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frontal bristles descending nearly to tip of second joint of antennae, two 

 pairs of orbital bristles ; sides of face bare ; vibrissge inserted some dis- 

 tance above the oral margin, only two or three small bristles above each ; 

 cheeks over one-third as wide as height of eyes. Antennae four-fifths as 

 long as the face, yellow, the third joint black, two and one-half times as 

 long as the second, nearly four times as long as broad ; penultimate joint 

 of arista not longer than broad. Proboscis and palpi yellow, labella 

 black. Thorax black, grayish pollinose, marked with four black vitta^, 

 the outer ones broadly interrupted ; three post-sutural macrochaetae. 

 Scutellum yellowish, bearing a small apical and two long lateral pairs of 

 macrochaetae. Abdomen yellow, a black dorsal vitta on the last three 

 segments, most expanded on the third ; a marginal pair and a single 

 lateral macrochaeta on the second segment, and a marginal row of six on 

 each of the two following. Legs, including the coxae, yellow, the tarsi 

 black ; claws and pulvilli less than one-half as long as the last tarsal joint. 

 Wings hyaline, no costal spine, third vein bearing two bristles at the base, 

 the others bare ; apical cell open slightly before the tip of the wing, hind 

 cross-vein sinuate and very oblique, at last third of distance between the 

 small cross-vein and the bend, the latter arcuate ; calypteres whitish. 

 Length, 8 mm. Southern California. A single specimen in July. 



Drepanoglossa venatoris, n. sp. — ? Differs from the above descrip- 

 tion oi Occident alls only as follows : Frontal vitta scarcely more than one- 

 half as wide as either side of the front, cheeks over one-half as wide as 

 height of eyes. Third joint of antennfe twice as long as the second, only 

 twice as long as wide. Proboscis black. Scutellum, bearing an additional 

 lateral pair of macrochaetae. Abdomen black on last two segments, 

 yellowish-gray pollinose, third segment with a marginal row of ten, the 

 fourth with a discal row often and a marginal row of eight macrochaetae. 

 Claws- and pulvilli nearly as long as the last tarsal joint. Third vein 

 bristly half v.'ay to the small cross-vein, costal spine distinct, fourth 

 vein obtuse-angular at the bend, hind cross-vein straight. Length, 9 mm. 

 Washington. A single specimen from Prof O. B. Johnson. 



SipJiophyto setiger, n. sp. — $ Second segment of abdomen bearing 

 a marginal pair of macrochaetae. Frontal vitta yellowish-brown, subequal 

 in width to either side of front next the antennae, sides of front grayish 

 pollinose, frontal bristles descending to base of third antennal joint, two 

 pairs of orbital bristles ; face whitish pollinose, the sides bare; vibrissae 

 inserted near the oral margin, only two or three small bristles above each ; 



