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Type. No. 7963, U. S. National Museum. 



Dr. Dimmock writes that the Amblycorypha was collected on 

 August 19, 1897, by Miss Annie G. Edwards, who brought it to 

 him the same day. It appeared to be sickly, and in the evening 

 two larvae issued from its abdomen and soon pupated, and the 

 specimen of Sarcophaga, described above, emerged on Septem 

 ber n of the same year. 



Family ANTHOMYID^E. 

 Pegomya bucculenta, n. sp. 



Black, the frontal triangle usually deep brown, the halteres yellow. 

 Eyes approximated, frontal vitta at narrowest point narrower than the 

 lowest ocellus, sides of face broad, projecting nearly the length of the 

 third antennal joint in front of the eyes, third joint of antennae nearly 

 twice as long as the second, about two-thirds as wide as long, arista nearly 

 bare, thickened on the basal fourth, epistoma only slightly produced, 

 cheeks broader than sides of face, proboscis rather robust, labella small. 

 Thorax grayish pruinose, not distinctly vittate, three pairs of postsutural 

 dorsocentral bristles, sternopleurals one and two, discal pair of scutellar 

 bristles much longer than the bristly hairs. Abdomen narrow, olive gray 

 pruinose and with a broad black dorsal vitta, hairs of upper side of abdo 

 men long and nearly erect, venter devoid of bristles of an unusual length, 

 genitalia projecting nearly the length of the last abdominal segment 

 beyond the apex of the latter. Front tibiaa bearing a single bristle, situ 

 ated on the inner-posterior side, middle femora ciliate with long bristles 

 on the basal two-thirds of the under side, their tibiae bearing three long 

 bristles on the outer-posterior side and two on the inner-posterior side, 

 hind femora ciliate on nearly the entire length of the under side with 

 rather long bristles and hairs, their tibiae bearing two rather short bristles 

 on the inner-anterior side, four long ones on the outer-anterior side, 

 three long and one rather short one on the outer-posterior side, the inner- 

 posterior side usually with two small ones; pulvilli rather short. Wings 

 hyaline, the extreme base dark gray, costal spines very short and scarcely 

 perceptible, auxiliary spine as long as the small cross-vein, last section of 

 fourth vein straight. Calypteres whitish. Length 5 mm. 



Mountains near Claremont, Cal. Two male specimens col 

 lected by Prof. C. F. Baker. 



Type. No. 8038, U. S. National Museum. 



Family MICROPEZID^. 

 Nerius longicornis, n. sp. 



Head brown, the lower part of the front, the face and lower part of the 

 head, yellow, two black spots along the front border of each eye near the 



