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Hoplodictya setosa Coquillctt (PI. Ill, fig. 35.) 



1901. Tclanocera setosa Coquillett, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiii, 615. 



cf, 9. Wax yellow; mesonotiim and scutellum faintly striped; abdomen 

 with faint median stripe or none. Legs immaculate, except the dark apices 

 of tibiae and of tarsi. Proclinate fronto-orbital very weak. Wing infus- 

 cation dilute yellowish. Third antennal joint somewhat longer than second. 

 Length. — 6 mm. 



Described from a cotypic series from Massachusetts and Georgia. 



Specimens Examined. — 1 cf,2 9- 



Massachusetts: Cohasset, September 8; Edgartown, June 29, [all B. S. 

 X. n.l. Ipswich, July 22, (E. P. VanDuzee), [VanDuzee]. 



Hoplodictya spinicornis Locw 



1865. Tetanocera spinicornis Loew, Berl. Ent. Zeit., ix, 181. (Cent, vi, 86.) 



cf, 9. Brownish, variegated with darker and grayish marks. Mesonotum 

 and scutellum distinctly striped; abdomen with distinct median and lateral 

 stripes. Fore femora grayish with irrorations and oblique basal, submedian 

 and subapical rings of brown; middle and hind femora yellow with basal, 

 and submedian brown rings; tibiae with distinct brown apices. Wings in- 

 fuscated with dark brown. Frons longer than broad; second antennal joint 

 as long or longer than third. Length. — 3 to 4 mm. 



This sp(H'i('s should not be confused with Monochaefophora 

 wnbranun, which has a distinct pair of prescutellars but no an- 

 terior frontal bristle. 



Oi'iginally described from the female sex from Cuba (Gund- 

 lach). It is apparently well distributed southward. 



Specimens Examined. — 9 cf, 5 9- 



Maryland : Chesapeake Beach, June 18, (L. O. Jackson), [Biol. Surv.]. 



Flokiua: Brickell's Hammock, Miami, March 5, (M. Hebard; mangrove 

 swamp), [A. N. S. P.). Point Antonio, April, [Johnson]. St. Augustine, 

 March 14, [Johnson]. 



Texas: Dallas, May 7 to June 18, (W. D. Pierce, C. R. Jones, E. S. Tucker) ; 

 Galveston, March 17, (E. S. Tucker); Victoria, June 21, (J. D. Mitchell); 

 [all U. S. N. M.j. 



Nevada: Steamboat, September 3, (H. G. Dyar), [U. S. N. M.]. 



California: Alpine, April 10; Los Angeles, April 1; Palo Alto, June 31; 

 (all M. C. VanDuzee), [all VanDuzee]. 



MONOCHAETOPHORA llendel 

 19()l». ilcn.lcl, \-.t1i. K. K. Zool.-Hot. Gesell., Wicn, 1, 355. 

 ? iS(W. IHcltin Mcigen, ill. Mag., ii, 277. 



This genus, at present, contains but one species, which seems 

 to be coiiiiiioii f () both l']ur()pe and North America. There will be 

 ri(. hoiiMc ill iccogiiizing this si)ecies which is thickly irrorated with 



