No. 64] DIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT : TAXONOMY 283 



Tipula {Lunatipula) aperta Alex. 



1915. Tipula imperfecta Alexander; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, 1915:484-485 (preoccupied). 

 1918. T. aperta Alexander; Can. Ent., 50 : 62. 



Figs. — Alexander, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1915, pi. 16, fig. 9 

 (wing) ; pi. 21, fig. 86 (ovipos.) ; 1915. Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 47, fig. 235 

 (wing) : 1919. 



Coloration grayish brown, praescutal strij^es indistinct. Oviposi- 

 tor with cerci relatively wide, feebly sclerotized, lying transversely. 

 2 . L. 11 mm. ; w. 10.5 mm. 



Lab. (Hudsonian). 



T. {Lunatipula) apicalis Lw. (Fig. 31, J). 



1863. Tipula apicalis Loew ; Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr., 7 : 277. 



Figs.— Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 48, fig. 254 (wing) ; pi. 51, fig. 302, pi. 54, 

 fig. 342 (hyp.) ; 1919. 



Flagellum uniformly brownish black. General coloration yel- 

 low; praescutal stripes three, brown. Male hypopygium with tergite 

 (Fig. 31, J) notched, the lateral lobes glabrous; a small median lob- 

 ule; on ventral surface of each lateral lobe a small acute spine 

 directed mesad. Basistyle produced into a setiferous lobe. $. L. 

 11-13 mm. ; w. 12.5-14 mm. ; antenna, about 4 mm, 2 . L. 15-16 mm, ; 

 w. 14-15 mm. 



(Late May-early Aug.) Ont., Que., N. S., Me., N. H., Mass., N. Y., westw. to 

 Mich., southw. to N. C. and Tenn. (Canadian, Transition). 



Connecticut.— Kent Falls, June 12, 13, 1931 (C. P.A.); W. Granby, June 8, 1929. 

 near mossy cliff (C. P. A.). 



T. (Lunatipula) australis Doane, (Fig. 31, K), 



1901. Tipula australis Doane; Journ. X. Y. Ent. Soc, 9 : 104-105. 



Figs.— Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 52, fig. 305, pi. 53, fig. 326 (hyp.) ; 1919. 



Flagellum uniformly darkened. Male hypopygium, 8th sternite 

 (Fig. 31, K), $. L. M mm.; w. 14 mm. 2," L. 17 mm.; w. 14 mm. 



(Mar., Apr.) Va., Md., N. C, S. C, Ga., westw. to La. and Tex. (Austral). 



T. {Lunatipula) beaulieui Dtz. 



1921. Tipula beaulieui Dietz; Ent. News, 32 : 301-302. 



Close to dorslniacula. Antennae relatively short. Praescutal 

 stripes brown, margined with darker. No dark spot at origin of Rs. 

 Abdomen orange-yellow, tergites with three dark brown stripes. Male 

 hypopygium very much as in dorsimaeula. $. L. 15 mm.: w. 14 

 mm. 



Ont. 



Known only from the unique type. Very questionable whether it 

 is distinct from dorsimacula. 



