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Macrophya melanopleura, n. sp. — Female: Body black, 

 with the following parts yellowish white; the clypeus, the labrum, 

 the basal segment of the antennae, the collar broadly, the tegulae, 

 the scutellum, the postscutellum, the basal plates, the front and 

 middle legs, the hind coxae except the part beneath, the hind tro- 

 chanters, the basal half of the hind femora, a broad ring on the hind 

 tibiae, and the hind tarsi; the third segment of the antennae longer 

 than the fourth ; the head and thorax coarsely and densely punc- 

 tured; the saw-guides with the upper and lower margins straight, 

 subparallel, the apex obliquely truncated with the angles rounded. 

 Length 9 mm. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts. Received from the Hatch Experi- 

 ment Station, Amherst, Massachusetts, through Professor H. T. 

 Fernald. 



A species related to jascialis Nort. and varia Nort. from which 

 it is differentiated by having well-developed vertical furrows. 



Macrophya confusa, n. sp. — Female: Body black, with the 

 clypeus, the labrum, the mandibles, the collar, the tegulae, a band 

 on the pleurae, a spot above the hind coxae, the front and middle 

 legs except a spot on the apex of their femora beneath and the 

 apices of their tibiae, the hind coxae and trochanters, the basal half 

 of the hind femora, a ring on the hind tibiae, and the hind tarsi 

 except the apices of the segments; the antennae with the third 

 segment longer than the fourth; the head finely punctured; the 

 wings hyaline, the veins and stigma brownish; the saw-guides 

 obliquely, bluntly rounded. Length 9 mm. 



Habitat. — Pennsylvania. Received through Professor C. F. 

 Baker. 



This species is related to pulchella Klg., from which it differs 

 in the amount and coarseness of the punctuation on the mesopleura. 



Macrophya ornata, n. sp. — Female: Body black, with the 

 following parts white: the clypeus, the labrum, the mandibles, the 

 collar, the tegulae, the scutellum, the front legs except a fuscous line 

 on the tibiae at apex above, the middle legs except a ring on the 

 apex of the tibiae, the apical half of the hind coxae, the hind tro- 

 chanters, the basal one-third of the hind femora, a ring on the hind 



