TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
VOLUME XLII 
NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN CRANE-FLIES FROM CO- 
LOMBIA, ECUADOR AND PERU (TIPULIDAE, 
DIPTERA) 1 
BY CHARLES P. ALEXANDER 
Ithaca, New York 
The present paper is the result of the study of numerous 
specimens of crane-flies received from Mr. H. S. Parish, who 
collected the material in the countries above mentioned during 
1914, and from Prof. C. H. T. Townsend, while Entomologist 
in Peru. I am much indebted to Mr. Parish and to Prof. Town- 
send for this material. The types and uniques are deposited 
in the collection of the author. I have secured a brief account 
of his trip from Mr. Parish and this is given herewith in order 
to complete the data. 
Mr. Parish's Account of His Trip: 
Colombia. — We sighted Buenaventura about six o'clock on the 
evening of May 5th, 1914, and as darkness falls quickly here in 
the tropics we had to content ourselves with staying one night 
longer aboard the steamer. Next morning we were up bright 
and early and bartered with the natives for a small boat to 
paddle us ashore. Viewing the town from the sea it appeared 
to be quite a pretentious place, but after we got ashore it lost all 
of its beauty as far as the outskirts went, but in the center the 
town appeared quite clean. Near the coast and for quite a 
1 Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory of Cornell University. 
TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XLH. (1) 
