TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN EiNTOxMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



VOLUME XLII 



NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN CRANE-FLIES FROM CO- 

 LOMBIA, ECUADOR AND PERU (TIPULIDAE, 

 "' DIPTERA) 1 



BY CHARLES P. ALEXANDER 

 Ithaca, New York 



The present paper is the result of the stud}' of numerous 

 specimens of crane-flies received from Mr. H. S. Parish, who 

 collected the material in the countries above mentioned during 

 1914, and from Prof. C. H. T. Townsend, while Entomologist 

 in Peru. I am much indebted to ]\Ir. Parish and to Prof. Town- 

 send for this material. The tj'pes and uniques are deposited 

 in the collection of the author. I have secured a brief account 

 of his trip from Mr. Parish and this is given herewith in order 

 to complete the data. 



Mr. Parish's Account of His Trip: 



Colombia. — We sighted Buenaventura about six o'clock on the 

 evening of Alay 5th, 1914, and as darkness falls quickh' here in 

 the tropics we had to content ourselves with staying one night 

 longer aboard the steamer. Xext morning we Avere up bright 

 and early and bartered with the natives for a small boat to 

 paddle us ashore. Viewing the town from the sea it appeared 

 to be quite a pretentious place, but after we got ashore it lost all 

 of its beauty as far as the outskirts went, but in the center the 

 town appeared quite clean. Near the coast and for quite a 



1 Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory of Cornell University. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XLII. (1) 



