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Family Empidid.e. 

 Clinocera ( Hydrodromia) bicincta Loew. Colorado, Colorado Springs; April. 

 Syneches pusillus Loew. Kansas, Douglas county; July, twilight. New to 



Kansas. Specimen without head, but doubtless this species. 

 Hybos triplex Wlk. Kansas, Douglas county; May. 



Blepharoprocta ( Brachystoma) serrulata Loew. Colorado, Colorado Springs; 

 August. A single female specimen. Mr. Chas. T. Brues, who identified 

 it, remarked that it is "quite a rare species." 

 Empis asema Mel. Colorado, Colorado Springs; July, August. 



Determined by Prof. A. L. Melander, who wrote as follows in regard to 

 the species : "The Empis was described from Austin, Tex., and yours 

 is the first additional record of the species. Yours is somewhat larger, 

 but I cannot find anything specific to distinguish it from the Texas 

 form. The group to which this species belongs seems peculiar to the 

 Southwest. There are quite a few species known with the shortened 

 fourth vein, and all of them come from Mexico, New Mexico, Texas, 

 and Kansas." 

 Empis clausa Coq. Kansas, Douglas county; June, July, August, and Sep- 

 tember, in window, 

 tenebrosa Coq. Colorado, Colorado Springs; July, August. 

 Rhamphomyia irregularis Loew. Kansas, Douglas county; April. New to 

 Kansas. —Colorado, Colorado Springs; April, 

 nasoni Coq. Kansas, Douglas county; April; April, at night 

 in house; May; May, twilight. 



Family Lonchopterid^. 



Lonchoptera lacustris Meigen. (Not cited in Aldrich's catalogue.) Colo- 

 rado, Tabernash; August. 

 This specimen was submitted to Mr. Chas. T. Brues, who reported on it 

 as follows : ' 'According to Schiner ( Fauna Austr. , I, 244 ) , this seems 

 very much like L. lacustris Meigen, an European species, as are also 

 lutea and riparia." 



Lonchoptera lutea Panz. Kansas, Douglas county; May. New to Kansas. 



Family Phorid^. 



(My thanks are due to Mr. Chas. T. Brues for his special determinations 

 in this family.) 



Phora incisuralis Loew, Kansas, Douglas county; June, twilight (female). 

 New to Kansas, 

 multiseriata Aid. Kansas, Douglas county; May. New to Kansas. 

 Aphiochseta agarici Lint. Kansas, Douglas county; May (male). New to 

 Kansas, 

 epeirse Brues. Kansas, Douglas county; May. New to Kansas, 

 longifrons Brues. (Bull. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. IV, p. 

 100.) Kansas, Douglas county; June, twilight (male meta- 

 type) . New to Kansas, 

 rufipes Meigen. Colorado, Denver; August. 

 Determined by Mr. Brues as "probably" this species, the single speci- 

 men having lost its wings. 



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