98 D. W. COQUILLETT. 



10. — Wings destitute of brown clouds ou veins at bases of the second submar- 



ginal and second posterior cells 11. 



Wings with brown clouds on these veins iiebtilosa n. sp. 



11. — One-half of axillary cell hyaline, apex of anal cell broadly hyaline 12. 



One-fourth or less of axillaiy cell hyaline, pulvilli large 14. 



12. — Veins at bases of first and fourth posterior cells not bordered with subhya 



line 13. 



Veins at Inises of these cells bordered with subhyaline, pulvilli large, face 



retreating catiiliiia u. sp. 



13. — Light colored tomentum of body violaceous, face scarcely produced. 



mobile n. sp. 

 Light colored tomentum never violaceous, face greatly produced. 



consul O. S. 



14. — Brown of wings fills base of discal cell to the small cross-vein 15. 



Brown of wings does not fill base of discal cell to the small cross-vein, 

 cross-veins within the brown not distinctly bordered with subhyaline. 



eunienes O. S. 



15.— Sides of second abdominal segment furnished with black pile 16. 



Sides of this segment destitute of black pile semiiiig^ra Lw. 



16. — Knob of halteres largely yellow, brown in discal cell reaches beyond small 



cross-vein morio Linn. 



Knob of halteres wholly blackish, brown in discal cell does not pass beyond 

 small cross-vein catlllina n. sp. 



Anthrax consul O. S. 



A specimen from South Dakota (J. M. Aid rich), I refer with some 

 doubt to this Central American species; the face and legs in my 

 .specimen are reddish. 



Anthrax euuienes O. S. 



Described from Mexico. I have collected it in various parts of 

 California. 



.Anthrax niorio Linn. 



Specimens are in my collection from Maine, New Hampshire and 

 Montana, which I am unable to separate from specimens of this 

 European species received from V. von Roder, of Germany. An- 

 thrax morloides Say is a synonym. 



Anthrax pullata n. sp. — Black, the femora, tibise and base of tarsi yel- 

 lowish. Pile of head and on sides of abdomen, except on front angles of the 

 first two segments black, that on front end of thorax, upper part of pleura and 

 ou breast mixed black and yellowish, on remainder of pleura mixed black and 

 white; tomentum of face and occiput yellowish, that ou the front, thorax, scu- 

 tellum and abdomen coppery violaceous, on the last two mixed with black. 

 Base of third antennal joint very short-conical, face retreating below, proboscis 

 not projecting beyond the epistoma. Front tibiie provided with bristles, claws 



