ART. 10. :^rEW SPECIES of the family TIPULIDAE ALEXANDER. 6 



ninth tergite (the apparent sternite) narrow basally, gradually- 

 widened to the apex which is feebly bilobed. 



Described from a single male, collected at Skagway, Alaska, June 

 3, 1919 (H. G. Dyar). 



Type.~Ma\e Cat. No. 26079, U.S.N.M. 



ORMOSIA PROXIMA, new species. 



General coloration dark brown; wings tinged with brown; stigma 

 distinct; cell 1st M^ open by the atrophy of the outer deflection of 

 M^; anal veins feebly convergent but cell 1st A widest at margin; 

 inner pleural appendage of male hypopygium a flattened blade with 

 the distal margin truncate, irregularly toothed. 



Male. — Length about 4 mm.; wing, 5 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae short, dark brown 

 throughout. Head dark gray. 



^'fesonotum and pleura dark brown, without distinct markings. 

 Halteres brown, the knobs conspicuously yellov/ish. Legs with the 

 coxae and trochanters yellowish brown; remainder of the legs dark 

 brown, only the femoral bases a little paler. Wings tinged with 

 brown, the stigma darker; veins dark brown. Venation: Cell 1st il/j 

 open by the atrophy of the outer deflection of M^\ basal deflection 

 of Cu^ at or immediately beyond the fork of M; Anal veins slightly 

 convergent, vein 2d A being feebly sinuous on its distal third; cell 

 1st A is much wider at the margin than at any point elsewhere. 



Abdomen dark brown. Male hypopygium with tv.'o pleural append- 

 ages, the outer one larger, near the apex with tvv^o acute black horn- 

 like spines and a brown lobe that is densely set vdth conspicuous 

 setiferous punctures; inner appendage smaller, appearing as a blade 

 with a short, curved base, the distal margin truncated and irreg- 

 ularly but conspicuously toothed. Gonapophyses conspicuous, 

 appearing as powerful black horns that taper gradually to the acute 

 tips which are inclined slightly mesad; at base of each apophyse a 

 short, straight spine. Penis-guard a long, slender rod that juts be- 

 yond the level of the apophyses. 



Described from three males, collected at Skagway, Alaska, June 3, 

 1919 (H. G. Dyar). 



Type.—M^\&, Cat. No. 26080, U.S.N.M. 



ORMOSIA FUSCOPYGA, new species. 



Belongs to the deviata group; head brownish gray; mesonotum 

 dark brown; thoracic pleura and sternum gray pruinose; halteres 

 with the knobs dark brown; wings pale brownish subhyaline, with 

 conspicuous veins; abdomen and hypopygium dark brown. 



Male. — Length about 3. 5 mm.; wing, 4. 2-4. 3 mm. 



