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weak hump. Parafacials very narrow. Cheeks half height of ej^es. Anten- 

 nae well above middle line of eyes; arista with 12 to 14 hairs. Femora weakh- 

 but normally ciliated. "\^'ings with second vein slightly curved; second costal 

 section nearly three times the length of third. Length. — 3. .5 to 4.0 mm. 



Type. — d^ ; Callanga, Peru, [Hung. Nat. Mus.]. Paratypcs. — 

 3cf , 1 9 ; topotypical. 



I have not seen any specimen from other locahties. 



Paralinma taurus new species PI. IX, fig. 6. 



The specimen selected as the type of this species is one of 

 three received from Dr. Williston as P. multipunctata, and is one 

 of those belonging to the series from Brazil determined by him as 

 that species. However, I cannot consider his determination con- 

 clusive. The three specimens I have are much larger than the 

 size given for the St. Vincent material. As I have said elsewhere, 

 I must have better descriptions to follow or must examine the 

 types of many of the heretofore described species, especially of 

 the early authors, before I can recognize them. 



This species is apparently allied to mericUonalis and is some- 

 times not easy to separate. It is based on the bold profile of 

 the head, with its long face caused by the prominence of the an- 

 terior part of the frons and upper face, thus making the frons 

 more horizontal and flattened than usual (fig. 6). The facial 

 hump is well defined and prominent, with deep foveae. 



Descriplion of both sexes. — Similar to meridionalis. Head high as broad, 

 Eyes round or slightly horizontal. Frons broader than long, flat, horizontal, 

 abruptly angulated with the face; orbits at vertex angular. Face three-fourths 

 as broad as vertex, nearly as high as head, much longer than broad, with 

 prominent hump and distinct foveae, retreating slightly below; parafacials 

 half as broad as third antennal joint, gradually dilating below; facalia dis- 

 tinctly setulose. Cheeks half as broad as eyes. Scutellum flat. Fore femora 

 normal. Length. — 3.5 to 5.5. mm. 



Type.~&; Corumba, Brazil, May, (H. H. Smith), [A. E. S. 

 No. G09G]. Paratijpes. — Icf', 1 9 ; topotypical. 



Specitnens Examined. — 14. 



GuATEMAL.\: Puerto Barrios, Mar. 13-14, 1905, (J. S. Hine), 7, [Ohio]; 

 Santa Lucia, Feb. 2, 1905, (J. S. Hine), 2, [Ohio]. 



Brazil: Corumbd, May, (H. H. Smith), 3, [A. E. S.]. 

 Paraguay: (Fiebrig), 2, [H. N. M.]. 



TR.\NS. .AM. ENT. SOC, XLII. 



