134 NKW YORK STATIC MfSlCUM 



yellow, the extreme tips of the tibiae and the apical half of each 

 tarsus black. Length ."...'! nun. Wing. ">.! mm. 



The species resembles T. n e r vosns i Furopean!. but the 

 \ello\\ base of the aiiieiuiae and the white halteres distinguish il 

 with certainty. Shining pitchy black, palpi fuscous; face and 

 front sordidly ferruginous; antennae fuscous, the scapus and the 

 basal joints of the ilagellum yellow. Pleura ferruginous; pectus 

 \ellow. The fore le^s pitchy black, ihe coxae and basal third of 

 each femur yellow; the middle le^s \ello\v. the bases of their 

 tibiae infuscated. the ti| s of the tibiae and the part of the tarsus 

 from the tip of the metatarsus fuscous black ; the hind legs yellow, 

 the tip of tibia and the part of tarsus beyond the lip of the second 

 joint fuscous black, llalteres \ellowish white. Wings cinereous 

 hyaline, bare, the more delicate veins pale fuscous, the heavier 

 ones dark fuscous. New York. 



To the ;ibo\e description may be added that in a newly 

 emerged specimen the dorsum of the thorax is distinctly striped, 

 with the space between the stripes \ellowish. The fourth tarsal 

 joint is longer than the fifth, and but little broadened. Legs 

 sparsely haired. Fore tibia about t \\jce as long as its meta- 

 tarsus. Wing venal ion as figured. One bred specimen. Ithaca, 

 X. Y. 



13. Procladius scapularis Loew 

 1SGG Tany pus Lw. Berl. Ent. Xi-it. p.2 



i P1.-J7. li-,4) 



Male. The abdomen white and black annulate, the fore tibiae 

 and the fore metatarsi white except ing their tips. 



Female. Abdomen \\holly black, the fore legs excepting the 

 bases of the femora black. Length )! to ."..T mm. Wings, 2.5 to 

 ~.~ mm. 



Male and female. I'.lack. the humeri and the upper half of the 

 pleura white, the le^s white and Idack variegated, (lie wings bare, 

 with a central black spot tovering the crossveins. the fourth tarsal 

 joint short, obcordate. 



Head white, the disk of the occiput pitchy black; antennae of 

 the female short, fuscous; of the male antennae the first joint 

 is black, the Ilagellum subfuscous. The thorax of the male is 

 Idack and opaque, that of the female is pitchy black and sub- 

 shiny; the humeri. the collar, and the upper half of tlie pleura 

 white in both sexes. Scutellum same color as the thorax. Abdo- 

 men of the male black, excepting the whole of the first two seg- 

 ments, the posterior margin of the third, the posterior four-fifths 

 of the fourth, and the posterior one-half of the sixth, which are 



