2 KANSAS UNIVERSITY OUARTKRI.V. 



north temperate zone, and seems scarcely to reach the souther^ ^°''" 

 der of the United States; the only species of true DoIicJiopus ^"o^vn 

 by me to occur farther south are myosoia in North Sonora, ne^^ ^^""^ 

 Arizona line, and an undescribed species, mentioned by Osten ,^^cken 

 in the sam» connection, from Durango ; but the latter is known *o ^^ 

 Alpine (8100 ft.) I have examined large collections of West pdian 

 and South American material without finding the genus. 



I am indebted to the University of Kansas for the op})ortunif_r ?° 

 work up her excellent collection (indicated in the article by U. K.); 

 to Dr. Williston for books and other assistance; to C. W. Johnson, 

 D. W. Coquillett, and others for material contributed. 

 Table of Species of Dolichopus. 



SECTION A : FEMORA CHIEFLY KLACK. 



1. Femora ch.iefly black 2 



Femora yellov/ 16 



2. Cilia of inferior orbit black 3 



Cilia of inferior orbit pale 7 



3. Wings deeply infuscated ; four anterior tibiae yellow 



jpJinsoni, n. sp. 



Wings hyaline or nearly so 4 



4. All the tibife black corax, Osten Sacken. 



Four anterior tibiae yellow 5 



5. Third joint of antennae large; tegular cilia usually pale. . . . 



■ laticornis, Loew. 



Third joint of antennae as usual, tegular cilia black 6 



6. Hind tibiae yellow at base grains, Loew. 



Hind tibiae wholly black calcaratus, n. sp. 



7. Middle tibia black 8 



Middle tibiae yellow 13 



8. Apical third of femora yellow teiricus, Loew. 



Not more than extreme tip yellow 9 



9. Hind femora of male ciliated 10 



Hind femora of male not ciliated 11 



10. Cilia of femora long, face of male narrow detersus, Loew. 



Cilia not loag, face of male wide kansensis, n. sp. 



1 1 . Legs wholly black ruyosota, Osten Sacken. 



Fore tibiae brownish-yellow 12 



12. Lamellae of hypopygium pointed acuminatiis, Loew. 



Lamellae of hypopygium rounded ovatus, Loew. 



13. First joint of hind tarsi with numerous bristles. . . .setifer, Loew. 

 First joint of hind tarsi with few bristles 14 



14. Hind femora of male not ciliated, third and fourth veins of 



wing unusually convergent convergens, n. sp. 



