PROSPHERYSA. 119 
discal cell; apical cell ending at a short distance before the wing’s tip; third vein slightly bent upwards 
before its end; fourth vein with a blunt angle; apical and posterior cross-veins nearly straight. 
Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
4. Prospherysa ingloria, sp. n.,¢. 
Grey ; thoracic stripes, reflections on the abdomen, antennz, and legs black; palpi rufous; arista thickened 
at the base. 
Length 7:5 millim. 
Front broader than the eyes, greyish; frontal band blackish, with grey reflections ; frontal bristles rather 
short, on each side in a single row, descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint; face and 
cheeks whitish, with blackish reflections; bristles of the facial ridges stout ; vibrisse inserted quite at the 
oral margin. Antenne as long as the face; basal joints very short; third joint seven or eight times as 
long as the second; arista thickened only at the base. Proboscis black; its terminal lips and the palpi 
rufous. Thorax and scutellum grey; thoracic dorsum with four black stripes—the intermediate stripes 
more distinct before the transverse suture, the outer ones interrupted; base of the scutellum blackish. 
Abdomen ovate, grey, with irregular blackish reflections and with black hind borders to the segments ; 
discal and marginal macrochete present, all of the same length. Legs black ; the underside of the 
posterior femora somewhat rufous towards the tip; front tibize with a row of short bristles; middle tibie 
with some long bristles; hind tibie outwardly with a row of short bristles and with a longer bristle 
below the middle. Tegule whitish. Wings greyish-hyaline; small cross-vein before the middle of the 
discal cell; apical cell ending ata short distance before the wing’s tip; apical and posterior cross-veins 
straight. 
Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
5. Prospherysa comosa, sp. n., 3. 
Cinereous; frontal band, four thoracic stripes, hind margins of the abdominal segments, antenne, and legs 
black; abdomen laterally yellowish, and slightly transparent ; palpi rufous. 
Length 8 millim. 
Front narrowed behind and not so broad as the eyes; frontal band narrower than the lateral portions; frontal 
bristles descending on each side in a single curved row to beneath the end of the second antennal joint ; 
face slightly retracted; the bristles of the facial ridges mounting to where the frontal bristles finish ; 
beard and pilosity of the occiput whitish, Antenne shorter than the face; second joint bristly; third 
joint nearly four times as long as the second; arista thickened to nearly half its length. Proboscis 
brown. Thorax and scutellum greyish-cinereous; thoracic dorsum with four black stripes, which are 
nearly confluent behind the transverse suture. Abdomen conical; first segment black; the following 
segments cinereous, with black reflections on the hind margins and a black dorsal stripe; second and 
third segments laterally yellowish, and more or less transparent ; anus rufous; macrochete on the disc 
as well as on the hind margins of the segments ; ventral surface whitish-grey, with rufous or brown hind 
margins to the segments and a black median stripe. Legs slender ; front femora with long bristles on the 
upper- and undersides, the middle and hind femora with long bristles only on the underside ; front tibie out- 
wardly with a row of very short bristles ; middle and hind tibiee with several long bristles ; foot-claws and 
pulvilli elongate, the pulvilli whitish. Tegule whitish. Wings greyish-hyaline, without a costal spine ; 
small cross-vein on the middle of the discal cell; curvation of the fourth vein with a blunt angle; apical 
cross-vein oblique, straight; posterior cross-vein distinctly curved. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
A single male specimen. 
