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Pleura concolorous to gray below with brown mark on mesopleura. Abdo- 
men concolorous to gray, generally with two or four series of brown spots, which 
vary in intensity and often coalescing into transverse bands, or all spots may 
be absent; hairs and bristles vdth basal brown dots. Cross veins of wings 
infuscate. 
Frons as broad or broader than long; orbits nearly parallel. Face about 
three-fourths as broad as vertex, broad as long, weakly convex; foveae weak; 
carina rounded; facalia with one to three well developed bristles (rarely with 
four) which are as stout as those on cheeks. Cheeks as broad as third antennal 
joint. Spine of second antennal joint one-half as long as third; arista with 
ten to fourteen hairs. Scutellum flat, rounded apically. Genitalia incon- 
spicuous. Middle femora of cf distinctly ciliate beneath. Length. — 3.3 to 
4.3 mm. 
Type . — ^9 ; Cuba, (Gundlach), [Mus. Comp. Zool.?], 
Specimens Examined. — 47 cf , 62 $ . 
District of Columbia: Oct. 30, (on grass), 1 9, [U. S. N. M.]. 
Georgia: Thahnan, IV, 28, 1911, 4 cf, 3 9, [C. U.j. 
Florida: Jacksonville, III, 31, 1913, 1 9, [C. U.]. St. Augustine, III, 9, 
1 cf, 1 9, [A. N. S. P.]. St. Petersburg, VIII, 12, 1910, (J. C. Bradley), 1 cf , 
[C. U.]. Biscayne Bay, (Mrs. Slosson), 2 cf, 1 9, [U. S. N. M.]. 
Louisiana: Cameron, VIII, 14 to 28, 1903, 3 cf, 9 9, [Ohio and U. S. 
N. M.]. Slidell, VII, 2 to 6, 1905, 1 cf , 1 9 , [Ohio]. 
Texas: Galveston, May, (F. H. Snow), 2 9, [Kans.j. 
California: Riverside, Riverside County, V, 30, 1898, (B. J. Jones), 
5 cf. [Cal.]. Cotypes of V. wria. 
Cuba: Havana, (Baker), 5 cf, 5 9, [Johnson and Aldrich.]. 
Mexico: Tampico, XII, 6, (F. C. Bishopp), 1 cf , [U. S. N. M.]. 
Guatemala: Livingston, II, 18, 1905, (C. C. Dean), 1 cf, [U. S. N. M.]. 
Puerto Barrios, III, 3 to 4, 1905, (J. S. Hine), 2 9 , [Ohio]. 
Nicaragua: Granada, (C. F. Baker), 1 cf , [U. S. N. M.]. 
Costa Rica: Alajuela, 3100 ft. alt., IX, 15, 1909, (sweepings), 1 9 . Bonne- 
fil Farm, Rio Surubres, 800 ft. alt., X, 21, 1909, (sweepings), 1 cf , 1 9 . Car- 
tage, V, 17, 1909, (along ditch), 3 cf , 4 9 ; V, 25, 1909, (along ditch), 4 9 ; X, 
10, 1909, (sweeping over mud), 1 9 ; X, 27, 1909, 1 cf , 2 9 ; XI, 21, 1909, 
(sweeping over mud), 2 cf , 1 9 ; XII, 12, 1909, (sweeping over mud), 1 cf , 
2 9 . Laguna near Cartago, II, 26, 1910, 2 cf , 2 9 . El Alto, 4950 ft. alt., 
VII, 7, 1909, (on Melastoma tree flowers ?), 1 cf , 8 9 ; (sweeping over swamp), 
1 cf , 2 9. Filadelfia, Rio Tempisque, I, 18, 1910, (on muddy beach), 1 cf, 
1 9 . Guacimo, V, 6, 1909, 2 cf . Juan Vinas, VII, 30, 1909, 5 cf , 3 9 . Per- 
alta, VIII, 7, 1909, (sweeping near pool), 1 cf , 2 9 ; III, 24, 1910, (sweeping 
over muddy road), 1 9 . Turrucares, XII, 22, 1909, (sweeping over mud), 
1 cf,l 9. 
Panama: Bohio, Canal Zone, IV, 7, 1911, (A. H. Jennings), 2 cf , 1 9 > 
[U. S. N. M.]. 
Colombia: Baranquilla, III, 1912, (Ujhelyi), 1 <f, [H. N. M.]. 
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