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C. H. TYLER TOWNSEND. 
a sliort, decussate apical pair of iiiacrochajtaj ; a long pair just outside tbeiii which 
would I'each about to base of third abdominal segment, two more lateral macro- 
clijeta^ on each side; humeri and ]deuraj cinereous. Abdomen rather ovate, 
vaulted, clothed with short, black bristles; first segment somewhat shortened, 
entirely black; other segments blackish, more or less silvery or cinereous: first 
segment with a median marginal pair of macrochfetje ; second with a median 
discal and two median marginal pairs; third with a median discal pair and eight 
long marginal macrochajtae above, some shorter ones below; anal segment with 
a median discal pair, surmounted by a tuft of rather short macrocliEetae. Legs 
blackish, black-hairy, femora and tibiee slightly silvery, latter with stout bristles; 
claws and pulvilli a very little elongate. Wings a little longer than abdomen, 
moderately narrow, grayish hyaline, .slightly pale tawny at base, with small costal 
spine, third vein wdth a few spines at base; apical cell nearly closed in the mar- 
gin well before ti}> of wing; fourth vein bent at an angle, with a wrinkle at 
bend; hind cross-vein nearly straight, oblique, nearer to bend of fouiTh vein; 
tegulse nearly white, margins slightly yellowish; halteres fuscous, yellowish at 
base. Length 6 mm. ; of wing 4.5 mm. 
Described from one specimen received from Mr. Chas. Robertson, 
Carlinville, 111. This is a good, typical Taehina in the sense of 
Schiner; the only difference being in the nearly closed aj)ical cell. 
Doubtless, further specimens will show the apical cell to be normally 
more open. 
Taehina aletise Riley, Can. Ent. xi, 162. 
As the eyes are described “ thinly pubescent,” this is not a Trichina. 
Besides, the third antennal joint is said to be “three or four times 
the length of the second,” while in Taehina it is at most twice the 
length of the elongate second. The description is insufficient to 
indicate the genus. The surmise would be that the sjiecies belongs 
in Exorista. 
Taehina (Masicera) armigera Coquillett, Ins. Life i, 3.32. 
This species should evidently be referred to Masicera. 
l*acliyoi>lit halm IIS aurilroiis n. sp. '5,. — Blacki.sh, cinereous. Head 
a little wider than thorax, abdomen a little narrower. Eyes large, occupying 
more than two-thirds the front surface of the head, brown, bare; front about 
one-fifth the width of head, narrowly produced beyond the eyes, face widening 
from antennge to oral margin ; sides of face and front gohlen, especially when 
viewed from behind, shading to dark on vertex; frontal vitta very narrow, 
blackish, widened and pronged behind enclosing the ocelli ; frontal bristles de- 
scending only to base of antennse, rather thick, nearly all equally strong, in a 
double row, the outer row weaker, the most of the inner row directed inward 
and forward, decussate ; both bristles of the pair at vertical angles directed out- 
ward, the inner one longer and directed more backward ; the usual two ])airs of 
ocellar bristles intermixed with weak hairs ; facial depression and cheeks silvery ; 
cheeks moderately wide, invaded by the cinereous, black hairy occipital area. 
