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THEr CrANE-FLIES oF New YorK— Part [ 951 
Cell 1st M2 open by the atrophy of the medial cross-vein; wing of female 10.5 mm.; 
coloration grayish brown, the thoracic stripes indistinct. [Tipula aperta Alex., Can. 
Ent., vol. 50, p. 62, 1918. 1. imperfecta Alex., preoccupied, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phila., p. 484-485, pl. 16, fig. 9, 1915.] (Plate XLVII, 235, wing.)...7. aperta Alex. 
Goll ah Wile COs eel inh Gals Bee NP MR amy BEN Ee Bical yea Pea aib tea aC EL ee Ae nee eC PE 69 
Color of wings almost uniformly dark brown (females only)..................0.00. 70 
Color of wings hyaline, pale grayish, or yellowish.....:...............00 eee eee eee 71 
Size small, wing of female about 8 mm.; abdominal tergites uniformly dark brown thruout; 
cell 1st M: pointed at its outer end, due to the extreme shortening of the medial cross- 
vein. [Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 6, p. 151. 1829.]......7. annuiicornis Say 
Size larger, wing of female over 10 mm.; abdominal tergites dark brown, with broad, 
bright yellow, median triangles, the points directed forward; cell /sé M2 not pointed 
at its distal end, the media’ cross-vein of normal length, nearly as long as the petiole 
of cell M,. [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 476-479, pl. 16, figs. 7,8. 1915.] (Plate 
DCTUNY CLE, HAAS rata en) ie en Eee Al OCS Pe Zee ee ar T. taughannock Alex. 
. Color of thorax light gray or blue-gray, with distinct clear-cut brown or black stripes; 
body clothed with long, pale hair; wing over 14 mm. Northern species.......... 72 
Color of thorax brown, yellow, or gray; if grayish (7. dejecta), the wing is under 12 mm. 
and the body is not clothed with long, pale hair........................0...... 73 
Color of thorax dull light gray, with four light brown stripes; median vitta of the head 
indistinct; dorsal abdominal vitta narrow; eighth abdominal tergite of female with 
the margins flattened and conspicuously expanded; tergal valves of the ovipositor 
long, pale. [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 482-484, pl. 21, fig. 85. 1915.] 
T. piliceps Alex. 
Color of thorax blue-gray, with the stripes almost black, broad, the median pair tending 
to become confluent; median vitta of the head distinct; dorsal abdominal vitta broader, 
more diffuse; eighth abdominal tergite of female with the margins not conspicuously 
expanded; tergal valves of the ovipositor smaller; wing pale gray, stigma dark brown; 
antennae black thruout; ninth tergite of male deeply notched medially, the adjacent 
lateral lobes broad, truncated, pale; outer pleural appendages broad, pale; wing 
of male 14 mm. [Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 19, p. 42. 1876.] 
T. besselst O. S. 
Miles: (sg smearing: 5 Gta Rag eee tk SMI Rte WW Wry Re em mun Cum A a PL Sie d oP DNS ON OUR RAD 74 
TPisrmmallas) (eyes Teaayonwaay ielige rive mea hethis ier antiga Ln) PRIN fey Men ne SHUR aU DCR sO 103 
Caudal margin of ninth tergite (Plate L, 288) with a compressed median lobe pro- 
jecting caudad of the short lateral lobes; distal end of cell 1st M2 pointed, cross-vein m 
very short; size very small, wing of male under 8 mm.; antennae elongated, bicolorous; 
thoracic stripes indistinct. [Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 6, p. 151. 1829.] 
(Plate XLVIII, 248, wing; Plate LIII, 335, lateral aspect of male hypopygium.) 
T. annulicornis Say 
Caudal margin of ninth tergite without a compressed median lobe projecting beyond 
the lateral lobes; distal end of cell 1st M2 not pointed; size larger, wing of male over 
IQ) BIEN, 5 5.6 boro BR BO Re EEO a ric PRA aRt torn aT ner tte) Ey emai cy ee ae RO 75 
Sclerites of ninth segment fused into a nearly complete ring; caudal margin of the tergite 
truncate with a broad, depressed, median lobe or with two approximated slender, 
parallel Icbes, one on either side of the median line......................0..00-. 76 
Sclerites of ninth segment not fused, at least the tergite distinct; ninth tergite without 
mMmeaianslobestonthercaudalimanrcine eats cient Ie cpl.) aaa nnen aaa bases 80 
Ninth tergite with two slender, finger-like lobes on the caudal margin (tephrocephala 
TTS COULTO) MEMES INCU CLUS TMA an VC EP | RSC AES UM NTA eae Meg. UR ie See ee 
Ninth tergite with a single broad median lobe or with two short blunt lobes on the 
Gainclall mmanain, GERM OMTINAD GROOID)|o5 doo dodvoucbobedoodaascongooee nn cou uneanor 78 
Antennal flagellar segments bicolorous, the basal swelling of each segment yellow, the 
pedicel dark. [Berl. Ent. Ztschr., vol. 8, p. 62. 1864. (Plate XLVI, 221, wing; 
Pattee nee oe ominthiterrite:) cae stioreeeniokinr T. tephrocephala Loew 
