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and tibia beneath white, middle and posterior tibiae densely sericeous ; 

 wings hyaline, slightly obscure, veins black, costa and stigma brownish, 

 first branchial and second submarginal cells with a black dot. Length, 

 7 mm. 



1 6 » 7 9 ?» April 17, 1892, on the catkins of Salix flavescens, and 

 May 7th, 1893. Two specimens with the venation of Harpiphorm 

 probably belong here. 



Labidia opimus, Cress. 



1 rT, June 25, 1892. 



Macrophya calif omica, Nort. 



Three females, two from the Skokomish River, May 5th, on Hides 

 bradeosum. These specimens do not agree perfectly with Norton's 

 description, but they differ more among themselves than from the 

 description. The interrupted band on the abdomen and the black spot 

 on the hind coxae are wanting, in one specimen the abdomen is reddish- 

 brown, and the antennae, except the basal segment, entirely black. 



Macrophya oregona, Cress. 



1 5 . — Differs from Cresson's description only in having a small white 

 spot on basal plates. 



Macrophya magnifica, sp. nov. 



Black ; labrum, clypeus, mandibles, except at tip. palpi, cheeks, 

 an elongate spot on inner orbits above the antennae, spot beneath the 

 antennae, the carina above the base of the antennae, tegulae, a broad band 

 on collar, subinterrupted at middle, a large spot on each thoracic pleura, 

 the scutellum, lines on the sides of the thorax and at the base of the 

 wings, the edges of the basal plate?, a band extending along the edge of 

 the abdomen from the basal plates to the apex of the seventh segment, 

 band broadest on the venter, legs, except a line above and the apex of 

 the posterior femora, which are black, olive-white ; antennae, sternum, 

 venter except the lateral yellow band, and back of the head, black ; the 

 five apical segments of the abdomen and the saw reddish-brown ; the 

 basal segment of the antennae large, globular, the third as long as the 

 fourth and fifth together ; wings slightly infuscated, veins black, the costa 

 and stigma at base brownish ; lanceolate cell with a straight cross-nervure. 

 Length, 12 mm. 



1 $ , June 4, 1892. 



