100 NEW YOKK STATE .MISKIM 



one fourth shorter than the tibi;;; fore tarsi of the male bearded. 

 TTalteres whitish. AYings slightly hairy, hyaline, slightly smoky 

 near the tip; ihe crossvein brown clouded; the cubitus forking 

 distad of the crossvein ; venation resembling that of P. n e r v o - 

 sus (pl.37, fig.L'li. 



The female is usually somewhat lighter colored. Length 3.5 to 

 4.5mm. Translation from Y.d. Wulp i 1 >7T i . "Coloring some- 

 what variable." Schiner ilSti4i. North America i()sten Sacken, 

 1878). 



6. Tanypus tibialis Say. 



1823 Tanypus Say. Juurn. Ac. Xat. Sc. I'liilad. 3:15,2 

 1828 Tanypus Wioil. Ausser. Kurop. 7\v. Ins. 1 :2o, 4 

 1878 Tanypus Ost. Sack. Call. Dipt N. A. p.22 



Thorax reddish brown; tibia while at base; abdomen white, a 

 double baud on the middle and lip black. Habitat : Pennsylvania. 



Wings immaculate; poisers while; feet fuscous, basal half of 

 the tibia while; lergum. second joint with a spot each side, two 

 middle segments with each a band, of which Ihe anterior one is 

 much broader, and terminal segments deep fuscous, pleura yellow- 

 ish. Length of male more than 1 I'D in. 



7. Tanypus baltimoreus Macquart 

 IV,.") T e r n i p u s Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. V. Ifi, 1 

 1878 Tanypus Ost Sack. Call. Dipt. N. A. p.21 



Female. Palpi tawny, shining cinereous. Antennae wanting. 

 Thorax with wide black bands; abdomen black, posterior margins 

 of the segments white. I>gs lawny ; tarsi dusky. Ilalteres brown. 

 Wings greyish, with an oblique black line; veins normal. Length 

 3.5 rum. From Baltimore. Translation. 



Judging from the description this species seems to resemble 

 T. c u 1 i c i f o r m i s , but it has brown halteres. Nothing is 

 said either about the wing venation with respect to fork of the 

 cubitus, whether sessile or petiolate; or whether the wing is hairy 

 or bare; it is therefore impossible to say to which one of the 

 four genera of the group Tanypus it belongs. 



Genus 20. Pentaneura Philippi 

 Verb. z. b. Ges. 35. 629. 1865 



The antennae equal in length to the head and thorax taken 

 together, mouiliform, 12-14 jointed, verticillate with long hairs, 

 the joints subglobose, not petiolate, the last joint elongate. Palpi 

 elongate, equaling the antennae, joints suibcyliudrical. Wings 



