ART. 11. FLIES OF IHE FAMILY CLUSIIDAE — MELANDER AND ARGO. 21 



yellow scutellum, sending three thin yellow stripes forward, one of 

 which is median, the two others in the dorsocentral rows; pleurae 

 reddish yellow, wmgs lackmg the infuscation about the posterior 

 crossvein. 



Holotype.— In National Museum, Cat. No. 26264, U.S.N.M. 



27. CLUSIODES (CLUSIARIA) NUBILA Meigen. 



Heteroneura nubila Meigen, Syst. Bes., vol. 6, p. 127 (1830). — Czerny, Wien. 

 ent. Ztg., vol. 22, p. 76 (1903). 



Differs from rujicollis Meigen (p. 22), in having the face ferruginous, 

 antennae more or less brown, pleurae without the superior dark 

 vitta, and notum quadrivittate. 3.5 to 4 mm. 



Habitat. — Germany and Austria. 



28. CLUSIODES (CLUSIARIA) ORBITALIS Malloch. 



Columbiella orbitalis Malloch, Occ. Papers Boat. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, p. 50 

 (1922). 



Head yellow, darker above, anteimae and palpi yellow; three 

 fronto-orbitals, no postverticals. Thorax brownish yellow, the 

 front margin, two vittae, scutellum and upper pleurae blackish; two 

 dorsocentrals. Abdomen black. Legs yellow, the front and hind 

 tibiae at apex and the front tarsi infuscated. Cloud of wing extending 

 from end of first vein to apex. 4 mm. 



A single female is known, from Maine, now located in the Boston 

 Society of Natural Plistory. 



29. CLUSIODES (CLUSIARIA) PICTIPES Zetterstedt. 



Heteroneura pictipes Zetterstedt, Dipt. Sc, vol. 12, p. 481G (1855). — Czerny, 



Wien ent. Ztg., vol. 22, p. 80 (1903). 

 Clusiodes pictipes Johnson, Psyche, vol. 20, p. 98 (1913). — Malloch, Proc. Ent. 



Soc. Wash., vol. 22, p. 7 (1918). 

 Clusiaria pictipes Malloch, Occ. Papers Bost. Soc. N. Hist., vol. 5, p. 48 (1922). 



Front brownish, antennae luteous, the third joint brown, face and 

 cheeks whitish, mouthparts brownish; one pair of moderate vibrissae 

 and three buccal setae, three fronto-orbitals, postverticals present. 

 Notum black, a conspicuous white vitta covering humeri and ex- 

 tending to base of wing, pleurae entirely black, one weak postsutural 

 and two strong dorsocentrals. Abdomen entirel}" black. Legs 

 piceous, the coxae, base of femora, knees, and posterior tarsi yellowish 

 brown. Wings nearly hyaline, a brownish apical spot between costa 

 and fourth vein, sections of costa 4.6 : L2 : 1, sections of fourth vein 

 L4 : 1 : 3.5, of fifth vein L4 : 1 ; halteres white. Length 4 mm. 



Distrihtition. — Sweden and United States. C. pictipes has not been 

 recovered in Europe since Zetterstedt's time. Johnson's record of 

 it in the New Jersey list refers to Heteromeringia nitida. Mrs. Slosson 

 has reported it on Coquillett's determination from New Hampshire. 



