180 D. W. COQUILLETT. 



second sulimai-o'inal and second posterior cells, beyond which, and along the hind 

 margin it is purer hyaline ; costal cell wholly brown ; a brown cloud on veins at 

 bases of first and second submarginal, first, second, third and fourth posterior , 

 cells and at base of discal cell ; second vein strongly S-shaped before its tip. 

 Length 5-11 mm. 



California ! Twelve specimens. 



46. Anthrax te$i;iuinipeniii!^ Sa,y iSxn. A. fuscipennin Mucq.l).— Front 

 yellowish, the crown black, yellowish tomentose and black pilose; face yellow, 

 somewhat produced below, yellow and black pilose ; proboscis projects length of 

 labellse or less beyond epistoma; first joint of antennte. yellow, about three times 

 as long as the second, second and third joints black, the third elongate-conical 

 at its base ; occiput yellowish tomentose. Thorax black, brownish tomentose, 

 sides and front end yellowish pilose, bristles of hind angles yellowish; pleura, 

 coxse and breast yellowish pilose; scutellum reddish, its base black, yellowish 

 tomentose and black pilose, bristles yellowish. Abdomen black, sometimes a 

 reddish spot on sides of second segment; tomentum of abdomen yellowish, that 

 on hind margin of each segment reddish ; sides of abdomen abundant yellowish 

 pilose, u.sually with several black ones on sides and dorsum posteriorly ; venter 

 black, yellowish tomentose and pilose. Legs reddish, yellowish tomentose, 

 front tibiiB destitute of bristles; tarsi blackish toward the tips, claws of front 

 tarsi minute. Wings usually brownish, somewhat lighter at apex and along hind 

 margin, tinged with reddish towards the base. Length 9-14 mm. 



Maine !, Canada!, Montana !, Arizona!, Iowa. Ten specirnen.s. 



Var. $!»a<'keiiii n. var. — Differs from the typical teymmipennis in having i)i]e 

 of sides of abdomen whitish instead of yellowish, and the apex and hind margin 

 of wings broadly nearly pure hyaline, instead of brownish. Length 14-15 mm. 



Ai'izona!, Colorado. Three specimens. 



This is undoubtedly the form referred to by Osten Sacken (AYest. 

 Dipt. p. 241) as having a more hyaline latter half of the wings than 

 fcc/initiij)e)uiis. 



47. Aiitlirax liieifei* Fabr. (Syn. A. fnmiflamma Walk.) — Differs from teg- 

 mhiipennis in having a black tomentose crossband on hind margin of each seg- 

 ment of the .abdomen, and the legs are largely or wholly black; black pile of 

 abdomen usually more numerous, forming clusters on hind angles of each seg- 

 ment except sometimes on the first three segments; hind margin of last segment 

 usually densely black pilose. Length 12-15 mm. 



California!, Louisiana!, Texas, Ga., W. Indies. Four specimens. 



48. Aiitlirax stlplia O. S. — Front yellow, the crown black, junction of 

 these two colors sometimes reddish ; tomentum of front yellowish, the pile black ; 

 face yellow, much produced below, yellowish tomentose, the epistoma usually 

 black pilose; proboscis projects one-fourth its length or less beyond epistoma : 

 first two joints of antennse yellowish, the first about twice as long as the second, 

 the third joint black, about as long as the first two, elongate-conical at its base ; 

 occiput yellowish or whitish tomentose. Thorax black, yellowish tomentose and 

 pilose, hind part of dorsum black pilose, the usual bristles yellowish ; pleura 

 yellowish pilose, that beneath root of each wing sometimes white; scutellum 

 reddish, the base black, yellowish tomentose, the pile and bristles black and 

 yellowish. Abdomen black, the sides sometimes partly or wholly reddish ; to- 



