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as broad. Middle tibiae with five or six long bristles along the 

 basal two-thirds of the outer edge and a single bristle at the basal 

 third on the anterior surface; longer spur two- thirds as long as 

 the metatarsus. Hind tibia with a single bristle on the anterior 

 surface at the basal two-fifths and a short one just before the 

 apex; longer spur scarcely longer than the width of the metatarsus. 

 Wings with the costal vein reaching to the middle, its bristles 

 rather long and sparse, about 17 in each series, and each bristle 

 about as long as the greatest distance from the costa to the first 

 vein; first vein bending sharply and then slanting to the costa, 

 its apex nearer to the tip of the costa than to the humeral cross- 

 vein; fourth vein w^eakly curved on its basal half, straight beyond, 

 ending barely before the wing tip; fifth and sixth weak, nearly 

 straight; seventh obsolete. Halteres black. 



Female.- — The front is broader, and the body is black, with 

 only the slightest tinge of the green colour of the male. The front 

 tarsi are more distinctly thickened, the second and following joints 

 being slightly wider than the tibia; second joint distinctly less 

 than twice as wide as long; third one-third longer than wide. 



Described from four specimens; type d^, two d^ paratypes 

 and one 9 paratype. Treesbank, Manitoba, Canada, (N. Criddle) 

 May 30. Type in the collection of the Entomological Branch, 

 Dept. of /Agriculture, Ottawa. 



As Professor Aldrich remarked in his letter sent with the 

 specimens, this is the only Phorid which shows a distinct green 

 colour, the other members of the family being black, brown, 

 reddish or yellow of various shades and combinations. Only 

 one other form with which I am familiar, Melaloncha pidchella 

 Brues, departs from this type of coloration, the abdomen having 

 bands of bluish pruinosity. 



BOOK REVIEW. 

 Rhyncophora or Weevils of Northeastern Ami:rica. 



BY \V. S. BLATCHLEY AND C. W. LENG. THE NATURE PUBLISHING 

 CO , 1558 PARK AVENUE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, U. S. A. 



Those who possess the monumental work of Prof. Blatchley 

 on the Coleoptera of Indiana will rejoice to learn that he has 

 completed his great task by publishing the present volume on the 

 Rhyncophora, which were not included in the former book. By 



