376 SUPPLEMENT. 



DRAPETIS. 



Drapetis, Meigen, Syst. Beschr. iii. p. 91 (1822). 



1. Drapetis femoralis, sp. n. 



2 . Shining black ; legs largely yellowish ; wings lightly grey. Front and proboscis black. Antenna* and 

 palpi fuscous; arista three times length of the antenna. Front broad. Eyes contiguous below tbe 

 antennae. Thorax and abdomen shining black, sparsely hairy ; stylets not shining. Halteres whitish. 

 Legs yellowish-brown, anterior femora stoutest, four anterior femora darker above, hind femora darker 

 on the distal half ; tarsi darker, especially the hind metatarsi, which are equal in length to the remainder 

 of the tarsus ; hind tibia with a short terminal spur. Wings greyish, veins strong, dark brown ; first 

 posterior cell narrowed at the tip ; second basal cell moderately short. 

 Length 2 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz and Tabasco [H. II Smith). 

 Two specimens. 



2. Drapetis flavida. 



Drapetis flavidus, Willist. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1896, p. 308, t. 11. ff. 86, 86 a 1 . 



Hab. Mexico, Orizaba, and Medellin near Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith & F. I). GX 

 Yucatan (Gaumer). — Antilles, St. Vincent 1 . 



The two specimens from Vera Cruz differ but slightly from the type of this species ; 

 the five others from Yucatan are smaller and of a dusky yellow colour. 



These forms, together with the West-Indian one, resemble each other very closely 

 and though perhaps phylogenetically different should at present be included under the 

 same name. 



Subfam. HEMERODROMIIN^. 



SCIODROMIA. 



Sciodromia, Haliday, in Westwood's Introd. to the Mod. Classif. of Insects, ii. p. 132 (1840). 



1. Sciodromia mexicana, sp. n. 



2 . Head black, thorax red, abdomen fuscous, legs yellow. Eyes widely separated on the front, narrowly on 

 the face, rather small. Face silvery, front greyish. Antennae short, first two joints yellow; the third 

 joint pointed, tbe terminal seta less than twice the length of the antenna. Proboscis very short, yellow. 

 Thorax reddish, pollinOse, with black macrochaetae, and with two abbreviated black vittae in front. 

 Halteres yellowish. Antennae cylindrical, blunt. Legs lengthened, slender, except the thickened 

 anterior femora ; posterior tibiae with a slight widening at the extreme tip; anterior coxae elongate, 

 yellow, remaining coxae reddish. Wings greyish-hyaline, narrow, somewhat pointed ; veins fuscous. 



Length 2 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas in Guerrero (II. //. Smith). 



