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Family Syrphid^. 



Ocyptamus fuscipennis Say. Kansas, Douglas county; July. New to Kan- 

 sas. 

 Platychirus palmulosus Snow. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August (type), 

 peltatus Meigen. Colorado, Green Mountain Falls; July, 

 quadra tus Say. Kansas, Douglas county; April, May. 

 Eupeodes volucris 0. S. Colorado, Colorado Springs, Denver, Buffalo, and 



Tabernash; all in August. 

 Lasiophthicus pyrastri Linne. Colorado, Colorado Springs and Denver; 



August. 

 Syrphus abbreviatus Zett. Kansas, Douglas county; April. 



americanus Wied. Kansas, Douglas county; April. Sedgwick 

 county; August. —Colorado, Denver and Colorado Springs; Au- 

 gust, 

 opinator O. S. Colorado, Denver; August. 



ribesii Linne. Kansas, Douglas county; March, April, October. 

 Allograpta obliqua Say. Kansas, Douglas county; April; May; June; July; 

 July, twilight; October. —Colorado, Colorado Springs; July. Cheyenne 

 canyon; July. Denver; August. 

 Mesogramma geminata Say. Kansas, Douglas county; April; July, twilight, 

 marginata Say. Kansas, Douglas county; April; April, at 

 night; May, at night; June; July; August. —Colorado, 

 Garden of the Gods; July. Colorado Springs; July, August. 

 Denver; August. 

 polita Say. Kansas, Douglas county; August. Sedgwick 

 county; August. 

 Sphaerophoria cylindrica Say. Colorado, Garden of the Gods; July. Colo- 

 rado Springs; July, August. 

 Rhingia nasica Say. Kansas, Douglas county; June twilight. New to 



Kansas. 

 Eristalis latifrons Loew. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August. 



meigenii Wied. Colorado, Colorado Springs; July, August, 

 temporalis Thorns. Colorado, Manitou; August, 

 tenax Linne. Kansas, Douglas county; October. (See remark 

 about capture by Phymata erosa Linne, in "List of Hemiptera- 

 Heteroptera.")— Colorado, Colorado Springs; August. 

 Helophilus laetus Loew. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August. 



latifrons Loew. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August. 

 Syritta pipiens Linne. Kansas, Douglas county; June, July. — Colorado, 

 Cheyenne canyon; July. Colorado Springs; July, August. Denver; 

 August. 

 Spilomyia quadrifasciata Say. Kansas, Douglas county; October. ( My 

 capture of the first specimen taken in Kansas, in 1891, was regarded 

 with surprise.) 

 Ceria willistonii Kahl. Kansas, Douglas county; June. A single male 

 specimen. New to the Kansas list, although the types (all female speci- 

 mens ) were collected in this locality. 



Family ConopiDvE. 

 Stylogaster biannulata Say. Kansas, Douglas county; June, October. 

 Oncomyia loraria Loew. Colorado, Denver; August. 

 Myopa vesiculosa Say. Kansas, Douglas county; April. 



