CHIRONOMID MIDGES — SUBLETTE 209 



Material examined: In USNM: 2 males, 1 female, Mount Shasta 

 City, Siskiyou Co., July 20, 1948, W; 1 male, Alturas, Modoc Co., 

 June 1948, R. Coleman. 



The specimen from Alturas has the abdomen entirely black but is 

 apparently referable to this species. 



Previous California records: Gold Lake Camp, Plumas Co., 

 Towncs, 1945, p. 73. 



Phaenopsectra profusa (Townes), new combination 



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



Males: Wing length, range 2.48-3.44; mean 2.97 mm. (7); leg 

 ratio, range 1.13-1.2; mean 1.16 (3); antennal ratio, range 1.9-2.2; 

 mean 2.04 (6). 



Females: Wing length 2.81-2.89; mean 2.85 mm. (3); leg ratio 

 1.22, 1.25 (2). 



Material examined: In USNM: 1 male, Big Sur River, Monterey 

 Co., Feb. 11, 1948, stream margin, W; 1 male, Pollock Pines, El- 

 dorado Co., July 14, 1948, at light, W; 1 male, 1 female, Springville, 

 July 10, 1947, W; 1 male, Shafter, Kern Co., June 1946, light trap, 

 B. Brookman; 1 male, 1 female, Hume Lake, July 20, 1947, W. In 

 Darby: 1 male, 1 female, Sacramento, Oct. 16, Nov. 21, 1957, D. 

 In UCLA: 1 male, Keen Camp, Riverside Co., Aug. 10, 1952. In 

 UC, Davis: 1 male, 1 female, Green Valley, Sonalo Co., June 19, 

 1953, E. I. Schlinger; 1 male, Quincy, 4 miles west, Plumas Co., 

 July 16, 1949, W. F. Ehrhardt; 1 male, Strawberry, "Tuolumme Co., 

 July 15, 1951, D. P. Lawfer; 1 female, Benton Station, Mono Co., 

 July 20, 1950, H. A. Hunt; 1 female, Davis, May 16, 1952, E. I. 

 Schlinger. 



Previous California records: Clio, Plumas Co.; Fallen Leaf, Lake 

 Tahoe; Palo Alto; Truckee, Townes, 1945, p. 73. 



Phaenopsectra dyari (Townes), new combination 



Tanytarsus (Tanytarsus) dyari Townes, Amer. Midi. Natl., vol. 34, p. 75, 1945. 



Males: Wiug length 3.44, 3.15 mm. (2); leg ratio 1.07, 1.13 (2); 

 antennal ratio 1.71, 1.83 (2). 



Females: Wing length, range 2.77-3.59; mean 3.13 mm. (3); leg 

 ratio 1.14 (1). 



Material examined: In USNM: 2 males, Fallen Leaf, Lake Tahoe, 

 June 13, 1916, H.G. Dyar. This topotypic material was in the uni- 

 dentified series at USNM and was apparently overlooked by Townes. 

 In USNM: 1 female, Sanger, Fresno Co., Apr. 25, 1949, R. E. Ryck- 

 man; 2 females, Lagunitas Creek, Marin Co., Oct. 19, 1947, W. 



Previous California records: Fallen Leaf, Lake Tahoe; Fieldbrook, 

 Townes, 1945, p. 75. 



