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30, by Mr. E. A. Schwarz, the other collected at Brownsville by Mr. 

 Schaeffer, in April. 



Type. — No. 7353, U. S. National Museum. 



Anastrepha pallens, new species. 



Distinguished by the three colored scutellum. Yellow, a vitta in middle of 

 mesonotum, a broader one each side, the humeri, several spots on the pleura, a pair 

 of spots in front of the scutellum and apical half of the latter, whitish, base of scu- 

 tellum yellow followed by a brown fascia, a pair of brown spots in front of the scu- 

 tellum, situated outside of and contiguous with the whitish ones ; mesonotum not 

 pruinose ; wings hyaline, a spot beyond the humeral crossvein and the stigma 

 yellowish-gray, a very faint pale grayish crossband extends across the wing at the 

 hind crossvein and is narrowly prolonged along the costa to the tip of the fourth vein, 

 hind margin of the wing also very pale grayish (specimen immature) ; length, 6 mm. 



A male specimen collected in June. 



Sepsis pleuralis, new species. 



Recognizable among the unspotted winged forms by the wholly yellow pleura. 

 Yellow, the front, upper part of occiput, mesonotum except the lateral margins, 

 middle of metanotum and dorsum of third, fourth and base of fifth segment of abdo- 

 men, black, upper side of scutellum, posterior margin of second abdominal segment, 

 and last three joints of the tarsi, brown ; front polished, mesonotum subopaque, thinly 

 brownish pruinose, metanotum polished and with a brassy tinge, dorsum of abdomen 

 opaque, somewhat scabrous and with a strong bluish tinge ; under side of front 

 femora at two thirds of the length bearing an outwardly projecting tooth ; wings hya- 

 line, the base of the costal cell to slightly beyond the humeral crossvein, dark brown. 

 Length, 4 mm. 



A male specimen collected in June. 



A NEW CERATOPOGON FROM BRAZIL. 



By D. W. Coquillett, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Ceratopogon guttatus, new species. 



Black, the antennae and apical portion of tarsi brownish yellow, mesonotum yel- 

 lowish brown, humeri, scutellum and narrow ends of tibiae yellow, halteres whitish, 

 all hairs yellow ; antennae considerably longer than the head and thorax united ; 

 mesonotum opaque, yellow pruinose, the posterior portion whitish pruinose, abdomen 

 opaque ; legs slender, devoid of spines, a few rather long hairs on the tibiae, first 

 joint of hind tarsi nearly twice as long as the second, the penultimate joint nearly as 

 long as the last one, claws equal, small, empodia wanting; wings hairy on about the 

 apical half, base of wings to apices of first and fifth veins whitish-hyaline and marked 



