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cheeks nearly one-third as wide as the eye-height. Antennas as long as the face, the 

 third joint two and one-half times as long as the second ; arista thickened to the 

 middle, the penultimate joint nearly half as long as the last one. Eyes bare. Pro- 

 boscis beyond the basal articulation shorter than height of head ; palpi flattened, 

 unusually broad, widening from the broad base to the first third, then of nearly an 

 equal width, scarcely over twice as long as wide, broader than the probos(iis. Ab- 

 domen oval of four segments which are sub-equal in length, macrochretae only mar- 

 ginal. Hind tibioe not ciliate. Third vein with a few bristles at its base, the others 

 bare ; apical cell open at the wing-tip, hind crossvein nearly perpendicular, about 

 midway between the small crossvein and the bend, the latter arcuate, last section of 

 fifth vein about one-fourth as long as the preceding. Type : 



Lispidea palpigera, sp. nov. 



$ — Head black, frontal vitta next the antennae sub-equal in width to either 

 side of the front, face in profile evenly concave. Antennae and proboscis black, la- 

 bella large, yellowish, palpi yellow ; third antennal joint slightly widening to the tip» 

 twice as long as broad. Thorax black, gray pollinose, marked with four dark gray 

 vittffi, three post-sutural macrochretae ; scutellum black, bearing two long and a 

 shorter lateral, also a very small apical pair of macrochsetre. Abdomen black, basal 

 half or more of the last three segments gray pollinose ; first segment without, the 

 second with a marginal pair, the third with a marginal row of eight, the fourth with 

 a marginal row of six macrochcetfe. Legs black, claws and pulvilli shorter than the 

 last tarsal joint, front tarsi not dilated. Wings hyaline, calypteres whitish. Length 

 4 to 5 mm. 



Illinois. Five specimens from Dr. W. A. Nason. 



Clytiomyia Rond. 



Rondani has called attention to the fact that Clytia Desv. (1830) 

 is preoccupied by Lamarck in the Polyps (1812), and by Huebner in 

 the Lepidoptera (181 6), and proposes the above name for the present 

 genus (Dipt. Ital. Prod., IV., 9). 



Clytiomyia punctata, sp. nov. 



$ — Wholly yellow, excepting the eyes, bristles, a black dot near base of costa 

 and a small black cloud on the small crossvein. Front at vertex two-thirds as 

 wide as either eye, frontal bristles descending to base of second antennal joint, vitta 

 next antennae four times as wide as either side of the front, two pairs of orbital bris- 

 tles ; face in profile concave, vibrissas stout, inserted at lowest fourth of the face, two 

 or three bristles above each ; cheeks less than one-fourth as broad as height of eyes. 

 Antennae half as long as the face, the third joint one and one-half times as long as the 

 second, nearly twice as long as broad ; arista thickened on the basal fifth, the penul- 

 timate joint broader than long. Proboscis beyond the basal articulation half as long 

 as height of head, labella large, palpi slightly clavate. Thorax with three post- 

 sutural bristles, scutellum bearing three long marginal pairs. Abdomen destitute of 

 dorsal macrochaetre on the first two segments, the third with a marginal, the fourth 



