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infuscated, with pale hairs, basal joint yellow; palpi elongate; 

 the eyes conspicuously black, deeply notched. Thorax wholly yel- 

 low, with three buff-colored, sometimes indistinct, dorsal stripes. 

 Abdomen quite pale green, very slender and Avith pale hairs; geni- 

 talia (pl.33, figs.4 and 4a) yellow, with four pairs of appendages; 

 an elongate pair of lateral lobes with upturned ends (1), a pair of 

 elongate interior lobes with rounded ends (i), a pair of short 

 superior lobes with sharp apex and recurved setae (s), a pair of 

 mesad projecting brushlike appendages (a), and finally a curved 

 dorsal keel (d). Legs wholly cream white, tips of middle and 

 hind tibiae each Avith two tiny black combs, one tooth of each 

 comb being prolonged into a short spur. Legs rather hairy ; fore 

 metatarsus nearly three fourths longer than its tibia. Wings 

 white, hyaline, spotless, hairy, margin with long fringe, veins 

 pale. Anterior veins closely croAvded toAvards costal margin, so 

 that the veins are difficult to distinguish. Halteres white. 

 Length 1.5 to 2 mm. 



Female. Like the male, differing only as follows : A little 

 shorter, antennae yellow, last joint dark on the lateral surface; 

 abdomen shorter and broader, and often entirely yellow, though 

 sometimes green. 



This species is very common among the shrubbery near swift- 

 flowing brooks. Ithatfa N. Y. 



14. Tanytarsus tenuis Meigen 



1830 Chironomus Meigen. Syst. Beselir. 0:255,112' 

 1850 Chirononius Zett. Dipt. Scand. 9:3581, 113 

 1864 Chironomus Scbiuer. Fauna Austr. 2 : 598 

 1874 Tanytarsus V. d. Wulp. Tijd. v. Eut. 17 : 13-4 

 1877 Tanytarsus V. d. Wulp. Dipt Neerl. p. 288, 11 

 1898 Chironomus Luudb. Viderisk. Meddel. p.284, 70 



Pale greenish yellow; dorsum of the thorax with three ferru- 

 ginous longitudinal stripes; sternum and metathorax also fer- 

 ruginous. Abdomen of the male very slender, somewhat darkened 

 toAvard the end, and with long claspers. Antennae yelloAvish, the 

 hairs appearing lighter; palpi dark brown. Legs pale yellow, the 

 tibiae with black spots at the tip ; fore metatarsus twice as long 

 as its tibia. Wings whitish, delicately haired. Halteres pale 

 yellow. Length 2 to 3 mm. Schiner, loc. cit. Greenland. Lund- 

 beck. Specimens from South Dakota and Washington seem to be 

 this species. 



15. Tanytarsus flavellus Zetterstedt 



1838 Chironomus Zett. Ins. Lappon. p.SlG, 41 

 1850 Chironomus Zett. Dipt. Scand. 9 : 3584, 117 

 1864 Chironomus Schiner. Fauna Austr. 2 : 598 



