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Abdomen black, subshining, yellowish pilose, the third segment except largely 

 on posterior angles, the fourth except narrow posterior border, and venter of lat- 

 ter, black pilose. Legs black, sparsely yellow pilose, hind metatarsi slightly in- 

 crassate, about as long as the following joints together, all pulvilli yellowish. 

 Wings hyaline, veins black, indistinctly infuscated. Length, 12 mm. 



One specimen, Englewood, Clark county, Kansas. Collected during June, 

 1903, by Dr. F. H. Snow. 



Limosina atra, n. sp. 



Female. Black throughout; antennse porrect, third joint broader than 

 long, arista pubescent; mesonotum slightly pollinose, ecutellum opaque. Abdo- 

 men and lege entirely black. Wings subhyaline, third section of costa shorter 

 than the second, distal section of second vein much longer than the first section 

 of the third, third vein with a slight curvature forward, ending before apex of 

 wing. Length, 1.5 mm. 



One specimen, Douglas county, Kansas. 



Limosina setigera, n. sp. 



Female. Front opaque black, median line and orbits shining, occiput 

 black, cheeks and mouth-parts largely yellowish, antennas black, porrect, arista 

 pubescent. Thorax black, moderately shining, bristles of anterior part of meso- 

 notum rather strong, pleura? with a brownish cast, scutellum opaque, halteres 

 light brown. Abdomen and legs brownish black; first and last joints of hind 

 tarsi black. Wings hyaline, third section of costa shorter than the second, distal 

 section of second vein over twice as long as the first section of the third, ending 

 in the costa considerably beyond the apex of the discal cell, third vein with a 

 slight curvature forward, ending before tip of wing. Length, 2 mm. 



Two specimens, one from Douglas county, the other from Magdalena 

 mountains, New Mexico. The latter was taken by Dr. F. H. Snow in August, 

 1891. 



