Determinations and Records of Insects. 299 



Family SEPSiDiE. 

 Sepsis violacea Meig. June, in oats field, at large and' in cages. 



Family EPHYDRlDiE. 

 Notiphila scalaris Lw. September, at night, taken at trap light. (Det. 



by E. T. Cresson, Jr.) 

 Paralimna appendiculata Lw. July; July, at night, taken at trap light. 

 Psilopaa trimayins Lw. August. 



Family Oscinid^. 



Meromy;:a amcricaHci Fitch. May, at dusk, in oats field; July, in oats 



field; and October, in oats field. 

 Clilorops assimilis Macq. May, at dusk, in oats field; June, in house; July, 



in cornfield; and October. 

 nigricans Lw. September; September, at night, taken at trap 



light; October, at night, by sweeping. 



rufesceiis Coq.i^ May, at dusk, in oats field. One specimen. 



(Det. by D. W. Coquillett.) . 

 unicolor Lw. May, at dusk, in oats field; June; July, in corn field. 

 Ectecephala albistyhim Macq. May, at dusk, in oats field. 

 Ceratobanjs euloplius Lw. June, in cage in oats field; July. 

 Hijypelates plebeius Lw. June, causing annoyance by attempting to 

 alight on face and eyes; July; and July, twilight, annoying 

 on hands and face; and August. 

 pusio Lw. June, causing annoyance by attepmting to alight on 

 face and eyes; July; and July, twilight, annoying on hands 

 and face; July, in cage, in oats field; September, October; 

 November; and November, in oats field. 

 stramineus Lw. July, in cornfield. 

 Elachiptera costata Lw. June, in cage in oats field; July, in cornfield. 

 nigriceps Lw. June, in cage in oats field. 

 nigricornis Lw. June, in cage in oats field. 

 Siphonella cinerea Lw. June. 



Oscinis carbonaria Lw. May, at dusk, in oats field; July, in cornfield. 

 coxendix Fitch. June. 

 dissidens Tkr.^s June. (Type.) 

 frontalis Trk.i" May, at dusk, in oats field, one female specimen; 



and November, one male specimen. (Types.) 

 variabilis Lw. May; June; July; July, in cornfield; August; 

 October; and November. This species was the most common 

 oscinid collected. 



Family Drosophilid^e. 

 Drosophila funebris Fab. November. One specimen. 



sigmoides Lw. (Not cited in Aldrich's catalogue.) May, at dusk, 

 in oats field. 

 Scaptomyza adusta Lw. October. 



14. Can. Ent.. v. 42, Feb., 1910, p. 45. 

 1.5. Ent. News, v. 19, June, 1908, p. 274. 

 16. Ent. News, v. 19, June, 1908, p. 273. 



