_i Doane: Notes on Trypetid^. 4T 



Mar. 1900. J A-/wn.i !-■ 



Warts all small, hair short -V'.'^ \ 



Wart i small, about one-fourth the size of wart ii; wart ii without shinmg base. 



Hairs without distinct barbules. 



tlfllS* 



No dorsal Ime , . . . 



Dorsal line distinct, subdorsal broken micna . 



Dorsal and subdorsal lines distinct, subventral broken arge. 



ADDITIONAL NOTES ON TRYPETIDiE. 



By R. W. Doane. 



It is with a good deal of hesitancy that I dare to take issue with 

 so eminent authority on Diptera as Mr. Coquillett. But since his 

 recent paper on Trypetid^ (Jour. N. Y. Ento. Soc, Vol. 7, no. 4) 

 appeared I have been asked to say what I thought of the synonomy as 

 therein set forth. As the paper shows evidence of having been hastily 

 thrown together and as I still have before me all the types described 

 in Vol 7 no 2 of the same journal it may not be amiss to call atten- 

 tion to some of the points in the original descriptions that seem to 

 have been entirely overlooked and perhaps add a few notes. 



Spilographa setosa Doane differs from 5. flaiwnotata in the follow- 

 ing particulars. -No trace of lighter markings on thorax ; dark in- 

 stead of pale bristles on hind tibiae ; posterior femora with brownish 

 bristles near tip; more brown on basal portion of the wmg ; bristles 

 on the third vein extending beyond the anterior cross vein. 



Trxpeta straminea Doane differs from T. ocadentaUs Snow m the 

 following particulars.-Very much smaller, only about half as large ; 

 dark reddish yellow instead of lighter yellow ; pile on thorax and ab- 

 domen not so long or dense ; wings comparatively narrower. Every 

 one of these characters is constant throughout a large series of both 

 species. They can not possibly be confused. 



Eurosta conspicrcata Doane differs from E. reticulata Snow m the 

 following particulars—Smaller ; thorax lighter brown ; no light stripe 

 on abdomen ; the ring is much longer in proportion to its breadth; 

 the hyaline spots are larger and somewhat differently arranged espe- 

 cially in the posterior portion of the wing, and there are not so many 

 small yellow spots. I have only a single male specimen of this species 

 but it is perfect and well preserved and looks so wholly unlike any of 



