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SiSYRNODYTES. 

 ( Loew. Neue Beitrage, IV, 40 ; 1856.) 



Sisyrnodytes major, n. sp. 



Male and female : Black, shining, white and brownish pilose. 

 Mesonotum and dorsum of abdomen finely punctulate. Bristly- 

 hairs of first two antennal joints white, base and tip of antennal 

 style reddish yellow ; pile of palpi black ; pile of lower part of 

 face, front and upper part of occiput yellowish white ; ocellar 

 tubercle with long, white, bristly hairs. Pile of thorax white 

 and brown intermixed, a narrow median line on anterior part 

 composed wholly of white pile, below and behind base of wings 

 a large tuft of light brownish pile ; hal teres yellowish, knobs 

 black. A tuft on sides of first abdominal segment, and pile of 

 posterior and lateral margins of all segments white pilose ; long 

 sparse pile of venter white. Bases of all tibi?e reddish in 

 ground color, pile of legs white ; bristly hairs of femora, bristles 

 of the four front tibiiF and basal half of hind tibiae yellow, re- 

 maining bristles, or spines, black. Wings hyaline, all veins 

 broadly bordered with brown, especially center of wing, ante- 

 rior branch of fourth vein with a stump on anterior side near 

 base, costal border fringed with short white hairs. Length of 

 male, 10 mm. ; female, 12 mm. 



Three specimens ; September., 



BOMBYLIIDiE. 



BOMBYLIUS. 



(Linne, Fauna Suecica ; 1761.) 



Bombylius analis. 



Bombylius analis Fabr., Ent. Sust., IV, 408, 5. 

 Bombylius discoideus Fabr., 1. c, IV, 409, 6. 

 Bombylius thoracicus Fabr. , Syst. Antl. , 130, 9. 

 Bombylius analis Wied., Zool. Mag., II, 42. 



One female and four males, collected during February. 



Hyperalonia. 



(Rondani, Archiv. Zool., Ill, 57; 1863.) 



Hyperalonia vittata. 



Hyperalonia vittata Ricardo, Ann. a, Mag. Nat. Hist. , vol. 7, 7th Ser. , No. 

 37, p. 104 ; 1901. 



Three specimens ; September. 



