M;ii. 1900.] COQUILLETT : On NoRTH AMERICAN OrTALID^. 25 



Epiplatea scutellaris, sp. nov. 



P'lont brownish red, the orbits narrowly white pruinose, face, cheeks and occiput 

 reddish yellow, face in profile straight, slightly retreating below, clypeus invisible, 

 lower side of head horizontal, antennas yellow, the third joint elongate-ellipsoidal, 

 slightly over twice as long as wide, palpi yellow, proboscis brown ; thorax brownish 

 black, scutellum reddish yellow, bearing two bristles, sternopleural bristle present, 

 the propleural wanting ; abdomen black, smooth except the last segment, which is 

 scabrous ; legs brownish yellow, unarmed ; wings hyaline,, the base to beyond the 

 humeral crossvein brown, a brown apical spot extending from apex of second vein to 

 the fourth, third and fourth veins almost parallel, hind crossvein very oblique, its 

 upper end nearer base of wing than is the lower, small crossvein scarcely beyond 

 middle of discal cell, outer hind angle of anal cell rounded. Length, 3 mm. 



■ Habitat : Dimsmuir, Calif. 



A male specimen collected by Professor H. F. A\'ickham. Type 

 No. 4519, U. S. Nat. Museum. 



Epiplatea gracilis, sp. nov. 



Occiput and upper half of front dai^k green, lower half of front yellow, face 

 polished green, the upper part opaque, white pruinose, a velvet black spot between 

 the antenuL^, orbits narrowly yellow, cheeks next the eyes yellow, the remainder 

 dark green, face in profile concave, clypeus distinctly visible, dark green ; antennce 

 yellow, the first two joints black, the third nearly one and one-half times as long as 

 broad, the upper edge concave, the lower front corner produced in the form of a 

 blunt tooth ; palpi dark brown, pi^oboscis yellowish brown ; body bluish green, 

 rather slender, sternopleural bristle present, the propleural wanting, scutellum bear- 

 ing four bristles ; legs reddish yellow, unarmed ; wings grayish hyaline, an apical 

 brown spot beginning at the costa above the hind crossvein and extending slightly 

 converging at their apices, hind crossvein perpendicular, small crossvein near the 

 second third of the discal cell, anal cell rounded at the lower outer angle. Length, 

 4.5 mm. 



Habitat : Allende, Mexico. 



A specimen of each sex collected November 23 and 28, by Mr. C. 

 H. T. Townsend. Type No. 4520, U. S. Nat. Museum. 



Stenopterina varia, sp. nov. 



Head yellow, middle of front brownish, a polished black vitta each side of middle 

 cf face, outside of each, and the orbits white pruinose, antennse yellow, toward the 

 apex brown, palpi yellow, proboscis black ; thorax bluish green, the lateral and hind 

 margins, both ends of pleura and the scutellum yellow, the latter bearing six bristles ; 

 abdomen green, base of second segment yellow, last segment dark brown ; halteres and 

 legs yellow ; wings brown, the hind margin, second posterior, and middle of first 

 posterior cell subhyaline, base tinged with yellow, costal cell and an elongated spot 

 on third vein beyond the small crossvein, yellow. Length, 12 mm. 



Habitat : Florida. 



A male specimen. Type No. 4521, U. S. Nat. Museum. 



