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26. Sciara iiacta n. sp. 

 Male and female. Length i nim. Fuscous, including an- 

 tennse and palpi ; thorax subshining, hypopygium dusky, clasper 

 (Fig. 114). Coxse and legs dusky yellow, trochanters black 

 below, tip of metatarsus and remaining tarsal joints fuscous; 

 hind tibia .05 longer than the tarsus. Wings hyaline, veins 

 fuscous (Fig. 234). Halteres subfuscous. Ithaca, N. Y. 



2"/. Sciara sp. 

 Male. Length 2.5 mm. Fuscous, including antennse and 

 palpi; thorax subshining; hypopygium dark, clasper (Fig. 116). 

 Coxae and legs yellowish, tarsi darker. Wings hyaline, veins 

 dusky (Fig. 235"). Halteres dusky yellow. Orono, Maine; 

 June. 



28. Sciara lugens n. sp. 



Male and female. Length 2.5 mm; antennae of male 2.2 mm; 

 ■of female 1.3 mm. Black; thorax highly polished, abdomen 

 subshining; antennae, palpi, halteres, and hypopygium fuscous, 

 resembling that of 5. jiicunda but lacking the median ventral 

 transverse row of setae ; claspers subglobose resembling Fig. 

 123; coxae, and legs brown, tarsi darker; hind metatarsus 1-8 

 shorter than the tibia. Wing hyaline (Fig. 257). Reared from 

 larvae found in decaying wood. Orono, Maine. 



29. Sciara parilis n. sp. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Shining black, palpi, halteres, and 

 antennae fuscous, the last about 3-4 as long as the body, the 

 intermediate joints of the flagellum robust, less than twice as 

 long as broad. Coxa and legs pale brownish, fore coxae rather 

 paler; hind tibia 1-16 longer than the tarsus. Wmgs grayish 

 hyaline, anterior veins fuscous (Fig. 238). Hypopygium dark, 

 clasper (Fig. 118). Lawrence!, and Douglas Co., Kas. June- 

 August^^ 



Female. Similar to the male in coloring; antennae shorter. 

 Ithaca, N. Y. and Kansas. 



30. Sciara fatigaiis n. sp. 

 Male and female. Length i mm. Fuscous, thorax sub- 

 shining, hypopygium dark, clasper (Fig. 135); antenna of the 

 male long, more than .8 length of the body, fuscous ; palpi yel- 



