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Rhypholophus lanuginosus, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. i8.) 



Dark brown ; head somewhat lighter brown ; palpi brown ; first two segments of 

 the antenna: yellowish, others brown ; in the male much elongated, fusiform, with a 

 short whitish pubescence and distinct verticels ; if bent back they would reach nearly 

 to the base of the abdomen ; the antennse of the female are much shorter, hardly 

 reaching the base of the wings ; thorax wholly dark brown ; halteres pale, slightly 

 infuscated at tip ; legs brown ; coxa: and base of femora lighter ; abdomen blackish, 

 with a golden yellow pubescence ; wings rather broad, with a brownish tinge ; stigma 

 brown ; discal cell open ; veins brown ; seventh vein somewhat arcuated, so that the 

 distal half of the anal cell is of almost the same width throughout ; posterior cross 

 vein at the base of the discal cell ; pubescence on the wings rather long and dense. 

 Length, male 6 mm. ; female 8 mm. ; wings 7.5 mm. 



flabiiat : Collins, Ida., seven males, one female. (Piper.) Type 

 no. 120. Wash. Agric. Coll. ^S: S. of S. 



Rhypholophus fumatus, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 19.) 



Brown ; head and palpi darker brown ; first two segments of antennn: yellowish, 

 others brown, subcylindrical, comparatively short ; thorax uniformly grayi.sh brown, 

 halteres light, knobs infuscated ; legs yellowish ; tarsi, and sometimes the tibia 

 brownish ; abdomen very dark brown with a short yellow pubescence ; male genitalia 

 lighter brown ; wings with a brownish tinge ; stigma dark brown ; discal cell closed ; 

 veins brown, seventh arcuated in such a manner that the anal cell is broader in the 

 middle than at the tip; posterior cross vein at the inner end of the discal cell. 

 Length, male 5 mm.; wing 7 mm. 



Habitat: Collins, Ida., three males. (Doane, Piper.) Type no. 

 131. Wash. Agric. Coll. & S. of S. 

 Erioptera comata, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 20.) 



Brown ; head brown, front grayish brown with a few short golden yellow hairs ; 

 rostrum and palpi dark brown almost black ; antennae brown, segments rather short, 

 cylindrical ; dorsum of thorax wholly brown ; pleura with a faint silvery reflection ; 

 halteres pale ; legs yellowish ; the tarsi and the tips of the femora and tibia darker ; 

 abdomen brown with a sparse golden-yellow pubescence; male genitalia lighter ; ovi- 

 positor ferrugineous ; wings hyaline ; the brown pubescence along the veins giving 

 them a brownish tinge ; the prsefurca ends in the first submarginal cell which is a little 

 longer than the second ; discal cell open ; veins brownish, those at the base of the 

 first submarginal and the discal cells as well as the posterior cross vein narrowly bor- 

 dered with brown, thus making two small faint brown spots on the wings. Length, 

 female 5 mm ; wing 6 mm. 



Habitat: Pullman, Wash., two females (type). (Doane.) Seattle, 

 Wash., one male. (Piper.) Type no. 122. Wash. Agric. Coll. it 

 S. of S. 

 Chionea nivicola, sp. nov. 



Reddish brown ; head cinereous ; eyes round, .shining, black ; ro.strum nearly 

 half as long as head ; the four-jointed palpi somewhat reddish ; antennae a little longer 



