Tue CRANE-FLIES OF NEw YorK—Part I 787 
Nephrotoma virescens (Loew) Tipula hebes Loew 
zanthostigma (Loew) 
Tipula abdominalis (Say) 
annulicornis Say 
australis Doane 
bella Loew 
bicornis Forbes 
caloptera Loew 
collaris Say 
cunctans Say 
dejecta Walk. 
dietziana Alex. 
eluta Loew 
fragilis Loew 
fraterna Loew 
fuliginosa (Say) 
hermannia Alex. 
ignobilis Loew 
troquois Alex. 
johnsoniana Alex. 
longiventris Loew 
mingwe Alex. 
morrisoni Alex. 
perlongipes Johns. 
sayi Alex. 
submaculata Loew 
tricolor Fabr. 
triton Alex. 
trivittata Say 
tuscarora Alex. 
ultima Alex. 
umbrosa Loew 
The crane-flies of New York 
The fact that New York has a known crane-fly fauna which is larger 
and better-developed than that of any other State in the Union, is due, 
in large part, to the diversity of natural conditions, which range from - 
high mountains to sea level and include lakes, rivers, swamps, bogs, 
woodlands, gorges, ravines, and most other haunts that attract these 
insects. Another reason for this exceptional list is the fact that the 
State has long been a favorite collecting ground for many students of 
crane-flies, and a large number of species were first characterized from 
material taken in New York. These include species described by Osten 
Sacken, Loew, Doane, Johnson, Needham, Dietz, and Alexander. The 
pioneer collector, Baron Osten Sacken, did much of his collecting in 
this State, especially in the Adirondacks at Trenton Falls, in the Schoharie 
Valley at Sharon Springs, in the vicinity of New York City, and later 
in the Catskills. His work furnished the basis for Needham’s preliminary 
list (Needham, 1908:203-211), which includes one hundred and four 
species known from New York at that time. Subsequent collecting in 
various parts of the State has considerably increased the number of species, 
so that comparatively few additions may be expected. The more probable 
of these have been indicated in the following list under the heading 
Regional species. 
In this list the type localities are designated by the initials 7. L. The 
published records of Needham (1908:203-211) and of Alexander (1910 
and 1912) have been largely included, altho some of the records for 
