8 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



edged with yellow posteriorly. Legs very slender, with the femora dark, slightly thicker 

 and distincdy tipped or ringed with pale yellow at the apex, tibiae and tarsi light brown. 

 Wings hyaline, stigma brown, oval and well-marked, base of 2nd longitudinal vein and 

 all the transverse veins slightly infuscated, termination of auxiliary vein opposite, and 

 subcostal transverse vein opposite or nearly opposite, the origin of the 2nd longitudinal 

 vein. 



Hab. Hawaii, Hilo, 2000 ft., January 1896, two males (one in bad condition). — 

 Kauai, one male, 4000 ft., Oct. 1895; Koholuamano, four females, April 1895. — • 

 Molokai Mts., one male and four females, 3000 — 4500 ft., Sept. 1893 and June 1896. — 

 Maui, one male, Haleakala, 5000 ft., May 1896. 



(3) Dicranomyia brunnea, sp. nov. 



^ %. Long. corp. 5 — 7 mm. ; al. 7 — 9 mm. Head, antennae and palpi fuscous. 

 Thorax and scutellum entirely brownish-ochraceous to dark brown ; halteres fuscous. 

 Abdomen blackish-brown, unicolorous. Legs brown, tibiae and tarsi distinctly hairy, 

 especially the latter, claws of I large, about half as long as the last tarsal joint. Wings 

 hyaline, stigma very pale, termination of auxiliary vein and position of subcostal trans- 

 verse vein as in D. hazvaiicusis. 



Hab. Hawaii, one male and one female, Hilo, 2000 ft., Jan. 1896; Kona, two 

 males, 2000 — 4000 ft., June — Aug. 1892. — Kauai, three females, Koholuamano, April 

 1895 ; two males and one female, 4000 ft., Oct. 1895. — Maui, two males, Haleakala, 

 5000 ft., May 1896. — Molokai, Kohanui, one male, Sept. 1893 ! o"^ female, woods 

 above Pelekunu, Aug. 1893. 



A male specimen from Hawaii, Olaa (July 1895) has the auxiliary vein somewhat 

 longer, so that its tip and the subcostal cross-vein are just beyond the origin of the 2nd 

 longitudinal vein ; in other respects it agrees with the other specimens enumerated 

 above. 



(4) Dicranomyia katiaiensis, sp. nov. 



$ $. Long. Corp. 3 — 4 mm. ; al. 4 — 5 mm. A small, slender species. Antennae 

 and palpi dark brown. Thora.x ochraceous, unicolorous, halteres pale with dark club. 

 Abdomen dark brown, unicolorous. Legs pale yellowish brown. Wings hyaline, 

 stigma very pale, veins slender, details of venation as in preceding species. 



Hab. Kauai, 4000 ft., October 1895, four males and two females. 



(5) Dicranomyia variabilis, sp. nov, 



<? ?. Long. Corp. 6 mm. ; al. 7^ — 8 mm. Head, palpi and antennae entirely dark 

 brown. Thorax obscurely ochraceous, with a broad central dark brown stripe, scutellum 



