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to a little beyond the lobe yellowish; cross vein no darker than the 
adjacent veins; cubitus forks distad of the cross vein. Halteres 
yellow. Length 4 mm. Two female specimens from Old Forge, 
INE taken ily S) 1905: 
Chironomus albistria Walker 
A reddish brown species of medium size. The whitish side stripes 
mentioned by Walker are due to pollen and are best seen when 
the specimen is held obliquely; usually more or less rubbed in 
captured specimens. ‘The foremetatarsus is about an eighth longer 
than the tibia in female specimens. Specimens from Old Forge, 
N. Y., Illinois, and Pennsylvania. 
Chironomus stylifera n. sp. 
Male. Head sordidly yellow, palpi and proboscis pale fuscous, 
basal joint of the antennae testaceous, flagellum and its hairs brown. 
Thorax yellow with a slight greenish tinge; sternum and the three 
thoracic stripes testaceous; metanotum brown, with the anterior 
margin yellow. Abdomen uniformly green, pale brown toward the 
apical end. Genitalia brown, dorsal keel nearly straight, very slen- 
der, styliform, lateral lobes stout, shaped like a pistol handle, superior 
and inferior lobes much retracted and inconspicuous. Forelegs 
brown, basal two thirds of femur, and of metatarsus, and middle 
section of tibia somewhat paler brown; tarsi hairy; foretarsi 
bearded; middle and hind legs yellow, hairy, tips of tibiae brown, 
tarsi except the basal section of the metatarsi, infuscated; fore- 
metatarsus one fourth longer than the tibia; pulvilli nearly as long 
as the claws. Wings hyaline, anterior veins yellowish, the cross 
vein but little darker ; cubitus forks under the cross vein. Halteres 
yellow. Length 6.5 mm. Ithaca, N. Y. 
Chironomus lugens Kieffer 
Anew mame proposed by Kietter (1906) tor €. lugubris 
Williston, which is preoccupied. 
Chironomus leptopus Kieffer 
Proposed by Kieffer (1906) for C. longimanus Williston, 
preoccupied. 
Chironomus connexus Kieffer 
Pieceposee ly Iieuree (oo) tee C. COmiuitm1 Ss Weilse, joe 
occupied. 
