NO. 1938. THE DIPTEROUS FAMILY PHORID.^—MALLOCH. 487 



equal, no distinct bristles present; legs and coxae pale yellow, fore 

 tarsi, a spot behind mid coxae, and apices of bind femora blackened, 

 fore tarsi uniformly thickened, but not broader than and nearly twice 

 as long as tibise, mid tibial setulse short and weak, hind tibiae with a 

 regular series of short but distinct setulae; wings browned, especially 

 along veins, costa to about four-sevenths of the wing length, all veins 

 brown, first costal division shorter than second and third together, 

 third about two-thirds as long as second, fork nearly at right angles 

 with third vein, fourth vein leaving at midway from fork to tip of 

 third, regularly arcuate and ending before wing tip, fringe very short, 

 barely longer than diameter of costal vein; halteres with yellow stalk 

 and black knob. 



Length, H mm. 



Type.— Cat. No. 15242, U.S.N.M. 



Localit}'-, Plummers Island, Maryland, August 3, 1912 (J. R. Mal- 

 loch). One female. 



This species comes close to furtiva Aldrich, but may be separated 

 from that species by the position of the frontal bristles, the length of 

 the costal divisions and several other characters given in the above 

 description. 



APmOCHiETA CONSPICUALIS, new species. 



Female. — ^Black, distinctly shining; frons dull, about one-half 

 broader than long, lower post-antennal bristles about one-half as 

 large as upper pair, center pair of bristles in first row but little lower 

 than the outer pair in first row, which are in transverse line with the 

 upper post-antennals, and nearer to them than to the post-antennal 

 bristles, antennae brown-black, rather small, arista twice as long as 

 frons, pubescent, palpi yellow, large and strongly bristled; thorax 

 shining black, pleurae brown, paler on lower portions next to coxae, 

 glossy; abdomen brown-black, dull, segments 2 and 5 slightly 

 elongate, only a few weak hairs present, terminal segment and 

 ovipositor rather hairy, apical half of venter yellowish; coxae yellow, 

 legs and especially apices of hind femora darker, hind tibiae ciHated 

 with closely placed, weak hairs; wings fuscous, costa to fully the 

 middle, distinctly thickened on apical two-thirds, thickest at apex 

 of first vein, first division distinctly longer than second and as long 

 as second and third together, third half as long as second, fringe 

 long but dehcate, fourth vein leaving at much beyond fork of third 

 with a distinct curve and ending distinctly in front of wing tip, all 

 thin veins brown and distinct; halteres brown. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Two females, types, from Eureka, California (H. S. Barber), and 

 one from San Mateo County, California, Baker. This last specimen 

 is rather immature and has the wings, legs, and halteres paler in 

 color than the type. 



