March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 85 



Hab. — Bellport, I^ong Island, N. Y. 



Near setulosiis Loew, but differing in the coloring of the legs, 

 the absence of black bristles on the hind tibia, etc. 



Tanypus dyari, n. sp. 



% 9 . — Yellowish brown, the scutdlum, abdomen, halteres and legs pale 

 yellowish, the abdomen changing into yellowish brown toward the apex 

 and with a similarly colored band on the preceding segments except the 

 first, a brownish band before apex of each femur and near base of each 

 femur and near base of each libia ; antennal plumosity of male brown 

 mixed with whitish and changing into white at the apex ; mesonotum 

 opaque, grayish pruinose. the three vittae indistinct, yellowish brown ; 

 abdominal segments 2 to 6 bearing near the base a dorsal cluster of rather 

 long brown hairs ; front tibiae only pubescent, their tarsi bearing a few rather 

 long hairs, middle and hind tibiae densely covered with such hairs ; wings 

 densely haired, hyaline, a median band and the apical third brownish and 

 marked with several hyaline spots ; median band very irregular, greatly 

 contracted at the middle and expanded at each end, the median crossvein 

 about at its middle and clouded with a darker brown, the hyaline spots 

 principally situated near the hind margin of the wing ; brown at apex of 

 wing contains about 8 hyaline spots and dots ; fifth vein forks slightly 

 before the crossvein ; length, 3 to 4 mm. Five males and eight females. 



Type, No. 6084, U. S. National Museum. 



i%^.— Washington, D.C. (D. W. Coquillett, in May); Bell- 

 port, lyong Island, N. Y. (H. G. Dyar, bred August 27th and 

 28th); Cambridge, Mass. (Edward Burgess, April 4th); and 

 Detroit, Mich. (H. G. Hubbard). 



Gorethra brakeleyi, n. sp. 



cf9- — Hark brown, the antennae, halteres, knees and tarsi yellow; 

 plumosity of male antennae yellow, mesonotum opaque, gray pruinose 

 except three narrow vittae and a few spots near the humeri, hairs of 

 thorax brownish, those of the abdomen yellow, tibiae and tarsi bearing 

 many long hairs ; first joint of front tarsi slightly shorter than the tibia ; 

 wings whitish hyaline, marked with a brown crossband near one-third 

 and two-thirds its length, the first one oblique, the second band produced 

 triangularly near middle of its inner side, costal margm on each side of 

 this band strongly tinged with golden yellow, fringe white, marked with 

 a brown spot at posterior end of each crossband and on either side of the 

 extreme wing tip ; length, 1.5 mm. 



One male and three females, bred jointly, August 12th to 

 14th, by Mr. J. T. Brakely and Prof. J. P. Smith. Type, Cat. 

 No. 6086, U. S. National Museum. 



Hab. — I^ahaway, N. J. 



