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1. Corynoneiira atra Winnertz 

 1852 Corynoneura Winn. Stett. Ent Zeit. 13, 50, 4 

 1864 Corynoneura Schiner. Fauna Austr. 2 : 594 



Male. ■Dorsum of thorax velvet-black; ])leiira sordidly yellow. 

 Abdomen dark brown. Head black; antennae brown, with 

 brown, shimmering whitish hairs; palpi yellow; legs whitish 

 with dark articulations, last three joints of the hind legs brown. 

 Wings shimmering milky white. Length .8 mm. Europe and 

 Greenland according to Lundbeck (1898). 



The male genitalia is shown on pl.32, lig.4 (afler Kieffer). 



2. Corynoneura celeripes Winnertz 

 1852 Corynoneura Winn. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 13, 50, 3 

 1864 Corynoneura Schiner. Fn. Austr. 2 : 594 



Female. Yellow ; dorsum of .thorax with three broad black 

 longitudinal stripes, the laterals anteriorly aibbreviated ; pleura 

 and metanotum blackish brown or black. Abdomen black with 

 delicate, whitish incisures; venter sordidly yellow, blackened api- 

 cally. Head black; palpi and antennae yellcn\', the apical joint 

 of the latter brcnvn. Legs whitish, with dark articulations, the 

 last three joints of the hind tarsi blackish broAvn. Wings shim- 

 mering whitish. Length 0.8 mm. Europe and Greenland accord- 

 ing to Lundbeck (1898). This species is supposed to be the 

 female of C. atra. See Lundbeck (1898) and Kieffer (1902). 



A single female specimen reared from a larva found in pond 

 water (Ithaca, N. Y.) agrees with the above description, excepting 

 that the pleura are yellowish. 



Genus 26. Wulpiella Kiefifer 

 Bui. Soc. Ent. France, p.66. 1899 



Simall species having 4-jointed palpi ; antennae of female 6- 

 jointed, the 4 intermediate joints verticillate with very long hairs. 

 Tarsal claws simiple; metatarsus shorter than its tibia. Wings 

 hairy, the venation as in Chironomus (pl.34, fig.20). The 

 t3/i)e is W. scirpi Kieffer, an European species. No North 

 American species. 



In a note on p.824 of Ann. Soc. Ent. France (1900) the author 

 states that in the figure given by him the crossvein has by mistake 

 been omitted. 



Tlie larva is yellowisli Avliite. Avitli dark liead ; lengtli 4 uim. It 

 has black eyes at the anterior angles of the head; a pair of short 

 three^jointed antennae, mandibles four or five toothed, and a 



