E. T. CKESSOX, JK. 
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Description . — cf, 9. Entirelj^ shining black, with frons and nicsonotnm, 
especially ot male, somewhat grannlose and lightly bi-ownisli prninose, appear- 
ing somewhat brassy. Halteres black. Wings hyaline. .Ml tarsi, except 
ajiices, whitish yellow; face with upper concavity and orbits somewhat hoary. 
Lace with four bristles mter.spersed with fine hairs; lowin' ni(“dian portion 
transversely, subconically convex (fig. 2), and rather irregularly rugulosi'. 
Cheeks about one-half height of head, noticeably decending at the jiost- 
buccal ridge. Antennae situated on line with center of eyes, slightly above 
that of head; third joint longer than second; arista with five to six moderately 
long hairs. 
Mesonotal setulae scattered, not serially arrangml, and are mori' numerous 
in male than in the female. Scutellum scabrous and setulose, only slightly 
Comdex in the female; apical bristles with minute tubercles at their bases. 
Fore femora with only faint indications of flexor spines. Length. — d mm. 
Type . — Descrilted from spceiineiis in the Winthem ( 'ollection, 
now at Vienna. Inhaljiting Europe. 
Material Exantined . — 8 c?, 8 9. 
Xew York: Beaverkill, Sullivan ('oiiiity, August .W12, (Cres.son). Ithaca, 
May 17, [Cornell]. 
Idaho: Pottsville, August 28, (A. L. Melander), [Mash]. 
Wa.shington: Almota, .June 24; Kipa, April 8, (all A. L. Melaiaku), (all 
Wash.]. 
OrtECiOx: Eagle ('rc'ek. Forest Iteserve, .Inly 1, (.V. L. Melander), [Wash.]. 
Caijb'ohnia: Lagunitas Canyon, Maiin Co., March 21), (Cresson). 
Athyroglossa ordinata Beck(U- 
181)0. Athyroglossa ordinata Becker, Berk Eid. Zc'it., xi.i, 18.). 
My material agree.s so wt'll with th(' desei’iption oi lliis 
European speeies there i.s nothing niort' to do tlnin eonsidt'r llu' 
determination as eorrect, altliougli not witliout rtduettmee. 
'rhat it is eongem'i'ie with (jldhru may also Ix' douhtt'd, in that 
the mesonotal setulae are tew and distinctly stnitiled, htil this 
character shows the same varitition in Ochlheroidea . 
Description . — cf, 9. Similar to f/Zuhru, but smalk'r, generally smoother 
and more polished, without any trace of pollinosity. I pper part ol the tact* 
polished, and with only two bristles besides the smaller hairs in the same sei ie>. 
Oral margin not obli(jue in profile, but emarginated at t he <‘pisloma. ( het'ks 
about one-fourth height ol head, not (h'sccuiding at occiput. .\iitennac ■'ilu- 
ated lower in relation to the eyc's. .\rista with five to six very shoit haii>. 
Mesonotum polisluMl, with few set ulae arranged in six distinct median n.ws, 
becoming more .scattered laterally. Scutellum mon* convex than m glotna. 
not at all scabrous, and without t uIkmtIcs. .M.donicn iMilishcd. I.ca-^ 
TR.XNS. AM. ENT. SOI , XIA'II. 
