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Paraclius claviculatus. 

 Loew, Centuries, VII, 83. 



Two males. The arista is rather thick, two-thirds the length 

 of the front femur ; the wings are infuscated and the dorsum 

 darker in one specimen. There is a very close relation with 

 discifer, yet they are undoubtedly distinct. 



Paraclius quadrinotatus, n. sp. 



Male : Face moderately wide, the pollen whitish gray ; front 

 with brownish pollen ; antenna red, of ordinary appearance, 

 the arista slightly pubescent, cilia of the lateral and inferior 

 orbit white, thorax above somewhat mottled ; when viewed 

 from the side, the light coming from above, there is a large, 

 velvet-black spot above the root of the wing and another still 

 larger in the transverse suture. These are separated from each 

 other by a narrow metallic area, and present a very distinctive 

 appearance. Pleura black, with gray dust, tegula and hal teres 

 yellow; tegular cilia black. Abdomen green, the segments 

 dusted with white on the sides ; hypopygium of moderate size,, 

 the lamellae small, black, triangular. Fore coxa 1 yellow, the 

 others brown ; femora, tibiae and first joint of tarsi yellow ; tips 

 of tarsi moderately infuscated. Wings more or less infuscated 

 on the costal part, usually but little ; curve of fourth vein more 

 than half way from cross-vein to apex, not at all angular, the 

 return curve just before the tip of the same shape reversed. 



Female : Differs only in having the face a little wider. 



Length, 2.4 mm. ; of wing, 2.2 mm. Twenty-five specimens. 



Paraclius filiferus. 



Aldrich, Trans. Lond. Entom. Soc, 1896, 314. 



Numerous specimens. 



Paraclius venustus. 



Aldrich, Biologia. Diptera, Supplement. 



Numerous specimens. 



Paraclius bellus, n. sp. 



Male: Face narrow, silvery; front green, antenna red ; the 

 arista slightly pubescent ; cilia of the lateral and inferior orbit 

 white. Thorax dark blue, shining ; the silvery spot on each side 

 at the suture rather large ; pleurae rather heavily coated with 



