June 14, z6 (FPI) ; Gasp6,sourh
shore,June z6-Jaly l, z8 (GCC).
Dicronota noveboracenaisALex.
Wakefield, June r4, 26 (FPI).
Dicranota iovm Alex.
Aylrner, May ro, z5 (CHC).
Rhaphidolabis (Plectrowyia) confusa t\\ex.
Gasp6,sou,thshore, June z6r,
z8(GCC).
July
Rhaphidolabis (Rhafhid,olabis) rogersitna Alex.
Gasp6,north shore, Julyr-5, z8 (GCC). Known hitherto only trorn Michdgan.
Hexatomini
Ula paupera(O.S.)
Gasp6,north shore,July r-5, z8 (GCC).
Epiphragma fascipennis (Say)Montreal, June (GB); Wakefield, June
14,6 (FPI); Gasp6,bofihshores,Jane z6-July 5,28 (GCC).
Dactylolabk moucno (O.S.)
Province of Quebec (O S.) ; \\rakefield.
June r4, z6 (FPI).

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Pseudoliutttophilacontemlta (O.S.)
Ottawa Golf Club,A"g. 13,za (Fpl);
Coaticook,Sept. (JI3;
Pseudolfunnophila
toroneura (O.5.)
Megantic,July 6, 16.
Litmnophila (Lasiomastir) macrocera (Say)Montreal, June (GB).
Lirnnophila (Lasiomastir) tenuicorn'i,so.s.
ottawa Golf club, lune 4,
z6 (FPI) ; Aylmer, June 3, za (CH,C)
Lim.noph,ila(Phylid.orea)adusta O.S.
Prsvince of euebec (O.S.); Montreal,Sept.(JIB).
Limnophila (Phdidorea) similis Alex.
Gasp6, south shore, June zGJuIyr, zB (GCC).
Lirnnophila(Phylidwea)

terrae-noztae Alex.

Gasp6, nor,trr str,ore, July r-

5, z8 (GCC).
Lhnnophila (Prionolabis)manda'o.s.
Montreal,June (GC); Gasp6,nortrr
shore,July r.J, 28 (GCC).
Limnophila (Prionolabis) rufibasis o.s.
Montreal (Gc); st. Joh'n c.o.,June (GC); Rigaud, -|une (GB) ; Hemrrningford,May 24, 25 (GHH) ; Gasp€,
Southshore,Jane z6-Julyr, z8 (GCC),
Limnophila (Dicranoplwagrno")fwscoaaria O.S.
Montreal, June (GB) ;Ottawa Golf Club, Aug. 25, za (FPI); Rigaud,,June(GC) ; Covey Hill,
June
r8124 (cSW).
Li.mnophilaareolataO.S.
M,egarrtic,July 6-7, t6. Gasp6,north shorc. Julyr-5, z8 (GCC).
Li'tnnophilabreaifurcao.s.
Province of euebec (o s.) ; Broadview.M"y27,25 (FPI).
poeticaO.S.
Lim.nophila
Aylner, M"y "9, za (CHC).
, Lim,n,ophiLa
uni.caO.S.
Gasp6,north shore,July r-5, zg (GCC).
Pilari,ahnbecilla(O.S.)
Aytrner,June.July (JIB).
quadrata(O.S.)
M,ontreal,
June (AFW) ; St. Johns Co., May. Juneli,laria(GC) ; Gatineau,July (GB) ; Hull, June (JIB) ; Gasp6,south shore,
J'ne z6:
July r, z8 (GCC)
Pilaria tenuipes(S"y).
Monrreal,Aug. (GC).
Slrannonom,yia
lenta.(O.S )Aylmer, June r5. za (CHC).
Erioceraspinasao.s.
wakefield, July 27, z6 (FpI); covey Hill, Jutv er(c EP ).

Hcra to lnLr luc. g( t c er a(O .S .)C o v e y H i l l , J u n e 2c.,24 (GS W ).
province of
Elefhantom\,ia zctcstztoodio.s.
euebec (o.s.) : Megantic.
6,
16.
July
Eriopterini
province of
Neolimnophila nlti.m.a(O.S )euebec (O.S.)
Ch.ioneavalga TJarris.
Conrpton. Coatico,ok River, March r, rg39 (!. rI.
Gosse). Sea Gosse, The Ca.nadianNaturalist, r84o: r-36o.
Gnophom,,,i,tt,
tristissirmaO.S.
llo'treal, June (GC) ; Rigaud, June (GB) ;Wakefield, luly 27, z6 (FPI); Kirks Ferry, .trg,
S, z5 (GSW).
Gonomyia, (Gonou4,ia,) noueboracensr^sAlex.
Gasp6,
south shore, June z6_.
_
Ju l y r, z 8 ( G CC) .
Gonornyia (Gonomyia) subchrereo (o.s )Gatineau, Jury (GB) ; Aylmer,

June(JIB).

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Ottawa Golf Club, Aug. ra, z4

Helobio hybrid.o (MS.)
Montreal, June (GC) ; Hull, July (JIB) : Broad_view, May 5, z5 (GSW).
Cryptolabis parodora O.S.
Wakefield, JuLy :r4, z6 (GSW).
Ormos'ia deviata Diaz.
Gasp6, south shore, June z6-Ju\y r, zg (GCC);
Ay.hner, Sept. 14, za (CHC).
Om.osia cramptoniarur,sp.
n.
General coloration dark; wi,ngs with a grayish suf fusion, the stigna andnarrow seams along the cord and vein Cu darker; cell rs/ M" smaIl, closed; .rn-c%:shortly 'before the fork of M ; vein znd I sinuous.
Female.-Length, about 7.J nr,nr..;wing, 7.6 mm.
Described from alcoholic material.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae dark br.own throughout. Head dark.
Pronotum dark, the anterior latera.l pretergites abruptly pale whitish.
Mesothora;c dark, presuma'bly pruinose in dry specimens. Halteres with the stem
dusky, the knobs whitened. Legs with the coxae dark ,brown; troohanters yellow;
fernora obscure yellow, the ,tips narr,owly darkened;'tibiae brownrish yellow, thetips narrowly infuscated; tarsi dark brow,n. wings with a grayish suffus,ion,the base and costal region somewhat rnore yellow,ish; stigma darker, more intensealong the veins; narrower and. paler d.ark seams a,long tfie cord and Czr; veinsdark' venation : R, some distance bef ore the fork of Rr,n; cell rsf M, closed,
small, the l,ower face not longer thut w-cu; veins beyond the cell correspond,ingly
elongated ; m.-cu just beyond the fork ol LI; vein znd, A gently sinuous.
Abdomen dark brown, the ovipositor yellowish horn-coior.
H abitat.-Quebec ( Gasp€) .
Holotype, fernale,.north shore, July r-5, rgz9 (G. C. Crampton).
1'ype in author's collection.
orruosio cramptoniano ib narned in honor of the corlector, Dr. G. chester
Crampton, w,ho has added materially to our knowledge of the Tipulidae of Gasp6,
It is the largest species of the g€nus so far disc,overed in norrth-eastern North
America, allied to o. nabila (o.s ), d.iffering especial,ryin the wing-pattern,
nrhich is here r'estricted to seams along the cord and vein Cu.

Ormosia ga,$pensissp. n.
General coloration dark brown; antennae (male) relatively shor,t, ending
sir,ortly before the wing-root; wings with a strong dusky suf fusion; cel,l M, open
by the atrophy of m; cell Mu short and wide; vein znd A neariy straight; malehypopygium with the inner dististyle short. the apex expanded into a weakly
bilobed head.
Male.-Length, about 3.2 mim.; wing, 4.2 x r.6 mrn.
Described from alcoholic material.
Rostrurn and palpi black. Antennae (male) relatively short, if bent back.
ward. extending nrarly to the wing-root, dark brown throughout; flagellar segments oval. Head dark brown, possibly pruinose in dry individuals.
Pronoturn brown; anterior lateral pretergites pale whitish.
Mesonolalpraescu'tum light yellowidh brown with three dark brown stripes that cover mostof the disk; scutal lobes similarlv darkened; scutellum obscure brownish vellow l

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knobs a little darkened'
postnotwn dark. Pleura dark brown. Halteres pale, thererrnainder of legs dark
paler;
trochanters
theLegs with the coxae dark brown,stong dusky suffusion'
a
with
Wings
brolurr, the fernoral bases a trifle brighter.
more suffused; veira
littlearegi'onttigEtt"tit. pror.,rtar costal area brighter;m; cell M" relativelyofatrophy
thebydarker brorvn. Venation, C.lt W" openA
nearly straight' diveinznd'
Mn;nit"ti""a wide at margin, wider than M, ot
verging lrosn tst A.
Male
Abdomen <Iark 'Dro$,n, the hypopygium a vefy little brighter.
arlll
outer
the
bifid'
irregulariyh;;popygiun -,vith the outer <lisiis't,vleco'mplex,
setdensely
margi*
innerrouncled apex, the-r'-ilh
io the ohir::re11,
la,rr*".,l-"or.,,,-.n,..1
l-ounded',tlle outel
cb.Liis*l;":;i-rorter"
rruch:-'.rr:r
iirler,.rLn .,i 1,;tg-iii.r:-i:ririrs.
-r'i:i-i ;:j)r-iqtiantpeg-iil:e splles' i:ia:r dististyie vt:ev
i:.:,: ;iit-r,],:,:,j;,1,,..ri;"-,';
heaC iiral is -vciL1",tbilobed'
sicri1,L:l:l rei;iii,,:li.iiil,r:r:. i1.,eape:, expardeC inic aconspicuous
pr:o-i'iiiecr-'.,'ii'hi;t:,e. aretiea.g.:ssr:btendedb;' a '"'g1y e"ltensi-''eancl
p l ra llc s om ic S t r uctu re ,th e d i s ta l e n d a p p e a ri n gasw i defl ari ngpl atesonei therside of the aedeagus.
H,abitat.-Quebec (GasP6)'
Cra'mpton)'
Holotype, male, north shore, July r-5, r9z8 (G C'
Type in author's collection'or m os i. ag a s p e n s i s i s a v e ry d i s ti n c ts p e ci es,di fferi ng.fromal l kno.l r.-rt
The venation, with cell Iv["
species in the structufe of the male hypopygium.
with the darkened
conjunctio,ninM",
open by the atrophy ol m and the short elIwings, is like'wise diagnostic.
Gasp6, south shorre'June z6-July t' z8 (GCC)'
drrnorirrneigenii iO'S.l
Rouville Co' (GC)'
Ormosia monticola (O.S-)
Gasp€, north shorre, July r-5' zB (GCC)"
Ormosin' niyipi'ta (O.S-)Gasp6, north shore, July r-5, z8 (GCC)'
Orrnosia notmanti At"*.
basp6, south'shore' June zGJuIy r;28 (GCC) ;'Psiloconopa gaspicola Alex.
type-locality
Er iopt er y ' ( Hof l l l ta b d i ;)' ' o r* l a ta o ,s .Pro v i n ceofQuebbb' ' (o.S .);.H ul l ,Aug. 2r,25 (FPI) ; Aylrner' J*e 3' z+ (CHC) ;Iorr"
S, 26 (CHCi ; Wakefield,-Guupasouth shore, June z6-July i, z8 (GCC)'
province of Quebec (o.s.).
iriopturo (Itisia,)'arwiyaris o.s.
Coaticook' Sept' (JIF)'
Eriiptero (Ilisie) aenusta O'S'
Province of Quebec (O'S')
O'S'
chlorophyila
Bnsptera iEr;o1trrt)
Province of Quebec (O'S')
Eriipterc (Erto,pteraj chrysicima O'S'

Eriopt'era (EFiioptena,) gqspeana sp' a'

B elongs t o th e c h to ro p h y l l a g rc rp ,m o s tcl osel yal l i edtochl orophyl l ao.S .,driffering notably in the stmcture of the male hypopygium'
S
Male.-LerLgth, about 5 m'm'; rn'ing, 5 mm'
Female.*I*ngth, abo'ut 6 mm': wing, about 6'5 mrn'
Described from alcoholic material'on the ventral
Eyes of male large ancl protubefant, narrowly contiguouseyes narrowly
thefemale,theInnarrorw.
sur{ace, tilre anterior ,r..t"* relatively
green, thepalechlorophyllco,loration
separated. on ventral surface. Genera,linner apical angle of the l1color paling in a,lcoiol. Male hypopygium with therelatively slender' pale' ft
dististylebasis'fyle a little produced, seti{erous' Outer
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the apex and margin of the narrow brade rnore-styledusky; apex of
narrowryobruse. rnner disti'styremuch shor-rer,appearing*;;"i;rcuatedpare blade,the apex dusky, bent at an angrean. produced
lnto " i-"ti black terminal spine.
Gonapophysesappearing as gltly cnrved"
blaqk horns,
ir,.-iirt"r half of eacrr
blackened; inner anThTsls .pp""dngas strongly beni pate rods, theirapicesdirected strongly cepharad. wrt*t
represenf the tergite appears as
a paretransv€f,seplate, the laterar robes "tii,s{ightly- more proao"JJ- ,nd provided
wifhlong coarse setae, the more chitinir.f
nn"ai.r, area not
quite
as
far
caudad, separatedfrom the broader iaterai"o.rrai.,gtorbesby s,n"tt-rrot.tr.s.
ovipositor
tergal varves erongate,srender, rarher*ro"sry ;o.J*"d, the margins
xt*f"!-abitat.*euebec (Gasp6).

iiif,'lfJ;rilTilJl

sho'e'
z6-Julvr, rezl(G c. crampton).
'June

P a.ratop otype, fanale.
Tlnpesin author's collectio,n.
Erioptera oasrteann.is.
most croselya'ied to E. crrrorophyrao.S. in thegenerulstrttct're of the male hl,popygrunr
iut dif fers i,, ,.rr"r"l i.rrporrantrespects.
Erioftera (Eriol>tera) septnntri.i;"
O.S.
Mo,ntreal,Tuly (G.B); Ottawa(rin); ri'ii'i"i" z3(cHC)]une:$:f":l::'rltr.ii;3-rffil;avm"''
'5,
o's'

"r:{:X:;:,\i:;'lt:l-ue.s1'ertina
Erio!2tera (Mesocyphona.) calol>tero
Say.
Erioftera
Erioftera(Mesocy/>hona) neecl'ham;af*".
(Gonemfeda) ntctorts AIex-

Montrear,
Jurl'(GB); ottaw4Gorrl\{ontreal, June (GC).
Aylmer,-fune 15, za (CHC).
i\fegantic, .|une rg-zo, z3 (cHC).