Tue CRANE-Furrs oF New York — Part II 
Habitat 
In stagnant water in the axils of bromelia- 
ceous and other plants ; 
Amphibious in decaying wood 
In mud or sand: 
a. In open swamps 
b. In shaded woods 
c. Along the margins of streams and 
other bodies of water 
Tn or beneath damp cushions of moss - 
In or beneath dry cushions of moss 
In dry soil 
Tn fungi 
In decaying vegetables, plant stems, manure, 
and like situations 
In wood: 
a. In decaying wood, usually just be- 
neath the bark 
b. In nearly solid wood 
On leaves of terrestrial plants: 
a. On flowering plants 
b. On mosses 
Mining in the leaves of plants 
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Species 
Trentepohlia, Gnophomyia rufa 
Protoplasa (supposition), Epiphragma 
Bittacomorpha, Ptychoptera, Rhamphidia, 
Erioptera septemtrionis, E. chlorophylla, E. 
vespertina, Limnophila adusta, L. macrocera, 
Pilaria recondita, P. tenuipes, P. quadrata, 
Tricyphona inconstans, Prionocera, Tipula 
dejecta, T. sayi, T. tricolor, and others 
Bittacomorphella, Ormosia innocens, Eriop- 
tera megophthalma, Molophilus hirtipennis, 
Ulomorpha, Dicranophragma, Penthoptera, 
Tipula cayuga, and others 
Limnobia fallax,  Erioptera (Hoplolabis) 
armata, Trimicra, Gonomyia (Leiponeura) 
alexandert, G. kansensis, Eriocera, Hexa- 
toma, and others 
Dicranomyia badia, D. stulta, Tipula oro- 
pezoides, T’. collaris, T. nobilis, T. ignobilis, 
and others 
Liogma, Dolichopeza, Oropeza, and others 
Dicranoptycha, Cladura, Nephrotoma ferrugi- 
nea, Tipula cunctans, T. angustipennis, 
and others 
Limnobia triocellata, L. cinctipes, Ula, and 
others 
Trichocera, Limnobia indigena, Rhipidia 
domestica, R. maculata, and others 
Dicranomyia rara, D. macateei, Rhipidia 
fidelis, R. bryanti, Elephantomyia, Teucho- 
labis, Gnophomyia, Limnophila unica, 
Brachypremna, Ctenophora, Dictenidia, 
Tipula trivittata, T. usitata, and others 
Tanyptera 
Cylindrotoma 
Liogma, Triogma (in some instances) 
Dicranomyia foliocuniculator 
Feeding.— The various larvae of crane-flies show a considerable diversity 
in their habits of feeding. 
The majority of species, as known, are herbiv- 
orous, but a large group are decidedly carnivorous in their habits. 
The Tipulinae feed on the living vegetable tissue or plant remains 
occurring in their habitat, or, when pressed for food, they will eat earth- 
