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clothed with pale hairs; hypopygium small, black with small, 

 black lamellae. Coxa; and legs yellow; top edge of hind femora on 

 apical half, hind tibiae and tarsi wholly and last two joints of fore 

 and middle tarsi black; fore coxae with prominent black bristles 

 on the front surface; middle and hind coxae each with a large, black 

 bristle on the outer side; fore tibiae with a bristle on top near the 

 base and several small ones; middle and hind tibiae each with two 

 bristles on top, one at basal fourth and one near the middle, and 

 several at tip; fore tarsi a little longer than their tibiae, the first 

 joint nearly as long as the remaining four together, second a little 

 longer than the third, fourth and fifth about equal in length; 

 pulvilli not at all enlarged; middle tarsi as long as their tibiae; hind 

 tarsi shorter than their tibiae, the first joint very little shorter 

 than the second. Tegulae, their cilia and the halters yellow. 

 Wings grayish hyaline, rather dark; fourth vein ending in the 

 apex of the wing; posterior cross- vein nearly three times its length 

 from the tip of the fifth vein; veins black. 



Described from two males which I took at Ft. Erie, Ont., 

 June 6th. Type in the author's collection. 



This species would run in the table of species in the Ent. 

 News, Vol. 24, p. 270, to 5'. angustipennis Aid., but that species has 

 yellow antennae, yellow^ appendages to the hypopygium, and has 

 the legs and feet entirely yellow except the last tarsal joint. 



Nothosympycnus inornatus, n. sp. 



Male. — Length 2.5-3 mm. Face very narrow, covered with 

 gray pollen; front and thorax metallic brown with a greenish 

 lustre and dulled with yellowish brown pollen; antennae (Fig. 28,C) 

 black, third joint large, oval, rounded at tip; arista inserted near 

 the base of the third joint and thickened towards the apex, pubes- 

 cent; scutellum blue-green. Abdomen shining black on the 

 dorsum, especially towards the apex; venter yellow, which colour 

 extends more or less to the dorsum at the base; hypopygium small, 

 black, its appendages inconspicuous. Fore coxae yellow with 

 yellow hairs towards their tips; hind coxae with a pale bristle on 

 the outer side. Legs yellow, hind femora and tibiae darkened at 

 tips; tarsi becoming black towards their tips; first joint of fore 

 tarsi very short, not much longer than thick, second joint three- 



