﻿AQUATIC 
  INSECTS 
  IN 
  THE 
  ADIRONDACKS 
  575 
  

  

  c 
  e 
  r 
  a, 
  whose 
  immature 
  stages 
  were 
  not 
  observed 
  : 
  T. 
  b^o 
  s 
  c 
  i 
  i 
  Desv. 
  

   T. 
  saratogensis 
  Fitch, 
  and 
  T. 
  c 
  1 
  a 
  r 
  a 
  Loew. 
  

  

  Ortalidae. 
  All 
  along 
  the 
  above 
  mentioned 
  creek 
  the 
  handsome 
  fly, 
  

   Melieria 
  (Ceroxys) 
  s 
  i 
  m 
  i 
  1 
  i 
  s 
  Loew, 
  was 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  

   grass 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  always 
  abundantly 
  represented 
  in 
  sweepings. 
  Its 
  imma- 
  

   ture 
  stages 
  were 
  not 
  observed. 
  

  

  Tabanidae. 
  These 
  should 
  be 
  mentioned 
  if 
  only 
  for 
  their 
  abundance. 
  

   We 
  collected 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  hatchery 
  windows 
  ; 
  we 
  

   obtained 
  many 
  larvae 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  undertake 
  to 
  rear 
  them 
  ; 
  all 
  these 
  were 
  

   sent, 
  undetermined, 
  to 
  the 
  state 
  collection. 
  

  

  Conopidae 
  and 
  Bo?nbyliidae. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  worth 
  while 
  mentioning 
  that 
  

   the 
  splendid 
  wasp-mimicker, 
  Physocephala 
  furcillata 
  Will, 
  

   was 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  insect 
  on 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  thistle 
  and 
  goldenrod, 
  and 
  

   that 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  bombyliids 
  flitted 
  in 
  numbers 
  along 
  every 
  

   roadside 
  and 
  path 
  through 
  the 
  forest. 
  

  

  Tipula 
  abdominalis 
  Say 
  

  

  Plate 
  35, 
  figure 
  2 
  

  

  1823 
  Tipula 
  abdominalis 
  Say, 
  Acad. 
  nat. 
  sci. 
  Phil. 
  Joar.3:18 
  (The 
  

  

  original 
  description 
  is 
  excellent.) 
  

   1828 
  C 
  t 
  en 
  ophora 
  abdominalis 
  Wiedmaun, 
  Aus. 
  zu^eifl. 
  ins. 
  1:37 
  

   1848 
  Tipula 
  a 
  lb 
  11 
  at 
  us 
  Walker, 
  List 
  dipt. 
  ins. 
  Brit. 
  mus. 
  1 
  : 
  65 
  

   1859 
  C 
  ten 
  ophora 
  abdominalis 
  Leconte, 
  Complete 
  writings 
  T. 
  Say, 
  

  

  2:45 
  

   1878 
  Tipula 
  abdominalis 
  Osten-Sacken, 
  Cat. 
  Dipt. 
  N. 
  Am. 
  p. 
  37 
  (listed) 
  

   1900 
  Tipula 
  abdominalis? 
  larva, 
  Johnson, 
  Ent. 
  news. 
  11:578 
  (note) 
  

  

  This 
  giant 
  crane 
  fly 
  was 
  not 
  raised. 
  It 
  was 
  common 
  about 
  the 
  

   hatchery 
  during 
  August, 
  and 
  the 
  workmen, 
  impressed 
  by 
  its 
  great 
  size 
  

   and 
  sprawling 
  attitudes, 
  frequently 
  brought 
  in 
  specimens 
  picked 
  from 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  building. 
  In 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery 
  

   were 
  found 
  numerous 
  tipuline 
  larvae 
  so 
  large 
  they 
  could 
  hardly 
  belong 
  

   to 
  any 
  of 
  our 
  species 
  except 
  this 
  one. 
  They 
  certainly 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  the 
  

   larvae 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  species 
  we 
  found 
  at 
  Saranac 
  Inn. 
  Therefore, 
  I 
  have 
  

   referred 
  them 
  by 
  supposition 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  give 
  herewith 
  a 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  figures. 
  

  

  These 
  larvae 
  were 
  associated 
  with 
  Bittacomorpha 
  clavipes 
  

   in 
  shallow 
  bays 
  filled 
  with 
  red-rotten 
  trash 
  in 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  creek, 
  

   various 
  sizes 
  from 
  half 
  grown 
  to 
  full 
  grown 
  occurring 
  together. 
  Pupae 
  

   were 
  not 
  found. 
  

  

  Larva. 
  PI. 
  36, 
  fig. 
  i, 
  2. 
  Length 
  51 
  mm 
  ; 
  diameter 
  6 
  mm. 
  

   Body 
  cyhndric 
  except 
  at 
  ends, 
  tapering 
  anteriorly 
  on 
  the 
  thoracic 
  seg, 
  

   ments, 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  narrowed 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  posterior 
  segments 
  abdominal 
  

  

  