CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 695 



D. quadrimaculata Walk. Del. Water Gap, VII, 12, Merchantville, VI, 28 



(Jn), New Brunswick, VII, 20 (Sm). 

 D. graminum Fall. Anglesea, V, 28 (W). 

 D. adusta Loew. New Brunswick, VII, 20 (Sm). 

 D. confusa Staeger. Delaware Water Gap, VII, 13. 

 D. colorata Walk. Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap, VII, 15. 



STEGANA Meig. 

 S. coleoptrata Scop. Delaware Water Gap, VII, 13. 



Family OSCINIM3. 



The "frit flies" They are small, bare species, with hemispherical head, 

 flat front, short antennae, short wings and ovate or elliptical abdomen. The 

 legs are short and moderately stout. The}' are often colored or banded, and 

 are common in grass and meadow lands. The larvae live in the stems of grasses 

 of all kinds, and may become locally injurious. 



ELACHIPTERA Macq. 



E. eunota Loew. Avalon, VI, 30. 



E. mgriceps Loew. Shark River, VII, 12, Clementon, V, 30, Dreer's, River- 

 ton, VII, 3 : bred from Lotus infested by Pyrausta nelicvibialis, VII, 13. 



E. costata Loew. Princeton, VII, 21 (Jn), New Brunswick, VII, 20, Ocean 

 County, V (Sm). 



HIPPELATES Loew. 



H. plebejus Loew. Anglesea, V, 28 (Sm), Clementon, V, 12, VIII, 8, 



Avalon, VI, 9. 

 H. nobilis Loew. Shark River, VII, 1 2, Avalon, VI, 9, 30. 

 H. flavipes Loew. Shark River, VII, 12, Riverton, IX, 11. 

 H. pusio Loew. Riverton, V, 14, X, 9. 

 H. plumbella Wied. Riverton, V, 14, 1899. 

 H. bicolor Coq. New Brunswick, VII (Sm). 

 H. straminea Loew. Riverton, IX, 11. 



OSCINIS Latr. 



O. carbonaria Loew. Ocean Co., V (Sm). 



O. trigramma Loew. Anglesea, V, 28 (Sm), Shark River, VII, 12. 



O. coxendix Fitch. Riverton, X, 9. 



O. soror Macq. Ocean Co., V (Sm). 



