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UNDESCRIBED SPECIES OF CRANE-F'LIES FROMCUBA AND JAMAICA (TIPULIDAE, DIPTERA)IBy Cnanr-nsP. Ar,pxaNpsn
Alrunnsr, Mess.
The new speciesdescribed at this time are based upon two interesting speeies in the }luseum of Comparative Zoiilogy, taken
by Mr. \lright in Jamaica, and kindly loaned me for study b;'
Dr. Nathan Ranks; a very striking species of Teucltolabis frorn
Cuba, kindly given to me by Professor Bruner; and a very interesting series of Cuban Tipulidae taken at and near Soledadby l\fessrs. John G. Myers and George Salt. The types of the
Cuban speciesare retained in the writer's collection through thekindness of the collectors. I would express my sincere thanks
to all the above named gentlemen for their kind coiiperation in
making known the interesting erane-fly fauna of the Greater
Antilles.
jamaicensis neu- species.
General coloration yellowish brown, the pleura variegatert with tlarkerl
anterior vertex silvery; antenna blaek; halteres yellow, the knobs darkbrownl femora, with a clark brown subterminal ring, precedetl by a narrower
yellow ring; wings relatively long and narrow, with a brownish yellow tinge,
spa.rsely spottecl with brown,
Male.-Length
about 7.5 mm.; wing, 10.5 mm.
Female.-Length
about 8 mrn.; wing, 10.5-11 mm.
Rostrum ancl palpi black. Antennre btack throughout; flagellar vertioiis
relatively elongate, the longest exeeecling the segments. Head brownish

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bl:rck, the anterior vertex and frons pale silvery; arrtcrior vcrtex ( 6 ) redttoetl to a narrow strip,
Pronotum light yellowish brown, the sides pruinose. Mcsonoturn lightyellowish brown, scareely darker medially, the sirles of the scleritc lrchindthe humeral region broadly pruinosel remainder of the mesonotum darker
brown, the lateral margins of the postnotal mediotergite paler. Pleura
light brown, the surface with a sparse pruinosity; darker brown areas distributetl as follows: On anepistelnum ancl dorsal portions of sternopleurite;
meron ancl on all the postnotal pleurotergite excepting the ventral portion.
Halteres yellow, the knobs clark brown. Legs with the eoxre dark brown,
pruinosel trochanters obscure yellow; femora brown, paler at extreme base;a broaal darker brown subterminal ring, prececleclby a, narrower light yellow one, the extreme tip of the segment obscure yellow; tibia ilark brownl
tarsi beyond base broadly yeliowish brown, the terminal two segments clarkbrown. Wings relatively long and narrow, faintly tinged with brownish
yellow, the costal region clearer yellow; small brown spots and seams, as
follows: Tip of Sc, origin of -Es, fork of -Bs, aloug the corct ancl outer encl
of cell lsJ Mr; tlp of .8, and r1 a series of marginal cloucls at the encls of
all the longitudinal veins; veins dark brown, more yellolvish in the costal
region. Venation: ,Sc long,8a, exteniiing to shortly before r*m, Sc, at its
tip; J?s weakly angulated at origin; r at tip of ?, anri near mirllefgth of
Rr*u; u"ior Ir*, nrd Rn*u lo.g, running generally-parailel to one r,nother,both deflected at tips toward the wing-apex; basal cleflection of E4+. relatively long, nearly as long as cell _ZstM,, the latter of moderate size, subrectangular, shorter than vein -&f3beyoncl it; ni,-cz beyoncl the fork of M.
Abdomen rlark brown, the extreme margins of the tergites narrorvly pale,of the sternites more broaclly sol male hypopygium with the ventral dististyles pale ochreous. In the female, the tergites are uniformly clark brown,
the sternites bicolorous. Male hypopygium with the basistyles relatively
large, the ventro-mesal lobe very large. Ventral dististyle much smaller
than the basistyle, the rostral prolongation very large, arising near thebase of the style, directecl eaudad, the narrowed apex further directecl
mesad I rostral spines two, placecl at the angle of the rostrum, blunt andpeg-like, the outer peg somewhat stouter. Dorsal riististyle a slentler rocl,
narrowed clistally, at apex dilatecl into a triangular heacl that runs out into
an acute point. Gonapophyses broarl and flattened, the apex of each aslender, gently curved lobule. Ovipositor with the valves relatively shortanal small.

Habitat.-Jamaiea.
Holotype, d, near Troy, l\Iay 23 (A. E. Wight).
Allotopotype, 9, 1\[ay 14. Paratopotype, 9, with the holotype.
Types in the Collection of the Museum of Comparative
Zoology.

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Helius creper nerv speeies.
Allied to H. ni,aeitarsis (O. S.); general coloration clark retlclish brownl
tarsi yellowish white; wings with cell 7sf M, small, irregularly pentagonal.
M al e.-Length about 5.5 mm.1 w i ng, 6.5 mm.
Rostrum longer than the head, brownish black, the palpi eoncolorous,
Antennr black throughout.
Head black.
Pronotum brown. Mesonotum dark reddish brown, the prescutum somewhat clarker mediallv, the sutural region paler; scutellum clark brown.
Pleura shiny brown, somewhat darker than the prmscutum. Halteres brown,
the base of the stem slightly paler. Legs with the cox€e and trochantersbrownish testaceous; femora and tibie brorvn, the tarsi paling into yellowish white. Wings with a faint brown tinge, the stigma elongate'oval,
tlarker brown; veins clark brorvn, Venation: Sc ending about opposite
r-rn, 8c, subatrophiecl; -Bs relatively short, varying from twice the length
to only one-half longer than the basal cleflection of Rr*u i veins Brru andBn*uloog, the former sinuousl r<n elongatel cell is, M, small, irregularly
pentagonal, the basal sections of Mrrrund M"tn longest, the seconcl sectionsof Mrt, und M"*o anil the basal section of M, subequal or the latter gtill
shorterl veins issuing from cell 7st M2 elongate; m-cw beyond, micllengthof cell lsl Mr, in cases near the outer encl of the cell, thus greatly realucing
the s ec ond s ec ti on of Mrrr.
Abtlomen dark brown, including the hypopygium.

Habitat.-Jamaica.
Holotype, 8, near Troy, IIay 12 (A. E. Wight). Paratopotypes, 2 d 6, M ay12- 14.
Par at ypes, sever al 6 g, BI ueM ountains, July, 1926 (Crampton and Gowdey).
Types in the Collection of the Museum of Comparative
ZodIogy.
Gonodyia (Gonomyia) brevicula new species.
Belongs to the subcinere& grolrpi scapal segments orangel heatl yellow,
with a dark spot on vertexl pleura with two conspicuous brown stripesl
halteres elongate, clark brownl wiugs with Bc very short, ,Sc, enrling far
before the origin of Bs, Sc, at its tip;brown.

abclominal tergites uniformly

dark

Female.-Length
about 4 mm.; wing, 5 mm.
Rostrum ancl palpi biack. Antennre with the scape orange; flagellum
ilark brown. Heatl yellow, the center of the vertex with a clark spot.
Pronotum light yellow. Lateral pretergites clear light yellow. Mesonotal prescutum clark brownish gray, without evident stripes, the lateral
margin narrowly light yqlow; pseualosutural fovere shiny brownl scutum
dark brown, the cauclal margin a little paler; postnotal mecliotergite yellow, clarker medially, the caurial margin narrowly clark brown, this being
a continuation of the clorsopleural stripe. Pleura yellow, with two con-

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s p i c r r o r r sr l r r r k b r o wn lo n g itu r lin a ,l str ip e s, th e more rl ol srrl cxl ttncl i ng frottrt h e c t r v i c : r l s cle r ite s ca u d r ttl, p :r ssin g a b o ve th e hal tt'rcs, l ,r l l rtr postnotuml
v c n l r : r l s t r i p e o ccu p yin g th e tlo r sa l p o r tio n o f the sl r'rrr,,;'l r'trri teanal tho
m c r o r r , i n c l u d in g th e b a scs o f th e m icid le co xre. H rrl l l l cs t'l ongate, darkbrolrr.
L e g s with th e co xa : ye llo w, th e m icld le coxa rl ;rrkl tr,rl IIS descri be(la l r o v t ' ; t r o e h a n te r s b r o wn l r e m a in ile r o f th e le gs.dark l rl osrr. Wi ngs w i th
: r f ; r i r r t b r o w n i sh tin g e , th e stig m a l r e g io n fa in tly cl al kcr; r'r,i rrstl :rrk brornn.
V c r r l t i o n : 8 c sh o r t,8 c. clo se to th e tip o f Sc r, the tl i sl :rn,.r.on costa bc'
t w c t r n t h e l a t t er a n d th e o r ig in o f l3 s a b o u t two-thi rrl s l l rr'l t,ttgth of thc
l : r t t c r v e i n a l o n e o r fu lly o n e ' h a lf lo n g e r th a n m-cu; Ii s gl rrl l y arcuatecl ,I o r r g e r t h a n f t r*.; d ist:r n ce o n co sta b e tr ve e n tips of R r:rrrrl /i - rrl tout tw oI . h i r ' d sm - c u ; ba sa l d e fle ctio r o f Bn *u r e la tive ly short, :l l i l l l t'l css than ri ;ltl-cu atr fork of M.
Abdominal tergites uniformly dark brown, the extrernc c:rrrrlo l;tteral port i o n s o f t h e in te r n e clia te te r g ite s va g u e ly p a ler, the shi cl rl :rrrd base of
tergal valves of ovipositor dark brownl sternites brorvrrish .r't'llow, tlarker
on the mealian area of the basal sternites, the cauclal rnargirrs of the segments very narrowly of a lighter yellow.

Habitat.-Cuba.
Holotype, 9, Hanabanilla FaIIs, near Cumanayagua, April 7,
1925 (J. G. Myers).
Gonomyia breuicu,la is most elosely related to G. remota AIexander, of Mexico. These species, together with G. breuissima
group, disnew species,form a peculiar section of the subcituerea,
tinguished by the yellow coloration of the antennal scape andthe short to very short subcosta. The three species now known
to be included in this group may be separated by means of the
foiiowing key:l.

m-cw approximately its own iength before the fork of M; 8c vety
short, the tlistance on costa between 8c, and the origin of Es
greater than the length of the latter veinl a narrow blown seantalong the anterior cortl; only the clorsal pleural stripe well-ilefinecl.
...bretsissima new speeies(Cuba)..................
m-cu at or close to the fork of M; Sc longer, the clistance on costa
between So, ancl the origin of .Bs iess than the length of the latter;wings unmarkecl except for the stigmal blotch; pleura with two!
..........................
dark longituclinal stripes2.

S_c1; ab-cl_ominal
8c, Iying detachecl some clistance beyoncl the tip
9f(Mexico)tergites clark, with broacl cautlo-lateral yellow triangles.
Alexander.
'..............remota
Sc, at the tip of 8or;(Cuba)..................

abdominal

darkeneci.
tergites uniformly. .breuicula;t new specics'

A L E X A N D E R , : (l t r. \ N r, ; r' t , i l , )sS ept.,19:(; IGonomyia(Gottotnyla)

brevissima ilcl.

slrltilrc,

B el ongs l rt 1fu,s ttbc i nerea gtortpi s r' ;r;r:rl s c gtnents orangel pras (' l l l l l l l l
l i ght brourr ; grl l rrr;rw i th a eons pi c uttttsrl rts :tl l rrow n s tri pel w i ngs i v i l h :t
fai nt brourr s r,;urr:rl ong the c ord; S c v t' r' r' s l rorl , S c , endi ng far beforc l l rrr
ori gi n rr1' l i :;' , tu t' l t s ome di s tanc e beforc l l rc I' ork of M; abdomi nal tergi l t' s
dark brourr, l l rr, s terni tes y el l ow .
l 'e mrrl r' . l ,r' rrgth about 3.3 mm.; s ' i l g, ' l .i I tttm,
R os tnrrrr :rrrrl p:rl pi bl ac k . A ntennl .Ll s t' rrt' (' r,ri tl l ge-y el l ow ; bas al fl agel l :rr
S egmc l tl l rIorv rr, the remai nc l er of the 1l :rgol l rrrtrpti s s i ng i nto bl ac k . Il c l rrl
browl i s l r l t' l l ol l ., the eenter of the v ertc x :tl rl rrtrt' tttl y w i th a c l us k y s pot.
P ro rrol rrrrr .y c l l ow . Lateral pretergi tc s l i gl rl , v c l l ow . Mes ouotal pra:s c tl
tum l i gl rl l rrow n, the l ateral margi n nrtrton l t l i ght y el l ow ; ps euc l os uturl tl
fovea: s l ri rrv rec l tl i s h brow nl s c utal l ol rc .s l rl orv tt, the medi an area of thc
scutu rl )rl on,ni s h tes tac eous ; s c utel l um dl trk ; l ros trr.otalmec l i otergi te i nfus caterl , rl l rrk c r pos teri orl y . P l eura y el l oi n' ui l l r :t s i ngl e nal ' ro1c c l ark bro$' ustri p o ox l enrl i ng from the c erv i c al s c l r:ri tc s 1o l l rt' pos tnotum, pas s i ng abov e
the root of the halteres; the sternopleurito is \'('r..vvaguely clarker thau the
I-Ial teres brow n.
grou nrl ' r' ol or of thc pl eura but does l ot ftttrrt:L s tri pe.
Legs w i th the c ox e anc l troc hanters y el l orv i s h 1t' s l :ttrc ous lremai ntl er of l egs
brown, the femoral bases a trifle paler. Wilgs rvillr a, faint brorvnish tinge,
the stigmal region oval, siightly darker brotvtr; f:rint clusky sc:rms along
the corrl and outer enc l of c el l 7s t M"t more di s ti l c t on the anteri or eordlveins tlark brown. Venation: Sc very short, Sc, t'tttling a tlistanee before
the origin of Es that is greater than the length of the latter antl approximately two and one-half times as long as m-cu1 St:- not well indic:rted but
apparently at the tip of Scr; Bs relativel,v short, strongly arcu:tted, a,pproximateiy as long o. Er*.i cell -7.s1M, relatilel.v smalll ntr*cz approximately its orvn length before the fork of M.
Abdominal tergites dark brownl sternites yellol'.

Habitat.-Cuba.
Holotype, I , Trinidad NIts., altitude 1,600 feet, March 24,
1925(J. G. Myers).
Teucholabis(Teucholabis)

bruneri

new species.

General coloration black, the heacl, pronotum, scutellum anal pleura largcly
shi ny reddi s h to y el l ow ; k nobs of hal teres orange; femora l argel y reddi s h;wings whitish with a conspicuous brown pattern I 8c short, ,Sc, entling
opposite the origin of Es; cell -8, at wing'margin much wicler than eell?nd R -.
about 5.5 mm. I wing, 6.8 mm.
Male.-Length
Rostrum dark redclish; palpi tlark brorvn. Antenne black, the basal
segment of the scape clark recldish. Head tlark recltlish throughout.
Pronotum shiny obscure yellow, the Iateral margins of the anterior notum
ancl the medially depressetl portion of the posterior notum a little clarker.

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Mesonotal prescutum dull black, the small humeral triangles obscure orangeyellow; scutal lobes black, the median area obscure yeliowish brownl scutellum broacl, shiny yellow, the paraseutella blaek; postnotum black, inclutling the pleurotergite.
Pleura shiny orange-yellow, the sterno-pieurite ancl
meron blaekened. Halteres black, the knobs orange. Legs with the eoxee
ancl trochanters shiny orange; femora orange-yellow, the tips narrowly
blackenecl, more extensively so on what seems to be the clavate posterior
femur; tibire ancl tarsi black; all legs of the unique type were detachecl
when receivetl ancl their association is not entirety eertain; another pairshows a distinct oval swelling near four-ffths
the length of the tibia, together with a dilation of the bases of the basitarsi. Wings whitish, witha conspieuous brown pattern; cell 8o uniformly infuscatecl; conspicuous
brown seams along the corcl anil outer encl of cell lst Mr, ilarkest in theregion of the subtrigonal stigma; wing-apex conspicuously clarkenecll asmall triangular brown seam at origin of .Es; a conspicuous brown wash
extending longitudinally in cells M and. Cw; cauclal margins of cells isf /and,?ncl,.d infuscatecl; veins black, Venation: 8o short, 8c, ending immediately beyond the origin of Rs, Sc, not far from its tip anct lying before
this origin; Bs long, arcuated; r in alignment with the cord and close to
the tip of B1; veins lr*,u.d .&o*_ stronglX divergent, the latter ending
about at the wing-tip; cell E, at wing-margin about one-half wider than iscell ?nd,.Rr; cell 1st M2 strongly widenecl distally; m-cw immediately beyond the fork of M.
Abtlomen black, the basal sternite more recklishl hypopygium black.

Habitat.-Cuba.
Holotype, d, Summit of the Pico Turquino, Sierra Maestra,
altitude 6,630 feet, July 20, 1922 (S. C. Bruner and C. H.
Ballou).
This handsomeand very distinct speciesof Teuclr"olabis
isnamed.in honor of Professor S. C. Bruner. to whom I am hdebteclfor many kind favors.
Teucholabis(Teucholabls)

myer€inew species.

General coloration tlark brown, with a mieroscopic appressed pubescencethat appears like a pruinosity; pleura with a broarl pale Iongituclinal stripe;
tips of the femora broadly dark brown; wings subhyaline, with three small
brown cloucls, in aclclition to the stigmal spot; cell 1st M"Iarge;
cell Mnnarrowed clistally; abdominal segments bicolorous, the caudal margins of thesegments paler.
Female.--Length about 5 mm.; wing, 5.1 mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antenne black throughout, the flagellar segments oval. Ilead brown, with a microscopic gray pubescence.

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Pronotum clark brown, Mesonotal
prescutum brown, the interspaces
with
an appressed microscopjc_gray pubesceneel
scutum dark brown, t^he meclianarea paler behincl, the lobes witha microscopic gray pubescencel scutellum
testaceous, the parascutella clark;
postnotu'm dark i"o*rr, *it;;-;;;*.
microseopic pubescence, pleurada-"k b"owrr, with a broad paier
longi,
tudinal stripe that extends
from the fo""to the base of tie abaomen,
passing above the coxre and"o*Jbeneath the halteres, the surfaceof the stripe
with eonspicuous mieroscopic graysetula. Hult""", Iight brown,
the knobs
obseure yelrow' Legs rvith thecoxre ancr trochanters yetowish
testaceouslfemora yellow, the tips_ broadly
urradark brownl tibia yellow,"o..pi.oorsly
tips narrowly clark brown; ta".i
io"k b"own, the proximal half
_theof
the basitarsi paler.
y-r-*.iig_a. short_ovat, dark brownl
consprcuouB buf paler brown irblr"rirru;
clouds at m-cu,"n't, and near
the distal en. ofvein ?nil, I;
veins dark brown, the costal
o"irl t uyorra the base more yelIowish. Venation: gc extending
to opposite two-fifths the lengthof thegently arcuated Bs, gf,r_opposite
the o.igin of gs; r about one-half
-arra
its
length from the tip ot "-A,t*o tf,i"as'iiu ierrgtr, Ueyooa
the origin of?nd' R, at maigin somewhat
wider
lr**;
""11

large,strongry
wiienedclisrary,opp"o*i_ot.if#:tr"",i1,.r1"i.ff:
issuing from it; m arctated,,":tiX*'"j:torrg"" tt u' ttre oot".
cleflection of M,; m_cu
at fork of M; cell M
r.long orri ,ru""oru, ou""o*"a at the margi-n; vein
2nd A rather strongly uirruou..
Abclominal tergites dark brown,
the caudal margins of the segments
conspicuously silvery rellow;
sternites similar, the basal
sternites vellow.
Ovipositor with the bases of thevalves aa"t'bro*n,
the apices yellolv, thetergal valves stronglv upcurved.
Habitat.-Cuba.
Holotype, 9, Soledad,February 20,7g2b(J. G. lVfyers).
Teuch,olabis,?xaersiis named.intoro" oi tt, .oif."io", *yfriend, Dr. John G. lVlyers. The fly
i* u."y different fro,m theother describedspeciesof the genus-in
the restricted wing_
pattern.
Eriocera cubensis new species,
Head brownish gray; antennre
uniformly
orange; pleura yellowis}

blackl pronotum and mesonotum

re-oiai ;"..,;",;;;;;ftJ,f,:_iTTlf:,'r"ff
JT,".,J,:i';"H1,;i_pattern;m-cu nearof eell tst Mri
abdomen orange yellow
basally, the distal portion-t1t",yrl
black.
Male.-Length,
11_19 mm.1 wing, 10.8_18
mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antennre
black, the scapat segments
weaklypruinose; antenna relatively
short, if bent backward notextentling far be.
yoncl the base of the wing. I{eadbrownish gray.

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Pronotum antl mesonotum light oranger more intense ou the prcscutum
and seutum, the pleura more yeliowish orange. Halteres brown, the knobs
brownish black. Legs with the coxa ancl trochanters yellow; remaincler ofthe legs black, only the femoral bases narrowly yellowish, slightly moro
extensively so on the fore legs, very narrow on the hincl legs. Wings
whitish subhyaline, with a heavy brotvn pattern; cells C, Sc antl Bc, uni'
formly tlark brownl broad conspieuous seams at arculusl origin of 8s;
along corrl ancl outer enil of cell 7st M2; at r; wing-margin conspicuously
seamed, broader and clarker colorecl tt the wing-tip I veins M and' Cu
broaclly seametl with brown; the general effect of this heavy brown pattern
is to restriet the grountl-eolor to the centers of the cells; veins dark brown'
Venation: 8c, entling about opposite three-fourths the length of A2*3; Bs
long, in alignment with the short basal tleflection of Bn*ui r about twiee its
Iength from the tip of B, ancl varving from a little more than its lengthm-cucell Mrlacking;to fullv twice its length beyoncl the origin of Ir;
sinuous, plaeecl near mitllength of eell lsJ Mr, Ionger than the clistal section of Cw-.
Abclomen with the tlvo basal segments orange' thence passing throughbrown into black, the latter color involving segments five to nine.

Habitat.-Cuba.
Ilolotype, 3, Trinidad Mts., near water-fall, altitude 1,600
feet, March 24,1925 (J. G. i\[yers). Paratopotype, 6 'By the writer's key to the Antillean speciesof Eriocera (Ent.
News, 27: 347; 1916), the present species runs out at couplet 3
by the wing-pattern and uniform black coloration of the legs.
I.,ike all of the other known Antillean species, it belongs to asmall group of handsomely colored flies that seem to be confinedto the islands of the Greater Antilles.