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yellow, antennae rufous, with black hairs, arista black at base ; 

 mesonotum black, gray pollinose, with two short, indistinct 

 black lines, pleurae and scutellum black, gray pollinose, the 

 former devoid of pile except on sterno-pleurse ; abdomen black, 

 subshining, sides of second, middle and sides of third and fol- 

 lowing segments gray pollinose ; legs, except knees, uniformly 

 reddish yellow ; wings slightly infuscate, lighter near base, veins 

 brown,first posterior cell closed andpetiolate, petiole shorter than 

 the small cross-vein. Length, 4.5 mm. 



Two specimens ; Kansas and Massachusetts. 



This species is close to Z. fulvifrons Say, but differs from it in 

 size, the subshining abdomen, and closed posterior cell. 



Zodion scapularis, n. ep. 



Male : Black, grayish pollinose, pile black ; face and cheeks 

 yellow, latter one-half the height of eye, front narrow, fulvous, 

 with a black line on each side above, antennse red, first joint, 

 distal end of third, and arista, black, occiput, proboscis with a 

 short palpi, black ; thorax black, grayish pollinose, inner half 

 of humeri shining black, scutellum and pleurae black, the lat- 

 ter, except the sternopleurae, devoid of pile, halteres yellow ; 

 second and third segments of abdomen red, subshining, polli- 

 nose on sides, remaining segments black, covered with gray 

 pollen, pile black ; legs, except knees and pulvilli, black ; wings 

 tinged with brown, veins black, first posterior cell closed, 

 petiolate, with the petiole longer than the small cross-vein. 

 Length, 5 mm. 



One specimen ; Arizona. Prof. F. H. Snow. 



Near Z. palpalis Robt., but differs in the short palpi, shining 

 spot on humeri, and wholly pollinose fourth abdominal segment. 



Zodion parvis, n. ep. 



Male : Black ; face and cheeks yellow, front fulvous, black 

 at vertex and narrow along sides, antennae red, hairs and arista 

 black, occiput and proboscis, with the short palpi, black; me- 

 sonotum, scutellum, pleurae subshining, pollen gray, most 

 prominent on humeri and below base of wings, halteres yellow, 

 pile black ; abdomen black, subshining, the gray pollen seen 

 more distinctly on the sides, pile black ; legs, except basal half 

 of tibiae, metatarsi, and pulvilli, black ; wings, except base, 



