92 INSECUTOR INSCITli«E MENSTRUUS 



the bases and veins pale reddish-yellow, except hind cross vein and last 

 section of fourth vein which are brown. Tegulae white, the front scale 

 slightly fuscous to yellowish tinged. 



Type. TD4I 19, Oroya, March 7. 



Uterus subtubular, intestiniform, very long and much coiled, rather 

 thick, with thousands of irregularly arranged grayish colored maggots. 

 Dorsal segmental plates of maggot showing blackish on disk. 



Echinopyrrhosia melanica, new species. 



Length of body, 1 3 mm. ; of wing, 1 1 mm. One female, Pacha- 

 cayo, 12,000 feet, March 27, 1913, on flowers of Eupatorium-\Aie 

 composite. 



Differs from E. alpina in coloration as follows : Frontalia brown to 

 blackish, first two antennal joints blackish. Legs black to dark brown, 

 only faintly reddish tinged on femora and tibiae. Scutellum rather more 

 pollinose, especially the broad subsilvery margin. Abdomen dull black- 

 ish or dark brown, without pollinose spots or vitta. Venter with hardly 

 a tinge of reddish, faintly silvered. Wings with no yellowish tinge, sub- 

 hyzdine except the wide deep fuscous clouds on last section of fourth 

 vein, hind cross vein, small cross vein, basal cells to costa, the irregular 

 hind margin paler fuscous. Hind scale of tegulae pure white ; front scale 

 wholly soft deep brown to black, according to lights. 



Echinopyrrhosia atypica, new species. 



Length of body, 1 1 to 1 4 mm. ; of wing, 9 to 1 2 mm. Many females, 

 several males, Pachacayo, 12,000 feet, March 26 to 28, 1913, on 

 flowers of Viguiera-\^e and Eupatorium-\^e composites. 



Differs from E. melanica as follows : Frontalia reddish, first two 

 antennal joints sometimes tinged with reddish. Legs reddish ; the tarsi 

 blackish, except metatarsi more or less tinged with reddish. Abdomen 

 wholly reddish or reddish-brown above and below, the four pollinose 

 spots of last two segments faintly visible, but no median vitta. Wings 

 evenly fuscous tinged throughout, base deep blackish ; small cross vein, 

 hind cross vein, and last section of fourth vein only fziintly and narrowly; 

 clouded. Tegulae same as in preceding. 



Type, TD4 136. Uterus subtubular, maggots and eggs irregularly 

 arranged, maggots blackish. 



