ANISIA. 2038 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
37. Anisia ciliata, sp.n., °. 
Black; face and cheeks white; thorax anteriorly whitish, with four black stripes ; second and third abdominal 
segments with white front borders. | 
Length nearly 4 millim. 
Front broader than the eyes; frontal band black, narrower than the lateral portions, which are blackish with 
a white reflection; frontal bristles weak, descending scarcely beneath the root of the antenne; face, 
cheeks, and posterior orbits blackish, with a silvery-white reflection, the cheeks rather broad. Antenne 
black, distinctly shorter than the face; third joint three times as long as the second, rounded at the tip ; 
arista somewhat pubescent, thickened at the base. Proboscis and palpi dark rufous, the palpi very small. 
Thorax before the transverse suture with a whitish-grey tomentum and four black stripes ; pleura: with 
almost silvery-white reflections. Abdomen elliptical, shining black; second and third segments with 
white front borders; anal segment shorter than the preceding segment ; macrocheete rather long, only at 
the hind margins of the second and following segments. Legs black, with weak bristles; middle tibie 
without bristles ; hind tibize with a row of short bristles. Tegule white. Wings greyish-hyaline, rather 
broad, rounded at the tip; small cross-vein under the end of the first vein and distinctly before the middle 
of the discal cell; curvature of the fourth vein with a blunt angle; apical cell ending just at the wing’s 
tip and rather broadly opened ; apical cross-vein oblique and concave; posterior cross-vein more per- 
pendicular, nearly straight. 
Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca in Morelos (fH. H. Smith). 
A single female specimen. 
38. Anisia ophthalmica, sp. n., . 
Blackish ; thorax cinereous, with black lines; second and third abdominal segments with white front borders ; 
palpi yellow. 
Length 5°5 millim. 
Front black, with whitish reflections, narrowed behind and there narrower than the eyes ; frontal band black, 
narrower than the lateral portions ; frontal bristles descending as far as the end of the second antennal 
joint. Face and cheeks whitish ; eyes microscopically pubescent; beard white. Antenne black, a little 
shorter than the face; second joint bristly ; third joint five times as long as the second; arista thickened 
to near the middle. Proboscis black; palpi pale yellow, filiform. Thorax greyish-cinereous, with four 
black lines, the outer lines interrupted at the transverse suture (seen from in front the thorax appears 
blackish, with whitish lines) ; seutellum black, with grey margin. Abdomen obconical, shining black; 
second and third segments with narrow white front borders; third and anal segments with long marginal 
macrochete. Legs black; middle tibie with some long bristles; hind tibia with several bristles of 
unequal length ; foot-claws and pulvilli a little elongate. Tegulz whitish. Wings hyaline, with a dilute 
brownish tint along the costa; small cross-vein before the middle of the discal cell; apical cell attenuate 
towards its end; apical and posterior cross-veins slightly concave. 
Hab. Mexico, Venta de Zopilote in Guerrero 2800 feet (H. H. Smith). 
A single male specimen. 
39. Anisia similis, sp. n., ¢. 
Head whitish ; thorax cinereous, with four black stripes; abdomen shining black, with whitish front borders 
to the segments ; frontal band, antenne, palpi, and legs black. 
Length 5 millim. 
