328 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY [Bull. 



(June, July; Sept.) Me.. Mass., N. Y., N. J., Md., westw. to Mich., Wise, 111., 

 Colo., Tex. and Ariz., southw. to Fla. 



L. (Rhipidm) domesiica (O.S.) (Fig. 37, C). 

 1859. Rhipidm do7nestica Osten Sacken; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil- 

 adelphia, 1859 : 208. 



Figs.— Osten Sacken, Mon. Dipt. N. Amer., 4, pi. 3, fig. 5 (hj'p.) ; 1869. Alex- 

 ander, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, 8, pi. 1, fig. 9 (wing) ; 1912. Alexander, Cfls. 

 N. Y., 1, pi. 32. fig. 40 (wing) ; 1919. 



Legs brownish yellow ; femora and tibiae darkened at tips. Male 

 hypopygimn (Fig. 37, C). The antennal pattern is distinctive of this 

 fly. $ . L. 5-6 mm. ; w. 5-7 mm. 5 . L. 5-6 mm. ; w. 6-7 mm. 



(July, Aug.) Ct., N. Y., N. J., Pa., westw. to la., Kan. and Tex., southw. lo 

 S. C, Ga., Fla. and Miss., thence southward into Neotropics. 



Connecticut.— East River, Aug. 20, 1912 (Ely). 



L. {RhipUia) fidelis (O. S.) (Figs. 34, G; 37, D). 

 1859. Rhipulia fidelis (3sten Sacken ; Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, 1859 : 209. 



Figs.— Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, text-fig. 125, B (ant. $),x>\. 32, fig. 38 (wing) ; 

 1919. 



Praescutum brown to gray, depending on degree of pruinosity. 

 Antennae of male short-imipectinate (Fig. 34, G), of female sub- 

 pectinate to nearly simple. Halteres pale. Male hypopygium (Fig. 

 37, D): rostral spines three, long, gently curved. $. L. 6-7 mm.; 

 w. 6.5-8 mm. 9 . L. 7-8.5 mm. ; w. 7-9 mm. 



(May-July) Ont., Que., N. H., Vt., Mass., N. Y., westw. to Ind., 111. and Alta., 

 southw. to S. C, nw. Fla. and Tenn. 



Connecticut.— Rowayton, June 16, 1909 (C. W. J.). 



L. {Rhipidm) maculata (Meig.) (Figs. 34, F; 37, E). 



1818. Rhipidia Tnaculata Meigen ; Syst. Beschr. Zweif 1. Ins., 1 : 153. 



Figs.— Meigen, Ihid., pi. 5, fig. 11. Needham, 23rd Rept. N. Y. St. Ent. for 



1907, pi. 27, fig. 1 (ven.): 1908. Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1. text-fig. 125, A (ant. 



$), pi. 32, fig. 36 (wing); 1919. Dickinson, Cfls. Wise, p. 178, fig. 46 (wing); 

 1932. 



Halteres pale. Wing-markings variable in intensity and amount. 

 Male hypopygium (Fig. 37, E) : rostral spines usually from four to 

 eight in number, i . L. 5-7 mm. ; w. 6-7.5 mm. 9 . L. 7-8 mm. ; w. 



8-9.5 mm. 



(June-Sept.) Ont., Que., Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., N. Y., Pa., westw. to 

 Cal., Alta., B. C. and Alaska, southw. to Va., Ind. and Tenn. (Eurasia). 



Connecticut.— East River, July 18, 1912 (Ely); Kent Falls, Aug. 19, 1931 (C. P. 

 A.); Norfolk, Sept. 5. 1928 (G. C. C), Sept. 11, 1928 (C. P. A.); Salisbury, Sept. 

 5, 1928 (G.C.C.). Sept. 12, 1928 (C.P.A.); Sharon, Sept. 5, 1928 (G. C. C.) ; Twin 

 Lakes, Sept. 12, 1928 (C. P. A.); Union. Aug. 17-18. 1928 (C. F. C.) : W. Granby, 

 Sept. 11, 1928 (C. P. A.); Winsted, Sept. 11, 1928 (C. P. A.). 



