184 Journal New York Entomological Societv. [Voi. viii. 



!egs wholly tawny, with a very short dense black pubescence ; wings hyaline, stigma 

 with a very slight brownish tinge ; the tip of the auxiliary vein anterior to the origin 

 of the prcefurca by about half the length of the stigma ; the distance of the subcostal 

 cross vein from the tip of the auxiliary vein about equal to the length of the proe- 

 furca ; discal cell closed ; veins brownish with a very short pubescence in the apical 

 portion of the wings. Length, female 4 mm.; wings 5.5 mm. 



Habitat: Pennsylvania, one female. (Dietz.) Type no. 107. 

 Wash. Agric. Coll. cV- S. of S. 



Dicranomyia brunnea, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 6.) 



lirowii ; head grayish, brownish above ; palpi and antennit brown ; dorsum of 

 thorax reddish brown with a very narrow median lighter line ; pleunt- with a grayish 

 reflection ; halteres pale, knob infuscated ; legs tawny, tarsi and tips of femora and 

 tibia darker; abdomen light brown, darker above ; ovipositor reddish brown ; wings 

 with a slight brownish tinge ; veins reddi.sh brown ; tip of the auxiliary vein very little 

 beyond the origin of the prrefurca ; the distance of the subcostal cross vein from the 

 tip of the auxiliary vein a little more than the length of the stigma ; discal cell closed. 

 Length, female 8 mm.; wing 8 mm. 



Habitat: Nantucket, one female. (Scudder. ) Type no. 108. 

 Wash. Agric. Coll. & S. of S. 



Dicranomyia gracilis, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 7.) 



Pale yellow ; head darker yellow, brownish above ; palpi and antenna; brown ; 

 thorax pale yellow, the single median narrow stripe on the dorsum not extending back 

 on the suture ; halteres rather long, yellowish at base, infuscated toward tip, knob 

 brownish ; abdomen yellowi.sh brown ; legs tawny, tarsi slightly darker ; wings 

 hyaline, stigma pale ; tip of the auxiliary vein opposite the origin of theprgefurca ; the 

 subcostal cross vein some distance before the tip of the auxiliary vein ; veins yellowish 

 or brownish with a short pubescence in the apical portion of the wings ; discal cell 

 closed. Length, female 7 mm.; male 6 mm.; wing 7.5 mm. 



Habitat: Moscow Moimtain, Idaho, one male, one female. 

 (Doane.) Type no. 109. Wash. Agric. Coll. & S. of S. 



Dicranomyia moniliformis, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 8.) 



IJrown ; head brown ; rostrum yellowish ; antenna' reddish brown, joints monili- 

 form ; palpi blackish, basal segment yellowish ; thorax light brown, the single rather 

 broad dorsal stripe almost obsolete ; scutellum yellowish ; metanotum dark brown ; 

 halteres pale, knobs yellowish ; legs tawny, tarsi and the tips of femora and tibia 

 darker ; abdomen brownish yellow ; wings with a brownish tinge ; tip of the auxil- 

 iary vein a very short distance before the origin of the prn^furca ; subcostal cross vein 

 near the tip of the auxiliary vein ; veins brownish with a very short pubescence in the 

 apical portion of the wings. Length, male 7 mm. ; female 7.5 mm. ; wings 8.5 mm. 



Habitat: Colorado, one male. (Morrison.) Type. L. I., one 

 female. Nantucket, one female. (Scudder.) Type no. no. Wash. 

 Agric. Coll. & S. of S. 



