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black, iis hairs also black. Abdomen shining steel-blue, the sides of the 

 first three segments partly brown poUinose, on the second segment 

 extending nearly half way to the middle of the dorsum, leaving numerous 

 spots uncovered and polished, hairs of the abdomen, including those of 

 the venter, black. Legs black, the femora toward their bases whitish 

 poUinose, the hairs wholly black. Wings and calypteres brown, 



$ . Same as the male, with these exceptions : Front nine times as 

 wide as distance between the two posterior ocelli ; face and cheeks 

 smooth, opaque brownish poUinose, the upper part of the face and two 

 spots each side, one of which is contiguous to the eye, the other nearly 

 midway between it and the mouth, polished black. Hairs of venter of 

 abdomen largely yellowish-white. Front femora each bearing a cluster of 

 whitish hairs on the under side a short distance before the tip. 



Length of male, 19 mm.; of female, 22 mm. One specimen of each 

 sex. The female was bred by the writer from a larva found in a cotton- 

 tail rabbit obtained near Anaheim, Cal. The male was collected July 28, 

 1896, at Corbett, Wyoming, by Mr. R. P. Currie. 



Cuterebra nitida, n. sp. — ^ . Differs from the above description of the 

 male of lepivora only as follows : Front subshining, two opaque spots of 

 brownish pollen each side contiguous to the eyes ; no yellow hairs above 

 the antennce. Abdomen wholly polished, destitute of pollen. Front 

 tibise at base of outer side white poUinose. Length, 19 mm. Los Angeles 

 Co.,' Cal. One specimen, collected by the writer in September. 



Cuterebra latifrons, n. sp. — $ . Differs from the above description 

 of the male of lepivora^a.% follows ; Front at narrowest part six times as 

 wide as the distance between the two posterior ocelli ; two opaque spots 

 of brownish pollen each side, contiguous to the eyes, face destitute of 

 opaque spots. Pleura destitute of a cluster of b^ack hairs. Abdomen 

 reddish-brown, the last three segments partly covered with brownish 

 pollen, leaving numerous spots uncovered and polished. Front tibiae 

 white poUinose on the base of the outer side. Length, 17 ram. Los 

 Angeles Co., Cal. One specimen, captured by the writer in June. 



Cuterebra polita, n. sp. — $, . Same as latifrons, except that the 

 lower part of the front and upper part of the face are narrowly bordered 

 with gray pollen next the eyes, and the abdomen is violet-black, wholly 

 polished and destitute of pollen, femora destitute of whitish pollen. 

 Length, 16 mm. National Park, Wyoming. One specimen, coUected 

 August 3, by Mr. H. G. Hubbard. 



