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22. Anisia fatua, sp. n., 9. 
Cinereous ; antennex, proboscis, palpi, and legs rufous ; thorax with black lines ; last two abdominal segments 
with blackish front borders; third vein bristly. 
Length 5 millim. 
Front cinereous, broader than the eyes; frontal band narrower than the lateral portions, dark rufous, but 
sometimes inconspicuous in a greyish reflection ; frontal bristles descending as far as the end of the second 
antennal joint; cheeks narrow, with a silvery-white reflection. Antenne rufous, nearly as long as the 
face ; basal joints short ; third joint five times as long as the second; arista rufous at the base, thickened 
to the proximal half. Proboscis and palpi pale rufous. Thorax and scutellum cinereous ; thoracic dorsum 
with four blackish stripes, the median stripes linear. Abdomen ovate, dark cinereous ; first segment 
blackish; third and anal segments with blackish front borders; all the segments with short marginal 
macrochete ; ventral surface greyish. Legs rufous, the tarsi brownish ; tibise with short bristles ; foot- 
claws and pulvilli short. Tegule and wings greyish-hyaline ; venation brownish; small cross-vein before 
the middle of the discal cell; third vein with a row of short bristles from the base to beyond the small 
cross-vein ; apical cross-vein slightly curved near its end; posterior cross-vein straight. 
Hab. Mexico, Venta de Zopilote in Guerrero 2800 feet (H. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
23. Anisia nigrithorax, sp. n.,¢ °. 
Thorax black; abdomen yellow, transparent, with a dorsal stripe and the hind margins of the segments black ; 
anal segment rufous; antenne black ; palpi rufous ; legs piceous. 
Length 4°5 millim. 
Front in both sexes much narrower than the eyes; frontal band black, the lateral portions of the front grey 
with a white reflection ; frontal bristles descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint ; face 
and cheeks whitish, the cheeks narrow. Antenne as long as the face; second joint bristly ; third joint 
four times as long as the second ; arista thickened at the base, the thickened part pale rufous. Proboscis 
black, the terminal lips rufous; palpi pale rufous, Thorax and scutellum black; before the transverse 
suture the thorax has an inconspicuous grey tomentum and obsolete black stripes. Abdomen conical, 
yellow, transparent; a black dorsal stripe on the first three segments ; second and third segments with 
black hind margins—on the second segment this margin is narrow, on the third it occupies the posterior 
half; anal segment rufous ; macrochete only at the hind margins of the second and following segments ; 
ventral surface yellow, in the male infuscated towards the anus. Legs brownish-black, with scattered 
bristles ; foot-claws and pulvilli elongate in the male. Tegule yellowish-grey. Wings greyish on the 
apical half, with a brownish tint, which is more intense on the costa and along the veins ; small cross-vein 
on the middle or a little before the middle of the discal cell ; curvature of the fourth vein with a blunt 
angle ; apical cross-vein nearly straight; posterior cross-vein distinctly curved, 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
A male and a female specimen. 
24. Anisia obscurifrons, sp. n., °. 
Black ; head whitish ; thorax anteriorly and the front borders of the abdominal segments white; sides of the 
abdomen, and the proboscis and palpi rufous. 
Length 5:5 millim. 
Front nearly as broad as the eyes; frontal band black, as broad as the lateral portions, which have a blackish 
reflection ; frontal bristles descending as far as the second antennal joint. Eyes thinly pilose. Antenne 
black, a little shorter than the face; second joint bristly ; third joint four times as long as the second ; 
arista slightly thickened at the base. Palpi elongate, cylindrical; terminal lips of the proboscis large. 
Thorax shining black, before the transverse suture with a white tomentum, which also covers the shoulders 
and laterally is prolonged into an oblique band on the pleure. Abdomen elongate-oval, convex, shining 
