1912] New Western Tipula 45 
Habitat: Palo) Alto, Cal 3 males. 
Differs from T. tristis Doane, which it somewhat resembles 
in being larger, darker, wings darker and in the V-shaped 
incision on the posterior margin of the ninth tergite being 
broader posterior y, narrower anteriorly and much deeper. 
Tipula fulvinodus n. sp. 
Brown; head brownish, cinereous above with a median broad, 
brown stripes; rostrum yellowish on the sides; palpi brown; first and 
second segment of antennze yellowish; third brownish yellow, others light 
brown; dorsum of thorax very light brown with three broad, brown 
stripes each of which is divided by a gray line; scutellum, metanotum 
and pleura grayish pruinose; halteres light brown, base yellow, knobs 
darker brown; legs yellowish, tips of femora, tibia and tarsi darker; 
abdomen brown, darker posteriorly with three darker brown stripes, 
posterior margin of each segment yellowish; posterior margin of eighth 
sternite with a rather deep incision, posterior lateral angles each having 
a tuft of long yellow hair; posterior margin of ninth tergite with a 
Y-shaped incision, lateral angles rounded, yellow; ninth sternite with a 
broad rounded incision in which hangs a pair of whitish appendages 
the tips of which are brown, flattened and covered with thick, short 
yellow hair; pleural suture very indistinct, pleura whitish; first pair of 
appendages whitish, long, very slender, slightly curved; second pair 
broad, flattened, tips with two black teeth; third pair long, narrow, 
slightly wider toward the tips; wings hyaline; stigma brown; a whitish 
spot just beyond the stigma and a faint broken, hardly perceptible 
whitish band beginning in front of the stigma and extending through 
the discal cell into the base of the fourth posterior cell. Length 12 mm., 
wing 13 mm. 
Habitat: Grand Coulee, Wash. 1 male. 
Tipula nigrocorporis n. sp. 
Head and thorax blue-black; palpi dark brown, reddish brown 
toward the tips; antennz dark brown, second segment yellowish; joints 
of flagellum deeply incised, dorsum of thorax with three rather indistinct 
brown lines; femora yellow, tips brown; tibia and tarsi brown; halteres 
yellowish, knobs brown; first segment of abdomen black, others brown- 
ish yellow with a brown, lateral stripe, the sixth, seventh and eighth 
quite brown, yellowish posteriorly; ninth tergite with a broad, deep, 
crescent-shaped incision; ninth sternite with a deep V-shaped incision 
which almost separates the two sides of the segment; pleural plates 
distinctly separated from the lateral parts of the sternum; wings light 
brownish with four indistinct whitish spots, one before and one just 
behind the stigma, a larger one in the middle of the second basal cell 
and a fainter one in the middle of the anal and axillary cells. Length 
male 16 mm., wing 18 mm. 
Habitat: Estes Park, Colo. 1 male, 
