DIPTERA 377 



the mesonotal suture ; last two abdominal segments of female yellow, 

 her ovipositor broad, flattened, scarcely tapering at the apex, bluish, 

 the base yellow ; legs blackish brown, apices of femora yellow ; wings 

 whitish hyaline, marked with four rather broad black cro^sbands, the 

 first just beyond humeral crossvein, second filling stigma and extend- 

 ing in a curve to slightly below fifth vein beyond apex of anal cell ; 

 small crossvein situated beyond this band, third band extends from 

 beyond apex of first vein to lower end of hind crossvein, the fourth 

 borders apex of wing from nearly midway between apices of first and 

 second veins to slightly below apex of the fourth, and is sometimes 

 narrowly connected with the third band along the costa ; at the third 

 vein the apical brown band is from two-thirds as wide to as wide as 

 the preceding hyaline interval ; length, 3 to 4 mm. Fifty-nine males 

 and eleven females. Tower, June 23. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5557, U. S. National Museum. 



PAREUXESTA OBSCURA sp. nov. 



Same as latifasciata except that the entire abdomen and ovipositor 

 of the female are bluish, and the black bands of the wings, especially 

 the last two, are narrower, the apical band at the third vein less than 

 one-fourth as wide as the preceding hyaline interval; length 3 to 3.5 

 mm. Seventeen males and four females. Albemarle, January i. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5558, U. S. National Museum. 



PAREUXESTA INTERMEDIA sp. nov. 



Equal to latifasciata except that the penultimate segment of ab- 

 domen of the female is bluish, like the preceding segments, and the 

 black bands of the wings are noticeably narrower, the apical band at 

 the third vein being from one-half to three-fifths as wide as the pre- 

 ceding hyaline interval ; length, 3 to 4 mm. Two males and a 

 female. Albemarle, January i . 



Type. — Cat. No. 5559, U. S. National Museum. 



PAREUXESTA HYALINATA sp. nov. 



Like latifasciata except that the penultimate abdominal segment of 

 the female is bluish, and the wings are hyaline, unmarked ; length, 

 3.5 mm. Two females. Albemarle, January i. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5560, U. S. National Museum. 



Family EPHYDRID^. 

 EPHYDRA GILVIPES sp. nov. 

 Green, tinged in places with blue ; halteres, femora and tibiae yel- 

 low ; tarsi brown ; antennae and proboscis black ; iniddle of front 



