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CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY 



[Bull. 



imal ends with obscure yellow ; subterminal segments uniformly black- 

 ened; male hypopygium relatively large. $. L. 7-8 mm.; w. 6-8.5 

 mm.; antenna, al30ut 4.5-5 mm. 9. L. 7.5-9 mm.; w. 8-8.5 mm. 



(May-Sept.) Ont., Que., N. S., Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., N. Y., N. J., Pa., 

 westw. to III. and Mich., southw. to S. C, Ga. and Fla. 



Connecticut.— Branford, June 13, 1918 (B. H. W.) ; Hamden, July 24, 1910 

 (B.H. W.); Manitic Lake, June 8-9, 1929 (C.P. A.); Norfolk, July 24, 1931 

 (C.P.A.). 



It is virtually certain that Say's name quadrifasciata is the prior 

 one for this species but there are some discrepancies in the original 

 description that render it inadvisable to assert the synonymy. 



Figure^ 19. Ptychopteridae ; venation. 

 A. Pfychoptera rufocincta O.S. B. Bittacomorpha clavipes (Fabr.) 

 Symbols : A, Anal ; Cu, Cubitus ; M, Media ; R, Radius ; Sc, Subcosta. 



Subfamily Bittacomorfhinae 



Bittacomorphella Alexander ' 



1916. Bittacomorphella Alexander; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, 1916:545. 



This so-called "pygmy phantom cranefly" is widespread and 

 locally common, usually near springs or small streams in cold woods. 



Bittacomorphella jonesi (Johns.) 



1905. Bittacomorpha jonesi Johnson; Psyche, 12:75-76. 

 1916. Bittacomorphella jonesi Alexander; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1916 : 545. 



n Y'^^-Toi^^^^''^^''/ P^'- ^^- "^- ^' P^- ^0, fig. 4 (wing); 1919. Alexander, 

 Cen. Ins., 188, fig. 1 (ad. $), fig. 7 (antenna, $'), fig. 14 (wing); 1927. 



Antennae unusually long. Mesonotum black; head, lateral prae- 

 scutum, thoracic pleura and median region of scutum silvery pruinose ; 

 scutellum and mediotergite chiefly pale. Legs banded with snowy 

 white, including a broad band on basal third of all tibiae and all of 

 tarsal segments two and three, together with the extreme tip of 



