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tibite and their tarsi, yellow ; head and pleura highly polished, the 

 abdomen less so, mesonotum and scutellum sabopaque, slightly scabrous, 

 thinly gray, pruinose, one pair of dorso-centrals ; wings hyaline, both 

 cross veins clouded with brown, broad apex of wing also brown ; length 

 2 mm. Biscayne Bay, Fla. (Mrs. A. T. Slosson), and Opelousas, La. 

 (Mr. G. R. Pilate). Five specimens. Those from the last named 

 locality are in the collection of Dr. Garry de N. Hough, to whom I arn 

 indebted for the privilege of examining these and other specimens 

 belonging to this family. Type No. 4294, U. S. Nat. Museum. 



Hyadina alboveiiosa, n. sp. 9 . — Black, the under portion of the 

 third antennal joint, palpi, and tarsi except the last joint, yellow, the 

 halteres whitish ; face, cheeks and lower part of occiput opaque gray 

 pruinose, remainder of occiput slightly polished, front highly polished, 

 mesonotum and scutellum slightly less so, one pair of dorso-centrals, 

 pleura thinly whitish pruinose, abdomen opaque brownish pruinose, the 

 broad lateral margins and the fifth segment highly polished, genitalia 

 light gray ; wings grayish hyaline, the cross veins distinctly clouded with 

 white. Length i mm. Tifton, Ga. (Oct., 1896), and Opelousas, La. 

 (March, 1897). Three specimens collected by Mr. G. R. Pilate. Type 

 No. 4295, U. S. Nat. Museum. 



Gastrops iiebulosjis, n. sp. ^ 9 • — Black, the antennae, except the 

 upper edge and sometimes broad apex of the third joint, apex of 

 proboscis, stem of halteres, and tarsi, except the last joint, yellow ; tibipe 

 reddish-brown ; head, thorax and scutellum polished, sparsely covered 

 with brownish pruinose spots, one pair of dorso-centrals ; abdomen 

 lustrous, tinged with bronze, coarsely punctured ; wings hyaline, mottled 

 with light and dark brown, a dark brown cloud on the cross veins, one 

 below apex of the first vein, another midway between apices of first and 

 second veins, one at apex of second vein covering a stump of a vein that 

 projects into the submarginal cell from the second vein a short distance 

 before its apex j apices of third and fourth veins bordered with brown, 

 that on the third extending more than half way to apex of second vein, 

 where it is considerably expanded ; a faint brown cloud in the outer 

 fourth of the first posterior cell, and one near centre of the second 

 posterior cell ; length 2 to 3 mm. N. C. and Tifton, Ga. (Oct.-Nov., 

 1896). Nine specimens; those from Ga. were collected by Mr. G. R. 

 Pilate, and are in Dr. Hough's collection. Type No. 4296, U. S. Nat. 

 Museum. 



