190 DIPTERA. 
4, Anisia pallidipalpis, sp. n., ¢. 
Head white; thorax cinereous, with black stripes; abdomen rufous, with white reflections and a black dorsal — 
stripe; antenne and legs rufous ; palpi pale yellow. 
Length 5 millim. 
Face and cheeks white, the cheeks broad; front ochraceous, much broader than the eyes; frontal band black, 
linear; frontal bristles descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint; above the vibrissw 
some short bristles. Antenne rufous; second joint with short bristles ; third joint four times as long as 
the second and infuscate towards the tip; arista thickened at the base, microscopically pubescent. 
Proboscis rufous ; palpi pale yellow, slightly thickened near the tip. Thorax light cinereous, with four 
black stripes—the intermediate ones anteriorly convergent and prolonged behind the transverse suture, 
the outer stripes less regular; the macrochete arising from black points ; scutellum cinereous. Abdomen 
elongate-oval, rufous, with white reflections on the front borders of the segments and a black dorsal band ; 
hind borders of the third and anal segments blackish; discal and marginal macrochete present; ventral 
surface whitish. Legs rufous, the tarsi black (the hind legs are broken off). Tegule white. Wings 
greyish-hyaline ; small cross-vein a little before the middle of the discal cell; apical cross-vein straight ; 
posterior cross-vein slightly curved. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
5. Anisia fulvipennis, sp.n., ¢ 9. (Tab. IV. figg. 15; 15a, head in profile.) 
Thorax cinereous, with four black stripes ; abdomen rufous, with white incisions and a black dorsal band ; 
antenne, palpi, and legs rufous; wings yellowish-brown. 
Length 7 millim. 
Head white; cheeks rather narrow, with rufous reflections ; front with black reflections, in the male narrower, 
in the female broader, than the eyes; frontal band rufous or brownish-black, with a grey reflection ; frontal 
bristles descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint ; occiput grey, the posterior orbits of the 
eyes silvery-white. Antenne nearly as long as the face; second joint bristly ; third joint five times as 
long as the second; arista black, thickened not quite to the proximal half. Proboscis and palpi rufous. 
Thorax yellowish-cinereous, the four black stripes prolonged behind the transverse suture ; scutellum 
cinereous. Abdomen elongate-oval, rufous, with a black dorsal band and white front borders to the 
second and following segments, this white coloration becoming broader laterally and on the ventral side ; 
discal and marginal macrochete present. ‘Legs rufous; tibia more obscure; tarsi black; foot-claws and 
pulvilli elongate in the male, the pulvilli whitish. Tegule yellow. Wings yellowish-brown, the yellow 
tint more intense at the base and along the costa; small cross-vein nearly on the middle of the discal 
cell; curvature of the fourth vein rounded ; apical cross-vein straight to near its end, where it is slightly 
curved ; posterior cross-vein somewhat concave ( ¢) or straight ( ? ). 
Hab. Mexico, Amula 6000 feet, Xucumanatlan 7000 feet, both in Guerrero, Teapa 
in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
One male and four female specimens. 
6. Anisia ruficoxa, sp. n., °. 
Black ; head silvery-white ; thorax grey, with black stripes; front borders of the abdominal segments whitish ; 
base of the antenne, palpi, front coxe, and base of the hind femora rufous. 
Length 4°5 millim. 
Front a little narrowed behind and there as broad as the eyes; frontal band black, narrower than the lateral 
portions. Antenne as long as the face; the basal joints and the base of the third joint rufous; third 
joint three times as long as the second ; arista thickened to the proximal half. Palpi cylindrical, pale 
rufous ; terminal lips of the proboscis yellowish. Thoracic dorsum with four black stripes, which are 
