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each segment coDsistiiig of an antoiioi' >Yhorl aud a posterior 

 transverse pair of clusters; legs ligiil yellow, coxae black, a brown 

 band before apex of each femui' and another bejond base of each 

 tibia, apices of tibiae and of tarsi brown, front tarsi ciliate with 

 several rather long hairs; wings whollv covered with hairs, whitish 

 hyaline, from base to small crossveiu marked with four brown 

 spots, one on humeral crossvein, two in anal cell, and one before 

 apex of basal cell R, passing over the crossvein at apex of basal cell 

 M and reaching the Aving margin, wliere it is greatly extended 

 and rather faint; a brown spot at base of vein Iv^+j, apex of wing 

 from slightly before the tip of R^ grayish brown and containing 

 several whitish hyaline drops; R^ near its tip connected with R3 

 •by the oblique Ro; halteres whitish; leng-th 5 mm. Two males. 

 Pullman, Washington. 



To the above description I nmy add that the female differs from 

 the male in having the abdominal segments more yellowish, with 

 narrow basal fasciae, and the wing markings are somewhat darker, 

 the anal cell being brown with several hyaline spots; length 4 mm. 

 Five females. Pullman, Washington. 



9. Ablabesmyia barberi Coquillett 

 1902 Tauypus Coq. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 25:90 



Male. Yellowish white, apices and a broad band at middle of 

 antennae; three vittae on mesonotum ; the metanotum, spots on 

 the pleura and sternum, black; mouth parts, a band near bases 

 of segments 2 to 5; the whole of the following segments except 

 their hind borders, also apices of femora, both ends of tibiae, 

 apices of first four joints of tarsi and whole of last one, pale 

 brownish ; mesonotum opaque, gray ])ruinose ; hairs of the an- 

 tennae pale yellowish; wings covered Avith hairs, hyaline, from the 

 base to the small crossvein marked with three brown spots, one 

 on the humeral crossveiu and two behind the anal vein ; from small 

 crossvein to wing tip are many, mostly isolated, brown spots; 

 Ri near its apex connected with R., by the oblique R. ; cubitus 

 forks slightly before the crossvein; length 4 mm. 



Female. Like the male except that there is no black ring at 

 middle of the antennae, and the abdomen is dark brown, chang- 

 ing into yellow at the apex, the broad hind margins of the seg- 

 ments whitish ; length 3 mm. Las Vegas, Hot Springs N. M. 



10. Ablabesmyia dyari Ooquillett 

 1902 T a n y p 11 s Coq. Ent News. p.So 



(PI.19, fig.7, and pl.27, fig.9) 

 The pupa is figured and briefly described by Doctor H. G. 

 Dyar (11)02) p.56. He says, "It resembles a Culex pupa. 



