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UNDESCRTBEDSPECIES OF JAPANESE CRANE-FLrES.*
Penr V.x
cnenr,es P. Ar.exruorn,
Massachusetts Agricultural College.

I;tit*;"otttt
liQN+;t;'l-lI;" 1'':r:':;':'The preceding parts under this general title were publishedin these AnrNer,s in 1919, 1921, 1923, and 1924. The species
described at this time are chiefly from the mountains of Honshiu
and Kiushiu, where they were collected by my friends, Messrs.
Esaki, H. Hori, Machida, Takeuchi and Yokoyama. A few'
additional forms were taken in Hokkaido by Messrs. M. Hori
Still other species from Saghaiien, theand Kuwayama.
Loochoo Islands and Taiwan were taken by Messrs Kuwayama,
Sakaguchi and Takeuchi, respectively. My sincere thanks areextended to all of the above collectors for their kind co-operationin making known the very extensive Tipuloidean fauna of theJapanese Empire. The types of the new species are preservedin the collection of the writer.
The question has been raised by Professor Cockerell as towhether Taiwan (Formosa) should justly and correctly be
included in a paper having a general title such as the present
one. A great number of works and papers on Japanese insects
have included Taiwan in their scope and the writer can see novital objection to such a course, either from a faunistic or
political viewpoint. I am greatly indebted to my friend,
Professor Teiso Esaki, for an expression of his opinion as towhat should be considered as being "Japan Proper," andwhat possessionsfall outside this strict application. Professor
Esaki has an intimate first-hand knowledge of virtually theentire Empire, having travelled and collected from Saghalien
to Taiwan, and his opinions may be taken as authoritative:" I believe that in its strict sense,Japan should be considered asconsisting of Honshiu (Ilondo, the main island of Japan), with
Sado, Oki, Awaji ancl Iza Islands (Oshima, Hachijojima,
Miyakejima, etc.); Shiboku; Kiushiu (with Iki, Tsushima andOsumi Islands), and Hokkaid'o (Yezo) with the Kurile Islands.
* Contribution
cultural Co1lege.

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irregular crossbands; cell C with three of these marks, restricting theinterspaces to narrow quadrate areas, the marks continued into cell R,
where they are gray, bordered with brown, ending abruptiy just before
reaching vein M; the fourth or stigmal band includes the stigma and is
confluent with a circular, pale-centered ritrg at the fork of Rs, connected
outwardly vdth the fifth or subterminal band; narrow brown seams along
the cord and outer end of cell -lsl Mz; wing-apex and very extensive but
vague cloudings at the tips of all the longitudinal veins, pale gray; veinsdark brown, the wing-base, C, Sc and R yellowish. Venation: Scr
ending just beyond the origin of Rs, Sc2not evident in the type-specimen;r at tip of rRri cell lsl M2 eTongale-rectangular, a little shorter than.l/112 beyond it;basal deflection of Cq just before the fork of M.
Abdomen dark brown, the subterminal segments passing into black;
fleshy dististyle of male hypopygium paler brown.

Habitat: Japan (Kiushiu). Holotype, d, Mt. Kirishima,
on boundary between Osumi and Hiuga, altitude 3,250 feet,
0ctober 30, 1923,(T. Esaki).
Dicranomyiapammelassp.n.
Head and thorax shiny coal-black; fore femora largely black with asubterminal obscure yellow ring; wings whitish subhyaline, the base andcostal region conspicuously light yellow, the disk with a heavy brownpattern.
Male. Length, 7 mm.; wing, 7.2 mm.
Rostrum and palpi black. Antenna with the scapal segments black,the flagellar segments brown, the latter oval, becoming more elongate
Head black, very sparsely pruinose.
and darker colored outwardly.
Pronotum and mesonotum shiny coal-black, the cephalic margin of
the postnotal plzurotergite with a nalTow iine of silvery microscopic
pubescence. Halteres yellow, the apices of the knobs conspicuously
dark brown. Legs with the coxre shiny black, narrowly paler apically;trochanters obscure yellow; fore femora black, the basal fourth obscureyellow, before the apex with a narrow obscure yellow ring that is about
one-half as wide as the dark tip; remaining femora obscure yellow. thetips conspiorously blackened; tibie and tarsi brownish yellow, the tips
narrowly and indistinctly infuscated; tarsi brown, passing into black.
'Wingswhitish subh,valine, the base and costal region conspicuously
light yellow; a heavy brown pattern, distributed as follows: A blotch
at end of Sc, confluent with a larger area at origin of Rs,'stigma oval
and slightly darker brown; a circular spot at fork of Rs, barely touching
the stigma; cord and outer end of cell lst Mz conspicuously seamed;wing-apex extensively darkened, this including the outer half of cellZnd, Rt, outer two-thirds of cells R3, R6, and almost all of cells 2nd, Mz
and Ms; a conspicuous cloud along vein Cu in cell M and conspicuous
marginal clouds at ends of all the longitudinal veins; anal angle more orless darkened; veins dark brown, yellow in the flavous areas. Venation:
Sc short, Sc1ending shortly beyond the origin of Rs, Sc2at its tip; r at
tip of R1, the iatter beyond it very short; Rs feebly angulated at base;

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Islands, including Okinawa, and theBonin Islands (Ogasawarajima)
are not included in Japan
Likewise, the new domains of the Japanese Empire,
Proper.
i. e., Formosa (Taiwan), Southern Saghalien (Karafuto)andCorea (Chosen) are not included in Japan Proper. "-Esaki.
Dicranomyia Stephens.
Dicranonyia @uglochina) okinawensis sp. n.
Length, 8 mm.;wing, 8.8 mm.
Aah.
Female. Length, about 7 mm.; wing, 7.5 mm.
Generally similar to D. (8.) fuscibasis Alexander (India), difiering as{ollows: Size larger. Infuscated proximal ends of basitarsi narrower,
broadest on posterior legs where about the basal fifth is darkened.
Wings tinged with brown, the oval stigma a little darker brown. VenaSon: Sc short, ,Scznear the tip of Scr, the distance between the end of
the latter and the origin of Rs fully three times Rs; Rs angulated andspurred near midlength; cell lst Mz elongate-rectangular, longer thanany of the veins issuing from it; basal deflection of Cu jttst before
midlength of cell lst Mz.
Habitat:Holotype, ct, KunjanJapan (Loocho Islands).
gun, Okinaw, altitude 500-1,000 feet, May, 1923, (S. Sakaguchi).
Dicranomyia kirishimana sp. n.
General coloration dark brown, the thorax with silvery patches; legs
yellow, the femoral tips conspicuously dark brown, the tibial bases andtips narrowly infuscated; wings whitish subhyaline, with a heavy browncrossbanded pattern.
Male. Length, 5 mm.;wing, 6.5 mm.
Rostrum black, the palpi dark brown. Antennai scape brownish
black; flagellar segments oval, obscure yellow, the tips weakly infuscatedto produce an indistinct bicolorous efiect, the terminal segments more
uniformly infuscated. Head silvery gray, the vertex with a black
longitudinal mark on either side of a subequal median gray stripe, thesemarks continued to the occiput; gena duller gray.
Pronotum and mesonotum brownish black with silverv patches. thepraescutum with a median stripe of the ground color; icutellum'andpostnotum silvery pruinose. Pleura silvery gray, with a vague longitudinal brownish biack stripe across the mesopleura. Halteres relatively
short, pale ye1low, the large knobs dark brown. Legs with the coxe
dark brown, vaguely pruinose; trochanters concolorous, the tips paler;femora yellow, the tips conspicuously dark brown; tibia yellow, the bases
narrowly but conspicuousiy dark brown, the tips narrowly and lessdistinctly infuscated; tarsi ye1low, the terminal segments passing intobrown. Wings whitish subhyaline, the extreme base yeilow; a heavy
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Rap5longer than the basal section^
ol R21;;r.r'll.lsl LIz relattvelysmall,subrectanEg]ar;basal deflectionof Cu ibout one_hatf;ts te"gttl before
the fork of M.
. Abdomen black. the caudal margins of tht: segmentsnarrowly pale;hypopygium black.
Hab.itat; Japan (Honshiu, Kiushiu). Holotype, d, Mt"-_
Minomo,Settsu-no-kuni,June 22,1922, (T. Esaki). ^ paratypes,& 8, Kashii, near Fukuoka, Kuishiu, June I1,7924,1U. fio.1.
Dicranomy,ia pammelas bears a marked. resemblance to D.
takeuch,i,i Alexander (Japan), differing conspicuously in thewing-pattern, there being no conspicuorrs bro$,n clouds in theradial field basad of the orisin of Rs.
Libnotes Westwood.
Libnotes puella sp. n.
Belongs to the po_ecilopteragroup; ailied to L. strigiaena (walker); sizd
very small (wing, 9-, less.than 10 mm.); antennaf flagellum brownish
black throughout; rhoracic oleura narrowly lincd wiih dark brown;
lemora wrth narrow and relatively indistinct brown subterminal rings; r
at the tip of R1.
Fernale. Length about g mm.; wing 9.5 mm.
,.Rostrum^and..palpi pale brown. Aitennar scape obscure brorvnish
yet-l9wr the flageliar segments brownish black. broadly oval with shortpedicels; terminal segments passing into elongate-oval. Head obscure
ruIous .medlally, the vertex more infuscated, the orbital region gray;vertex between the e_vesreduced to a narrow strip.
Pronotum brown. pale laterallv.
Mesonotal praescutrrm obscureyellow with three confluent brown stripes, the broad *edi"r *tr;r,oirregular,.becoming. abmptly .obiiterared, 6r"*"irf..- gir;;- b;i;r;"';f;;suture and more or'!ess constricted near midlength; tfre ni.tow lateral
stripes touch the median.stripe at their anteriir mesal ends; late.al
margin of the praescutum infuscated; remainder of the mesonoium lisht
gray pruinose, the lateral half of each scutal robe and the b;;tl;l-e?;imargins of the_postnotal mediotergite conspicuouslyinfuscated. pieura
light gray pnrinose, less so in front, with two n^rro* dark brown longitudinal stripes, the dorsal one.beginning on. the cervicat ."1.rii3.,
crossing the proplenra an! a-nepisternum
onto'the pteropleurite; theventral stripe begins_on the fore coxa. crosses the stemopleurite onto
the extreme dorsal edge.of the.meso-coxaand.meron. H"ii"r"_*-vettoru,
the knobs infuscated. Legs with the coxe and trochanters pale 6rown_
ish-testaceous,the coxe marked with brown as descrihedi.rrroru
yellow with a nalTow brown subterminal nng about its"d;;:own length
before.the yellow_tips; tibie and basitarsi o"bscureyeilow, irrl tTp.
narrowly infuscated; terminal tarsal segments brownish black. winls
pale yellow, rarther_sparselv variegated with sma11brorvn spots and grJy
dots and clouds; the brown spots occur on the veins at i"ter.rai., .. inlt,r1 ) J l l
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the poeciloftera group; the gray clorrds and dots occrlpy all the cells,
becoming somervhat larger along the posterior margin of the wings;
veins yellow, dark brown in the infuscated areas. Venation: r at tip ofrtr and a little longer than it; Rs about one-half longer than thedeflection of Rai-5; m aboat twice the outer deflection of M3, gently
arcuated; basal deflection of Cut more than its length beyond the forkof M.
Abdomen obscure brownish yellow, the extreme lateral margins of thesegments dark brown, forming a narrow pleural stripe. Ovipoiitor withthe basesof the valves black.
Hab,itat: Japan (Kiushiu and Loochoo Islands). Holotype, g, Mt. Kirishima, on boundary between Osumi and
Hiuga, Kiushiu, altitude 3,250 feet, October 30, 7923, (T.
Esaki).
Paratypes, 2 g e, Iriomote, Loochoo Islands, altitude
300-500 feet, Late Ju1y, 192t, (S. Sakaguchi).
Molophiius Curtis.
Molophilus (Molophilus) albohalterata sp. n.
General coloration black; antenne short in both sexes; halteresconspicuously yellowish rvhite; wings strongly tinged with brown, tire
extreme bases paler.
Male. Length, 3-3.5 mm.; wing, 4-4.5 mm.
Female. Length, 3.6-4.4 mm.;wing, 4.4-4.8rrlm.
, Rostrum and oalpi black. Antenne short. the basal -"egmentsbiack,the terminal segments passing into dark brown. Head biack.
_ _Thorax entirely black. Halteres very conspicuously pale yellowish
white. Legs bror""nish black throughout.
Wings strongly tinged withbrown. the extreme base pale; distal half of the u'ing a littie paler thanthe basal half; veins and macrotrichie darker brown. Venation: Rr
deflected cephalad beyond r; basal deflection of Cu about two-fifths thefusion ol M+Ch: vein Znd..4 iong and sinuous"
Abdomen black, including r.he hypopygium. \4aie hypopygiumwith the apical style a small, sickle-shaped hook, the poinli a;rectea
dorsad, each u'ith i smal1ereci spine at its base;basal diitistvle slender,
straight, the slender apex blackened and provided rvith microscopic
setae.,theappendage barely exceedingthe apices of the basistvle and notreaching ttie tip oi tne long, straiglit, yelibw aed.eagus. Apex of eachbasistyle on the apparent dorsal face produced caudad into a long,stout, digitiform lobe, the apex of each contig'uous on the mid-dorsailine., Ovipositor with the valves horn-colored; tergal valves stout, only
gently upcurved.
Hab,itat: Japan (Honshiu).
Holotype,d, Mt. Takao,
Musashi-no-kuni, altitude 1,000-2,000 feet, May 7, 1922, (T.
g.
Esaki).
Allotopotype,
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Rhabdomastix Skuse'n'Rhabdomastix (Sacandaga) atrata sp', ,, - includ.ing the halteres andthroughout,coloration brownishliack
rrom
n' JndR2remotebJ;il;$;.;;U;dJ^ia?r'"ur'&'i'r';

tip'oranotherone"""Aiit.
3'4 mm't'ength about 3'3 mm';wing'-'A"t""o* short' black throughtigstt'
purpi
f,'ti**rt
Rostrum .na,"gm"tt* ottut' Head brownish black'brownish black' 'Halteres""t;1;;-fld"iiu,
Prothorax anct ;;til;;""titavstem. vaguely*lcrightened'oftfr"'"it]"*"-6"*b1ack,
ihebrownishblack' Wings with abrownishi"'"
Less dark brown, th";;;;i;;:il;darker; veinsindistinctlv
strons blackish tinge,*inl'stignial regionprominent' - Venation: Scrfioderatiy*i"gifbrown. Anal angle
i::;bout three times its length
endins about opposit""*iii"igtii"J?t'
the tip of Rr at the margin' the
from
^i;+i
from ihe tip of Scr;Rr"th;,;;gte
ibout two and one-half
distance b-etweenth"H";il;;;!?
cel=l-/slofwinted'end
Rt Jon";irrt*t{r;;;basJ itq'P'*t a trifle paler on their
Abdomen d*k b;#;;;;;."t"tlJ"poitions ; hypopygium brownish black'Emi-mura' ChibaElabitat: Japan (Honshiu)' Holotype' d'Ken, JulY 6, 1923, (T' YokoYama)'
Cladura Osten Sacken'
Cladura decem-notatasP' n'praescutum with four-^"gtes
General cotoration pale yellow;-mesonotal
stutal lobes blackened;ofblack spots;
sternlopieurite;tips of femora and""rr"*J"r#.3i"ilri"rif
black spots on
with""a"t"iiJ"t""*v"llZt' '-* faintlv seamed
tibie narrowlv d"tk""ffi'';;6-;"i;brown.
"'"ii*ott.
Length, 6'5 mm-';wing' 8-8'2 mm'
Antenna pale throughout'Rostnrm ana patpi'Urow";shtesliceous'
vellow'brownish-Mes6ttotu*o'"al' Headtrt" riue;rl^t segme,,ds
pale yeilow' withtitro"gb""1''
Pronotum rigftt v"ri"#the a'nterior
representing
spois'
liactttwo oval to linear i"i"t*"Ji"t"representedbv
itripes
ends of the usual il#ili;""ti;iG;.,k"ial
ihe eflime a,ljerior lateralslightly larger blacklp*:l sgutu1 similar'of mesonotumyeliowish
angleswith a triangul'ar biack spot; remaind'erof the postnotal
marginposterG
testaceous. rn one paratype, thetestaceous'
yellowish
Pleurasiots'-Uia94
mediotergite witrt twi"otJf'Uiack
the anepisternum and aon
spot.
with anLiu"tt-o"" on the posterior lateral"lorrgtt"-t'iJ"iiLr
more difrtil'tt();;ith
smaller andsometimes-.!"*t w6akly indicated'
portion of the ,r"rt ofi"itiii
lnq pt*r,with tiie coxe andiJ"t""t"J'
Halteres pale, the r.i5ni?""rtrv
yelloi' the tips narrowly
f"moratrochanteis v"i1o*i,rt"i"tit""ot1t;
blackened;basitarsi obscure'-wings'with
infuscatecl;titie veitowlJft?"itpt it"*"*tv
a pale ye11owtinge' the,oo' pu.rrnj';;'o"il;"#''ellow,

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437base and costal region more saturated yellow; an indistinct brown seannon r-m; veins dark brown, C, Sc, R, base of Cu and the veins at the wingbase more yellowish; squamal regloq of the wing blackened. Venation:
Scr extending to beyond the base of Rz, Scz a short distance before thefork of Rz+Ubetiole of cell M t from once to twice the length of nr,' basal
deflection of.Cu at or close to the fork of- M.
Abdominal tergites obscure ye11ow,the lateral margirrs extensively
oale brown, the c6lor continued, acfoss the caudal margins of the segments as narrow borders; sternites pale yellow, the caudai margi:rs
narrowly more orange-yellow. Ovipositor with the long valves reddish
horn-color.
(Kiushiu)'
Holotype,9, Aburayama,
Hab'itat:
Japan
Paratypes, 2 ? 9,
Chikuzen, November 17, 1923, (H. Hori)'
between Osumi and Hiuga,
on boundary
Kirishima,
Mt.

altitude 3,250feet, October 31',1923,(T. Esaki).

Limnophila Macquart.
Limnophila (Prionolabis) neomunda sp. n.
MaIe. Length, 5.5-6 mm.; wing, 6.8-7.8 mm.
Femole. Length about 5.5 mm'; wing 6.7 mm.
Closely rehtJd to L. submunda -!,1exandrcr,-difieringas-follows:
Legs stouier; wings less extensively clouded with brown, there being nod.islinct blotch atlhe origin of Rs, no seam along vein of Ca, the matkalons the cord much more restricted in extent and less conspicuous, andthe ftng apex scarcely darkened. Venation: Scr ends about opposite
midJen[th^of Rz+r, Sci much shorler than in subtnund,o;Rr+-:rsubequal tolittie longer than the basal deflection of Cu; ce71Mr and its
or"v"n-apetiolesubequal. Ilypopygium witJr lhe inner dististyl.e^1'ery difierent
in stmcture; this appendage is relatively smalJ, feebly bifid at apex, thelateral arm very shbrt to subobsolete, with a few yellow sete, the mesal
afrn a little longer, its apex with three or four tiny-denticles.- Outerdististyle with ibout foui teeth in addition to the long apical tooth.
Base of aedeagus not reticulate.
Holotype, f , Sapporo, IshiHobitat:
Japan (Hokkaido).

kari-no-kuni, June 1, 1927 (M.
Paratopotypes, 2 broken c/ d.

Hori).

Aliotopotype,9.

Limnophila (Ephelia) dietziana sp. n.
General coloration light grey, the praescutum variegated withsmall brown spots and dotl; legslight yellow, the_femotaltips conspicuously and broadly blackenedi wings whitish subhyaline, spotted anddott"edwith dark brown, all the ce1lsw'ith numerousdots between themarkings.
larser"Male.
Length about 3'6-3.8 mm.; wing, 4'5-5'3.qol:
Rostrum an? palpi brownish black. Antenne with the scapedarkbrown; flagellum yefow, the base of eachsegmentnarrowly infuscated.
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Pronotum light grel', infuscated medially. Mesonotal praescutum
light grey, the ulualstriped pattern very much broken up into fuscoussfots-and dots; the median stripe is represented by two-parallel ordivergent lines before midlength of the sclerite and a siqgle,.median,rectaigular blotch just before the suture; latelal stripes sma1l, trianguiar,
remotJfrom the suture;between the median and lateral stripes are tv'osmall, elongate dashes that are sometimes broken;laterai margins of thepraescutum extensively and conspicuously dark brown, inciuding. aiinear dash anterior to the pseudosutural fovee; transverse suture witha U-shaped median brown portion, the ends of the U, in cases, -withdetached dots; scutum grey; each lobe with a smal1 brown triangle; asmall caudo-median spot extending onto the scutellum; postnotum gray,extensively infuscated behind. Pleura gray, variegated with dark brownspots. Halteres yel1ow, the knobs darkened. Legs with the coxegray, variegated with brown spots; trochanters iight brown;-femora
1reilbw, the iips broadly and abruptly blackened, each femur at base on
inner face wiih a linear black dash; tibie ye11ow,the tips narrowly but
conspicuously blackened; tarsi ye1low, the segments -narrowly !tp.p"awith dark biown, the terminal segments uniformly infuscated. Wings
whitish subhyaiine, conspicuously spotted and dotted with dark btown,
distributed a! follcws: A series of five costal blotches, the second atorigin of Rs; third at tip of Sc, fourth at tip-of Rr'.the last c-onnectedalong the cord to form a V; fifth area at tip.of.Rr; wing-apex darkened;smaller spots at the supernumerary cross-vein in ce11M ; aTongthe cordand outei end of cel1-lsl M2; a seriesalong vein Cu and one just before thetip of vein ?nd.A;all of the remaining cells of the wing are densely dotted*ith browtr; veins dark brown, paler in the ground areas. -Venation:
R.ssquare at origin; basal deflectton of Cut more than one-half its iength
bevond the fork of ,&/.
'Abdomendark brown, including the hypopygium.
Holotype,&, N4t. Hakone,Ilabitat:
Japan (Honshiu).
13,
1923, (T' Esaki).
Sagami-no-kuni, altitude 2,300 feet, July
September 7,
Musashi-no-kuni,
Sex? Tamagawa,Paratype,

1922,(I.Machida).
Additional specimens of this very distinct fly are in thecollection of Dr. William G. Dietz, in whose honor the speciesis
named.
Limnophila kirishimensis sp' n.
Allied to L. ochracec\{eigen; general coloration uniformly pale
brown, pleura with an incompletelongitudinal pale brown striqe; win-gs
bron'nish yellow, the stigma darker brown; basal deflection of Ch far
out beneaththe outer end of cel1'Is! Mr
MaIe. Length,6.5 mm.;wing, 7'8 mm'
Female. Length,7.5-8 mm.;wing, 8.2-8.8mm.
Rostmm pale brown. the paipi dark brown. Antenna black, thesecondscapal segmentbrown; base of first flagellar seg.mentobscurere2llAlexander: Japanese Crane-fliles. V.

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brownish ).e11ow;antenne of male of moderate length, if bent backward
extending about to the base of the abdomen, the flageilar segments
elongate-oval to fusiform; antenne of female short, extending about towing-root. Head gray.
Nl[esonotum rather uniformly pale brown with a more or less distinct
medjan paler stripe on the praescutum. Pleura obscure bufiy with anarrow 6rown longitudinal itripe extending from the cervical'scierites
across the dorsal pl.eurites to beneath the wing-root. Halteres long andslender, pale brown, the base of the stem narrowlv ye1low. Legs withthe coxe and trochanters ye11ow;femora light brown, the tips scarcely
darkened; tibia and tarsi somewhat darker brown. Wines with abrownish yellow tinge, the elongate oval stigma darker bro-wn; veinsbrown, more yellowish in the costal region. Venation: Sc1 ending
about opposjte one-third the length of Rr+r, Scz at its extreme tip; Rsangulated and weakly spurred at origin; R213longer than the basal section of Rr and fully twice the basal deflection of. Cu1, gently arcuated;r at tip of Rr; distal section of Rz angularly sinuate; inner ends of cells
Rr, Rs and lst Mz in approximate alignment; cell /sl MzpentagonalTy
rectangular; cell Mr very deep, its petioie about one-half longer than m;basal deflection of Ch far out at the distal end of cell -lst Ay the fusionof M and Cubeing subequal to or less than m; anterior arculus broken.
Abdominal tergites brown, the caudal margins of the segments
yaguely paler; sternites obscure yellow. the bases of the segments alittle darkened.
Habitat:Holotype, d, Mt. Kirishima,
Japan (Kiushiu).
on boundary between Osumi and Hiuga, altitude 3,250 feet,
October 30, 1923, (T. Esaki).
Allotopotype,
Q, October 31,
1923. Paratopotypes, 6 d 9, October 30-31, 1923.
It seems that, this species, as well as loxoneura Osten Sacken(Eastern
North
America),badia Doane (\Yestern
North
America), ochracea (Meigen), of Europe, and illustri.s Alexander(Taiwan) should all be referred to Pseud.olimnobhila Alexander
or in its near vicinity.
Limnsphilt inaequalis sp. n.
Related to L. nemorolas (Meigen); general coloration dark brown;
wings with r about five times its length from the tip of R1,.Re_ijand basai
section oj R4r subequal; abdomen dark brown; gonapophyses of malehypopygium produced apically into long slender poinfs.It[al,e. Length about 5 mm.; wing fj mm.
Rostrum, palpi and antenne uniformiy dark brown, the second
scapal segment globular. Head dark brown.
Pronotum brown, darker media11y. Mesonotum dark reddish
Pto_*1, yery sparsely pruinose, the humeral region of the praesculum alittle brightsr, the scutal lobes, scutellum and postnotum more heaviiypruinose, Pleura piumbeous. Halteres pa1e. Legs with the coxe
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remainder of legs brownish yeJlow, the tarsi becoming darker. \4rings
with a yellowish tinge, the stigma pale; veins brownish yellorv; r neat
proximal end of stigma. Venation: Rs angulated at base; R2a3ver1r
short, about equal to the basal deflection of Ra+;i r far from the tipof Rr, approximately f.ve times its length, and about twice its iength
beyond the fork of R21.3,'celTfuIt sma11,about two-fifths its petioie; celllst Mz rectangu.lar, the basal deflection of Cu near two-fifths its length.
Abdomen dark brown, the hypopygium pa1er. Gonapophyses very
difierent from the condition obtaining in nemoral'is and allies, thesebeing broad at base, a litt1e enlarged beyond midlength, the tips produced into long, slender points, the apophyses decussate or neaily so.
Holotype,
Hab'itat:d, Musha, altitude
Japan (Taiwan).
about 3,500 feet, May 19, 1922, (K. Takeuchi).
Limnophila kuwayamai sp. n.
Allied to subpoetica Alexander; general coloration femrginous;
hypopygium black: legs brownish black; wings faintly infuscated,stigma darker brown.
M a Ie . L e ngt h, 8 m m . ; w i n g ,8 .5 m m .
Rostrum obscure yellowish brown, the mouthparts and palpi darkbrown. Antennae elongate, if bent backward, extending about to onethjrd the length of the abdomen; scapal segments pale brown, theflage11umbiack vrith an erect white pubescence. Head dark brown.
' Pronotum dark brown. Mesonotum shiny ferruginous, moreyellowish posteriorly. Pleura yellowish testaceous. Halteres broken.
Legs with the coxe and trochanters concolorous with the pleura;remainder of legs brownish black, the femoral bases rather narrowly
paler. Wings faintly tinged with brown; stigma darker brown; wingapex, a small cloud at origin of Rs, the cord and outer end ol cell lst Mz
faintly darkened. Venation: Rs angulated and spurred at origin; r
at tip of R1; petiole of. ce17Mr a 1itt1elonger than Rz-ir,' basal deflection of
Cq just before midlength of ce1l lst Mz.
Abdomen brownish yellow, the tergites somewhat darker laterally;
hypopygium and penultimate segment black.
Holotype, d, Sapporo, IshiIlabitat:
Japan (Hokkaido).
collector's
kari-no-kuni, End of July, 1921 (S. Kuwayama):
number 89.
This interesting crane-fly is named in honor of the collector,
Professor Satoru Kuwayama.

\Arings; / near; Rz+t verY

s1 the tip
its length
iole; cell
yses very
ies, thesetips prorly so.
altitudepi dark
to one+].omofe

broken.
pleura;narrowly; wlngtll lst Mz
oigin; rtion ofIshi5

ector,.Tricyphona Zetterstedt.
Tricyphona gaudens sp. n.
General coloration light gray; antenne l3-segmented, the flage1lum
obscure fulr.orrs; wings pale brown, the costal region brown with a subcostal darker brown iongitudinal stripe, uniting with a conspicuous
dark brown seam along the cord; center of the disk in ce1lsR1,I[, andAlexander: Japanese Crane-fies- V'

441

of Rs; r-mbases of ceils R; and -/sl .\fx ysllew'i Scs be.u*ond.the-ori.Si1
the tip;
beforeRs
rn'ithconnecting
posilion,ino6liqo"to"g,.;""orrr,
ce1l-lsl Mz closed.
Male. Length, 19 mm.; 'wing, 18 mm'
Rosrrum aid palpi biack..- Antenna short, I3-segmented'--theter-minal four segmenti narrowed and crowded; scape btrack; flagellum
fulvous,-the basal seven segments stout, ^short-c]'lindrical to;il;;;..ruetot,.t.t; terminal four segments infuscaLed. Head dar.k gray, thevarie{ated with iighter gray, the orbits narrowly
oit"tt"*;;;il;A;.t
color.
of-- the sami
the sqrtellum brown mediaily,.obscuredusted with gray,'1ight
Fio".l"t"-iui"r^ff-"-.
gray, the praescutum with four
Mesonotir.rnv"n"*;iripLs, the intermediale piir leparated only by a capillary
6i;;-;r^],in" iirund.-co1or, the interspaces with golden setae;scutum lightpostnotum"itt"%in.ru, tn" loies variegaied with blue-gray; sculellum andtheyel1ow'Halterespruinose'
gray
light
d?rk,
Pleurafigtti'g.uv.
tioUr'l"tlr"ated., especiaily ipically- Le-gswith the coxe.yel1ow, verysoarselv pruinose; irochanteis yefiow; femora yellow, the tips conbur ratirer narrowly dirk brown; tibie and tarsi_dark brown.
rii""",irtr
Wi;;; ;1. bro*-n, the centei of the disk ciear yellorv; cells C and Scb;;;;, Lotaerea cauclaily by a clark !_roy" longiludinal stripe extendingi.o* itt" wing-root, along 6e11R, following the sector and R:ar to thetio*a and coirspicuou; parke.r brown seam along-the cord;*,-G.;ipi"
stie;ia'oval, brown; cell Rr^and all but the subbasal region of _Rr darkyellow, darker in-th-einfLrscatedareas' Venalion:;;;J;;";tiownish
its length Feyond the o{frn of . Rs, the latter
twice
about
Si, i,i"g'ery
ions, stiaight, the origin strlngly arc.ated: Rz trniting with Rr a little
Rs
connecting.
sinuous,
long,
r-m
the
tip',
from
lenglhli.sown
i;J;h";
tefore iis tip with M+z;petiole of cell Ra about equal.toi;;d*;i)';h" il;;t deflection ol Cir', cell lsl M: closed, m alittle more. than twiceiii- p"ii"t" of ceit Mt;basal dfflection of Cn lgvond the fork o! !{, th9
distitr"e a little less than the basal section ol tr[42, the fusion of Mr andalitLle lonqer than the basal deflectton of Cutalone'
Cu,.
---^Ad;;""*ittt tt" basal segment dark brown; segments.two andthree brown, r,ariegated with obscure yeiloli, the laterai margins of thesubterminal'segmeits broadly light gr-ay; hypop-vgium brownish black'
Holotype, C, Kyoto, May 9,
Habitat:Japan (Honshiu).
1923. (K. Takeuchi).
of Ped'ic'ia,
the typegau.dens approaches
Tricyphonaseam along
brown
the
especialiy in the wing-pattern, although
is lacking
of
Ped'ic'ia,vein ctt.- characteristic of all known species
in the present form.
Tanyptera Latreille.

llum
a sub-

uous
tr[, andTanyptera angustistYlus sP. n.
Size very smali (wing, cl , under 12 1nt".);-wings w1th. a bro'"rmish
yellow tinge; tip of Yein- Rr atrophied; distist-v1e of male hypopygtum
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ilt""i"r ptjotgatio" J rt"la aid palpi. btack' Antennal-scapebranchei dlrk brown' Head black'itte flage1lar"segm""itffacf.,- -'Fiorotu-"^nadorso-medially. Thorax_ shin.v
yellorv
r1act,'otlsc"refight sulphur-vel1ow' Halteresblack. the aotro-pt",riui;;-L;;;;:iffi. ;ii" dffi ff1"d;-;;ii;;:- Lg'-*rtt' thecoxeandtrochanters
Iv, thetipsggnsgiluouslr
fij l'r"-i;t ;;;;i!il
v"ir"*, utight;rbasal
tttot"
tt?Toyl{' th:
base
""t
the.
brown,
yellowish
Ut^cte"ea; tibie-']9
Uiow:i; tibial spursblack, denselYprovided
broadlv infuscated; t*i'arit
the posterior Pair' . wings rvith aespecialfv;i;h;;;;
Ai;;;;,
the base ,',d coital r9c19n brighter vellow;;;;#i['l;il"+]i"d.
brown; veins dark-brown, those in the="6.ircular,;i;;"#;*6^r
Cu more yellowish' Venatjon: Tip ofb"hi"d;;il
.r""t
A;;;
"tta
to three-fourthsits iength back fromitoone-halffot;;ilR;"ttop'-l"anx-cuelongate'
Mzsrrrall;
.lsl
cel1
marsin:"p|rtions of the tergites conspicuouslv;d;f ,;h;;biat"tal
ff ;";;;
oU."*"-Uio*"irft -""ffo*l Utoua"r ind more distinct on the antepenulti*"rgins of the segmentsnarrowly obscurebrown;#;;g*;il"r,ia.f
large'
ish vellow. the sterniiii ftore broadlf so' Male hlpopygiumtr""ii"ailidi;1"";;i;;t""1v-l;du"d""'o*,

projecting'narrowed

gracluallyto the blackenedtiPs.
Moiwa'
Habitat: Japan (Hokkaid'o). Holotype, d,.Mt:
ParaLopo(S'
Kuwayama)'
Ishikari-no-kuni, June L5, 1923,
types, 3 e d.
CnemoncosisEnderlein.
CnemoncosisuniPlagiata sP. n.
Female. Length 21 mm.; wing 15 mm'(hilgen'b"""tuffv simlhr to the g"19iyp", C' nohire (Matsumura)Enderlein), difiering as follows:
dorfi'""'t;;;;;^A;ii;;;;;shown bv the measurements' Dorsumof the
f.o"tuf pitiong"tion oi tfrJ"ua inflscated. Antennaewith the flagellums".rat", the bas-alflagellar se€mentsruJous' Proi""twitfi the usual pfaescutal"otitp;""Jr.rsly
Uri.at-v yettow m"dlrtt'. . IVlesono"tum
thep.artlof""1"leavingt..rtvellow,81?"]ld^1olot'";;;G [it"r"-",i"n""t'|,tloti"tut triangles ancl narrorv posierior.interspacesbefore .th" -:"tY:ieach scutal 1o6ewith a conspicuousyellow spot-on poslenor mar$n;
on either;ediotersiie- witir L broad-oblique ye11ow-sLripe;;;;""i;iwilhfemoramiddleandFoiebehind.
u"a'"urrowed
IG;;fi!"Jposterio;1,
blackened;
Jlit"'tipt bioadly]-eg-s.nearll"ott.pi*ously"t *UU"ritswellingof the tibia.only feeblyind-icated'ii-in ionlro, bui tfre
yellow; astigma.brightandw;"n. ."nrr"^line, the base,costal regionof ceils
the.tip,
beforiParts
blotchgccupvi,lqb;;'";
il;;:"#;i.";;;'nr,of theband
medialM.i;,thegi7
Rr, Rr, Rr, M,', lst Mz and'?nd
incell
clouding
visiblebarely'R'abyis represented'only;;;";ti"Holotype, 9,
Hab'itat: Japan (Hokkaido)'--Maruyama'
1923, (S' Kuwayama)"
ishikari-no-kuni,
July,near Sapporol
Paratopoiype, a teneral g in poor condition'

VI I,

lape
k.
riny
eres
ters
rsly
LOre

led
L^

)w ;
bhe
of
fm
>ry

tiTl-

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4,

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443

Tipula Linnaeus.
Tipula macrotrichiata sp. n.
General coloration pale yellov'ish brown; antenn€e of male elongate,
the flagellar segments bicolorous; wings yellow, the stigma dark brown;
conspicuous brown seams on certain of the veins, most errident on thebasal deflection of Cu; cell 1st Mz smail, irregularly quadrangular;conspicrious macrotrichie in cells Rt to ?nd. My
Male. Length about 10 mm.; wing, L2 mn.
Female. Length about 11.5 mm.; wing, 12.2 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head yellow, including the nasus, the ventral
surface of the prolongation more infuscated; palpi dark brown. Antenne
elongate, especially in the male, if bent backward extending to opposite
midlength of the abdomen; antenn€ yellow, the basal swelling of thesegments brownish black, the terminal segments becoming more uniformly infuscated;in the female, the antenne do not extend beyond thewing-root. Head pale brown, indistinctly darker medially; anterior
part of front whitish.
Mesonotal praescutum yellowish brown with four very faintly
indicated darker brown stripes, tbe intermediate pair strongly narrowed
behind; remainder of mesonotum pale brown, the postnotum in themale more pruinose; pleurotergite with a large, oval, pale area immediately above the base of each halter. Pleura obscure yellow, sparsely
pruinose, with two longitudinal blackish stripes, the more dorsal acrossthe ventral margin of the anepisternum, the ventral one across thesternopleurite; ventral margin of meron likewise faintly darkened.
Halteres pale brownish yellow, the base of the stem and the knobs
clearer yellow. Legs with the coxe yellow, the fore coxe weakly
infuscated; trochanters yellow; femora obscrrre yellowish brown, the tips
indistinctly darkened; tibie and tarsi passing into dark brown. Wings
light yellow, the base and costal region stili clearer; stigma oval, darkbrown; conspicrrous brown clouds along Cu and its branches; wing-tip
infuscated, more evidently in cells Rz and R3; longitudinal veins andanterior cord seamed with darker; a brown cloud at tip of vein ?nd A;
veins pa1e,darker in the infuscated areas. Obliterative areas before thecord. Conspicuous macrotrichie in cel1sRs, ftu, Mr and Znil Mz, in thefemate being more extensive in the radial cells. Venation: Rs
moderately long, gentlv arcuated; R2 preserved throughout its length;
ce1l ,1sl M2 srnal1, irregularly quadranguiar, m befurgvery short; basal
section of M+z and basal section of Ms subequal, pale; basal deflectionof Ch at the fork of M, the fusion rather extensive, about equal to r;
basal deflection of Cur long, sinuous.
Abdomen obscure yellow, the tateral margins of the tergites with aconspicuous dark brown longitudinal stripe, the sutures of the tergites
less distinctl)' infuscated; eighth tergite blackened in male; basal
sternites yellow, the intermediate segments more infuscated.
Hob'itat:
Holotype,
Japan (Honshiu).
1923, (K. Takeuchi).
Allotopotype,9.

d, Kyoto,

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In its general appearance this fly suggests T. n'ipponensis
Alexander and allies, but differs conspicuously in the macroThe obljteration of the basal section oftrichie of the wings.
Ma would produce a venation very like Dolichopeza-'
Tipula kiushiuensis sp. n.
General coloration gray, the praescutum with four narrow darkbrown stripes; wings giayish, with a marmorate subhyaline pattern;vein Rs strongiy arci.ated ioward Ra+;; ninth tergite of male hypopygiumwith a V-shiped notch, the arms of the notch projecting as short,divergent spines.
fuIal,e. Length, 13 mm.;wing, 15 mm.
Female. Length, 16 mm.;wing, 18 mm'
Frontal prolongation of head dark gray, the nasus narrowly tippedwith reddish; palpibrownish black. Antenne with the scapa] segments
yellow, the flagelium black; antenne of moderate length,-in the male,- if
bent backward, extending nearly to the base of the halteres' In theEhort and only t.he second scapal segment isfemale the antenne^r" gray, the vertex somewhat darker'
yellowish
Head
1'ellow.
Pronotum high,' graysh yellow. Mesonotal praescutrrm !ght^
vellowish emv witlh ioui n-arrow dark brown stripes, the anterior ends ofth" it t"rtti"diate stripes obliterated; pseudosutural foveae reduced to acircular black spot; scutum gray, each lobe with two conspicuous-brownspots; scutelluin in6 posino{urn brownish gray. -Pleura yellowish
rrav, the sternopieura darker. Halteres yellow, the knobs dark brown
iritit'tir" tips indistinctly paler. Legs with the coxe yeilowish gray;trochanters'reddish yellowl femora obscure brownish yellow,_ the tips
rather broadly blackened; tibie brown, the tips narrowly darker; tarsi
dark brown'- Wings graf ish, with a marmorate subhyaline patternmuch as in the maVmirata group; cell Sc entirely dark brown; stigmaoval, dark brown; a small seam it origln of Rs,'anterior cord and outerdeflection of Chindistinctly seamed with brown; a brown seam behindvekt Cu and its branches, widest marginally at the tip of Cu2; the subiryaline areas lie before and be_vondthe stjsml, before and beyond mid"t""rgttr of ceils R and' M,near midlengtl of iel1 1stA, andmargrnal areas
in ihe ends of both anal'cells; veins dark brown, costa more yellowish.
Venation: Rs a little longer than Rr+g,'vein Rg bent strongly -toward
cephalad, cell fts being n_arrowedat this point
Ra.+r,which is bent slighti_v-lsl-M2
Iatge, the cephalic margin arcuated;
Ctrnocroscelis;iell^i'*petioleof ce1l Mt about equal to rn; rn-cu preserved'
Abdomen yellow, the lateral margins of the tergite-svaguely darker; asubterminal dark brown ring, inclu-ding segment.ssix to. eight, tergite
nine ancl the basal half of sternite nine. Male hypopygium 1arge,thecaudal thircl of the ninth tergite deflected, the margin with a conspicuous v-shaped notch, the-lateral. angles running out. into. shortbiack divergent spines. Eighth sternite unarmed, projecting s1ightl1"
caudad. Ovipositor with long, slender, smooth valves.

tnensismacro;ion ofr darklttern;yglum
short,

ippednents
l l e, l t

r the
nt is
rr6lt

!

Cs of
toa
'own
q/ish
own
ray;
+:-^
L r l Jr
4t

J1

.ern
Tna
rter'
ind
rbtu.L
.A
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Holotype,d, Mt.
Hab'itat:
Japan (Kiushiu).
on boundary between Osumi and Hiuga, altitude
Allotopotype,9.
October 30, 1923, (T. Esaki).

Kirishima,
3,250 feet,

1e2+l

Tipula nigrocostata sp. n.
General coloration light gray with d.arker gray stripes; antenne
elongate, feebly bicolorous; halteres elongate; wings subhyaline, cells C
and Sc brownish black; wings sparsely variegated with darker; malehypopygium with the tergite having a blackened disk, the margin
tiifid, the median lobe rectangular, the lateral iobes acute.
MaIe. Length, 13-14 mm.; wing, 15-17 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head grayish, the nasus long and slender,
black; palpi brownish black. Antenna elongate, being approximately
one-half tfie length of the body; basal segmart brownish black; second
segment brown; first segment of flagellum brown with an obscureyellow ring near midlength; remaining segments with the basal eniargement black, the remainder varying from brownish yellow to dark brownto produce a more or less distinct bicolorous efiect. Head yellowiqh
vertex with an ill-defined brown median line.
'sray, thePronotum brownish gray. Mesonotal praescutum light gray withthree dark gray to blackish gray stripes, the median stripe cuneiformwith the anterior part more sufiused with light gray and further divided
by a capillary dark brown vitta; scutum gray, each lobe _with two
biackish gray areas, the posterior mesal one larger; scutellum andpostnotum more browrdsh gray, with a continuous capillary dark brown
Pleura pale whitish gray, the ventral two-thirds of themedian vitta.
anepisternum and the ventral half of the sternopleurite darker Sr_aVt9
produce an indistinct longitudinally striped appearance; dorso-pleural
membrane pale. Halteres elongate, dark brown, the extreme base of
the stem yellow. Legs with the coxe pale gray pruinose,.especiallybasally; trochanters yellow, the apex on the mesal face with a conspicuous brown spot; femora brown, the bases paler; remaind.er of legs
black; tarsi long and slender. Wings subhyaline, ce1lsC and Sc brownish
black; prearcular region pale; stigma elongate-oval, dark brown, completely fi1ling cells ,Scrand ?nd, Rt; anterior cord seamed with brou'n; cell
M. wiah a du-.ky area beyond midlength and another at the outer end,
with an irregular area of the grottnd-color betn'een; anterior cord andadjacent pari of Rs seamed with brown; wing-apex in the radial ceils
extensively infuscated; veins dark brown, pale in the subhyaiine areas.
Venation:- Rs elongate; terminal section of Rx preserved, but without
macrotrichire; petiole of cell Mt a litLle longer than m; m-cu panctiform.
Abdomen with the basal tergites yellowish, passing through yeilowrsh
brown to brown on the outer segments, with a median dark brown
stripe that is narrowly intermpted at the caudal margins of the segments;
sternites obscure brownish yellow' the terminal segments datkened.
Male hypopygium smali, the tergite of very remarkable form, the disk
and apei heavily blackened and chitinized, the margin jutting caudad
into a conspicuous rectangular median 1obe, the lateral angles of this

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chitinized disk acute; the anterioran acute suberectspine on erttrer or_cephalic margin of the disk withcomplete,triangularly proa""La srae'.if the meaLn irne.'"Basistyresl"t.
i"r"..
"""aii"o".piJr"r,Habitat: Japan (Kiushiu). Ho]9type,c/, Mt. Kirishima,
on boundarv between osrrmi
rJ-Hiog.,
altitude3,250 feet,
October 90, tg2}, (T.^E";kit.
i".atopotypes, Bd d. para_
type, &, Aburayama,

Chtkaze,N;";;;;;"i;,"ig2;,

iu. rro.i;.

Nephrotoma Meigen.
Nephrotomahokkaidensis sD.n.
Size large, (*"g:-t-Uo,generalcoloration yellow; head,scuteilutn.postnotum and--.pleuraryore);targel'y.gray;wings subhyaline;stigma
dark brown-;uutorin-.ffi;f";;the cord; wing-apexinruscated.
"".ro*
Male. Length,
18 mm.;uring, fS_iOrnn.
Female. Length, 20_22mm.:,'wing,
15.5_17.5mm.
prolongation.ofthe f,"uaLo*oish.,ri.:T?lblack; in the mate the$des'at apex,vetow; palpi dark
rength,shorter in femate. dari< 6.rown, brown. 4;;";;;;;d;e_irr" ,"".-J .A;;,'|;il;fiof thefirst beneath obscrrre yellow;'flag-eta*r"".egmerrts
moderately incised.
Head gra.y, dh- ;;i;#vertex and the fiont*ll::11 to oranee-ver1"-y,o*yerlow
front Jilvery", *trii""i"t"rJrrv^;'"'h"urt ctear.pot
11" pointon either side at ihe na.rowest
of in" vertex, acljoining the eye;gene, adjoining the.".t ictial" p.f".
"y"s,Pronotum whitish,
rrt#rry.
Meso=otal praescutum shiny
yellow with three conspic'ous-darker shiny "rhck rt.;p"J^tfiri"uil'li.tirr"tty
separated; laterat .r^1p_:,*I11**ril-il;;yeilow, each tobe with a

Le24)

he disk with
, Basistyies
oes.

with the eighth sternite unarmed. In the female, the brown medianstripe of the abdomen is more or less continuous and there is. in adclition,a very narrow laterai tergal stripe.

Kirishima,
1,250feet,&. Para(H. Hori).

Holotype,d, Yoichi, ShiriHab'itat:
Japan (Hokkaido).
Allotopotype,beshi-no-kuni, June 26, 1921, (S. Kuwayama).
Paratypes, d 9, in copula, SapI . Paratopotypes, 2 d g.
poro, Ishikari-no-kuni, June 75, Ig2I (M. Hori) ;2 I e, Sapporo,d 9, Mt. I\'{oiwa, Ishikariend of July, 1921, (S. Kuwayama);
no-kuni, June 15, 1923, (S. Kuwayama).
Some of the paratypes are in the collection of the Hokkaido
Agricultural Experiment Station.

low; head,ne; stlgma
nruscated.

maie thete length,:x of then incised
ont cleartark spot
the eye;m shiny
istinctlv
wittr iy; post_margins
ellowishralteres.
leurites
listinct'ownishretimesrassingC andalong:td fuI,
ation:' M.
r each:h the<tent;
minal$um;:frHTtii#3"*"?,11l19'itptrilq.a"ir.i*v,.v-qr.r"i"i.'hi"t"lliry;po"t-g*ll.;l':r'ffi
ffiHi&%"liil?lilif:x",f,'#iilJSi,Jl':l'iH,tffi;
wrilre elongatemark between thebaiesof-ih"*""g'r"iii-,"rt'urr"r"r.
t'teuragray,the dorso_pteurat
regionmore or less varieeated with p;i;; bro".+rr^."ii,ia;:,n"d i,t"'ut".
il;"drng a more or less distinct
longitudinal stripe icross trr"
yellow, rhe knobs clearer y;ll";."i"r"pd"-,j"m. . Halteres pare brownish,n" co*e griy, sometimes
pale apically; trochantersy"ti"* .Yil#il,; t"-*3*'""a Uu* l;gfritliil",
purrt's
rntodarker

brownaoicarly;tar.i''aci.*

iiilfi;bh"y..rrillHii*candsc more yellowish; stigda clark
brovi.n, sending a brown seam arong
the cord to the posteior,*".rSr_";#&_;;"_
in_cells Ra, Rs and-Mt
narrowly but consoicuourly da?G";a;ir;i".
dark brown; Venation:
Rsl31s-er
than R2a3,
n -cu nearthe forkof M.
"!i;#rurii;,
Abdomen reddish"r""ui.ia;firsttergite gray; tergites two to six each,yellow;with a glabrous.u.r"irra"J; ih;"#&;
oY1"3or the tergites with the
exceptionof the basar.band,.g.tr.^tti",",*ihi,
ur"" r,ariabrein extent;
surface of rergites *rtt, s",arfJ;i6;;;;-;
sternires yelJow; terminal
segmentsand hypopygium black;o"i", a;-.lLiyl. p;l;.-Mri" tub.oi*,"_417[Vol. XVII,Alexander: Japanese Crane-fies. V.

Nephrotoma saghaliensis sp. n.
General coloration yellorv, the thoracjc markings black; rvings
faintly ye11ow,the base and costal region brighter; sligma dark brown:
conspicuous macrotrichie in the apical cells;. abdomen. yellow, theterrninal segments black; tergites narrowly trilineate with bro'rrynish
black; a conspicuous capitate appendage jutting from beneath theeighth sternite of the male hypopyglum.
Mal'e. Lengt h, 10 m m . ; wing, 11. 8 m m .
Frontal proiongation of head yellow, the dorsum, including,--theAntennm relatively short; scap-eob-scure yellow;
nasus, dark-brorvn.
basai.flagellar segment light brown; remaining flagellar- seg,ments
brownish"black, the incisurei of the basal segments a little paler. Headorange-yellow; occipital brand conspicuous.
Pronotum light ye1low, dark brown laterally. N{esonotal praescutum
shiny yellow, witlt three conspicuous black stripes;- laterad of the
ceptrltl end of the lateral stripe a paler brown spot that gives .to thestiipe the appearance of being outcurved; sgutu1n yellow, each lobe
verv extensively marked with b'lack; remainder of mesonotum yellow,
the postnotum darker posteriorly. Pleura light brown, variegated withve1low: a conspicuous china-white area on the iateral sclerites of thepostnotum between the bases of the wings and halteres. Halteres paie
bro*r, the base of the stem and the knobs yel1ow' - Legs with thecoxe obscure yellow, their bases weakly infuscated; trochantersobscurevellow: femora bror,'n, the tips conspicuously brownish b1ack, very
extensive on the fore legs, where about the outer tg'o-fifths is included;
tibie light brown, the tips rather narrowly but conspicuously blackened;tarsi biack. Wings with a faint yeliowish tinge. the.base and. co-stalregion brighter yelloou; anal cells -g-rayish-ye1low.; stigma oval, dark
ui3l*t; otiiterati-'e areas before and-be1'ond the sti-gma and at the forkof i,t;a brown seam on the deflection-of R,r*r and-r-,m. Consiricuousin the distal ends of ce11sRs to ?nd Mv \renatjon;,rrt"rotri"hi*
Cell Mt barelv sessiie.
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