No. 64] DIPTEKA OF COXNECTICUT : TAXOXOM Y 401 



yellow, least extensive on fore legs. Wings tinged with vellow: cell 

 G beyond basal fourth distinctly infunied; wing-apex' darkened; 

 ^2+3+4 without niacrotrichia. Male hypopygium with the arms of 

 the branched gonapophyses long and" sleiider. blackened at tips: 

 aedeagus small, shorter than the branched apophyses. 5. L. about 

 7 mm. ; w. 7.8 mm, 



(June) Mass., N. Y. Probably only a race or color form of cb)isiiiii!is. 



L. {Fhf/lidorea) iowensis Alex. 



19:27. LimnophUa {Phi/lidoyea.) ioireusis Alexander: V>\\\1. Uiooklvu 

 Ent. Soc, 22 : 112-113. 



Belongs to the similis group and subgroup. Legs with tibiae brown- 

 ish yellow, the tips very narrowly darkened. Wings with a yellowish 

 tinge, the base and costal region clearer yellow. Male hyi)opygium 

 with the aedeagus feebW sclerotized, weak, shorter than the l)asal 

 gonapophvses. <3 . L. 9-10 nun.: w. 9-9.5 mm. 5. L. 9-10.5 mm.: w. 

 9-10 nmi. " 



(June) Alich.. la. 



L. {Phylidorea) lutea Doane. (Fig. 46, E). 



1900. LimnophUa lutea Doane; Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 8: 191. 



Figs.— Doane. Ibid., pi. 8, fig. 4 (ven.) ; 1900. Alexander. Cfls. N. Y.. 1, pi. 39, 

 fig. 132 (ven.) ; 1919. 



General coloration dull brownish yellow, the praescutum opacpie, 

 without darker markings. Antennae with flagellum brownish yellow 

 to pale brown. Legs brownish yellow, the femoral bases clear yellow, 

 the outer segments of leg passing into brown. Wings uniformly yellow, 

 the stigma a trifle darker. Male hypopygium (Fig. 46, E) Avith the 

 outer dististyle relatively slender, irregularly bidentate at apex : inner 

 dististyle shorter, gradually narrowed to the obtuse tip; aedeagus 

 elongate, slender, more enlarged at end, subtended by an expanded 

 flange set with microscopic retrorse points, i . L. 5-7 mm.; w. 6.5-9.5 

 mm. 9 . L. 8-9 mm. ; w. 7.5-8.5 mm, 



(Late May-Aug.) N. B.. Me., N. H., \'t., Mass., N. Y., southw. to Va. and Tenn. 



Connecticut.— Hamden, June 11, 1914 (W. E. B.); Storrs ; Tunxis State Park, June 

 12, 1931 (C. P.A.). 



L. (F/jyZ/r/ortY/) luteola Alex. 



1927, LimnophUa {Phi/lidorea) luteola Alexauder: Bull, Brooklyn 

 Ent, Soc, 22 : li3-114. 



Belongs to the similis group, conslmilis subgroup. General color- 

 ation dark ferruginous. Antennal flagellum yellow, the outer seg- 

 ments darker; head light gray. Femora black, the bases extensively 

 yellow, on fore legs including nearly the basal third, on the posterior 

 legs including more than the basal half. Wings strongly suft'used 

 with yelloAv, including the clearer yellow basal and costal regions; 

 stigma and wing-tip darkened: ^2+.s+4 without niacrotrichia Abdo- 

 men obscure brownish yellow, without a darkened subtermiual rmg in 



