456 CONXECTICUT GEOL, AND NAT, HIST. SURVEY [Bull. 



1921. EHoytera holoptica Dietz; Trans. Aiiier. Ent. Soc, 47:245-246. 

 1921. EHojJtera holoj>tica jiLScoantennata Dietz; Ihid., 47:246. 



Figs.— Osten Sacken, Mon. Dipt. N. Amer., 4, pi. 4, fig. 20 (hyp.) ; 1869. Alex- 

 ander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 35, fig. 72> (wing) ; 1919. Dickinson, Cfls. Wise, p. 192. 

 fig. 74 (wing) ; 1932. 



Humeral and lateral regions of praescutum broadly yellow ; median 

 region of scutum with a capillary brown line; scutellum yellow, with a 

 dark basal spot; postnotal mediotergite darkened; pleura yellow, var- 

 iegated with reddish brown. Eyes ( $ ) very large. Legs yellow. 

 Wings rather strongly suffused with brownish. Hypopygium brighter 

 than remainder of abdomen (Fig. 52, F). S. L. 4.5-5 mm.; w. 4-5 

 mm. 2. L. 5-5.5 mm.; w. 5-5.5 mm. 



(May. July) Onl., Que., Me., N. H., Vt., Mass.. N. Y., Pa., westw. to 111., la. and 

 Wise., southw. to S. C., Fla. and Ala. 



Connecticut.— Kent Falls, July 23-24, 1931 (C. P. A.); Norfolk, June 9, 1929 (C. P. 

 A.); Riverton, June 8, 1929 (C. P. A.); Woodmont, July 9, 1904 (P.L. B.) deter- 

 mined by Johnson as straminea. 



E. {Erio ptera) w\\\os?iO.S. (Fig. 52, G). 



1850. EHoptera villosa Osten Sacken; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, 1859 : 226. 



Figs.— Needham, 23rd Kept. N. Y. St. Ent. for 1907, pi. 23, fig. 1 (ven.) ; 

 1908. Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 35, fig. 71 (wing) ; 1919. 



General coloration dark brown, the humeral and lateral portions 

 of praescutum restrictedly brightened. Legs brownish yellow. Wings 

 with a strong brown suffusion, the costal and stigmal regions more 

 saturated ; vein 2nd A strongly sinuous. Ovipositor with cerci slender, 

 strongly upcurved, margins smooth. Male hypopygium (Fig. 52, G) 

 scarcely brightened. $ . L. about 5-5.5 mm. ; w. 6-6.5 mm. 2 . L. 

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



(June, early July) Que., Ont., N. B., N. Y., westw. to Sask., Alta., Wyo. and Utah. 

 (Hudsonian, Canadian). 



E. (Erioptera) viridula Alex. (Fig. 52, H). 



1929. Enoptera {Enoptera) viridvia Alexander; Can. Ent., 61:20. 



Belongs to the chZorophylla group. General coloration pale green 

 throughout. Ovipositor with long slender cerci, their margins smooth. 

 Male hypopygium (Fig. 52, H).^ $. L. 4.5-5 mm. ; w. 5-6 mm. 5. 

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



(June, early July) Ont., Que., N. H., Vt., Ct., N. Y. (Canadian). 

 Connecticut.— Stafford Springs, June 14, 1933 (C.P. A.). 



Subgenus Mesocyphona O. S. 



1869. Erioptera {Mesocyphona) Osten Sacken; Mon. Dipt. N". Amer , 

 4:161. 



Key to Species 



1. Wings with a faint brown tinge, the cord and veins at margin with small 



darker spots ; size very small (w., $ , about 2.5 mm.) parva 



