132 "THiE CAJsIADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 



Holotypc, male, and allotype, female, to be placed in the National Collection at 



Ottawa. Paratypcs in the collection of Mr. Ral|)h Hopping and that of the 



author. 



Type locality.— Vernon, B. C. Collected April 6th, 1920, by Mr. Ralph Hopping. 



The elytral sculpturing in modificata is almost like that seen in Elcodcs cuneat- 



icollis Casey. 



The following tabulation of characters will help in the recognition of Ictcheri 



and vandykei with its races : 



Elytra muricately punctate I 



Elytra more or less muricato-granulate 3 



1. Elytra sparsely pubescent with rather long flying hairs Ictcheri Blais 



, Elytra with short setae 2. 



2. Elytra densely and nniricately punctured, minutely so on the 



dorsum vandykei Blais. 



- . Elytra densely and moderately strongly muricato-rugose with intermixed 



punctures var. luodifirafa n. v. 



3. Size usually smaller, pronotum relatively smaller and quadrate ; 



granules subtuberculate and more or less arranged in 



evident longitudinal series var. pan'ula Blais. 



In parvula the pronotum is noticeably smaller, more quadrate, with the sides less 

 arcuate and parallel. 



The species of the subgenus Lithcleodcs may be arranged in the following 

 sequence : 



Eleodcs (Lithcleodes) arcuata Casey. 



cxtricata Say. 



Var. convexicollis Blais. 

 var. utalieiisis, new variety, 

 var. CO gnat a Hald. 

 var. ari:;onensis Blais. 

 granulata Lee. 



var. obtiisa Lee. 

 var. corvina BlaL. 

 papulosa Blais. 

 Ictcheri Blais. 

 vandykei Blais. 



var. parvula Blais. 

 var. modificata Blais. 



NEW NEARCTIC CRANE-FLIES (TIPULIDAE, DIPTERA). PART XL 



BY CTIARLKS P. ALEXANDER, 



The types are preserved in the collection of the writer unless stated other- 

 wise. The material from Idaho is preserved in alcohol; paratypes of certain 

 of these species are placed in the collection of the LTnited States National Mus- 

 eum at the request of Mr. Shannon. 



Li'Tnn<>]>hi]a (Idloptera) shannoni, new species 

 General coloration (in alcohol) dark brow^n ; coxae and trochanters light 



