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, I shall for the present regard it as distinct. The following 

 is ;ni abslrad of 1'oev's desi ript ion : 



Antenna! joinls. lil'leen; palpal joinls. live; ocelli, lihi;il spurs, 

 and pulvilli wauling; \\iniis hair\ ; cells few in number; sexes 

 similar. The aniennae of ilie male appear to be a lillle more 

 hairv than Ihoso of the female. 



* 



Oecacta furens 1'oey 



Memoi-ias, etc. 1:230. Tab. XXVII. 1851 



Lentil) L' mm. from lh- head lo the end of the wing; thorax 

 liron/e colored, spoiled wilh fuscous; alidomen fuscous; legs 

 whitish, (he arl iciilal IOTIS and a ring upon each femur and iiltia, 

 fuscous; front and aniennae rufous; \\inus \\liilish. spoiled wilh 

 fuscous; halleres yellow. The uin-s ai-e lu-oad. co\ered \\ilh 

 miniiie scales and \viih a cons|iieuoiis fringe on the margin. 



Towusend ilsKTi Bays: "Dry pinned specimens show the 

 wiiiirs to lie sfron-]\ iridescent in certain lights, the dark and 

 while spots alike, as well as the veins and whole wiu^ surface, 

 especialK noticeable hein^ \:irioiis rich shades of Idue and violet. 

 Poey remarks at some length on this peculiarity. When Ihe wing 

 is held up to the light and looked through Ihe dark spots appear 

 faint, excepting only the elongate reciangular Mack stigma; this 

 can be seen with the naked eye." 



Cuba (Poey i ; Mexico ami Jamaica (Townsend). 



Genus 6. Bezzia KielTer 

 Bui. Soc. Ent. Fr. 69. 1899 



"Belongs to the group Ceratopogon. Wings bare, tarsi 

 without empodium. radius :! -branched Ci. e. without the cross- 

 vein-like K,i. i'Pl.17. fig.l.~ i . TypeT. ornala M-igen. Sev- 

 eral American s]ieci<-s belong to this genus. 



Bezzia setulosa Loew 



1861 Ceratopogon Loew, Berl. Ent. Zeit. 312 



(P1.18, figs. 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11) 



The larvae were found in the Renwick swamps. Ithaca, N. Y.. 

 July 10th. They are white without brown markings and about 

 7 mm. long. The head is brown, each eye consists of two nearly 

 contiguous spots. On the dorsal surface of the head are several 

 pair of small setae. The labruin is rounded, with two pairs of 

 small apical papillae, one pair apparently jointed, and one or two 



