1921] Alexander: Japanese Crane-Flies. II 125 
chitinized, the apices truncated and directed slightly proximad; median 
lobe a highly compressed blade; viewed from above appearing as an ‘ 
acute edge that is a little shorter than the lateral lobes; the notches 
between the lateral and median lobes are subcircular. Ninth pleurite 
complete; outer pleural appendage very short and stout; inner pleural 
appendage relatively small, the interior ends produced into curved, 
blackened hooks, the caudal angles produced caudad and slightly 
ventrad into slightly expanded blades. Ninth sternite extensive. 
Eighth sternite with the broad median lobe rounded, provided with 
a fringe of long sete. 
Habitat: Japan. Holotype, “, Tamagawa, Saitama, Sep- 
tember 25, 1920 (H. Machida). Allotopotype, °, September 
20, 1020.8 Paratypes, 95 Gitu, October 1, 1920 (K. Takeuchi): 
2, October 10, 1920. 
Tipula taikun sp. n. 
General coloration gray; mesonotal praescutum with a narrow, 
brown median line; thoracic interspaces with small brown punctures; 
antenne of the male moderately elongated; intermediate flagellar 
segments indistinctly bicolorous, the base of each segment yellowish; 
femora brownish yellow with a narrow subterminal brown ring; wings 
faintly brownish, the base yellow; costal and subcostal cells dark brown; 
subhyaline areas before and beyond the stigma; cell /st Ms, small, 
pentagonal; abdomen yellow, narrowly trivittate with dark brown; a 
brown subterminal ring; male hypopygium with the ninth tergite 
having a small median notch. 
Male—Length, 11.5 mm.; wing, 13 mm. 
Frontal prolongation of the head dark brown; palpi dark brown, the 
basal segment a little brighter. Antennze of the male rather elongate, 
if bent backward extending about to the base of the abdomen; scape 
and first flagellar segment yellow; remainder of the antenne dark 
brown, the basal half of the knobs of the intermediate segments yellow, 
producing an indistinct bicolorous appearance; terminal flagellar 
segments uniformly dark brown. Head gray. 
Pronotum buffy, with a dark brown median mark. Mesonotal 
praescutum brownish gray with three nearly concolorous stripes; 
intermediate stripe narrowly margined for most of its length with dark 
brown, split medially by a narrow dark brown line; thoracic interspaces 
with brown setigerous punctures; remainder of the mesonotum’ brown, 
sparsely pruinose, split by a slightly interrupted capillary brown line. 
Pleura light gray pruinose, the dorso-pleural areas more brownish. 
Halteres light brown. Legs with the coxe and trochanters obscure 
yellow; femora brownish yellow with a very narrow and indistinct 
dark brown subterminal ring; tibiae brownish yellow, passing into dark 
brown at the tip; tarsi dark brown. Wings with a faint brownish 
tinge, variegated with subhyaline areas; wing-base yellow; cells C and 
Sc dark brown; stigma dark brown; brown seams along Cu and its 
