the mouxt deseet eegiox 281 



Eriocraxiidae 

 E. sp. Bar Harbor, Apr. 25 (Br.). 



MiCROPTERYGIDAE 



MiCROPTERYS Hiibner 



M. AURiCEiNELLA "Walslim. Long Pond, July 27. 



Eriocraxia Zeller 



E. sp. Bar Harbor, Apr. 25, 1935 (Br.). 



Ptychopteridae. The False Crane Flies 



Look carefully in foliage around greenhouses and nurseries 

 where there are compost heaps. 



Ptychopteea Meigen 



P. RI7FICIXCTA 0. S. Bar Harbor, July 21-24; Echo Lake, 

 Sept. 1-4 (Alexander). 



BiTTACOMORPHA WestAVOOd 



B. clavipes Fab. 'Phantom crane-fly.' Bar Harbor, July 21- 

 26; Echo Lake, Sept. 1-14 (Alexander). 



BiTTAcoMORPHELLA Alexander 



B. jONEsi Johns. Long- Pond, July 16; foot of Pickett's Mt., 

 July2L Section 28, July 30. 



TRiCHOCERroAE. The Winter Crane Flies 



Most numerous in Spring and Autumn when they swarm in 

 the open. Breed in decaying potatoes and the like. 



Trichocera Meigen 



T. HiEMALis DeGeer. Corfield, Oct. 



