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14. Fore tibiae entirely black obscura 



Fore tibiae mostly yellow 15 



15. Third antennal joint broadest before middle, tapering api- 



cally; larger (3.5 mm.) species fasciola 



Third joint broadest beyond middle, not tapering; smaller 

 (1.5 mm.) species marginalis 



Pseudogeron setosa sp. nov. 



$, Black; halteres brown and yellow; hind margins of abdominal 

 segments yellow. Pile long and yellowish. 



Shining; abdomen opake. Frons and face silvery, sides of latter on 

 mesal margin thickly beset with long black bristles, also similar bristles 

 on first antennal joint and on posterior orbits. 



Robust species. Proboscis twice as long as head; palpi one-fourth 

 as long. First antennal joint nearly as long as third; third as long as 

 first and second, two and one-half times as long as broad with great- 

 est width at middle. Second vein ending opposite middle of second 

 submarginal; latter broad apically due to the forward curving of the 

 last third of the anterior branch of third vein, so that the length of the 

 cell is hardly twice as long as its greatest width. Small c. v. beyond 

 middle of discal cell ; post c. v. oblique and straight. 



9, Destitute of the black bristles on the head, halteres entirely yel- 

 low; second submarginal cell longer and the post. c. v. sinuate. Length, 

 $, $, 5.0 mm. 



Holotype $, Tahoe, California, August 11, 1905. Type 

 No. 6080. 



Allotype 9 ,Topotypic. 



These specimens have been in alcohol and the pile is matted. 

 Normally, there may be considerable amount of pruinose coat- 

 ing present which is not apparent on the type specimens. 



In venation this species is similar to the typical Gcron but 

 there is no attenuation in the third antennal joint. 



Pseudogeron capax. 



1892. Geron capax Coquillett, Can. Ent., xxiv, 126. 



Described from specimens of both sexes from Orange 

 County,* California. 



I have examined a male (cotype) and a female from Los 

 Angeles County, California; a male labeled "Cala" and an- 

 other male bearing label "39." I have not seen the specimens 

 that are responsible for the New Jersey record. 



* Orange County is a part of the original Los Angeles County. 



