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21, 1805, by Mrs. A. T. Slosson and Mr. C. W. Johnson. Type 

 No. 3588, IT. S. National Museuui. {Sovioleja sp., Brauer and 



Beri>enstamin in litt.) slossona; u. sp. 



Third Joint of antenntB strongly convex on the front edge, twoASterno- 

 pleural inacrocha'tje, a])e.\: of sc.ntellnm anxL. of abdomen, flrst 

 two joijits of antenna' and base of tlie third yellowKfrontal l)ns- 

 tles descending to apex of second antcnnal joint, cheeks two- 

 ftfths as broad as the eye lieigiit; lirst vein bristly on one-fonrth Cr^(^^ 

 of its length near the middle, the third bristly almost or slightly 4-^^, 

 over halfway to the small crossvein; length, 9 mm.; otherwise ^^*ijC. 

 as in above description of slossona'. Hertford County, N. C, and 

 Reno, Nev. Two female specimens; one collected ,lune 9, 1895, 

 by Mr. C. W. Johnson, the other by Mr. H. F. Wickham. Tyi)e 

 No. 3589, U. S. National Museum joJinsoni n. sp. 



Genus HYPHANTROPHAGA Town. 



Hyphantrophaga Townsond, Psyches Vol. VI, p. 247; Ai>ril, 1892. 



Our single species is black, the first two joints of the antenna', i)alpi, 

 and apex of proboscis yellow; four postsutural and three sternopleural 

 macrocha'ta', middle tibia' each bearing a single macroclnvta on the 

 front side near the nuddle, hind tibia' outwardly subeiliate, seccuid and 

 third segments of abdomen bearing only marginal, the fourth with 

 discal and marginal macrocha'ta^ ; length, 7 mm. From a cotype speci- 

 men. LasCruces, N. Mex. (Psyche, Vol. VI, p. 17(5; November, 1891: 

 Meigenia.) hyphantria' Town. 



#^ Genus EXORISTA Meig. 



Exorlsta ]Meigen, in Illigcr's Magazhi fiir Tn.selitcukiinde, Vol. II, p. 280; 1803. 



LydeUd Desvoidy, Essai snr les ^lyodaires, p. 112; ISIiO. 



Phrjino Desvoidy, loc. cif ., p. 113. 



Phrt/xe Desvoidy, loc. cit., p. 158. 



Carcclia Desvoi<ly, loc. cit., p. 176. 



Aj^lomya Desvoidy, loc. cit., p. 184. 



Euryfiaster Mac(|uart, Histoire Natnrelle Diptires, ^'ol. II, p. 11;"); 183."). 



Ifiihneria Desvoidy, Annalcs Soc. Eiit. I'rauce, p. (JOl ; 1847. 



Nimorilla liondani, Dipterologia- Italica- Prodromus, Vol. I, p. 6(i; 1856. 



JIhpharidea Koudani, loc. cit., p. 67. 



Aporomya Koiidaui, loc. cit.. Vol. Ill, p. 90; 1859. 



Parexorista Hrancr and Hcrgenstanini. Zweif. Kais. Mas. Wicn, IV, }>. 87; 1889. 



Sixyropa IJraner and liergenstamm, loc. cit., p. 163. 



MyxixortKin I'.raner and I>ergcnstanini, loc. cit., V, p. 331; 1891. 



liondani places Eurygaster as a synonym of Exorista,' and in this 

 he is followed by S<'hiner,- while liraucr and Uergenstamm give tliis 

 synonymy as probable.' Schiner also gives Lydella, Phryno, Carcclia, 



' Dipterologia', Itnlica> Protlromns, Vol. Ill, p. 115; 1859. 

 ^ Fanna Austiiaca, Vol. 1, p. 457 ; 1862. 

 ^Zwcif. Kais. Mns. Wien, VI, Index; 1893. 





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