[Reprinted from Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. XXI, 



No. 2, June, 1913.] 



THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF LISPA 

 (DIPTERA; ANTHOMYID^).i 



By J. M. Aldrich, 

 Moscow, Idaho. 



While the Anthomyidae in general have justly acquired the reputa- 

 tion of being very difficult to classify, and at the same time highly 

 uninteresting, there are a few groups that are not only easily recog- 

 nized, but also of considerable scientific interest. If these were better 

 known, it might take the curse off the family ; fuller knowledge 

 would inevitably create more interest, and with a few entomologists 

 the family might become even a favorite. Hence it is very desirable 

 that such genera as are susceptible of easy definition be worked out, 

 as a beginning. 



^ This paper is one of the results of an investigation of western salt and 

 alkaline lakes, carried on with the aid of an appropriation from the Elizabeth 

 Thompson Fund. 



