;il8 CONNFX'TICUT GEOL. AND XAT. HIST. SURVEY ' [Bllll. 



(Aug.) Coastal northeastern N. Amer.-N. S., Me., N. H., .southw. to Mass.. Ct. 

 and N. Y. 



Connecticut.— Branford. July 5, 1904 (H. L. A'.): Short Beach, July 14. 1904 

 (P. L. B.): Woodmont, July 9, 1904 (P. L. B.). 



L. {JHcranomyia) gladiator ((). S.) (Fig. 35, F), 

 1S,")0. Dicranomyia gladiator Osten Sacken ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1859 : 212. 



Figs.— Osten Sacken, Mon. Dipt. N. Amer., 4, pi. 3, fig. 4 (hyp.) ; 1869. Rogers, 

 Florida Ent., 9:49, fig. 1 (hyp.) ; 1926. 



General coloration ochraceous yellow. Wings with Scy exceeding 

 m-cu. Male hypopygium (Fig. 35, F): outer rostral .spine longer 

 and more curved than inner. $ . L. 5.5-6.5 mm.; w. 6-7 mm. 2. L. 

 6.5-T mm.: w. 6-7 mm. 



(Aug.-Oct.) Que., Me., Mass., N. Y., Pa., westw. to Mich, and Alta., southw. to 

 Md , N. C, Tenn. and Ga. 



Connecticut.— Cornwall Bridge, Aug. 19, 1931 (C. P. A.); Putnam, July 12, 1905 

 (H. L. v.). 



L. {Dicranomyia) haeretica (O. S.) (Fig. 35, G). 

 1861). Dk-ranomym haeretica Osten Sacken ; Mon. Dipt. N. Amer., 

 4:70-71. 



Figs.— Osten Sacken. Ibid., pi. 1, fig. 3 (wing) ; 1869. Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, 

 pi. 31, fig. 17 (wing) ; 1919. 



General coloration dark brown, with a sparse yellow pollen, me- 

 dian region of praescutum darker. Rostrum brownish yellow to och- 

 reous. Antennae dark throughout. Knobs of halteres darkened. 

 Wings Avith a faint brownish tinge, stigma scarcely evident; prear- 

 cular region whiti.sh. Male hypopygium (Fig. 35, G) : ventro-mesal 

 lobe of basistyle of both this species and gihsoni very pale and mem- 

 branous at base, the apex more sclerotized and with abundant setae. 

 Ovipositor with cerci very small and unusually slender; hypovalvae 

 elongate. $. L. about 5.5-7 mm.; w. 6.5-8.5 mm. ?. L. about 6.5- 

 8 mm. ; w. 7-9 mm. 



(May-Aug.) Ont., N. S., Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., N. Y., westw. to Mich., 

 Alta. and Alaska; in marshes, coastal and inland. 



Connecticut.— East River, July 3. 1911 (Ely) ; New Haven, June 14, 1915 (U. P. Z.) ; 

 Orange, July 5, 1911 (S.N. S.) ; Woodmont, July 9, 1904 (P. L. B.). 



L. (Z>^(?ranom^^a) halterata (O. S.) (Fig. 35, H). 

 1869. Dicranomyia haUerata Osten Sacken; Mon. Dipt. X. Amer., 

 4:71-72. 



Figs.— Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 31, fig. 18 (wing) ; 1919. Dickinson, Cfls. 

 Wise, p. 182, fig. 53 (erron. ven.) ; 1932. 



Antennae and rostrum dark throughout. Halteres with knobs in- 

 fuscated. Wings with a brownish tinge, stigma darker; veins coarse. 

 Male hypopygium (Fig. 35, H) brighter than remainder of abdomen; 

 rostral spines at base of long prolongation. $ . L, 7-8.5 mm. ; w. 7.5- 

 9.5 mm. 



