The Crane-Flies of New York — Part II 



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Habitat 

 In stagnant water in the axils of bromelia- 

 ceous and other plants 



Amphibious in decaying wood 



In mud or sand : 



a. In open swamps 



b. In shaded woods 



c. Along the margins of streams and 

 other bodies of water 



In or beneath damp cushions of moss 



In or beneath dry cushions of moss 

 In dry soil 



In fungi 



In decaying vegetables, plant stems, manure, 

 and like situations 



In wood: 



a. In decaying wood, usually just be- 

 neath the bark 



b. In nearly solid wood 



On leaves of terrestrial plants: 



a. On flowering plants 



b. On mosses 



Mining in the leaves of plants 



Species 

 Trentepohlia, Gnophomyia rufa 



Protoplasa (supposition), Epiphragma 



Bittacomorpha, Ptychoptera, Rhamphidia, 

 Erioplera septemtrionis, E. chlorophylla, E. 

 vespertina, Limnophila adusta, L. macrocera, 

 Pilaria recondila, P. tenuipes, P. quadrata, 

 Tricyphona inconstans, Prionocera, Tipula 

 dejecta, T. sayi, T. tricolor, and others 



.Bittacomorphella, Ormosia innocens, Eriop- 

 tera megophthalma, Molophilus hirtipennis, 

 Ulomorpha, Dicranophragma, Penthoptera, 

 Tipula cayuga, and others 



Limnobia fallax, Erioptera (Hoplolabis) 

 armata, Trimicra, Gonomyia (Leiponeura) 

 alexanderi, G. kansensis, Eriocera, Hexa- 

 toma, and others 



Dicranomyia badia, D. stidta, Tipula oro- 

 pezoides, T. collaris, T. nobilis, T. ignobilis, 

 and others 



Liogma, Dolichopeza, Oropeza, and others 



Dicranoptycha, Cladura, Nephrotoma ferrugi- 

 nea, Tipula cunctans, T. angustipennis, 

 and others 



Limnobia triocellala, L. cinctipes, Ula, and 

 others 



Trichocera, Limnobia indigena, Rhipidia 

 domeslica, R. maculata, and others 



Dicranomyia rara, D. macaieei, Rhipidia 

 fidelis, R. bryanti, Elephantomvia, Teucho- 

 labis, Gnophomyia, Limnophila unica, 

 Brachypremna, Ctenophora, Dictenidia, 

 Tipula trivittata, T. usitaia, and others 



Tanyptera 



Cylindrotoma 



Liogma, Triogma (in some instances) 



Dicranomyia foliocuniculator 



Feeding. — The various larvae of crane-flies show a considerable diversity 

 in their habits of feeding. The majority of species, as known, are herbiv- 

 orous, but a large group are decidedly carnivorous in their habits. 



The Tipulinae feed on the living vegetable tissue or plant remains 

 occurring in their habitat, or, when pressed for food, they will eat earth- 



