Sept. 1899.] DoANE : Descriptions of New Trypetid.*. 180 



Tephrltis fucata Fabr. — Jamaica, Florida. 

 Tephritis albiceps Loew. — New Jersey. 

 Tephritis murina, sp. nov. (PI. IV, Fig. 5). 



$ . 9 . Grayish ; head whitish ; front lemon yellow narrowly whitish on sides ; 

 mouth opening rather large, margins somewhat projecting ; palpi and proboscis long, 

 the former whitish, the latter yellowish and geniculate ; antennae yellow ; arista 

 brown ; postorbital and a single pair of frontal bristles yellowish white, others black ; 

 occiput for the most part black ; thorax grayish with yellowish white pile ; posterior 

 half of scutellum yellowish ; bristles black ; legs wholly reddish yellow ; front 

 femora of one of the males with a short narrow brown stripe on side. Abdomen of 

 female somewhat narrowed, grayish, with rather long thick white pile ; ovipositor 

 wholly shining black with very fine reddish pile, flattened, as long or longer than the 

 four preceding segments taken togerher. Wings rather narrow with a guttate brown 

 reticulation ; basal portions nearly without markings ; the dark brown stigma with a 

 round sub-hyaline spot ; the hyaline spots for the most part large and quite round, 

 nearly confluent except in basal and posterior portions of the wing ; few small 

 hyaline dots interspersed among the larger ones in the apical portion of the wing ; 

 third vein with a few widely separated bristles. Length, $ 4 mm., 9 4-5 to 5 mm. 

 Three males, three females. 



Habitat : ^\'ashington, 



The reticulation of the wings closely resembles that of T. albiceps, 

 but the larger size of this species, together with the absence of black 

 markings on the abdomen, the greater length of the ovipositor, etc., 

 makes it easy to distinguish the two species. 



Tephritis webbii, sp. nov. (PI. IV, Fig. 6). 



9 . Black ; head yellowish ; front darker, rather broad ; face hollowed out ; 

 mouth opening large with its edges projecting ; first and second joints of antennae yel- 

 lowish, third joint brown ; arista brown, lighter toward base ; some of the postorbital 

 bristles white ; other bristles of the head as well as those of the thorax and scutellum 

 black. Thorax with brownish pollen and short white pile above and whitish pollen 

 below ; legs brownish yellow, thickly beset with short black hairs ; femora somewhat 

 darker, front femora with a few black bristles below and a few white hairs above. 

 Abdomen blackish, almost slate color, thickly beset with short black pile, a few black 

 bristles and some white pile ; ovipositor, except for two yellowish spots on lateral 

 margins, shining black, flattened, not quite as long as the two preceding segments 

 taken together. Wings uniformly slate color with whitish hyaline spots ; these are 

 largest along the apical and posterior margins, where they are often confluent ; in the 

 middle portions of the wing are several smaller round hyaline spots ; basal portions 

 with little of the gray markings ; stigma black ; first vein with bristles. Length, 9 5 

 mm. Two females. 



Habitat : Idaho, Minnesota. 



A single specimen from Minnesota is much lighter, the abdomen 



