NO. 1280. NE W NOR Til A MERICA N DIPTERA— CO Q UILLETT. 9 9 



EUPARYPHUS APICALIS, new species. 



Head yellow, centev of occiput, an ocellar dot, a transverse pair of 

 oval spots below middle of front and a vitta on each side of face, black; 

 a l)rownish spot near center of face; front with a paler 3^ellow spot 

 at the middle of the sides next the e3^es, another above the antennaj 

 and one back of the ocelli; head polished, the narrow or})its of the face 

 and cheeks and broad sides of occiput on the lower half white pruin- 

 ose; antennae black, the first two joints j^ellow; thorax black, a 3^ellow 

 vitta each side of middle of mesonotum, a broader one extends from 

 humerus to the hind angle and incloses a black spot behind the suture, 

 another along- upper edge of pleura and a short one on upper part of 

 sternopleura; scutellum yellow, the narrow basal angles and tips of 

 spines brown; abdomen at extreme base yellow, followed by black, 

 which area is greatly narrowed on the posterior half of the second 

 segment and still more so on the anterior half of the third, ending at 

 the center of this segment, remainder of abdomen reddish yellow, the 

 margin pale yellow, a black dot in middle of front edge of the fourth 

 segment; venter yellow, the first segment black; legs yellow, joints 

 three and four of the tarsi brownish; wings hyaline, stigma and veins 

 yellowish brown, third vein forked; halteres yellow; length, T mm. 

 A female specimen collected by Mr. A. Koebele. 



Ildhifat. — Siskiyou County, California. 



7}//>c.— Cat. Nol 6187, U.S.N.M. 



EUPARYPHUS CRUCIGERUS, new species. 



Head black, the broad or])ital margins of occiput, vitta on each side 

 of front, large spot on which the antennae are inserted and large spot 

 on each lower corner of face, connected along the eye with that on side 

 of front, 3'ellow; antenna brown, the second joint and base of third 

 yellowish; thorax black, a vitta on either side of middle of mesonotum, 

 a broader one extending from each humerus to the hind angle, inter- 

 rupted behind the suture, another on upper edge of pleura in front 

 of wing, and one on upper part of sternopleura, also a dot above hind 

 coxa, yellow; scutellum yellow, the extreme base black; abdomen 

 black, the margin, a spot in middle of fii'st segment and an interrupted 

 fascia on the posterior part of the third and fourth, 3^ellow; venter 

 yellow, the broad lateral margins and nearl3^ the whole of the first 

 and fifth segments black; legs yellow, femora except the apices, and a 

 median ring on the hind tibite black; wings h3^aline, stigma and veins 

 yellow, veins issuing from discal cell nearl3" colorless, third vein sim- 

 ])!(>; halteres 3^ellow; length, 7 nun. Five females. 



ILihifat. — Colorado. 



Type.— Cut. No. 01S8, U.S.N.M. 



