210 A. L. MELANDER. 



point ; third and fourth longitudinal veins ending close together ; 

 anal angle not strongly developed. 



The antennae are v^ery small and the wings have a brownish tinge. 



Drapetis pubescen!>> Loew. 

 Ceut.. ii, 57. 



Black, shining. Head black, shining, the hairs of the vertex fuscous. An- 

 tennae dull yellow, the third joint and the seta sub-fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous. 

 Dorsum of the thorax black, shining, covered with short and dense whitish pu- 

 bescence. Pleurse very pale yellow, the upper third fuscous, spotted with black. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous, with very short pale pubescence; base of the abdomen 

 often yellowish ; ovipositor of the female longer than in the majority of the spe- 

 cies, bent somewhat downward, black, the apex brownish. Legs whitish, with 

 short whitish pubescence, the posterior tibige bearing a little longer pile above. 

 Halteres fuscous. Wings hyaline, with a gray tinge, the basal third infuscated 

 slightly, the fourth vein sub-arcuate, basal cells equal. Length 2 mm. 



New York. 



Drapetis divergent Loew (Fig. 15). 

 Cent. X, 62. 



Black, shining. Antennae short, black, the first two joints a little less black, 

 often fuscous, in immature specimens even reddish. Palpi moderately broad, 

 whitish. Hair of the vertex whitish. Thoracic dorsum closely clothed with 

 short and somewhat appressed white pubescence, and provided above the wings 

 with some pale yellowish hair, blackish by transmitted light. Abdomen black 

 and shining, in immature species whitish toward the base, but the hind margins 

 of the segments always black. Front coxae wholly, the others, except the base, 

 yellow. Legs yellow, the tarsi almost wholly fuscous ; hind femora thicker than 

 the middle ones, front femora thicker than the hind ones, all destitute of any long 

 hair, except the subapical, hair of the middle femora; no apical setulse on the 

 anterior tibia? ; apex of the hind tibiae simple. Halteres whitish. Wings hya- 

 line, veins yellowish toward the base, otherwise fuscous; the first vein is so little 

 curved, and the second so strongly arched, that the second section of the costa is 

 very short; third longitudinal vein slightly bent, the first portion more strongly 

 recurved than the outer, so that the vein joins the costa far from the apex of the 

 wing and in a rather sharp angle ; third and fourth veins strongly diverging to- 

 ward the apex ; posterior basal cell mue.h longer than the anterior. Length 1 mm. 



Texas, Alabama, Georgia, New Mexico. 



Drapetis miiitita Williston. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1S96, iii, p. 442. 



Eyes of male closely contiguous above and below the antennae. Vertical trian- 

 gle and occiput black, whitish pruiuose. Antennas light yellow; third joint as 

 long as the first two together, half longer than wide. Thorax black ; mesonotum 

 shining, clothed with dark hair. Scutellum with two bristles. Abdomen black, 

 moderately shining. Legs light yellow ; all the femora moderately thickened, 

 the front pair more so than the others. Wings nearly hyaline; second vein 



