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black vittae, which are continued over scutellum. Abdomen shining black, 

 anal segment rufous, whole abdomen clouded with silvery cinereous, giv- 

 ing the appearance of three broad, irregular, blackish vittee, interrupted 

 at the sutures; first two segments with a lateral pair and a median mar- 

 ginal pair of macrochsetae, third and anal with a marginal row. Legs 

 black, femora silvery cinereous, claws and pulvilli short. Wings slightly 

 grayish, nearly hyaline; tegulae whitish, halteres light brownish. Length 

 of body, 5 mm.; of wing, 4 mm. 



Described from one specimen; So. Florida (Robertson). 



Miltogramma decisa n. sp. $ . Eyes reddish brown; front brassy golden; 

 less than one-third width of head, the frontal vitta nearly obsolete in front; 

 two orbital bristles; face and cheeks pure silvery white; antennae pale 

 rufous, third joint one and a half times as long as second, arista blackish; 

 vibrissae distinct, decussate; proboscis black, palpi rufous (so far as can be 

 seen); occiput cinereous, short and sparsely bristly. Thorax cinereous, 

 silvery pollinose, with three narrow median vittae and a heavier outside 

 one; scutellum more or less cinereous. Abdomen shining black, first 

 segment on sides and second segment entirely, except triangle in middle, 

 rufous; bases of segments two to four silvery white pollinose; first seg- 

 ment without macrochsetae, second with a median marginal pair, third 

 with a lateral pair and a median marginal pair, and with a marginal row. 

 Legs black, front femora silvery on outside, claws and pulvilli very short. 

 Wings grayish hyaline, tegulse white, halteres brownish. Length of body, 

 4^ mm.; of wing, 3^ mm. 



Described from one specimen; So. Florida (Robertson). 



Anisia vanderwulpi n. sp. tf (?). Eyes cinnamon brown; frontal vitta 

 velvet blackish brown; sides of front and orbital margins of occiput brassy 

 golden; two orbital bristles; face and cheeks silvery white; antenna- ru- 

 fous, the third joint brownish distally and on front edge, arista brownish; 

 proboscis brownish, short, fleshy, labella large, pale tawny, palpi pale 

 tawny; occiput silvery, gray-hairy below. Thorax silvery white pollinose, 

 with four blackish vittae, the outer ones heavier and interrupted at suture, 

 humeri and pleune silvery white ; scutellum silvery white pollinose. 

 domen black, more or less silvery white pollinose, but particularly so at 

 bases of segments and more broadly on vertex, terminal portion of anal 

 segment pale rufous; first two segments with a lateral macrochaeta- and a 

 median marginal pair, the second segment with a median discal pair also; 

 third with a median discal pair, and a marginal row of about ten; anal 

 segment with a marginal and discal row of about eight, those in discal 

 row strongest. Legs black, coxa? and distal inferior half <>f f.-ni..ra light 

 rufous, femora more or less silvery; claws and pulvilli short, pulvilli 

 whitish. Wings grayish hyaline, tegulae transparent like isinglass, halteres 

 yellow. Length of body, 6 mm.; of wing, 5/2 nun. 



Described from one specimen ; Portland, Jamaica (C. 



Johnson). 



(To be continued.) 



