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Hab. Mexico, Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas 7000 feet, Omilteme 8000 feet, both in 
Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 
Six female specimens. 
32. Anisia gagatina, sp.n., ¢ 2. 
Black ; thorax anteriorly cinereous, with black stripes; abdominal segments with narrow whitish front borders ; 
tegule and wings brownish. 
Length 2-25-38 millim. 
Head black ; front a little broader than the eyes; frontal band inconspicuous; frontal bristles descending as 
far as the end of the second antennal joint. Antenne black, shorter than the face; third joint broad, 
nearly four times as long as the second; arista thickened to the proximal half. Proboscis black, its 
terminal lips rufous; palpi black, filiform. Thorax and scutellum black; thoracic dorsum before the 
transverse suture with dark cinereous tomentum and four black stripes. Abdomen ovate, black; second 
and following segments with narrow whitish front borders, and with long marginal macrochete. Legs 
black ; middle tibiee with some long bristles ; hind tibie outwardly with bristles of unequal length ; foot- 
claws and pulvilli in both sexes short. Tegule and wings brownish; small cross-vein before the middle 
of the discal cell ; apical and posterior cross-veins straight, the apical more oblique. 
Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H. H. Smith). 
A male and a female specimen. 
33. Anisia nigrocincta, sp. n., 2. 
Ochraceous ; frontal band, thoracic lines, hind borders of the abdominal segments, antenne, and legs black ; 
palpi rufous. 
Length 5°5 millim. 
‘Front ochraceous, broader than the eyes; frontal band as broad as the lateral portions; frontal bristles 
descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint ; face and cheeks whitish, or even silvery-white. 
Antenne a little shorter than the face; second joint with some short bristles; third joint five times as 
long as the second ; arista long, thickened in its proximal third. Proboscis black, with the terminal lips 
rufous; palpi rufous, slightly thickened towards the tip. Thoracic dorsum ochraceous, with four black 
lines, the outer ones interrupted at the transverse suture; pleure grey ; scutellum blackish at the base. 
Abdomen elongate-oval, convex ; first segment black; the following segments ochraceous on the basal 
half, shining black on the apical half; ventral surface greyish ; all the segments with long macrochete. 
Middle and hind tibie with long bristles ; foot-claws and pulvilli short. Tegule yellowish-white. Wings 
greyish-hyaline, somewhat darker at the end of the costa; small cross-vein a little before the middle of 
the discal cell; apical cell attenuated towards its end; apical cross-vein concave ; posterior cross-vein in 
the one example straight, in the other curved. 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo 4600 feet, Xucumanatlan 7000 feet, both in Guerrero 
(H. H. Smith). 
Two female specimens. 
34. Anisia remissa, sp. n., °. 
Cinereous ; face and cheeks whitish ; frontal band, four thoracic lines, hind borders of the abdominal segments, 
antenne, and legs black ; palpi yellowish. 
Length 5 millim. 
Front cinereous, broader than the eyes; frontal band narrower than the lateral 1 portions ; frontal bristles 
descending as far as the end of the second antennal joint; beard white. Antenne shorter than the face ; 
second joint with short bristly hairs; third joint four times as long as the second ; arista microscopically 
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