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white pollinose, thus the spots in question are more or less con- 

 cealed. Facial concavity beneath the antenna? not very pro- 

 nounced, facial tubercle small, round and shining black. Antenna 

 brown, third segment somewhat elongate, light brown with the 

 arista of the same color. Thorax brown, with very short, sparse 

 light colored tomentum. Wing nearly 'uniforai pale yello\vish, 

 first posterior cell closed, petiole short; second vein abruptly 

 curved at apex meeting the costa at nearly a right angle. All 

 the legs colored alike, each femur dark brown to apex; apex of 

 femur, whole tibia and first three or four tarsal segments pale, 

 last one or two tarsal segments darker usually. Abdomen 

 unifonn shining brown with very short sparse, light colored 

 tomentum. 



Female : Like the male in color. Facial concavity beneath the 

 antennas not very pronounced; luteous spots adjacent to the 

 cheeks more conspicuous than in the male. 



vSpecimens from Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio and from 

 Southern Pines, North Carolina, (Manee). Previously reported 

 from Texas and North Carolina. 



Myiolepta transversa n. sp. Rather small, mostly black 

 in ground color, anterior part of thorax with two transverse 

 golden bands interrupted at the middle. Fourth abdominal 

 segment and sides of the third with dense golden tomentum. 

 Wings somewhat fumose. Length 7 millimeters. 



Female: Eyes rather widely separated, front narrowed above, 

 front and face with a rather thin layer of golden pollen, cheeks 

 and middle of face shining black, antennee brown, third segment 

 oblong, longer than the other two segments combined, arista 

 very near the base and of the same color of the segment that 

 bears it. Thorax black, before with two narrow, golden transverse 

 markings interrupted at the middle and a golden transverse 

 spot before the scutellum, pleurae with sparse white hair, femora 

 dark brown or nearly black, tibiae lighter, especially at bases, 

 middle and hind tarsi pale brown, front tarsi nearly black, wings 

 slightly fumose, first posterior cell closed, the petiole about as 

 long as the anterior cross- vein, second vein abruptly curved at 

 apex, meeting the costa at nearly a right angle. Abdomen 

 black in ground color, fourth segment and sides of third with 

 golden vestiture. 



Type female taken at Puerto Cortez, Honduras, March 23, 

 1905. 



This species is somewhat intermediate between the genera 

 Myiolepta and Syritta. The concavity beneath the bases of 

 the antennae is very short, and extending from this concavity to 

 the oral margin is a prominent broadly arched carina, a character 

 which docs not exactly agree with cither genus. The hind femur 

 is larger than those of the outer legs, but otherwise agrees with 



