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9. Wings almost uniformly brown, the costal border and faint spottings 

 near the veins darker; vallar and pleural setulae weak; flexor spines 

 of hind femora cf moderately strong; tibiae and base of tarsi cf light 

 brown; both fronto-orbitals arising from black spots. Ga.* .georgiae, n. sp. 

 Wings with definite hyaline markings, about 18 clear spots in first 

 posterior cell; vallar and pleural setulae relatively strong; flexor spines 

 of hind femora cf well developed; apex of front tibiae brown cT', or 

 black 9; front tarsi proximally brown cT or entirely black 9. 

 {louisiancE, n. sp) " 10 



10. Arista heavily plumose; interfrontal stripe 9 widest between the anterior 



fronto-orbitals. La.* louisianae, s. str. 



Arista short-plumose; interfrontal stripe relatively narrow and nearly 

 parallel-sided. D. C.,* Ind.*. .. louisianae, var. septentrionalis, n. var. 



11. Underside of hind femora o^ strongly spinose; front wider than long; 



wing-spots nearly hyaline. Olga, Wash. * . . saratogensis, var.armipes, n.var. 

 Underside of hind femora cf moderately or weakly spinose; front scjuare 

 or slightly longer than wide 12 



12. Infuscation of wing evanescent basally; only tip of front tibiae and more 



or less of front tarsi dark 13 



Wing-pattern intense, infuscation not evanescent basally; apical half of 

 front tibiae and all of front tarsi black. Cal. (Cresson, 80). 



saratogensis, var. severa Cresson 



13. A dense double patch of black setulae on third sternite, paramera pen- 



tagonal and nearly bare; second antennal joint not longer than deep. 



Ottawa* saratogensis, var. ottawensis, n. var. 



No patch of setulae on third sternite; second antennal joint somewhat 

 longer than deep. Me., Mass.,* N. H., Vt.,* Ct., N. Y.,* Ont.,* 

 Queb.,* N. J., Pa., Md., D. C.,* Va., N. Car., Wise, 111.,* Ind.,* 

 Mo., Minn., Dak., Mont.,* Sask., Wyom., Wash.,* B. C.,* Cal. {Teta- 

 nocera) saratogensis Fitch, s. str. 



Limnia georgiae new species. 



Male — Length, 5 mm. Front and occiput fulvous, face and cheeks 

 sericeous pale yellow, three fronto-orbital black marks well developed, a 

 cervical brown spot, anterior orbits silvery; front nearly quadrate, 

 slightly wider than long, the middle stripe occupying a little more than 

 one-fifth of the front, somewhat widening anteriorly; antennas yellow, 

 second joint quadrate, longer than the third, with two setae above, 

 third joint emarginate dorsally, with rounded tip, arista defective. 

 Thorax ferruginous, two dorsal vittas, sides of notum and lower pleurae 

 cinereous, metapleural callosity brown; notal setute strong and close, 

 pleural setulae weak. Abdomen piceous brown, fourth sternite with 

 distinct patches of black spicules. Legs yellowish, tarsi apically dark, 

 flexor spines of hind femora moderate. Knob of halteres infuscated. 

 Wings entirely brown, becoming fiavescent around the anterior cross- 

 vein, no hyaline reticulations or brown bars, costal portion darker, a 

 few vague, slightly darker spots near the veins, sections of fourth vein 

 equal, posterior crossvein sinuous. 



Holotype: Tifton, Georgia,* June 13, 1896, received from 

 Dr. Hough, whose manuscript name has been retained for the 

 species. 



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