24 Journal New York Entomological Society, [voi. viii. 



wliirli two are in las! lialf of firsl basal cell, one at each end and three in middle 

 of lirst posterior cell ; broad liind margin of wing nearly pure hyaline. Length, 4 

 mm. 



Habitat : Foot of Little Mt., Mesilla Valley, New Mexico. 

 A female specimen collected Ai)ril 10, by Professor T. D. A. 

 Cockerell. Type No. 4472, U. S. Nat. Museum. 



Acrosticta fulvipes, sp. no\ . 



Head reddish 3'ellow, upper jiart of occiput, except in the middle, black ; front 

 grayish pruinose, thickly covered with coarse punctures except on the vertex, middle 

 of fiice with a metallic, [learly lustre, antennae reddish yellow, the third joint oval, 

 about one-half longei than broad, arista black, the extreme base and a broad band 

 beyond the thickened part, \ellowish, palpi reddish yellow, the apices brown, pro- 

 boscis ])lack ; body dark green, opaque, grayish pruinose, the scutellum and metano- 

 tum polished ; legs reddish yellow, apices of tarsi brown ; wings hyaline, the extreme 

 l)ase and costal cell pale brown, the stigma and a spot extending from slightly be- 

 fore apex of second vein to midway l)etween the third and fourth veins, dark brown. 

 Length. 7 mm. 



Habitat : Los Angeles Co., Calif. 



A female specimen collected by the writer. Type No. 4473, LL 



S. Nat. Museum. 



Euxesta willistoni, nomen nov. 



Synonym : Eii.xfsta spoliata Williston, North American Fauna, 

 No. 7, page 257 ; May 31, 1S93. Noii Loew, 1867. 



Ortaiis basalts Walker belongs to Ei/.xcsta : Mrs. Annie T. Slosson 

 has collected specimens of this species in southern Florida. 



Ortaiis itiof^siitcs AValker is a synonvm of Seioptcra ribra/is Linne. 



Cephalia fenestrata, sp. nov. 



Reddish yellow, sides of front marked with brown, third antennal joint except 

 its base brow'n, a brown vitta extends from each humerus nearly to base of wing, 

 then crosses the pleura obliquely to hind coxa ; abdomen, except the base and ovi- 

 positor, dark brown, apices of tarsi l)rown ; wings gray, the base, costal and marginal 

 cells brown, a wliitish hyaline fascia extends from costa a short distance before apex 

 of second vein transversely to slightly below the fourth vein. Length, 7 ram. 



Habitat : Onaga, Kansas. 



A female specimen collected by Mr. F. F. Crevecoeur. Type 

 No. 4474, U. S. Nat. Museum. 



\n the table of subfamilies given on page 115 of Williston's manual 

 no mention is made of the subfamily ( )rtalin;T2 ; a fourth line should 

 be added to couplet 4, as follows : 

 A sternopleural and'a propleural bristle present Ort.vi.tn^. 



