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Paralimna texana n. sp. 



Similar to P. appendiculata Loew, but averaging lighter in general 

 color on account of the non-coalescence of the brown irroration, espe- 

 cially of the mesonotum. The fourth vein lacks the appendages so dis- 

 tinctive of that species. Furthermore the fore femora of the male have 

 the mesal flexor ciliation well developed, of curved flattened bristles, 

 while the lateral series is complete nearly to the apex and is composed 

 of numerous normal bristles arranged more or less irregularly towards 

 the base. The fore femora and tibiae are slightly bent and their flexor 

 surfaces more or less flattened. The wings are noticeably milky in well- 

 preserved specimens. The females are difficult to separate from those 

 of appendiculata, especially those from the southern localities. This 

 may ultimately prove to be merely a subspecies of that species, but the 

 characters noted above are of sufficient importance at present to war- 

 rant their use as a basis for a new species. 



Holotype $, Austin, Texas, October 1900. [Washington 

 State College Collection.] 



Paratypes. 2 $ , 5 5 , with same data. 



Hydrellia proclinata n. sp. 



Black, subopake, obscurely metallic green ; halteres lemon yellow. 

 Frons opake black, with median area slightly greenish ; lunule, face and 

 cheeks densely bluish white. Mesonotum : scutellum much obscured by 

 the thin brownish or hoary dust; pleura brownish with propleural and 

 pteropleural hoary spots. Abdomen shining apically. Wings hyaline 

 with black veins. 



Head broader than high. Frons with strong mesof rental bristles, in- 

 cluding a pair of distinct proclinate pre-ocellars, also a strong proclinate 

 orbital and a few setulae, the usual reclinatc orbital being absent. Face 

 2.5 to 3 times as long as broad, nearly flat, very weakly carinate for its 

 full length ; 4-6 side bristles with a series of smaller ones nearer orbits. 

 Cheeks equalling width of third antennal joint. Antennae short; third 

 joint rather conical, as long as broad; arista thickened on basal half, 

 with 5-7 hairs. Thorax and its chaetotaxy normal. Scutellum flat, trun- 

 cate. Abdomen of male elongate with segment 5 as broad as long, trun- 

 cate. Legs normal ; hind femora with two series of setulae on lateral 

 surfaces. Wings with second costal section 1.5 as long as third. Length, 

 1.75-2.75 mm. 



Holotype. $, Berkeley Hills, Alameda Co., California, 

 April 20, 1908 (Cresson). [Type No. 6075. A. N. S. P.] 



Paratypes. 3 $ , 5 9 , with same data. 



Differing from all known American species in having no re- 

 clinate frontal orbital bristles and in the face having two series 



