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Trichocladius politus Coquillett? 



Some male and female specimens which may be the above species, 

 agreeing with Mr Coquillett's description, possess also the following 

 characteristics. Eyes hairy, collar not- incised on the dorso-anterior 

 margin ; abdomen black with a greenish tinge, venter more greenish. 

 Costa produced beyond the. tip of R^+j over half the length of the 

 cross vein. Pennsylvania. 



Psectrocladius aureus n. sp. 



Female. Head and mouth parts fuscous, proboscis blacky eyes 

 bare, palpi much longer than the antennae, basal joint short, second 

 and third stout, apical joint slender; antennae dusky. Collar deeply 

 incised on dorso-anterior margin, each side of incision with tooth- 

 like projection; thorax dusky yellow, median stripe wide, black; 

 laterals narrow, brown; metanotum and pleura brown, scutellum 

 yellow. Abdomen wholly golden yellow. Legs yellow, tarsal joints 

 slightly darker ; foremetatarsus about .9 the length of the tibia ; em- 

 podium filiform, sparsely plumose, pulvilli brushlike. Wings hyaline 

 not punctate (under amplification of 75 diameters) ; costa very 

 slightly produced beyond the radius, cubitus forks slightly beyond 

 the cross vein. Halteres pale yellow. Length 2.5 mm. Kansas. 



Orthocladius sordidellus 



The species from North America under this name are probably 

 not this species at all, as may be seen by comparing the description 

 of the early stages given by me in Bui. 86 with that of Thienemann 

 (1906). There seem to be several glosely allied species which differ 

 but slightly. To properly describe and distinguish these would 

 require more material than I have at present at my disposal. 



Genus metriocnemus 

 Van der Wulp, 1874. Synonym Wulpiella Kieffer 

 Metriocnemus exagitans Johannsen 



In this species the vein R^+5 ends some distance from the tip of 

 the wing and not " nearly to the tip of the wing " as stated in the 

 description in Bui. 86. I have seei ST^c'mens of this species from 

 New York, Kansas, and Colorado. 



Metriocnemus par Johannsen 



A female specimen from New Jersey has large abdominal spots 

 and dusky thoracic stripes. Some female specimens from Old 



