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femora largely, and upper surface of tip of middle and hind 

 femora black. Length, 5.5 mm. 



Four specimens ; April and May. The specific name is given 

 in reference to the rather broad front of the male. 



Caricea. 



( Desvoidy, Myod.. p. 530 ; 1830.) 



Caricea sexnotata, n. sp. 



Female : Head black, occiput gray pollinose, front, face, and 

 cheeks uniformly yellowish-gray pollinose, four frontal bristles 

 present, inner verticals large, outer small, antennae yellow, 

 arista short plumose, proboscis black, palpi yellow. Thorax 

 black, gray pollinose, with two rows of dorsocentrals, each with 

 one in front of and three behind the suture, two humeral, two 

 posthumeral, one just internal to the posthumerals, one su- 

 praalar and one postalar bristle present, prescutellars absent ; 

 three mesopleural and three sternopleural bristles, one of the 

 latter low down ; scutellum w^ith an apical and a basal pair of 

 bristles ; halteres yellow. Legs uniformly yellow. Front two 

 segments of abdomen yellow, second with two brown spots, 

 third and fourth segments black, covered with gray pollen, and 

 each with two velvety black spots. Wings hyaline, veins semi- 

 translucent. Length, 3 mm. 



Two specimens ; May. 



Caricea multimaculata, n. sp. 



Male and female : Black, gray pollinose. Antennae rather 

 long for this genus, arista short plumose. Four frontals, in- 

 ner vertical present, outer vertical absent, ocellar bristles small ; 

 proboscis sometimes with a yellowish cast, palpi linear. Two 

 rows of dorsocentrals, each with one in front of and three be- 

 hind the suture, two humeral, two posthumeral, one above 

 posthumerals, one supraalar, and one postalar bristle, prescutel- 

 lar bristles absent ; four mesopleurals and three sternopleurals, 

 one of the latter situated low down ; scutellum with an apical 

 and a basal pair of bristles ; halteres yellow. Each abdominal 

 segment, besides having a linear, central spot, w^ith a larger, 

 brown spot on each side ; third and fourth segments with dis- 

 cal macrochsetiTe. Coxt^e and femora black, tibiae yellow, tarsi 

 fuscous. Wings hyaline. Length, 3.3 mm. 



Ten specimens ; May and June. 



