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most conspicuous before the transverse suture, the lateral stripes reduced to a pair of spots, one before and 
one behind the suture; scutellum grey. Abdomen oblong-ovate, shining black ; front borders of the 
_ second and third segments whitish ; on the second segment a black dorsal line; discal and marginal macro- 
cheete present. Legs black, the front coxe rufous with a white reflection and with strong bristles; base 
of the hind femora also rufous; hind tibie piceous, with some bristles. Tegule and wings greyish- 
hyaline; small cross-vein distinctly before the middle of the discal cell; curvature of the fourth vein 
somewhat rounded ; apical and posterior cross-veins slightly curved. 
Hab. Muxico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
7. Anisia pulicaria, sp. n., 2. 
Shining black; head whitish ; tegulz white; posterior cross-vein perpendicular. 
Length 2:25 millim. . 
Front broader than the eyes ; frontal band black, broader than the lateral portions, which are blackish with a 
white reflection ; frontal bristles descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint ; cheeks white. 
Antenne, proboscis, and palpi black; the antenne shorter than the face, their third joint four times as 
long as the second; arista thickened to the proximal half. Thorax and scutellum shining black, the 
anterior part of the thoracic dorsum with scarcely any grey tomentum and with only inconspicuous stripes. 
Abdomen ovate, shining black, with short discal and marginal macrochate. Legs black; middle tibie 
with two or three bristles; hind tibie outwardly with several bristles of moderate length ; foot-claws and 
pulvilli short. Wings hyaline; small cross-vein before the middle of the discal cell; apical and posterior 
cross-veins nearly straight, the former oblique, the latter more perpendicular and inserted in or just 
beyond the middle between the small cross-vein and the curvature of the fourth vein. 
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (H. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
A second specimen, from Mexico city (H. H. Smith), has a more distinct grey 
tomentum on the thorax, narrow white front borders to the abdominal segments, and a 
small costal spine to the wings; it may be only a variety of A. pulicaria. 
8. Anisia neglecta, sp.n., ?. 
Cinereous ; frontal band, four thoracic stripes, antenne, palpi, and legs black; abdomen black, with narrow 
whitish front borders to the segments; wings brownish. 
Length 6°5 millim. 
Front cinereous, somewhat ochraceous, broader than the eyes; frontal band narrower than the lateral portions ; 
frontal bristles descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint ; face and cheeks whitish-grey. 
Antenne nearly as long as the face; second joint bristly; third joint four or five times as long as the 
second; arista thickened at the base. Proboscis black, with the terminal lips rufous; palpi black, 
filiform. Thorax and scutellum yellowish-cinereous ; thoracic dorsum with four distinct black stripes, 
the outer stripes interrupted at the transverse suture ; base of the scutellum blackish. Abdomen ovate, 
black ; second and following segments with narrow yellowish-white front borders, and with long marginal 
and some shorter discal macrochete. Middle tibiz with some long bristles; hind tibie outwardly with 
several bristles of unequal length. Tegule yellowish-grey. Wings brownish, more intensely so towards 
the costa ; small cross-vein before the middle of the discal cell; apical cross-vein straight to near its end, 
where it is slightly curved; posterior cross-vein distinctly curved. 
Hab. Mexico, Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas in Guerrero 7000 feet (H. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
