﻿104 Journal New York Ent. Soc. [Voi. in. 



Nemoraea labis, sp. nov. 



5 — Black, the antennse, palpi and fourth abdominal segment except its ex- 

 treme base, yellow; front coxje, front and middle trochanters, and the tibia, yellow- 

 ish brown, front at vertex slightly narrower than either eye, frontal bristles descend- 

 ing nearly to tip of second antennal joint, two in each row curving backward, two 

 pairs of orbital bristles, sides of front nearly destitute of pollen, a large yellowish 

 spot followed by an opaque black one each side between the front and the golden 

 poUinose sides of face which are bare and on lower part are destitute of yellow 

 pollen ; antennae slightly over three-fourths as long as the face, the third joint as 

 long as the second, only slightly longer than wide ; arista thickened nearly to the 

 middle, the penultimate joint not longer than wide ; vibrissa inserted nearly half the 

 length of the second antennal joint above the oral margin, two or three bristles 

 above each ; cheeks two-thirds as broad as the eye-height, eyes thickly pilose ; pro- 

 boscis short, fleshy, palpi clavate. Thorax gray pollinose, marked with four black 

 vittae; three postsutural and three sternopleural macrochsetse, scutellum bearing three 

 long marginal pairs. Abdomen lightly gray pollinose and with reflecting blackish 

 spots; first two segments destitute of dorsal macrochsetae, third with a marginal row, 

 the fourth with scattered ones. Wings hyaline, tinged with gray basally and in 

 the costal cell, a brown cloud on the small crossvein ; costal spine minute, bend of 

 fourth vein bearing a long stump; calypteres smoky, bordered with white. Pulvilli 

 two-thirds as long as the last tarsal joint. Length 8.5 mm. 



Washington. A single specimen from Prof. O. B. Jolmson. 

 Degeeria washingtonas, sp. nov. 



J — Black, including the palpi. Front at vertex nearly twice as wide as either 

 eye, frontal bristles descending to middle of second antennal joint, four in each row 

 curving backward ; two pairs of orbital bristles ; sides of face bare except on upper 

 fourth, ridges bristly on lower three-fifths ; antennae over three-fourths as long as the 

 face ; the third joint three times as long as the second ; arista thickened to slightly 

 beyond the middle, the penultimate joint three times as long as broad; cheeks slightly 

 over half as broad as the eye-height ; proboscis short, fleshy, palpi subclavate. Tho- 

 rax lightly whitish pollinose, marked with four black vittse; three postsutural and 

 three sternopleural macrochastce, scutellum bearing three long marginal pairs and a 

 short apical pair. Abdomen at bases of last three segments whitish pollinose ; first 

 segment bearing a marginal pair of macrochastK, second with a discal and a marginal 

 pair, third with a discal pair and marginal row, the fourth with scattered ones except 

 on the basal fifth. Wings subhyaline, strongly tinged with yellow at the base, along 

 the costa and as a border to the veins, including the hind crossvein ; third vein bear- 

 ing three bristles at the base, the others bare, costal spine longer than the small cross- 

 vein, apical cell open, ending the length of the small crossvein in front of the wing- 

 tip ; calypteres yellow. Front tarsi greatly dilated, claws and pulvilli half as long as 

 the last tarsal joint. Length 9 mm. 



Mt. Washington, N. H. A single specimen from Mrs. A. T. 

 Slosson. 



