Sept., igoi.] Doane: Descriptions of New Tipulid^. Ill 



Tipula cuspidata, sp. nov. 



Yellow ; head brownish-yellow with a median indistinct darker stripe above ; 

 rostrum reddish-yellow ; palpi lighter yellow ; antennee of male reaching nearly to 

 base of abdomen, yellow, base of each segment beyond third dark ; mesonotum 

 brownish-yellow with three faintly indicated darker stripes ; collare, scutellum 

 and metanotum brownish-yellow ; pleura and coxas lighter yellow ; hal teres yellow, 

 knobs brown, lighter at the tip ; legs yellowish, tarsi and tips of femora and tibia 

 darker; abdomen yellow, darker posteriorly, with three faintly indicated interrupted 

 brown bands ; posterior margin of eighth sternite with a broad shallow incision from 

 each side of which arises a very long stift reddish-brown bristle ; hypopygium brown ; 

 upper lamella darker, produced into two long acute processes between which is a deep, 

 V-shaped incision ; lower lamella lighter with a broad deep incision in which lies two 

 rather long whitish tumid pendulous appendages, the tips of which are furnished with 

 rather long yellow hair ; sixth, seventh, and eighth abdominal segments of female darker 

 brcwn above ; ovipositor reddish-yellow, upper valves straight, slender, acute ; wings 

 hyaline ; costal, subcostal, and anterior margin of anal cells tinged with yellow ; stigma 

 brown ; the whitish band beginning in front of the stigma extending through the dis- 

 cal cell into the base of the fourth posterior cell ; a small whitish spot beyond the 

 stigma ; discal cell more than twice as long as wide. Length, male 15 mm., female 

 17 mm., wing 19 mm. 



Habitat : Penn., three males, one female. (Type) Dietz. Battle 

 Creek, Mich., one female. Aldrich. Type no. 172. Wash. Agric. 

 Coll. & S. of S. 



Tipula bisetosa, sp. nov. 



Yellow ; head yellow, with a median grayish spot and a narrow brown line above ; 

 rostrum and palpi reddish-yellow ; antennas of male not reaching beyond the base of 

 the wings, first and second joint yellow, next two or three yellowish-brown, darker at 

 the base, others brown, darker at the base ; mesonotum light yellowish with five brown 

 lines, the median one almost entire, the others interrupted ; neck with a brown stripe 

 above ; scutellum, metanotum, pleura and coxae grayish-yellow ; mesopleura and ster- 

 nopleura darker ; dorsopleural membrane light yellowish ; halteres yellow, knobs 

 brown, lighter at the tip ; abdomen yellow, much darker posteriorly with three brown 

 stripes ; posterior margin of each segment grayish or yellowish ; posterior margin of 

 eighth sternite with a rather broad median depression fringed with yellow hair, lateral 

 margins drawn out into short whitish points from each side of which rise two incurved 

 reddish bristles, the upper one long and stiff, the lower one much smaller ; hypopygium 

 concoloi'ous with rest of abdomen ; upper lamella with a deep broad crescent-shaped 

 incision ; lower lamella with a deep, V-shaped incision below which is a whitish oval 

 tumid process ; eighth segment of abdomen of female brown ; base of ovipositor reddish- 

 brown, valves reddish-yellow, slightly curved, acute ; wings hyaline ; costal and sub- 

 costal cells slightly tinged with yellow ; stigma pale brown ; the whitish band begin- 

 ning in front of the stigma very indistinct but reaching the base of the fourth posterior 

 cell; discal cell a little more than twice as long as wide. Length, male 18 mm., 

 female 20 to 22 mm., wing 20 to 22 mm. 



