AEKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI, 



BAND 13. N:o 6. 



The crane-flies coUected by tlie swedish expe- 

 dition (1895—1896) to Southern Chile and 

 Tierra del Fuego. 



(Tipulidae, Diptera.) 

 By 



CHARLES P. ALEXANDER, Ph. D., Urbana, Illinois. 



With 2 Plates. 

 Communicated January 29th by Chr. Aurivillius and Y. Sjöstedt. 



Through the kindness of Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt, the wri- 

 ter has been enabled to study the crane-flies collected in 

 southern Chile and Tierra del Fuego by the Swedish Ant- 

 arotic Expedition of 1895—1896. This collection constitutes 

 one of the largest and most important lots of Tipulidae that 

 has yet been brought from the extreme southern parts of 

 South America, and adds much to our knowledge of the 

 crane-flies of a very interesting and still comparatively little- 

 known region. 



The general itinerary and narrative of the Swedish Ex- 

 pedition has been recorded in a most interesting manner by 

 Dr. Axel Ohlin, one of the three members of the party.^ 

 The majority of the specimens were taken at Punta Arenas 



^ Ohlin, Axel. A Zoologist in Tierra del Fuego. Some account of 

 the Swedish Expedition, 1895 — 6: Natural Science, vol. 9, pp. 172 — 181, 

 pl. 3, 4 (maps); September 1896. 



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