No. 64] DIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT : TAXONOMY 257 



T. {TamatofliniJa) tricolor Fahr. (Fig. 23, A). 

 1794. Tlpvla tricolor Fabricius ; Ent. Syst., 4 : 235. 



Figs. — Snodgrass, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 30, pi. 15, figs. 119, 121 (hyp.) ; 1904. 

 Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 45, fig. 218 (wing), pi. 49, fig. 263 (hyp.) ; 1919. Dick- 

 inson, Cfls. Wise, p. 229, fig. 133 (wing), p. 248, fig. 167 (hyp.) ; 1932. 



Antennae strongly bicolorous. Male hypopygium with median 

 lobe of tergite subtended by a pencil of long reddish setae that are 

 nearly twice as long as the lobe itself. $. L. 17-18 mm.; w. 17-19 

 mm. 9 . L. 21-22 mm. ; w. 17-20 mm. 



(May-Sept.) Ont., Mass., N. Y., N. J., Pa., westw. to 111., Wise, and Ark., southw. 

 to Fla., Ga., Ala. and Tenn. 



Connecticut.— Chapinville. Aug. 27, 1904 (W. E. B.); East River, Aug. 24, 1910 



(Ely); Hamden, June 2, 5, 6, 28, 1929 (R.B. F.); Middleburv, Aug. 10, 1928 



(R. B. F.); New Haven, Julv 14, 1911 (A. B. C.) ; N. Haven, Aug. 2, 1905 

 (H.L.V.); Ridgefield, July 19, 1910; Storrs. 



T. {Yamatotipula) vicina Dtz. 



1917. Tipula vieina Dietz ; Ent. News, 28 : 148-149. 



Fig. — Dietz, Ibid., pi. 11, fig. 2 (wing, hyp.). 



Male hypopygium with median tergal lobe entire, broad, with in- 

 dications of weak lateral shoulders. $. L. 11.5-13 mm.; w. 13-16 

 mm. 2 . L. 17-18 mm. ; w. 15-16 mm. 



(May-July) Ont., Que., N. B., Me., Vt., Mass., Ct., N. Y., Pa., Alich. 



Connecticut.— Canaan, June 10, 1928 (R. B. F.) ; Cornwall Bridge, June 13, 1931 

 (M. M. A.); Hamden, June 2, 1928 (R. B.F.): Kent Falls, June 12-13, 1931 

 (C. P. A.); Norfolk, June 9, 1929 (C. P. A.) ; Norfolk, May 31, 1931 (C P. A.) ; 

 Storrs, 1932. 



T. {Yamatotipula) vitrea v. d. W. 



1881. Tipvla vitrea van der Wulp ; Tijdschr. v. Ent., 24 : 150. 



Figs.— Van der Wulp, Ihid., pi. 15, fig. 5 (wing). Dickinson, Cfls. Wise, 

 p. 229, fig. 134 (wing), p. 248, fig. 168 (hyp.) ; 1932. 



The identity of this fly still remains in question. I am including 

 it herewith chiefly on its supposed recognition by Dipkinson, whose 

 figure of its hypopygium is very suggestive of hennicotti. The fly 

 seems to be closest to tricolor^ and may prove to be identical. 



(Oct.) Que., Wise. 



Subgenus Tipula Linnaeus 



1758. Tipula Linnaeus; Syst. Nat., Ed. 10 : 585. 



Rs of moderate length, about one-half longer than m-cu or less, 

 the latter at or close to midlength of cell 1st J/o, closer to base in the 

 ultima group. Tibial spur formula 1-2-2; claws {$) with basal 

 tooth. Squama and sternopleurite with or without setae. Male 

 hypopygium with sternite and tergite fused into a continuous ring; 



