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numbers, but not such excess as came to my lanterns when set 

 in shallow lakes in the ]\Iiddle-Western States. Its larva — 

 probably strictly aquatic — has not yet been found. 



45 Erioptera chrysocoma O. S. Regional, but not 

 yet reported from the State. 



46 Erioptera septemtrional-is O. S. Obtained 

 from trap lanterns set on ]\Ioose river at Old Forge in August 

 1905. 



47 Erioptera (A c y p h o n a) venusta O. S. Rarely 

 taken in trap lanterns. Occasional specimens, stretched out 

 against the walls like grass spiders, could frequently be found 

 on the Old Forge hatchery. This species frequents the fallen 

 leaves in the woods, and against the brown background of this 

 leaf cover, it is w^ell nigh invisible. 



^ Both these species 



48 Erioptera v e s p e r t i n a O.S.J are regional, but 



49 Erioptera villosa O. S. 1 unreported from 



1^ the State. 



50 ]\1 o 1 o p h i 1 u s h i r t i p e n n i s O. S. Taken in trap 

 lanterns at Old Forge sparingly during July and August. '' The 

 Glen" Ithaca June 17, 1907. 



51 ]\I o 1 o p h i 1 u s pubipennis O. vS. Taken in trap 

 lanterns at Old Forge in August. 



r Reported by Osten 



52 Go n o m y i a b 1 a n d a O. S. ! .^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ 



53 Gonomyia subcinerea O. S. J State, the last 



^ . It 1 1 r^ c I two from Tren- 



54 Cj o n o m V 1 a s u 1 p h u r e 11 a O. S. ^ ,, 



[_ ton Falls. 



55 Empcda stigmatica O. S. Described by Oster? 

 Sacken from Trenton Falls. 



56 Helobia punctipennis Meig. A wide ranging 

 species, that comes sparingly to trap lanterns. It appears on 

 the wing in the Renwick marshes at" Ithaca before the frost is 

 all out of the ground in March. 



57 Chionea valga Harris. An early wnnter species of 

 wingless crane fly, best known for its habit of appearing on 

 snow. Specimens in the Cornell E'niversity collection are from 

 Manlius, X. Y., October i, 1872, and from Ithaca November 15, 

 1892 and ■March 15, 1896. Dr Riley collected a number of speci- 

 mens at Forest Home in December 1907, and a single specimen 

 of another apparently undescribed species, with spinous middle 

 femora. 



