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That these hist, whatever they may have beeu, were extraneous, is evident 

 from au examination of the maxillae of fresh or alcoholic specimens (fig. 34). 

 McLachlan had for examination only a few dried specimens. "Larva probably 

 aquatic". 



The single species of this genus hitherto known, C. areolaris Hagen 

 has been reported only from the southern states. There are numerous 

 specimens of it, however, in the Museum of comparative zoology from 

 Waltham and Cambridge Mass., as well as a number from Florida. The 

 species found at Saranac Inn and described below differs from areolaris 

 in being of darker color on the wings (black, where areolaris is but 

 brown), of larger size (females of areolaris do not exceed the measure- 

 ments given by Hagen^ ), and in having the vein Cu] seven-branched (it 

 is six-branched in a r e o 1 a r is). 



Climacia dictyona sp. nov. 



PI. 12, ng. 1,2 and 34-36 text figures 



Imago. Length to tip of wings, male 6 mm, female 8 mm; expanse 

 of wings, male ii mm, female 13 mm; length of antennae 5 mm. 



Face yellow; eyes blackish; top of head rufous; thorax black; legs 

 clear yellow beyond the coxae, excepting the extreme tips of the tarsi. 



Wings smoky brown, varied with yellow and black. Pterostigma 

 yellow, with a black mark each side; the proximal one curving 



Fig. 35 Fore wing of Climacia dictyona Ndm 



posteriorly and then anteriorly to the base of the wing, leaving the 

 greater part of the costal area yellow. A triangular yellow spot on the 

 fork of the median vein, its apex directed toward but hardly reaching the 

 hind margin of the wing; from its proximal side a less distinct yellowish 

 streak extends to the base of the wing on the hind margin. Veins black 

 except where crossing the yellow areas. In the wider spaces there are 

 distinct fuscous, longitudinal streaks midway between the veins. 



Abdomen brownish, paler apically. 



Saranac Inn N. Y. Common. June 18 to July i, and Aug. 10 to 20. 



Figures: wing, fig. 35; maxilla, fig. 34; labium, fig. 36. 



1 Sj-nopsis Neur. N. Am. p. 199. 



