Q PSYCHE [Oct.-Dec. 



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curved downward and the basal part of the other i. somewhat ^^^'^Y^' ^^''^^^^^^^^^ 

 with sparse whitish pubescence most prominent on the pleurae; scutel lum black, abdomen 

 greenish white, immaculate. Legs light vellow ; wings hjalme, whitish. 



Length 4 mm. 



St. Augustine, Florida (F. H. Genimg). ('> 



17. Nemotelus albirostris Macquart. 



Nemotelu. albirostris Macquart, Dipt. exot. SuppL 4. P- 3^9; Tab. 3, fig- 8. O 



Male Thorax black; abdomen white. u-f^ oK^,-^ 



RTstellum a little longer and more drawn out than in .Y. pantker.^us ; white abo^e. 



black ben ah; poboscis slnder and elongate. Front linear. Antennae --.'-d^^ - 

 black berieat ' P ^^ ^^^^ ^^^._^ ^^.^^^^_ .^^^^.^^ ^^^^^ ,,.,,h a green 



relcHon A^do-r white. Femora black the tip white ; tibiae and tarsi white. Halteres 

 white. Wings hyaline. (IVa^islafio/i.) 



i^ lines (3 mm.). 



Virginia (M. Bigot). ('> . . 



The "linear front " probably means that the eyes are subcontiguous as m the 



males of some of the other species. ^ 



Profile of head, redrawn from Macquart's illustration, figured on plate. 



[8. Nemotelus wheeleri, sp. nov. 



yellowish above; anten- 



Head comparatively nauencv-i , , vj,u^. ...... , c . 



. , i„.. „„.,* ;m,,->i,c vfllnw snots 



nae fuscoi 



M„le Head comparati.elv flattened ; rostellum slender, long, yellow.sh above, anten- 

 nae ::::„.."::,. .enL,- : ^^ .■'--•-,-t-:t<^tt„a^itT;r :; r'liiTr :.; 



r''V-r;.Te:r3srr:::.s:i-^^^^^^^^ 



line pale J-^l^J ' ? ^^^^ ^^^ ^ merging into the white knees, remainder of legs yellowish. 



T^::^::!^::^:^:^ -■- ^^--- ^--^^^ ^--^^ -'---^ -- '^''''' °^ ""'^^■ 



side of discal cdh ^^ ^^^^^^^^ _ ^^^^ ^^^.^^^^ ^^^ ,^^,f ,„„ger than 



/..«.«/.. This sex dit^eis 1 ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^,^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^,^ 



high, occiput fl^"^";^ ' ^^'^^^^^^^^ ^^, f,, , paired medial series of transversely ellipti- 



ish, margined with yellow. 



Lenffth 4-q mm. , ^ x *. 



This pretty little species was secured during the first weeks of June, ,90°, at 



Galveston, Texas, being attracted to an undetermined Composite growing profusely 



