PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 395- 



HILARA JOHNSONI, new species. 



Male and fem(de. — Black; the palpi, balteres, coxie, femora and tibiae 

 yellow. Eyes of male sei)arated over twice the width of the lowest 

 ocellus. Head, thorax, aud scutellum opaque gray pollinose, that oii 

 the thorax somewhat yellowish, their short pile and bristles black; 

 scutelluiii bearing four bristles; abdomen subshining, its pile rather 

 long, black. Wings hyaline, stigma dark brown. Proboscis of male 

 slightly over one-half as long as, in the female fully as long as, height 

 of head. Antennjc of female three times as long as the head, bat in 

 the male excessively long, being tally eight times as long as the head, 

 the third joint five times as loug as the first, the style three-fourths 

 as long as the third Joint and coiled spirally toward its tip, a character 

 not occurring in any other Empid known to me. 



Types. — Xos. 3156 and 3157, U.S.iSr.M. Three males aud one female; 

 length, 3.5 to 4 mm. Collected by 3Ir. C. W. Johnson, of Philadelphia,, 

 rennsylvania, after whom I take pleasure in naming this remarkable 

 species. 



Locality. — l^ufanla, Alabama. 



HILARA CANA, new species. 



2Ialc. — Wholly black, including the palpi aud kiiees. Head opaque, 

 gray pollinose, the pile black. First two antennal joints subequal in 

 length, the third three times as long as the second, style nearly as long 

 as the third joint. Proboscis as long as height of head. Eyes widely 

 separated. Thorax opaque gray pollinose, marked with three brownish- 

 black vitttv, pile and bristles black; pleura naked. Scutellum bearing- 

 four black bristles. Abdomen and hypopygium opaque gray pollinose, 

 the pile largely yellowish. Legs bearing rather long scattered pile, 

 none of the femora unusually robust, front tibite more robust than the 

 middle ones, front metatarsi greatly enlarged. Wings hyaline, stigma 

 grayish-black. 



Fe))tale. — Like the male, except that the front tibitB are not thicker 

 than the middle ones, and the front metatarsi are not enlarged. 



Ty2)es.—l^o». 3158 and 3159, U.S.X.M.; length, 3 to 4 mm. Twelve 

 males and seven females collected by the writer in February aud March. 



Loccdity, — Southern California. 



HILARA VIRIDIS, new species. 



Male. — Shining metallic; green, the pleura largely black, antennre, 

 proboscis, hypopygium, and legs yellowish brown ; eyes separated width 

 of lower ocellus; proboscis slightly shorter than height of head ; halteres 

 black; pile and bristles of entire body black; scutellum bearing only 

 two bristles; wings hyaline, veins yellowish, anterior branch of third 

 vein perpendicular to that veiu. 



Type. — Xo. 3160, U.S.N. M., a single specimen; length, 2.5 mm. Col- 

 lected by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, November 3, 1892. 



Locality. — Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. 



