No. 64] DHTEItA OF COXXECTICUT : TAXONOMY 470 



(June, July) Out., Que.. N. B., Me., N. H., Vt.. Mass., X. V. X | w.stw t.. 

 Wise, southw. to S. C, Tenn. and Fla. ; chiefly in bogs. 



Connecticut — Putnam, June 15, 1933 (C. P. A.). 



M. fultonensis Alex. {F\<r, 55, E). 



li)U). Moloph/his fultonensis AlexaiuK'r: Proc. Acad Nat Sci Phil- 

 adelphia, 1916:505-506. 



Figs.— Alexander, Ihid., pi. 27. fig. Z7 (wing), pi. 31, figs. 95. 96 (Inn.). Alex- 

 ander, Cfls. N. Y., 1. pi. 34. fig. 67 (ven.) ; 1919. 



Beh)n<>s to the gnicUis jri-oup. T.arL^cr and daiUer colored than 

 puhlpennis. Antennae, e.specially of feniah'. more eloii«rate than in the 

 correspondin<r sex of puhipenn/s. Thora.x reddisli hrown. tlie pleura 

 sometimes a little darker: abdomen dai'k hrown, the hypopy^diim 

 paler. Femora i)ale. the tips not or scarcely darker. Costal friiijre of 

 both sexes reddish brown to dark brown. Male hypoi)y<rium (Fijr. 

 55, E). S. L. 4-4.5 mm.: w. 5-6.'2 nnn.: antenna about ^ mm. 9. 

 L. 4.5-5 mm. ; w. 5.3-6 mm. 



(June, July) Que., N. H., Alass., Ct., N. Y., wcstw. to Mich, and Wise, .southw. to 

 S. C. and Tenn. 



Connecticut.— Granbv. June 8, 1929 (C. P. A.): Tunxis State Park. lulv 2.^, 1931 

 (C. P. A.). 



M. hirtipennis ((). S.) (Fio. 55, F). 



1.S51). Kriopfera hirtipennis Osten Sacken : Proc. Acad. \at. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 18.59:228. 



Figs.— Xeedham, 23rd Kept. X. Y. St. Knt. for 1907, pi. 22, fig. 6 (ven.) ; 1908. 

 Alexander. Cfls. X. Y., 1, pi. 34, fig. 65 (ven.) ; 1919. 



Belonjzs to the pJaciiatus <rr<)up. (ieneral coloration dai-k brown, 

 very sparsely pruinose: lateral ])reter<iites restrictedly l»ri<rhtened. 

 Antennae dark brown. AVino-s tinued with dusky, the co->tal i-eo:i(»n 

 briohter: ti'ichia dark-colored. Abdomen dark brown. Male hypopyL'- 

 ium (Fifr. 55, F). 5. L. 3.5-4 mm.: w. 4-4.5 mm. 



(June. July) Ont., Que.. N. S., Me., N. H., \U Mass., X. Y., X. J., Pa., westw. to 

 Ind. and 111., southw. to N. C. and Tenn. 



Connecticut.— East River, Tulv 1910 (Elv) : Hartland. June 8, 1929 (C. P. A.) : Kc-nt 

 Falls, June 12-13, 1931 (C. P. A.) : Manitic Lake. June 8-9. 1929 (C. P. A. ) : X..rt<.lk. 

 June 9, 1929 (C P. A.). 



Eoo-ers (1942) believes that this species as well as .1/. puhipeiniix 

 O. S. and M. soror Alex, are chiefly or entirely ])artheno,Lrenetic. 



M. huron Alex. (Fi<r. 55, G). ^ _ . , ._ 



1929. Molophilus hitron Alexander: Joui-n. \. ^ . Fnt. Soc. :\t : .)(')->(. 



Belonirs to the gracilis <rr()U]): most closely allied to fultonensis 

 and pahulicola. From paludicola it differs in the lai-«:er size, sonie- 

 what broader winjxs, with more elonpite vein 2nd A. and m the indis- 

 tinctlv darkened ti])s of the femora. From fultonensix it ditlers es- 

 peciailv in the structure of the male hypopyormin (Fi<r. 5.), (J), no- 

 tablv the short pen-like spines of the mesal lobe of the Ininstylc and 



