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horn projecting downward on the second genital segment, and the 

 parafrontal and parafacial are smoothly silvery down to the large 

 brownish " transverse impression " near the vibrissae ; the male of 

 ■flavipennis has no honi on the genital segment, and the parafrontal 

 and parafacial are shining black, except a narrow silvery band 

 extending from the eye to the suture at the level of the second 

 antennal joint. The female of -fiavifemiis has a silvery poUinose 

 stripe from eye to antenna about as in its male, while that of 

 insolita has a more diffuse, wider stripe beginning higher up at 

 the eye and sloping downward as it approaches the antenna — it 

 also has a rather faint spot of pale pollen on the parafacial resting 

 against the eye at its lower curve. In both sexes, flavipennis has a 

 clump of bristles at the vibrissa, while insolita has only one row. 



I examined the type of insolita; it is a female with characters as 

 indicated. Coquillett had the species, but erred in trying to make 

 two of it. I have also examined the types of flavipennis in the 

 University of Kansas. 



Townsend^® described Atropharista jurinoides, new genus and new 

 species, which is a synonym of Melanophrys insolita^ as pointed out 

 by Coquillett, Townsend himself " having admitted the synonymy of 

 the species. 



Ocyptera dotadas Walker, List, p. 694. Coquillett (p. 86) 

 placed this as a synonym of Ocyptera caroUnae Eobineau-Desvoidy. 

 The type, according to my notes, is " one male, a fragile and damaged 

 specimen that I dare not spread." It is from Jamaica. In my revi- 

 sion of the genus, to which I applied the prior name C ylindromyia^^ 

 I placed both dotadas and caroUnae among the unidentified species. 



Walker's description states that the antennae are shorter than in 

 the European forms; the abdomen is red, with base and tip black. 

 These are the only characters given that seem of value in identifying 

 the species. Perhaps specimens from Jamaica may ultimately justify 

 a specific determination. 



Ocyptera epytus Walker, List, p. 694. Coquillett (p. 86) placed 

 this as a synonym of caroUnae Eobineau-Desvoidy. I did not find 

 the type in the British Museum. Townsend -" expressed the opinion 

 that it is the same species as euchenor, but he made out the synonymy 

 only from the description, and his euchenor was not the same as 

 Walker's. I listed epytus as unidentified in my revision, noted under 

 the preceding species. It was described from Georgia. 



Ocyptera euchenor Walker, List, p, 696. Coquillett (p. 86) 

 placed this with the two preceding as synonyms of caroUnae 

 Robineau-Desvoidy. In my revision of the genus, noted above, I 



2«Tr.nus. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 19, p. 92, 1892. 

 2^ Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 22, p. 72, 1895. 

 28 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 68, art. 23, p. 26, 1926. 

 » Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 5, p. 177, 1897. 



