1912} _ New Western Tipula 53 
black-tipped, shield-shaped penis guard often shows distinctly between 
these appendages; abdomen of female long, cylindrical; ovipositor 
reddish brown, upper valves long, slender, acute, lower valves broader, 
less acute; wings hyaline with a slight brownish tinge; stigma light 
brown, inconspicuous; a rather distinct whitish band beginning in 
front of the stigma and extending through the discal cell into the base 
of the fourth posterior cell. Length male 18 mm., female 27 mm., 
wing 19 mm. 
Habitat: San Diego, Cal. 20 males, 8 females. 
Tipula pyramis n. sp. 
Brownish yellow; head yellowish, cinereous above, with a median 
darker line; palpi yellow, last segment darker; first three segments of 
antenne yellow, others brown; dorsum of thorax light yellowish brown, 
with four broad, brown stripes, the anterior ends of each of which curve 
slightly outward; between the median pair is a narrow, indistinct 
brown line; metanotum, pleura and coxz grayish pruinose; halteres 
yellow, knobs brown, tips lighter; legs brownish, base of femora yellow- 
ish; abdomen brownish yellow, darker posteriorly with three brown 
stripes which are broader and browner posteriorly; eighth sternite 
somewhat produced posteriorly, posterior margin with a rather broad, 
elongated round-tipped flap which is margined with yellowish hairs; 
above this flap, attached to the inner (upper) surface of the eighth 
sternite and to the anterior margin of the ninth sternite is a long, flat, 
tapering, slender process the curved tip of which hooks into the median 
incision of the posterior margin of the ninth sternite; ninth tergite 
short, leaving the appendages unusually exposed, divided by a deep 
V-shaped incision and a dorsal median furrow from which arises a short, 
conical light-colored process; ninth sternite elongated, posterior margin 
with a deep incision in which, arising from the margin just below the 
pleural suture, is a pair of long, slender-pointed appendages; pleural 
suture very short; first pair of appendages rather short, stout, curved 
forward near the middle; second pair with the edges rolled up, ending 
in two black teeth; third pair unusually large, narrow at the base, 
broad in the middle, tapering to a blunt point, on the posterior margin 
near the base are two blunt teeth; wings hyaline, costal and subcostal 
cell with a yellowish tinge; stigma brown; a broken, whitish band begin- 
ning in front of the stigma and reaching through the discal cell into the 
base of the fourth posterior cell. Length 19 mm., wing 19 mm. 
nabitatcaveyramicd wake, Nev. . (males. 
Tipula sylvicola n. sp. 
Brownish-yellow; head yellowish, cinereous above; palpi brown, 
first segment yellow; first three segments of antennz yellow, others 
brown, somewhat darker at the base; dorsum of thorax grayish brown 
with three broad, brown stripes, the median one divided by a gray line; 
scutellum light yellow with a faint median brown line; metanotum and 
pleura yellowish, pruinose; halteres yellow, knobs brown, tips lighter; 
legs yellow, tips of femora tibia and tarsi darker; abdomen brownish 
