Sept. igoo.] DOANE : NORTH AMERICAN TiPULID/E. 185 



Dicranomyia fulva, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 9.) 



Vellowisli ; head grayish brown ; rostrum grayish yellow ; palpi black, yellow- 

 ish at base ; antennce yellowish, infuscated dorsally and toward the tip ; joints of 

 flagellum monilifonn ; dorsum of thorax dark brown ; pleurse and metanotum reddish 

 yellow, latter slightly infuscated ; halteres pale ; abdomen brownish ; ovipositor light 

 yellow ; legs tawny, beset with a short dense black pubescence which makes them ap- 

 pear much darker ; tarsi much darker ; wings hyaline, stigma pale ; tip of the auxiliary 

 vein a very short distance beyond the origin of the prrefurca ; subcostal cross vein op- 

 posite the origin of the prrefurca ; the marginal cross vein at the tip of the first longi- 

 tudinal vein ; veins brownish ; discal cell closed ; posterior cross vein near the end of 

 the discal cell. Length, male 7 mm. ; female 9 mm. ; wing 8.5 mm. 



Habitat: Pullman, Wash., one male, six females. (Doane.) 

 Type no. iii. AVash. Agric. Coll. 6c S. of S. 



Dicranomyia stigmata, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 10.) 



Brown ; head darker brown ; palpi dark brown ; rostrum and antenn;e light 

 brown ; joints of flagellum moniliform ; thorax brown ; pleurre and metanotum 

 with a hoary reflection ; halteres pale, knobs brownish ; abdomen brownish above, 

 lighter underneath ; forceps of male lighter ; legs tawny ; tips of tarsi darker ; wings 

 hyaline, stigma brownish ; tip of the auxiHary vein a short distance beyond the origin 

 of the prysfurca ; subcostal cross vein nearly opposite the origin of the prsefurca ; 

 distal cell closed ; posterior cross vein before the inner end of the distal cell ; veins 

 brownish with a short pubescence in the apical portion of the wings. Length, male 

 6 mm.; wing 7.5 mm. 



Habitat: Palo Alto, Cal., one male. (Doane.) Type no. 112. 

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



Dicranomyia infuscata, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 11.) 



Brown ; head darker ; rostrum, palpi and antenna^ dark brown ; antennae if bent 

 back could reach a little beyond the base of the wing ; thorax light brown ; dorsum 

 and a broad line on the pleura and the metanotum dark brown ; halteres rather long, 

 infuscated, yellowish at base, knobs brown ; abdomen brownish above, lighter below ; 

 posterior margins of the segments darker ; forceps of male very large, dark ; legs 

 brown ; tips of femora and base of tibia whitish ; wings hyaline, with a brownish 

 tinge ; stigma brown ; tip of auxiliary vein a short distance beyond the origin of the 

 prsefurca ; subcostal cross vein at the tip of the auxiliary vein ; a very faint hardly 

 perceptible brownish cloud along the cross veins ; discal cell closed ; veins brown, a 

 very short pubescence in the apical portion of wings. Length, male 6 mm. ; wing 5 mm. 



Habitat: Collins, Ida., two males. (Piper.) Type no. 113. 

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



Dicranomyia duplicata, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 12.) 



Brown ; head darker ; rostrum, palpi and antenna: brown, latter submoniliform ; 

 pedicels short and very slender ; thorax grayish brown ; stripes darker brown, indis- 

 tinct ; halteres pale, knobs slightly infuscated ; legs tawny ; tarsi, tips of femora and 



