420 THE NORTH AMERICAN EMPlD.^:—COQriLLETT. vol. xvni. 



RHAMPHOMYIA CALIFORNICA, new species. 



Female. — ^Head sliiiiing black, auteiiiiie black, first joint one and a 

 half times as long as the second, third jonit two and a Jialf times as 

 long as the first, on its under side tapering quite rapidly to the middle, 

 then of nearly an equal width; style one-half as long as the third joint; 

 proboscis one and a half times as long as height of head, palpi reddish- 

 yellow. Thorax black, subshining, the pollen very liglit, sparse pile 

 and bristles black; pleura and scutellum the same, scutellum bearing 

 frrur bristles. Abdomen shining black, tai^ering at the tip, its sparse 

 pile black. Legs simple, not squamulate, reddish-yellow, coxte, black, 

 tarsi brownish toward apices, hind metatarsi much thicker and longer 

 than tlie others, metatarsi less than two thirds as long as their tibi.e. 

 Halteres yellow, the stalk reddish. Wings uniformly brown, fourth 

 vein entire. 



Type.— No. 31<)r>, r.S.X.Ivr. ; length, O mm. Collected by (). T. Baron. 



Lora lify. — C a 1 1 for n i a. 



RHAMPHOMYIA PECTORIS, new species. 



Male. — Head blackish brown, shining; eyes contiguous, the upper 

 facets very much larger than the lower ones; antenna' brown, first joint 

 twice as long as tbe second (the third wanting); proboscis slightly 

 longer than height of head, i)alpi dark brown. Thorax, including the 

 pleura, scutellum, and metanotum, shining dark yellow, unmarked, pile 

 and bristles black, scutellum bearing four bristles. Abdomen shining 

 brownish black, the sixth segment reddish ; i)ile rather long and quite 

 abundant, mostly black; hypopygium small, })()rrect, central filament 

 slender, arcuate, free; each intermediate lamella bears just above its 

 apex a slender, fleshy, very hairy process, nearly as long as the lamella, 

 projecting backward. Legs simple, dark brown, the coxa^ and bases of 

 all the femora yellow, most extended on the front femora; trochanters 

 yellow, a small black sj^ot on apex of each; bases of hind tarsal joints, 

 except the first and last, yellow; metatarsi less than one-half as long 

 as their tibia'; front and hind metatarsi much thicker than the middle 

 ones. Halteres black. Wings brown, lighter behind the fourth vein, 

 the latter entire. 



Tj/pe.—No.Sim, K.S.N.M.; length, 5 mm. Collected by Mr. E. A. 

 Schwarz. 



Locality. — St. Catherine Island, Georgia. 



RHAMPHOMYIA COLORATA, new species. 



Male. — Head black, gray pollinose, eyes contiguous, upper facets 

 much larger than the low' er ones ; antennt© brownish yellow, third joint 

 broad at base, tapering quite rapidly on tlie under side to the middle, 

 then of nearly an equal width; style one-fourth as long as the third 



