42 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 
NEW NEARCTIC CRANE-FLIES (TIPULID/E, DIPTERA).* 
BY CHARLES P. ALEXANDER, ITHACA, N. Y. 
The following species of crane-flies were mostly obtained from 
the collections of the United States National Museum and the 
United States Biological Surv-ey, through the kindness of Mr. 
Knab and Mr McAtee. The various species will be figured in 
forthcoming revisional papers now in course of completion. 
Family Tipididce. 
Subfamily LimnohincB. 
Tribe Limnohini. 
Genus Dicranomyia Stephens. 
Dicranomyia macateei, sp. n. 
Female — Length 4.5-4.9 mm.; wing 5-5.5 mm. 
Antennae dark brown. Head dark brownish black, the frontal 
region more yellowish. 
Frontal scutum, light yellowish brown, scutellum dull light 
yellow. Mesonotal prsescutum shiny light brown without distinct 
stripes. Pleura pale yellow, more suffused with brown on the 
dorsal sclerites. Sternum yellow. Halteres dark brown, a little 
brighter at the extreme base. Legs with the coxae bright yellow ; 
trochanters brownish yellow; femora and tibiae yellowish brown, 
tarsi pale yellowish white, the terminal segment and the claws black. 
Wings with a dusky tinge, the stigma distinct, large, oval, brown; 
the base of the sector, the cord and the outer end of cell 1st Ah 
seamed with darker brown ; no pubescence on the apical cells of 
the wings; veins dark brown. Venation with Sc long, extending 
over half the length of the sector; Rs long, over twice the length of 
the deflection of Ri+b; basal deflection of Cm at or slightly beyond 
the fork of M; Cu2 about equal to the basal deflection of Ctii. 
Abdomen brown, the ovipositor and the eighth segment largely 
yellow. 
Hololype, 9, Plummer's Island, Maryland; May 24, 1914 
(Mc Atee). 
*Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory of Cornell University. 
February. 1916 
