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Polypedilum (Polypedilum) ophioides Townes 



Polypedihim (Polypedilum) ophioides Townes, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 34, p. 57, 

 1945. 



Male: Wing length 2.7 mm.; leg ratio 1.75; antenna! ratio 2.20. 

 Material examined: In USNM: 1 male, Heather Lake, Sequoia 

 National Park, 9,000 ft., Aug. 9, 1947, W. 



Polypedilum (Polypedilum) sulaceps Townes 

 Polypedilum (Polypedilum) sulaceps Townes, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 34, p. 58, 1945. 



Male: Wing length 2.1 mm.; fore tarsi missing; antennal ratio 1.84. 

 Material examined: In USNM: 1 male, Visalia, July 4, 1947, W. 



Polypedilum (Polypedilum) avieeps Townes 



Polypedilum (Polypedilum) avieeps Townes, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 34, p. 61, 1945. 



Previous California records: San Jose, Santa Clara Co., Townes, 

 1945, p. 61. 



Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) tritum (Walker) 



Chironomus tritus Walker, Insecta britannica, Diptera, vol. 3, p. 162, 1856. 



Males: Wing length, range 1.85-2.66; mean 2.45 mm. (5); leg ratio, 

 range 1.42-1.47; mean 1.45 (4); antennal ratio, range 1.67-1.91; 

 mean 1.83 (4). 



Female: Wing length 2.29 mm. (1); leg ratio, 1.5 (1). 



Material examined: In USNM: 16 males, Heather Lake, Sequoia 

 National Park, 9,000 ft., Aug. 9, 1947; 1 male, 1 female, Orosi, Tu- 

 lare Co., June 5, 1947, W. 



Stictochironomus quagga (Townes), new combination 



T any tarsus (Stictochironomus) quagga Townes, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 34, p. 81, 

 1945. 



Previous California records: Lake Tahoe; Truckee, Townes, 1945, 

 p. 81. 



Stictochironomus naevus (Mitchell), new combination 



Chironomus naevus Mitchell, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 16, p. 14, 1908. 



Male: Wing length 4.03 mm.; fore tarsi missing; antennal ratio 

 2.96. 



Material examined: In UC, Davis: 1 male, Davis, Mar. 29, 1952. 



Phaenopsectra albescens (Townes), new combination 



Tanytarsus (Tanytarsus) albescens Townes, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 34, p. 73, 1945. 



Males: Wing length, range 3.7-4.22; mean 3.92 mm. (3); leg ratio 

 1.03, 1.14 (2); antennal ratio, range 2.33-2.66; mean 2.53 (3). 

 Female: Wing length 4.14 mm.; fore tarsi missing. 



