3-24: COXXECTICUT GEOL. \XI) NAT. HIST. SURVEY [Bull. 



L. {Dicranomym) pudica ((). S.) (Fig. 36, F). 

 1850. Dicmnom.yia pudica Osten Sacken: Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phil- 

 adelphia, 1859 : 212. 



Fig.— Alexander. Cfls. N. Y, 1, pi. 31, fig. 22 (wing) ; 1919. 



Body almo.st entirely pale yellow, includinji: antennae, legs and 

 halteres. Wings tinged with pale yellow; stigma lacking or barely 

 perceptible: Sci short, Sc-i sometimes obsolete. Male hypopygium 

 (Fig. 36. F). Ovipositor with cerci long and slender, gently iipcurved. 

 $. L. 6-7 nnn.; w. 6-T mm. 



(Mav-Julv) Que., Me., N. H., Mass., N. Y., Pa., westw. to Mich, and 111., soutlnv. 

 to N. C. ' 



L. (/>/("/v/7/(9w.///V/) pudicoides Alex. (Fig. 36, G). 

 1920. Limorda {Dicnow/nyia) pudicoides Alexander; Bull. Brooklyn 

 Ent. Soc, 24 : 299-300. 



Characters as in pudica, differing in the structure of the male 

 hypopygium (Fig. 36, G). Antennal scape and ])edicel pale but 

 flagellum a trifle darker. Wings with Sco usually lacking. S. L. 

 6-6.5 mm. ; w. 6-6.5 mm. 



(Tuly-Sept.) N. B., Me., N. Y., westw. to Ind., southw. to Tenn. 



L. {Dicranomi/ia) rostrifera ((). S.) 



1869. D'ia^anomyia, rostrifera Osten Sacken; Mon. Dipt. X. Amer., 

 4:65-66.' 



Fig.— Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 31, fig. 16 (wing) ; 1919. 



General coloration dark gray, notum darker medially. Antennae 

 black throughout. Knobs of halteres dark brown. Wings and hypo- 

 pygium almost exactly as in hrevivena. $. \j. al)out 4.5 mm.; w. 

 5-5.5 mm. 9. L. about 5.5-6 mm.; w, 6-6.5 mm. 



(Late Aug., Sept.) Que., Me., N. Y., westw. to Wise, and Alta. (Hudsonian, 

 Canadian). 



L. (/>/c'?Ym«9mv-/a) sphagnicola (Alex.) (Fig. 36, H). 

 1925. Dicratwmi/io sphaqnicoJa Alexander: Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. 

 Xat. Hist., 5 : 173-174. 



General coloration brown. Rostrum and antennae black. Wings 

 with a faint brown tinge; stignui faintly darker: Sci long. Male 

 hypopygium (Fig. 36, H). $. L. 4.5-5.5 mm.: w, 5.5-6.5 mm. 9. 

 L. 5.5-6 mm. ; w. 6-6.5 mm. 



(June, July; Oct., probably two generations) Ont., Que., N. H., Mass., N. Y., in 

 bogs. 



Connecticut.— Granbv, June 8, 1929 (C. P. A.); Kent Falls, June 12-13, 1931 (C. P. 

 A.) : Manitic Lake, June 8-9, 1929 (C. P. A.) ; New Haven, Oct. 16, 1903 (H. L. V.). 



L. (Z>«'crfmo7?«,y/a) spinifera (Alex.) (Fig. 36, 1). 

 1927. Dicranomyia spinifera Alexander: Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., 5 : 229-230. 



