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June, 1917, (J. S. Hine). Parntypes.— Females; Mt. Ascutney, 

 Veniiont, July 11, 1908, (C. W. Johnson); Great Caribou Island, 

 Labrador, July 27, 1906; Kodiak, Alaska, June, 1917, (J. 8. Hine): 

 male; Kodiak. Alaska, (J. S. Hine). 

 Mydaea brevipilosa sp. n. 



^[(lI('. — Similar to persimiUs in habitus. Differs in havinp; tlio foro foniora 

 pale, and the tarsi but little darker than the tibiae. 



The arista has slightly longer hairs than in prrsinrills, the longest being 

 almost as long as the width of the third antennal joint, and the hind femur 

 has a few bristles on middle of postero-ventral surfaee, instead of on basal 

 half as in pcr.siniilis. 



Fondle. — Colored as the female of pcrnniillx, but the second antennal 

 joint is paler. 



The parafaeials are broader than in pirsiiniliH, and the arista shorter haired. 

 Length, 6 to 8 mm. 



Type.— 9; Alo-onquin, Illinois, July 2, 1904, (W. A. Nason), 

 [Illinois]. Allotype.— cT ; Ira, Summit County, Ohio, (J. S. Hine). 

 Parotypes. — Males; Savanna, Illinois, June 13, 1917, (J. R. Mal- 

 loch); Ira, Summit County, Ohio, (J. S. Hine); Manchester, 

 Vermont, June 4, 1910, (C. W. Johnson) ; Stonington, Connecticut, 

 June 15, 1906, (W. E. Britton): females; Ira, Summit County, 

 Ohio, (J. S. Hine); St. Albans, Vermont, June 21, 1917, and 

 Brattleboro, ^'ermont, July 15, 1908, (C. W. Johnson); Fogo 

 Island, Newfoundland, July 29, 1908; Rigaud, Canada, July 28, 

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Mydaea artnata sp. n. 



FniKile. — Bhiek, slightly shining, covered with dense yellowish l)rown 

 luminescence. Head, including antennae and palpi, black, the face and 

 cheeks obscured by dense yellowish brown pruinescence. Thorax less con- 

 spicuously quadrivittate than in urhmia. Abdomen indistinctly checkered 

 on dorsum. Legs reddisli yellow, the greater portion of fore femora and all 

 tarsi, fuscous. Bases of longitudinal veins, calyptrae and halteres orange- 

 yellow. 



Head in type slightly shrunken; each orbit with seven or eight strong 

 bristles and numerous setulose hairs; antennae shorter than in other s[)ecies 

 of Mydaea, arista with the longest hairs barely longer than its basal diameter; 

 cheek higher than width of third antennal joint, the lower margin with a 

 rather closely-placed series of strong bristles, above which are numerous 

 hairs and, at middle, one upwardly directed bristle. Thorax and abdomen 

 as in urhnna. Fore tibia with two bristles at middle, one iiosterior, and one 

 postero-ventral; mid femur with a series of seven or eight strong bristles 

 on basal half of postero-ventral surfafe; mid tibia with one postero-ventral 

 and two posterior bristles; hind fcMuur witli a series of strong bristles from 



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