JOURNAL 



Pt\a i]0oFk ^n^omologiral HoriFfg, 



Vol. XXVIII. March, 1920. No. 1. 



RECORDS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEOTROPICAL 

 CRANE-FLIES (TIPULID^, DIPTERA). II. 



By Charles P. Alexander, 



Urbana, III. 



The crane-flies discussed in the present article are ahnost without 

 exception from South America. They are based largely on collect- 

 ions made in 1919 near Para, Brazil, by Mr. Herbert S. Parish, the 

 veteran insect collector of the American Tropics. Several other 

 interesting species were sent me by Seiior Charles Bruch. collected 

 near La Plata, Argentina, and a few others taken by Dr. Witte in 

 the Province of Santa Cruz, Southern Patagonia. The types are 

 preserved in the collection of the writer ; parat>'pes of several Ar- 

 gentinian species in the Museum at La Plata. 



Genus Geranomyia Curtis. 

 Geranomyia argentinensis new species. 



Head gray, the gcnx more buffy ; mesonotum dull yellow, the pra:scutum 

 with three very broad brown stripes that are nearly confluent ; femora with 

 an indistinct, narrow, brown subterminal ring; wings subhyaline, the stigma 

 dark brown, vein Sc long, the basal deflection of C«i before the fork of M. 



Male. — Length (excluding rostnim), 5.8-6 mm.; wing, 6.3-6.8 mm.; 

 rostrum, 3.2-3.4 mm. 



Female. — Length (excluding rostrum), 7.5 mm.; wing. -.5 mm.; rostrum, 

 3.3 mm. 



