PHOROCERA. 83 
Hab. Mexico, Amula 6000 feet and Omilteme 8000 feet, both in Gruerrero (H. Hl. 
Smith). 
Three male and two female specimens. 
13. Phorocera flavicauda, sp. n., 2. 
Cinereous; four stripes on the thorax, reflecting spots on the abdomen, antenne, and legs black; anal segment 
ochraceous ; palpi rufous; no discal macrochete. 
Length 8-5 millim. 
Ground-colour of the head differing in the two specimens before me—in one it is rather bright ochraceous, in 
the other pale yellow. Front broader than the eyes; frontal band dark brown, narrower than the lateral 
portions, the latter partly infuscated; frontal bristles on both sides in a curved row, distinctly descending 
beneath the second antennal joint; cheeks broad, partly with brownish or blackish reflections, beneath 
the eyes with a deep groove; vibrisse not quite at the oral margin, but a little above it; beard and pilosity 
of the occiput whitish; eyes with a short yellowish pile. Antenne shorter than the face; second joint 
bristly ; third joint four or five times as long as the second; arista thickened in its proximal half, the 
penultimate joint somewhat distinct. Proboscis black ; palpi pale rufous, slightly thickened towards the 
tip. Thorax greyish-cinereous, with four distinct black stripes, which are more or less interrupted at 
the transverse suture; scutellum grey, slightly stained with testaceous on the disc. Abdomen ovate, 
cinereous, with irregular blackish reflecting spots; the anal segment ochraceous; macrochaxte on the hind 
margins of the first three segments and several on the anal segment. Legs black, the tibize piceous ; 
middle tibixs with some long bristles; hind tibie: with several longer and shorter bristles. Tegule white. 
Wings greyish; small cross-vein on the middle of the discal cell; apical and posterior cross-veins very 
slightly curved. 
Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H.H. Smith), Mexico city (Schumann). 
A female specimen from each locality. P.flavicauda much resembles P. canthura, 
but differs from it in the rufous palpi and by the absence of discal macrochete. 
14. Phorocera muscaria, sp. n., 3. 
Cinereous; frontal band, antenna, palpi, four thoracic stripes, hind borders of the abdominal segments, and 
legs black; no discal macrochete. 
Length 7 millim. 
Front a little prominent, as broad as the diameter of the eyes, yellowish-cinereous ; frontal band narrower than 
the lateral portions, black, with a greyish reflection ; frontal bristles descending on both sides as far as the 
end of the second antennal joint, the bristles of the facial ridges robust, and reaching to where the frontal 
bristles finish. Eyes thinly pilose. Antenne nearly as long as the face; second joint bristly ; third joint 
about five times as long as the second; arista thickened in its proximal third. The thoracic stripes 
distinctly prolonged behind the transverse suture; scutellum with a large black .basal spot. Abdomen 
broadly ovate; first segment black, the following segments cinereous, with blackish reflecting spots and 
black hind borders; ventral face black; macrocheete only at the hind margins of'the segments. Femora 
with rather long bristles on the underside; front tibia outwardly with some short bristles; three longer 
bristles on the middle tibia—one outwardly, one inwardly, and one posteriorly; hind tibize outwardly 
with a row of bristles of unequal length; foot-claws and pulvilli elongate, the pulvilli brownish with pale 
margins. Tegule whitish. Wings greyish-hyaline; costa somewhat convex; small cross-vein distinctly 
before the middle of the discal cell; apical cross-vein nearly straight; posterior cross-vein slightly 
curved. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
A single male specimen. 
