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nearly the entire length of the outer side. Wings hyaline, costal vein ex- 

 tending three-fourths the length of the wing, ciliate with rather short, 

 bristles ; second heavy veni forked near its apex, tip of first heavy vein 

 slightly beyond the middle between the humeral cross-vein and apex of 

 the first branch of the second heavy vein ;' first slender vein curved 

 near its base, then nearly straight, the cell in front of it scarcely wider 

 than the narrowest part of the cell behind it ; fourth slender vein distinct. 

 Length, 4 mm. Hartford, Conn. A single specimen in my collection, 

 taken April 30, 1893, by Mr. Stewart N. Dunning. 



Phora cocciphila, n. sp. — Black, sub-shining, the under side of the 

 third antennal joint and the pilpi, yellowish ; halteres whitish ; front 

 legs, including the coxjb, light yellow, the others brown. The four 

 frontal seta? above the antennje pointing downward, the others upward. 

 Tibi* destitute of stout setai on the outer side. Wings whitish hyaline, 

 costal vein not extending to the middle of the wing; ciliate with very 

 short bristles, second heavy vein simple, not forked near the tip, aj^ex of 

 first heavy vein near the last fifth of the distance between the humeral 

 cross-vein and the tip of the second vein \ first slender vein nearly 

 straight, the cell in front of it nearly twice as wide as the narrowest part 

 of the one behind it. Abdomen bare in both sexes. Length, .75 to 1.25 

 mm. Twenty-five specimens in the collection of the Department of 

 Agriculture, bred in October and November, 1894, from larva? infesting 

 dead adults of Icerya purchasi, collected by Mr. C. H. T. Townsend at 

 Magdalena, Victoria, and Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



Phora fungicola, n. sp. — Black, sub-shining, antenuit* and halteres 

 concolorous, the palpi and legs, including the front coxae, yellowish. 

 The four frontal seta- above the antenna; pointing downward, the others 

 upward. Tibite destitute of stout setae on the outer side. Wings 

 hyaline, costal vein extending to the middle of the wing, ciliate with 

 short bristles, second heavy vein forked near the apex, tip of the first 

 heavy vein near the last third of the distance between the humeral cross- 

 vein and apex of the first branch of the second vein, first slender vein 

 gently curved its whole length, the cell in front of it scarcely wider than 

 the narrowest part of the one behind it. Abdomen bare in both sexes. 

 Length, i to 1.5 mm. Ten specimens in the collection of the Department 

 of Agriculture, bred by T. D. A. Cockerell, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 

 from larvai infesting a tree-fungus, Trainetes Pecki, which was inhabited 

 by Coleopterous insects belonging to the genus Cis. 



