ANISIA. i89 
Head whitish, the oral margin with a yellowish tint ; front as broad as the eyes; frontal band narrower than 
the lateral portions; frontal bristles descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint. Third 
antennal joint four times as long as the second; arista thickened not quite to the middle. Proboscis 
black ; palpi pale rufous, elongate. Thorax and scutellum greyish-cinereous; thoracic dorsum with four 
black stripes—the median ones linear, the outer stripes interrupted at the transverse suture. Abdomen 
ovate, convex, pointed towards the anus; first segment black; the following segments cinereous, with 
broad black hind borders, and with discal and marginal macrochete. Coxe cinereous; femora rufous, 
the front pair with a blackish streak on their upper part, the middle and hind pairs with blackish tips ; 
tibiz blackish-brown ; tarsi black ; posterior tibiz with some long bristles ; foot-claws and pulvilli short. 
Tegule greyish. Wings with a dilute brownish tint, this being more intense towards the costa; small 
cross-vein before the middle of the discal cell; curvature of the fourth vein angular; apical cross-vein 
slightly concave; posterior cross-vein distinctly undulate. 
Hab. Mexico, Xucumanatlan in Guerrero 7000 feet (A. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
2. Anisia rubripes, sp. n., 2. 
Black ; head white ; thorax anteriorly whitish, with four black stripes; abdomen shining, with white incisions ; 
anal segment, antenne, palpi, and legs rufous. 
Length 6 millim. 
Face and cheeks silvery-white; front broader than the eyes, whitish, with grey reflections; frontal band 
black, not prolonged on the vertex; frontal bristles not descending beneath the root of the antenne. 
Antenne nearly as long as the face; third joint four or five times as long as the second, the tip brown ; 
arista scarcely thickened at the base. Terminal lips of the proboscis rufous; palpi slightly thickened 
towards the tip. Thorax black; the light tomentum is white on the shoulders and on the pleura, and 
greyish before the transverse suture, where it is interrupted by four black stripes, the intermediate of 
which are linear; scutellum blackish, with the hind margin grey. Abdomen ovate, convex, brownish- 
black, with white incisions, shining ; anal segment rufous; laterally and on the ventral side this rufous 
colour is extended also on the third segment, and there appear white reflections; discal and marginal 
macrochete are present. Legs rufous, the tibie brownish, the tarsi black; hind tibise with several 
bristles. Tegule yellowish-grey. Wings rather broad, greyish, with some rufous tint; small cross-vein 
before the middle of the discal cell; apical cell opened just at the wing’s tip; apical cross-vein curved ; 
posterior cross-vein straight, nearly perpendicular. 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (f. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
3. Anisia cineraria, sp. n., ¢. 
Cinereous ; head silvery-white; antenne, palpi, and legs rufous. 
Length 6 millim. 
Front slightly prominent, broader than the eyes; frontal band narrower than the lateral portions ; frontal 
bristles descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint ; beard white. _ Antenne’ as long as the 
face; basal joints’ very short; third joint six times as long as the second ; arista black, inserted at the 
base of the third joint, and thickened not quite to the middle. Thorax and ‘scutellum cinereous ; thoracic 
dorsum with some obsolete dark stripes. Abdomen elliptical, cinereous, with more or less conspicuous 
brownish hind borders to the segments, and with distal: and marginal macrochete. Legs rufous, the 
tarsi black ; middle tibia with some long bristles ; hind: tibie outwardly with bristles of unequal length ; 
foot-claws and pulvilli short. Tegule whitish. Wings hyaline; small eross-vein on the middle of the 
discal cell ; curvature of the fourth vein with a blunt t angle ; ; apical cross-vein slightly concave ; posterior 
cross-vein distinctly curved. 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero 4600 feet (Hl. ZH. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
