404 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., '13 



The positions of the nests relative to the light were as fol- 

 lows: 

 4 nests (7, 2, 2 and I cells) facing north, toward light. 



2 nests, (1 cell) facing south, away from light. 



3 nests, (2, 2, 1 cells) facing west, partly away from light. 

 2 nests, (5 and 2 cells) facing east, partly toward light. 



There were, then, six nests made facing the light and five 

 with the openings away from the light. 



In another room some 15 wasps were building behind the 

 loose paper on the wall, almost, if not entirely, in complete 

 darkness. 



The Neotropical Tipulidae in the Hungarian 

 National Museum (Diptera). — I. 



By Charles P. Alexander, Ithaca, N. Y.* 



(Plate XIV.) 



Through the kindness of Dr. Coloman Kertesz. I have been 

 able to examine and study the South and Central American 

 crane flies in the collection of the Hungarian National Mu- 

 seum at Budapest. This collection of Tipulidae. although not 

 containing an unusual number of specimens, included a con- 

 siderable number of interesting species which will be discussed 

 in this and succeeding papers. 



Subfamily LIMNOBINAE. 



Tribe 1 — Limxobini. 

 Genus Dicranomyia Stephens. 



1829. Dicranomyia Stephens; Catal. Brit. Ins.; vol. 2, p. 243. 



Dicranomyia subdola, sp. n. (PI. "XIV, Fig. 1). 



Wings hyaline, veins of the wing margined with brown ; tips of the 

 femora yellow ; abdomen annulated brown and yellow. 



Female.' — Length, 7.8 mm. ; wing. 10.6 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown ; antennae greyish brown, the flagellar 

 segments much darker, brown; front, vertex and occiput greyish brown 

 with numerous black hairs. 



Pronotum brownish yellow, dark brown medially. Mesonotal prsescu- 



*Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory, Cornell Univer- 

 sity. 



