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reddish, the palpi yellow; body polished, slightly scabrous, reddish 

 \'ellow, a median vitta on mesonotum and a dorsal spot on the first 

 abdominal segment, black; legs reddish yellow, apices of tarsi brown; 

 halteres light yellow; wings smoky gray, sometimes nearl}^ hyaline in 

 some of the cells, unusually short and l)road; length, -i to 5.5 mm. 

 Four males and two females. 



Tlahitat. — Baldwin, Kansas (May, J. C. Bridwell); and Texas (Nathan 

 Banks). 



Ty_pe.—Cvii. No. 5507, U.S.N.M. 



Family DROSOPHILID.E. 



PHORTICA VITTATA. new species. 



Head yellow, a ])lack ocellar dot, continued as a pale brown vitta 

 attenuated anteriorly and reaching lower edge of the front, at which 

 point is a black dot, a black dot beneath base of each antennae, one at 

 base of each vibrissa extending as a pale brown streak on the adjacent 

 cheek, a black mark above insertion of the neck, antennw and pro- 

 boscis yellow, palpi velvet black; thorax and scutellum yellow, meso- 

 notum polished, marked with 4 to 7 black vitta?. pleura marked with 

 a broad black median vitta; abdomen yellow, middle of dorsum largely 

 brown or black, most extended on the hind margins of the segments, 

 two lateral vitt», not visible from above, and apex of venter brown; 

 legs whitish, a brown band near apex of each middle and hind femur; 

 wings dark brown, becoming hyaline along the hind margin; halteres 

 3^ellow; length, 3 to 4 mm. Three specimens. 



Ilahitat. — Avalon (June 8), and Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey 

 (July 12, C. W. Johnson); and New York (Nathan Banks). 



Ti/jje.— Cat. No. 5508, U.S.N.M. 



