Vol. 5, p. 169^174. September 25, 1925. 



Occasional Papers 



OF THE 



Boston Society of Natural History. 



THE CRANE-FLIES (TIPULIDAE) OF NEW ENGLAND: FIRST 

 SUPPLEMENTARY LIST. 



BY CHARLES P. ALEXANDER. 



The appearance in press of Mr. C. W. Johnson's monumental 

 work on the Diptera of New England (Occas. Papers Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. 7, no. 15, p. 1-326, 1925) has proved a great in- 

 centive to further detailed work on this fauna. In this paper Mr. 

 Johnson lists 1 Tanyderid, 3 Ptychopterids and 9 Anisopodids, in 

 addition to the main list of 264 species of Tipulids. During the 

 season of 1925, the writer collected intensively in western Massa- 

 chusetts, in Area 23 (the Berkshire Area) and Area 24 (the Con- 

 necticut River Valley Area). As a result of this detailed collecting 

 with certain definite groups in view, 13 species of Tipulidae may 

 now be added to the basic list. In the present small paper the 

 writer wishes to record these additions, discuss briefly the collec- 

 tions made at Lake May in the Berkshires, and describe two 

 novelties that are included in the list of additions. 



Additions to the Tipulidae of New England. 



265. Dicranomyia diversa O. S. 



Whately Glen, Franklin Co., May 22, 1925; Lake May, Berk- 

 shire Co., June 13, 1925. 



266. D. profunda, sp. n. 



Lake May, Berkshire Co., June 20-30, 1925; Ellsworth, Han- 

 cock Co., Maine, July 30, 1913 (C J. Stanwood). 



267. D. sphagnicola, sp. n. 



Lake May, Berkshire Co., July 1, 1925. 



268. Gonomyia (Ptilostena) mathesoni Alex. 



Whately Glen, Franklin Co., June 7, 1925; Lake May, Berk- 

 shire Co., June 26, 1925. 



269. G. (Gonomyia) bidentata Alex. (Occas. Papers Mus. Zool., 



Univ. Michigan, 127: 3-4, 1922). 



Orient Springs, Hampshire Co., July 24, 1925; Mt. Toby, 

 Franklin Co., altitude 600-700 feet, July 28, 1925. 



The occurence of this fly in Massachusetts was quite unexpected 

 since it was known hitherto only from the Clifty Ravine, at 

 Hanover, in southern Indiana. 



270. G. (G.) noveboracensis Alex. 

 Whately Glen, Franklin Co., May 22, 1925. 



271. Molophilus (Molophilus) quadrispinosus Alex. 

 Whately Glen, Franklin Co., June 7, 1925. 



