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EUFORCIPOMYIA LONGlTARSIS, n. sp. 



Female. — Fuscous. Mesonotum shining; pleurae reddish brown. 

 Legs testaceous or yellowish. Hairs on body and legs yellow; on 

 wings brown. 



Eyes contiguous; antenna about as long as head and thorax to- 

 gether, basal joints of flagellum longer than broad, narrowed at bases 

 and more distinctly so at apices, apical 5 joints elongated; palpi 5- 

 jointed. Mesonotum with pale decumbent hairs, those on lateral and 

 posterior margins very long; scutellar hairs numerous, long and con- 

 spicuous. Abdomen with pale yellow hairs, those near the posterior 

 lateral angles very long. Legs of moderate strength, with numerous 

 slender hairs, those on dorsal surface of tibiae very long; hind tibia 

 about three fourths as long as hind tarsus ; basal joint of hind tarsi 

 twice as long as second, proportions of the first three joints, 40, 20, 

 1 5 ; empodium as long as claws. Wings densely haired throughout 

 their entire surface ; costa ending slightly before middle of wing ; first 

 and third veins almost fused basally, the former ending about two 

 fifths from apex of latter; cubitus forking slightly beyond apex of 

 third vein. 



Length, .75 mm. 



Type locality, Urbana, 111., August 24, 1915, on basement window 

 in Natural History Building, LTniversity of Illinois (J. R. Malloch). 



Early stages and habits of adult unknown. 



EuFORCIPOMYIA FUSICORNIS Coquillctt 

 Ceratopogon fusicornis Coqnillett, Jonr. N. Y. Ent. Soe., Vol. 23, 1905, p. 63. 



Female. — Differs from hirtipcnnis in having the mesonotum with 

 distinct brownish pruinescence, the antennae almost black, and the legs 

 brownish. 



Eyes distinctly separated above ; antenna not longer than head and 

 thorax combined, basal joints of flagellum very distinctly shorter than 

 broad, rather closely fused ; apical five joints elongated. Mesonotum 

 with sparse subdepressed golden hairs and a few longer upright ones 

 intermixed. Legs of moderate strength; basal joint of hind tarsi 

 about two and a half times as long as second (37: 15), third dis- 

 tinctly shorter than second, fourth shorter than fifth ; claws small, 

 simple, equal ; empodia as long as claws, fringed. Third vein ending 

 distinctly beyond middle of wing, first slightly beyond middle of third, 

 third and first almost fused; otherwise wings as in hirtipennis. 



