snow-fly

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A perlid insect or kind of stone-fly which appears on the snow, as Perla nivicola of Fitch. The common snow-fly of New York is Capnia pygmæa, which is black with gray hairs.
2. n. A neuropterous insect of the family Panorpidæ and genus Boreus, as B. nivoribundus, which appears on the snow in northerly parts of the United States. Also called springtail.
3. n. A wingless dipterous insect of the family Tipulidæ and genus Chionea, as C. valga, occurring under similar circumstances. Also snow-gnat.
4. n. A snow-gnat.
5. n. A snow-flea.