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iiifuscated, with pale hairs, basal joint yellow; palpi elongate; 

 the eyes conspicuously black, deeply notched. Thorax wholly yel- 

 low, with three bulf-colored, sometimes indistinct, dorsal stripes. 

 Abdomen quite pale green, ^ery slender and Avith pale hairs ; geni- 

 talia (pl.33, figs.4 and 4a) yellow, with four pairs of appendages; 

 an elongate pair of lateral lobes with upturned ends (1), a pair of 

 elongate inferior lobes with rounded ends (i), a pair of short 

 superior lobes with sharp apex and recurved setae (s), a pair of 

 mesad projecting brushlike appendages (a), and finally a curved 

 dorsal keel (d). Legs wholly cream Avhite, tips of middle and 

 hind tibiae each' with two tiny black combs, one tooth of each 

 comb being prolonged into a short spur. Legs rather hairy ; fore 

 metatarsus nearly three fourths longer than its tibia. Wings 

 white, hyaline, spotless, hairy, margin with long fringe, veins 

 pale. Anterior veins closely crowded towards costal margin, so 

 that the veins are difficult to distinguish. Halteres white. 

 Length 1.5 to 2 mm. 



Female. Like the male, differing only as follows : A little 

 shorter, antennae yellow, last joint dark on the lateral surface; 

 abdomen shorter and broader, and often entirely yellow, though 

 sometimes green. 



This species is very common among the shrubbery near swift- 

 flowing brooks. Ithada N. Y. 



14. Tanytarsus tenuis Meigen 



1830 Chironomiis Meigen. Syst. Beschr. G : 255, 112 



1850 Chironomus Zett. Dipt. Scand. 9 : 3581, 113 



1864 Chironomus Scliiner. Fauna Austr. 2 : 598 



1874 Tanytarsus V. d. Wulp. Tijd. v. Ent 17:134 



1877 Tanytarsus V. d. Wulp. Dipt'. Neerl. p. 288, 11 



1898 Chironomus Lundb. Vidensk. Meddel. p.284, 70 



Pale greenish yellow; dorsum' of the thorax with three ferru- 

 ginous longitudinal stripes; sternum and metathorax also fer- 

 ruginous. Abdomen of the male very slender, somewhat darkened 

 toward the end, and with long claspers. Antennae yellowish, the 

 hairs appearing lighter; palpi dark brown. Legs pale yellow, the 

 tibiae with black spots at the ^tip ; fore metatarsus twice as long 

 as its tibia. Wings whitish,* delicately haired. Halteres pale 

 yellow. Length 2 to 3 mm. Schiner, loc. cit. Greenland. Lund- 

 beck. Specimens from South Dakota and Washington seem to be 

 this species. 



15. Tanytarsus flavellus Zetterstedt 



1888 Chironomus Zett. Ins, Dappon. p.816, 41 

 1850 Chironomus Zett. Dipt. Scand. 9 : 3584, 117 

 1864 Chironomus Schiner. Fauna Austr. 2 : 598 . 



