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T. (Vestiplex) fultonensis Alex. (Fig. 27,1)). 



1918. Tiptila fidtoneiisis Alexander; Can. Ent., 50:67. 

 1920. T. hinei Alexander; Ohio Jonrn. Sci., 20: 200. 



Male hypopygium with notch of tergite (Fig. 27,13,5^) broadly 

 U-shaped. Outer dististyle, ocl^ relatively small, narrowed beyond 

 midlength, the apex obtuse. Inner dististyle, id., unusually broad, 

 the posterior edge irregularly serrulate. $ . L. 16-17 mm. ; w. 17.5- 

 19 mm. $ . L. 21-22 mm. ; w. 17-19 mm. 



(June-Aug.) Subarctic North America, southw. to Ont., Que., N. B., Me., N. H., 

 Yt., and N. Y., westw. to Alaska. (Hudsonian, Canadian). 



T. (Vestiplex) longiventris Lw. 



1863. Tipula longiventris Loew; Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr., 7:278. 



Figs.— Alexander, Cfls. N. Y.. 1, pi. 46. fig. 229 (wing), pi. 50, fig. 285 (hvp.) ; 



1919. Dickinson, Cfls. Wise. p. 234, fig. 147 (wing), p. 249, fig. 182 (hyp.) ; 1932. 



Most readily told by the structure of the male hypopygium and 

 the unusual length of the abdomen in the female. $ . L. 15-17 mm.; 

 w. 18-20 mm. $ , L. 30-35 mm. ; w. 20-21 nun. ; abdomen alone 26-30 

 mm. 



(Late May-early July) Ont., Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., N. Y., N. J., Pa., 

 westw. to Mich., 111., Wise, southw. to S. C. and Tex. (Canadian, Transition). 



Connecticut. — Hamden, Tune 14, 1916 (H. L.) ; Manitic Lake, June 8-9, 1929 

 (C. P. A.) ; Montville, June 12, 1929 (W. E. B.) ; Riverton, June 12, 1931 (C. P. A.) ; 

 Rowayton, June 16, 1909 (C. W. J.); Stamford, June 17, 1929, June 1, 1930 (B.T. 

 R. L.) : Storrs, May 1928, 1929; Tolland, June 23, 1932 (N. T.) ; Tunxis State Park, 

 June 12, 1931 (C. P. A.). 



T. (Vestiplex) iDQVY^m A\q^. (Fig. 27, C). 



1928. Tipula pet^etti Alexander ; Can. Ent., 60 : 98-99. 



Antennae with flagellar segments indistinctly bicolorous, dark 

 brown, the basal enlargements black. Abdomen bright orange, the 

 basal six tergites narrowly trivittate with brownish black, Male 

 hypopygium with the tergite (Fig. 27, C) appearing as a thin flat- 

 tened plate that represents the usual cephalic border of the tergal 

 .saucer, the caudal margin of this plate with a broad U-shaped notch, 

 the lateral angles decurved into triangular points. $ . L. 13.5 nun.; 

 w. 14.3 mm. 



(July) Subarctic Xortii America: Lab. (Hudsonian). 



T. (Vestiplex) platymera AVk. 



1856. Tipula platymera Walker; Ins. Saundersiana, 1, Dipt. : 441. 

 1863. T. tesselata Loew; Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr., 7:277-278; ?. 

 1863. T. septentrionalis Loew; Ihid.. 7:278; $. 

 1915. T. lahradorica Alexander; Insec. Inscit. Menst., 3:128. 



Figs.— Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 46, fig. 228' (wing, $ ), pi. 50, fig. Z'iX pi. 54, 

 fig. 338 (hyp.) ; 1919. 



Wing-pattern of female much more tesselated and contrasted than 

 in male. Male hypopygium much as in fultonensis, but cephalic 



