2 NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN CRANE-FLIES FROM JAPAN 



Dicranomyia takahashii new species 



General coloration reddish yellow, the pronotum and anterior part of the 

 praescutum with a broad dark brown median stripe; antennae dark brown- 

 ish black throughout; wings with Sc short, cell 1st Mi closed. 



Male. — Length, 5.5 mm.; wing, 7.2 mm. 



Female. — Length, 7 mm.; wing, 7 mm. 



Rostrum slightly produced, deep reddish brown; palpi dark brown. An- 

 tennae dark brownish black throughout, the flagellar segments with long, 

 conspicuous verticils. Head dark brown, sparsely gray pruinose, most evi- 

 dent on the front. 



Pronotum shiny reddish yellow, dark brown above. Mesonotal prae- 

 scutum reddish yellow with a conspicuous dark brown median stripe, which 

 becomes obliterated beyond mid-length of the sclerite; remainder of the thorax 

 reddish yellow, the pleura sparsely whitish yellow pollinose. Halteres mod- 

 erately long, dark brown, the base of the stem i ale. Legs with the coxae 

 and trochanters dull yellow; femora brown, a little brighter basally; tibiae 

 and tarsi brown. Wings with a grayish yellowish suffusion, the costal region 

 more yellowish; stigma very indistinct, pale yellow; veins brown. Venation: 

 Sc short, *S'ci ending opposite or slightly beyond the origin of the sector; Sci 

 about equal to r; Rs about twice the length of the basal deflection of R 4 + 5; 

 r rather long, at the extreme tip of Ri; cell 1st Mi closed, rather long, penta- 

 gonal; basal deflection of Cui at or just beyond the fork of M. 



Abdomen light brown, the hypopygium more yellowish. 



Habitat.— Japan. Holotype, cf, Tokio, May 22, 1919, (R. 

 Takahashi). Allotopotype, 9 , May 26, 1919. 



Dicranomyia submorio new species 



General coloration shiny black, the anterior part of the vertex and the 

 pleura silvery pruinose; fore femora brownish yellow, similar to the other 

 femora; wings with a strong brownish tinge, the costal and basal regions 

 yellow; Sci very long, Rs and cell 1st M2 short; abdomen black, banded with 

 reddish; male hypopygium with the dorsal pleural appendage a curved, 

 chitinized arm which is acutely pointed at the tip. 



Male. — Length, 5.8 mm.; wing, 6.6 mm. 



Rostrum short, brown; palpi black. Antennae with the scapal segments 

 brown, the flagellum black, the flagellar segments long-oval. Head black, 

 the anterior part of the vertex silvery pruinose. 



Mesonotum shiny black with a very sparse brownish pollen. Pleura 

 covered with a silvery pruinosity. Halteres yellow, the knobs dark brown. 

 Legs with the coxae black, the tips, especially those of the middle and hind 

 coxae, brownish yellow; trochanters dull yellow; femora brownish yellow; 

 tibiae yellowish brown, the terminal tarsal segments dark brown. Wings 

 with a strong brownish suffusion, the costal region, the wing-base and a 

 seam along vein Cii yellowish; stigma rounded oval, dark brown; indistinct 

 and very narrow brown seams along the cord and at the origin of the sector; 

 veins dark brown, Sc yellow. Venation: Sc short, ending ojjposite or slightly 



