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Abdomen paler green and dull with pollen, the venter and some of 

 the incisures yellow, first segment largely yellow, last three segments 

 with coppery reflections ; hypopygium small, mostly concealed, with 

 the rather long outer appendages yellow. 



Legs and coxae pale yellow ; middle coxae blackish on the outer sur- 

 face for half their length ; middle femora with one slender black 

 bristle near the tip on the hind edge, and a few black hairs on the 

 upper hind edge towards the tip ; middle femora, tibiae and metatarsi 

 of about equal length ; middle tibiae with a slender bristle close to the 

 tip, this bristle fully twice as long as the diameter of the tibiae ; middle 

 tibiae and metatarsi with long hair ; hind tarsi as long as their tibiae 

 and black from the extreme tip of the first joint. 

 Cilia of the tegulae white. 



Wings with the front apical 

 corner rounded, the second vein 

 entering the costa before this 

 rounding begins, second vein run- 

 ning close to the costa and par- 

 allel with it for some distance 



of .. before entering 



erect cilia which are longest at the tip of the second vein, 

 rapidly decreasing in length beyond this point. (Fig. 2.) 



Described from one male from St. Simon Island, Georgia, 

 taken about the first of May, by Dr. J. C. Bradley. Type in 

 the Cornell University collection. 



Sciapus noveboracensis n. sp. 



Two basal joints of the antennae yellow; hypopygium large with 

 long appendages ; femora mostly yellow ; middle tibiae extraordinarily 

 long and slender; middle tarsi flattened and contorted; cilia of the 

 tegulae white. Length 6 mm. 



$ . Face and front metallic green with yellow pollen, the pollen 

 more whitish on the lower part of the face ; antennae short, the two 

 basal joints yellow, third joint black; arista black, inserted near the 

 base of the third joint, hardly as long as the width of the head. 



Dorsum of the thorax dark metallic greenish blue with thin yellow- 

 ish pollen ; pleurae green with white pollen ; bristles of the thorax 

 rather long. 



Abdomen metallic green, thinly covered with yellowish pollen, and 

 with black incisures, with a few long yellow hairs at base above, and 

 with about six black bristles near the hind margin of the segments ; 

 hairs on the venter rather long and white; hypopygium large, black, 

 with long appendages which are yellow towards their tips. 



Middle and hind coxae black. Fore coxae yellow with long white 



