Ilaguna Ratine Laboratory 



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BIBIONIDAE 

 Scatopse californica n. sp. 



(Figure 85) 



This is a small, slender black fly with polished body. The abdo- 

 men is about eight times as long as wide, and the head is long, narrow 

 and flattened. The antenna? are large for the size of the head, and 

 the eyes are long and narrow. The abdomen is thinly pilose, the 

 hairs on the last segment and hypopygium longer than the rest. The 

 tibia 1 and tarsi are slender and broadened at the apical ends. The 

 body is spineless. Last joint of antenna longest. Proboscis entirely 

 black. Wings clear hyaline. Length 3 mm. 



A single specimen collected by Prof. Baker. Apparently the first 

 Scatopse noted as peculiar to the Pacific Coast. 



Figure 86. Euparyphus lagunae 



STRATIOMYIDAE 

 Euparyphus lagunae n. sp. 



(Figure 86) 



A black, yellow marked fly, with a rather broad and flattened 

 body. The last three joints of tarsi are black, the first two black on 

 the distal ends. Body thinly pilose with long yellowish hair. Head 

 flattened. Femora and tibia? orange yellow, with no bristles. Front 

 black and very narrow. Base of antenna? with two yellow stripes, 



