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somewhat reddish ; second joint on the upper part, close to the end, with a rather long bristle; third joint 
ovate, a little shorter than the second; arista tapering towards the end. Proboscis shining black, with a 
brownish-yellow, hairy tip; palpi pale rufous, filiform, with black pubescence. Thorax with cinereous 
tomentum, which on the front side is clearer and shows some traces of blackish stripes; scutellum 
brownish-yellow ; the thorax bears a black pile and many bristles, these latter on the sides of the thorax and 
at the hind margin of the scutellum being longer and stouter. Abdomen convex, yellow, somewhat trans- 
parent, with a short black pile, which, however, does not obscure the ground-colour; first segment at the 
base, under the scutellum, black; upon the following segments a faint dorsal rufous stripe; fourth seg- 
ment shining black, with a narrow dorsal stripe and the extremity rufous; ati the hind margin of the first 
three segments are the following macrochzts—on the first segment one on each side, on the second four 
at the dorsal part and two on each side, on the third a contiguous row; the fourth segment is on its whole 
surface, with the exception of the front border, densely beset with macrochete; venter also with 
macrochete in the middle. Legs black, with black pile; tibie piceous, the hind pair somewhat 
reddish ; coxee with many bristles; foot-claws black, the pulvilli pale yellow, in the male elongated and 
‘surrounded by black hairs; in the female the front tarsi a little dilated. Tegule and base of the wings 
brownish-yellow, the wings for the rest greyish; small cross-vein placed on the middle of the discal cell ; 
apical and posterior cross-veins oblique and curved. 
Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango 8100 feet (Forrer). 
A male and four female specimens. 
3. Echinomyia analis. (Tab. II. fig. 12 a, head in profile.) 
Tachina analis, Fabr. Syst. Antl. p. 311. 11; Wiedem. Aussereur. zweifl. Ins. ii. p. 288. 13°. 
Echinomyia analis, Schin. Reise d. Novara, Zool. ii., Dipt. p. 881. 1717. 
Hab. Mexico, Presidio (forrer); NicaRacua, Chontales (Janson); Costa Rica, Volcan 
de Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers).—Soutu America 2, Brazil }. 
Four male and three female specimens. 
4, Echinomyia nigro-calyptrata, sp. n., 2. 
Black ; head yellowish ; basal joints of the antenne rufous; palpi ochraceous; front portion of the thorax with 
some grey tomentum and black stripes; tegule blackish; wings dark grey. 
Length 14 millim. 
Head sericeous, pale yellow; front partly cinereous; frontal band rufous, black behind, bordered with 
yellowish hairs; frontal bristles descending in a curved row, to the number of three, beneath the root of 
the antenne ; cheeks without bristles; vibrissee accompanied by some shorter bristles; beard and pilosity 
of the occiput yellowish. Basal joints of the antenne rufous; second joint on the upper part with short 
bristles; third joint black, shorter than the second, very convex on the front side. Proboscis shining 
black ; palpi ochraceous, thickened towards the end, with short black hairs. Thorax and scutellum black, 
with a slight bluish tinge; thoracic dorsum before the transverse suture with some grey tomentum and 
several black stripes; pleure cinereous, with yellowish pile. Abdomen unicolorous black, with black 
hairs ; macrochetee rather strong—two, dorsal, on the hind margin of the second segment, a row on the 
hind margin of the third segment, and several, irregularly placed, on the fourth segment. Legs black, 
outside of the front femora greyish; the legs with many bristles, those of the front femora and tibie 
regularly ranged, those of the outside of the middle tibia long and robust ; foot-claws and pulvilli long; 
the claws black with a somewhat rufous base, the pulvilli reddish-yellow. Tegule blackish. Wings dark 
grey; small cross-vein on the middle of the discal cell; apical and posterior cross-veins oblique and 
curved. 
Hab. Mexico, Medellin near Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith). 
A single male specimen, captured in January 1888. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Dipt., Vol. II., April 1888. f 
