NO. 1225. SOME NEW DIPTERA—COQUILLETT. 599 



brown, the first four segments partly or wholly reddish 3'ellow: hal- 

 teres and legs yellow, tarsi brownish, anterior tibia^ each bearing 

 about faur downwardly" directed spines at apex of outer side, the 

 anterior spine the longest, nearly half as long as the tibial spur: many 

 of the lateral bristles of middle and hind tibise nuu-h iongei- than 

 greatest diameter of the tibite, those on inner side of the middle tibire 

 shorter than greatest diameter of the latter; wings grayish hyaline, 

 tinged with yellowish along the costa, fifth vein forking about oppo 

 site the small cross vein; length, 4 to 5 mm. Two males and two 

 females. 



Ilahhat. — Carlinville, Illinois (Mr. Charles Robertson); Mount 

 Washington and Franconia, New Hampshire (Mrs. A. T. Slosson). and 

 White Mountains, New Hampshire (H. K. Morrison). 



Ti/pe.—Qiii. No. 5454, U.S.N. M. 



[2fycetopMla Jiopkhisil Coquillett belongs more properly to the 

 genus Leja, and JSfeoglapliyrnptcra hrringensh Coquillett to Bolethia.[ 



Family CHIRONOMID^F]. 



CERATOPOGON Meigen. 



In order to facilitate the identification of the new species, their 

 descriptions are given in the form of a synoptic table, as follows: 



1. Third vein partly or ■nholly contiguous to the first, or connected with it liy a 



cross vein 7 



Third vein wholly separated from the first, wings hare, unspotted, penultimate 

 joint of hind tarsi at most one-half as long as the last joint, tarsal claws equal or 

 nearly equal in length 2 



2. Last joint of hind tarsi bearing several spinous bristles on the underside, mesono- 



tum polished 3 



Last joint destitute of spinous bristles 4 



3. Wings, including the veins, white. Head black, eyes widely separated, antennae 



yellow, the apical half and the large basal joint brown, mouth parts brown; 

 thorax and scutellum black, halteres whitish, abdomen yellow, legs whitish, 

 apical half of femora, last tarsal joint, and apices of hind tibi;e black; femora 

 slender, destitute of sjiinous bristles, first tarsal joint at least twice as long as the 

 second, the latter slightly shorter than the last one; claws simple, about three- 

 fourths as long as the last tarsal joint; third vein ending close to the extreme 

 wing tip, fourth vein forking before the small cross vein; length, 2 mm. 



I'legaiiK, new species. 

 A female specimen, collected IMay 14, ])y ^Ir. C. W. Johnson. Riverton, Xew 

 Jersey. 



Type.— C^i. No. 5455, U.S.N.M. 



Wings hyaline, smoky brown in front of third vein, veins largely brown. Head 

 black, eyes almost contiguous, face brownish yellow, antenn;e white, the apical 

 half brownish, the basal joint and mouth parts yellow; thorax and scutellum 

 black, halteres and abdomen yellow, dorsum of segments '.i to 6 black, legs black, 

 apices of coxa', trochanters and bases of femora yellow, first four joints of tarsi 

 whitish; femora slender, destitute of spinous bristles, tarsal joints and claws as 



