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dd Yellowish or gi'eenisli species 



e Legs pale ; tibiae with black tips ; thorax and abdomen yellow ; 



length 4 mm 7. fascipennis 



ee Some or all femora partly black ; metanotum with brown vittae 

 or spots ; length about 4 mm. 

 f " Metanotum marked with a transverse pair of triangular 



brown spots " 8. taeniapennis 



ff " Metanotum marked with a pair of brown spots which 

 approach each other posteriorly." (This may be a synonym 

 of the taeniapennis above) ..9. pulchripennis 

 aa Wings unmarked, excepting sometimes with darkened crossvein 



6 Dorsum of thorax and abdomen black. The former may have indis- 

 tinct stripes and the latter may have paler incisures 

 c Legs black or fuscous 

 d Thorax shining black 



e Halteres white ; wings white, immaculate ; male ; length 



2.75 mm 10. brunnipes 



ee Halteres with brown knob ; wings hyaline, very slightly smoky, 

 . with anterior veins and crossvein brown ; fore metatarsus 

 nearly twice as long as its tibia ; length 3.5 mm. 



11. b r u n n e i p e n n i s n. sp. 

 dd Thorax grayish, with black stripes; abdomen black 



G Abdomen uniformly dark brown or black ; halteres white with 



end of knob brown 12. c a 1 i g i n o s u s n. sp. 



ee Abdomen with whitish incisures or margins 



f Fore metatarsus % longer than its tibia ; halteres dark in the 

 male, paler in the female; anterior tarsi of the male with 



long hairs 13. niveipennis 



// Fore metatarsus % longer than its tibia 



g Anterior tarsi of the male long-haired ; abdominal segments 

 with narrow white posterior margins ; wings hyaline with 



black crossvein (Greenland) 14. hyperboreus 



gg Anterior tarsi of the male short-haired ; abdominal seg- 

 ments with cinereous margins ; wings slightly cinereous 



15. s t a e g e r i 

 CO Legs more or less pale 



d Halteres with gray or black knobs 



e Femur black with yellow apical ring ; tibia black and yellow ; 



wings with black crossvein 16. flavicingula 



ee^Legs not so marked 



f Mesonotum and scutellum shining black 



11. b r u n n e i p e n n i s n. sp. 

 ff Mesonotum pruinose, scutellum yellowish ; length 2.3 mm. 



17. h a 1 1 e r a 1 i s 

 dd Halteres with pale knobs 



c Basal joint or joints of abdomen yellow 



f First and second abdominal segments yellow ; male 



18. nitidellus 

 ff First segment only yellow 19. f a 11 a x n. sp. 



