No. 64] DIPTERA or COXXECTICUT: TAXONOMY 375 



p. contempta (O. S.) 



imiK Lhnrioph//a confempf a Osten ^iicken- Mon. Dhtt X Ainer 4- 

 218-219. ■' 



1914. L. 7iig7ipleura Alexander and Leonard; Proe. Acad. Xat Sci 

 Philadelphia, 1914:592-593. 



Figs.— Alexander and Leonard, Ibid., pi. 25, fig. 3 Cwins). Alexander Cfls 

 N. v., 1, pi. 39, fig. 130 (wing); 1919. 



Mesonotal praescutum lig-ht brown, with indications of four 

 sli«!:htly darker brown stripes, best indicated behind: pseudosutural 

 foveae pale brown. Wings yellowish gray, the stigma dai-ker; in cases, 

 with very pale brown clonds along the cord and outer end of cell Ist 

 il/o: ^2+3+4 long and gently arcuated, exceeding twice the basal de- 

 flection of ^5. 6. L. about 5-5.5 mm.; w. about 6-0.5 nnn. 9. L, 

 about 6-6.5 mm. ; w. 6.5-7 mm. 



(June-Sept.) Ont., Que., X. B, Me., N. H., Vt., N. Y., westvv. lo Mich, and Mo., 

 southw. to S. C, Ga., Tenn. and n. Fla. A common fly in ravines, on sliaded springy 

 hillsides, in open gorges and similar places. 



Connecticut.— Bloomfield. Aug. 6, 1929 (C. P.A.); Cornwall Bridge. Aug. 19. 1931 

 (C. P. A.) : Kent Falls, June 12-13, 1931, July 23-24, 1931, Aug. 19, 1931 (C. P. A.) ; 

 Natchaug State Forest, June 14, 1933 (C. P. A.) ; New Haven, Aug. 20, 1928 (G. B.) ; 

 Saptree Run State Park, June 14, 1933 (C. P. A.). 



P. inornata (O. 8.) (Figs. 22, D; 28, D). 



1869. LknnophUa inornafn Osten Sacken; Mon. Dipt. X. Amer.. 4: 

 219-220. 



Fig.— Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 39, fig. 134 (ven.) ; 1919. 



General coloration clear gray, the mesonotal praescutum darkened 

 medially but without a more intense capillary median vitta, the lateral 

 stripes obsolete or nearly so; pleura clear blue-gray: pseudosutural 

 foveae black. Wings (Fig. 23, D) with a faint l)rownish tinge, un- 

 marked except for the slightly darkened stigmal area: R-^^-^j^i variable 

 in length, in cases only a little longer than the basal deflection of i?5, 

 in other specimens exceeding twice this length. $ . L. 7-8 mm. ; w. 

 7.5-8 mm. 5 . L. about 8.5-9.5 mm. ; w. 8-9 mm. 



(May-Aug.) Ont., Que., N. B., Ale., N. H., Vt., Mass., N. Y., wcstw. to Ind. and 

 Mich., southw. to Md. A very characteristic inhabitant of sphagnum bogs. 



The record and figure by Dickinson (Cfls. Wise, p. 201, fig. 93: 1932) pertains 

 to some other crane-fly. 



Connecticut.— Branford, Aug. 11, 1904 (H. L.V.): E. Haddam. .May 31, 1923 

 (W. E. B.) ; Manitic Lake, June 8-9, 1929, preved upon by a cordylurid fly (C. P. A.) ; 

 Norfolk. June 9, 1929 (C P. A.); Putnam, June 15, 1933 (C. P. A.): Stafiford 

 Springs, June 14, 1933 (C. P.A.); Stamford, June 7. 1923 (B. T. R. I..): Storrs 

 (C. S. C.) ; Union, June 24, 1932 (N.T.). 



P. luteipennis (O. S.) (Fig. 43, H). . , . 



1859. LUnnoplnla luteipennis Osten Sacken; Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1859 : 236. 



Figs.— Osten Sacken, Mon. Dipt. N. Amer.. 4, pi. 2, fig. 10 (wing), pi. 4, fig. 25 

 (hyp.) : 1869. Alexander, Cfls. N. Y.. 1, pi. 39, fig. 135 (wing) ; 1919. Dickinson, 

 Cfis. Wise, p. 201, fig. 92 (wing) ; 1932. 



