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D ieranomyia ochracea Doaiu', Jouiii. N. Y. Ent. Soc., VTii, p. 1S2, f)l. vir, 
f'lR. 1. 
Hai'e. (')iily two specimens takon. August 1 1, 1013; SepE'iulx'r 
5, 1017. 
Dicranomyia gracilis Doano, Journ. X. Y. Jour. Ent. Soc., viii, p. 1S1, 
1)1. VII, fig. 1. 
Not I'are. June 7, 1010; July 27 , 1015; August 1, lOl.S; Sep- 
ti'inlier 2, 1015. 
Dicranomyia distans O.ston-Sacken, Proc. .Vcad. Xat. Sci. Pliilada., ISoO, 
p. 211. 
Hare. June 21, 1010; Octolier 7, 1013. 
Dicranomyia liberta O.steii-Sacken, Proc. Acad. X^at. Sci. Philada., IS.aO, 
{). 209; Mon. X’. Dipt., iv, p. 09, pi. iii, fig. 3. 
\’ery common. Damp situations; i\Iay to Oetobei-. 
Dicranomyia globithorax Dsten-Sackcn, Mon. X^. .\. Dipt., iv, p. 71. 
Hat her frequent. August to October. 
Dicranomyia pubipennis Osten-Sackcn, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Philada., 
18.')9, j). 211; Mon. X". A. Dipt., iv, j). 73, pi. i, fig. 2. 
Oommon. June to October, in swampy plaei's. 
Dicranomyia varipes .spec. nov. 
Hrowni.sh yellow; Sc long, ends some distance' ix'vond Ihe origin of the 
sector. Tarsal joints three and four white. 
Male, length, 5.5 inin.; wing, 0 mm. 
Head brownish-yellow; rostrum yellow, short; jialjii dark brown, extreme 
base jiale; face yellowish-white. Antennae dark lirown, four basal joints 
large, cyathiform, following joints diminishing in thickness, last three joints 
elongate, slender. Thora.x shining, brownish-yellow above; stripes obsolete; 
a fine, dark fuscous median line; a similar line, limiting the space occupied 
by the lateral stripes; jironotum and lateral thoracic margin a little paler 
with a jiale sheen. Pleura paler with a faint sheen, shinuig. Halters rather 
short, pale brown, club dark fu.scous, elongate ami but little broader than 
the pedicle. Legs yellowish, tarsal joints three and four white, last joint 
almost black. Wings light grayish-fuscous, slightly darker in apical portion. 
8c ends at a considerable distance beyond the origin ol Rs, Sc' very short. 
Rs nearly twice the length of R ' + ‘, vmry slightly curved; stigma p:il(' lus- 
cous, cross-vein r heavily infuscated, cell 1st 51" closc'd. .\bdomen brown 
above, shining; venter yellowish-brown; eight steriute pale yellow. Il,\- 
popygium bi’ownish-yellow; the lower iippendagcs small(‘r thau u<ual in tins 
genus. 
Eemak', length, ! mm.; wing, 5.5 mm. 
(leneral asjiect a little darker; basal joiids ol antc'iinai' h'ss thickem'd. 
Ovipositor sordid yellow, short. 
TU.\NS. AM. ENT. SOC., XI.VII. 
