OF WASHINGTON. 191 



somewhat truncated at the base, slightly longer than the second, arista 

 almost bare, the penultimate joint wider than long; face with a high 

 median carina which extends from the lower edge of the front to three- 

 fourths of the length of the face; vibrissae well-developed, inserted dis 

 tinctly above the level of the middle of the lower edge of the face, clypeus 

 strongly projecting, eyes bare, distinctly higher than long, five times as 

 high as width of cheek, occiput strongly concave on the upper half where 

 it projects very little beyond the eyes, on the lower half it projects strongly 

 behind the eyes. Thorax bearing two pairs each of acrostichal, dorso- 

 central, supra-alar, notopleural and sternopleural bristles, one humeral, 

 scutellum bearing four marginal bristles. Legs robust, front femora 

 ciliate with a few bristles on the under side, other femora and all tibiae 

 devoid of bristles. Auxiliary vein distinct on slightly over its basal half, 

 the remainder obsolete, the anal and both basal cells,complete, hind cross- 

 vein present, anal angle well-developed. 



Type: The following species : 



Sinophthalmus pictus, n. sp. 



Head yellow, an ocellar dot, two dots on each cheek, the sides of the 

 clypeus and the occiput except the lower part and middle of the upper, 

 black; antennae and palpi yellow, proboscis largely brown, robust, and 

 with large labella. Thorax black, grayish pruinose and marked with 

 many brown dots and a few brown spots; scutellum gray pruinose, a pair 

 of brown spots near the base, a black or brown spot occupies most of the 

 apical half except the sides and extreme apex, also a black dot at base of 

 each bristle comprising the first pair. Abdomen opaque black, the first 

 two segments except a spot toward each side of the second, the narrow 

 hind borders of the next two, and the front ends of the following two, 

 yellow and covered with a whitish pruinosity. Legs black, the knees, 

 two bands on each tibia, and the tarsi except their apices, yellow. Wings 

 hyaline, pale grayish along the costa, a brown cloud on the hind and the 

 small cross-vein, a brown dot near middle of last section of the fourth 

 vein. Length 3 to 3.5 mm. 



Mountains near Claremont, Cal. (C. F. Baker) ; Yosemite, 

 Cal., September 3. Twelve specimens. Reported as being an 

 noying to the eyes of visitors to the locality last mentioned. 



Type. No. 8039, U. S. National Museum. 



Family AGROMYZID^E. 

 Agromyza taeniola, n. sp. 



Near magnicornis, but the third joint of the antennae is very small, the 

 mesonotum not pruinose, etc. Black, the proboscis, narrow lateral mar- 



