tucker: collecting insects. 85 



Family Psychodid^. 



Psychoda alternata Say. Kansas, Douglas county; April; May; June, twi- 

 light; August. 



Family Chironomid^. 



(Due appreciation of the valuable work of Prof. O. A. Johannsen in de- 

 termining nearly all of the species whose names are listed in this family is 

 hereby gratefully acknowledged. But for his generous services, the midges 

 of Kansas would not be so thoroughly known. The generic names given 

 here are arranged according to the rank given them by Professor Johann- 

 sen in New York State Museum Bulletin No. 86.) 



Ccratopogon albarius Coq. Kansas, Douglas county; July, at electric light. 



bipunctatus Linne. Kansas, Douglas county; May, in window; 



June, twilight; August. Sedgwick county, April. New to 



the Kansas list. —Colorado, Colorado Springs, August. ( Not 



listed in Aldrich's catalogue, but mentioned in N. Y. State 



Mus. Bull. No. 86, p. 100. Very similar if not identical 



with squamipes, determined by himself.) 



pergandei Coq. Kansas, Sedgwick county; April. 



pilosulus Coq. Kansas, Douglas county; September, at electric 



light. New to Kansas, 

 specularis Coq. Kansas, Douglas county; May. New to Kan- 

 sas, 

 squamipes Coq. (See remark about bipunctatus Linne.) Kan- 

 sas, Douglas county; April, at night; May, in windows of 

 house in early morning; May, at night; June; June, at 

 night; July; August; September. New to Kansas, 

 subasper Coq. Kansas, Douglas county; June, July. —Colorado, 



Colorado Springs; August, 

 variipennis Coq. Kansas, Douglas county; May, at night. 

 Ablabesmyia (Tanypus) carnea Fab., var. h Joh. Kansas, Douglas county; 

 April. New to Kansas. (Not listed in Aldrich's catalogue, 

 but references are given in N. Y. State Mus. Bull. No. 86, 

 p. 140.) 

 monilis Linne. Kansas, Douglas county; April. New to Kan- 

 sas. 

 nigropunctata Staeg. Kansas, Douglas county; June; June at 

 night; July. New to Kansas. (Not listed in Aldrich's cata- 

 logue, but references are given in N. Y. State Mus. Bull. 

 No. 86, p. 155. ) 

 Tanypus stellatus Coq. Kansas, Douglas county; September, at electric 



light. New to Kansas. 

 Chironomus albipennis Meigen. Kansas, Douglas county; July, at electric 

 light. New to Kansas. "Defective specimen, but resem- 

 bles albipennis," is the remark by Professor Johannsen. 

 (Not listed in Aldrich's catalogue, but references are given 

 in N. Y. State Mus. Bull. No. 86, p. 223.) 

 attenuatus Wlk. Kansas, Douglas county; June; July, at 



electric light; August. New to Kansas, 

 decorus Joh. (N. Y. State Mus. Bull. 86, p. 39.) Kansas, 

 Douglas county; May, June; July, at electric light; Sep- 

 tember, at electric light. New to Kansas. 



