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Genus CUPHOCERA Macq. 



Ciiphocera Macquart, Anunles Hoc. Ent. Franco, p. 267; 1845. 

 Palpihraca Kondani, Aiinali Natnralisti Napoli; 1845. 

 Sjyln/ricera Lioy, Atti Institnto Veneto, Vol. IX, p. 1336; 1864. 



Tlie synonymy of the first two is according to Eondani.' Spliyricera 



is referred by Brauer and Bergenstanim as a snbgenus of Cuphocera.^ 



Onr two species have three postsntural and three sternopleural niacro- 



chietje : 



Abdomen black, the fourth segment yellowish; length, 10 to 12 mm. 



Franconia, N. H.; Massachusetts; Westville, N. J., and northern 



llHnois. (Tijdschrift voor Entomologie,Vol. XXXV, p. 193; 1892: 



TricJiophora.) fncata v. d. W. 



Abdomen yellowish, a dorsal bla{;k vitta on the first three seg- 

 ments; length, 10 to 13 mm. Lake Worth, Fla., and California. 

 (Dipteres Exotiques, Supplement lY, part II, p. 148 (175); 1819: 

 Micropalpus.) californiensis Macq. 



Genus PELETERIA Desv. 



Feletcria Dfsvoidy, Essai snr les Myodaires, p. 39; 1830. 



Sjihyromyia Bigot, Bulletin Soc. Eut. France, p. 108; 1883. 



Cluet opeJ eteria Mi'k, Wiener Entoniol. Zeitung, Vol. XIII, p. 100; March 31, 1894. 



Tetrachwta Braner and Bei'genstamm, Zweif. Kais. Mns. Wien, VII, p. 611; 1894. 



The synonymy of the first two is by the writer; the last two are 

 given by Brauer and Bergeustamm as subgenera of Peleteria.-^ Our 

 species have four postsntural and three sternopleural macrochietiie: 



1. Abdomen yellow on the sides or at the apex, thorax and sides of 



front pollinose 2. 



Abdomen wholly shining black, not pollinose, sides of front shining 

 bronze black, thorax shining, almost destitute of pollen, front 

 tarsi of female noticeably dilated; length, 12.5 mm. Bighorn 

 Mountains, Wyoming; Colorado, and Salmon City, Idaho. (In 

 Zetterstedt's Diptera Scandinavian, Vol. VIII, p. 3217; 1849: 

 Ecliinomyia. f Taehina hirta Curtis, in Boss's Voyage to the 

 Arctic Eegion, p. 79; 1831.) amea Staeger. 



2. Second and third segments of abdomen largely or wholly gray 



pollinose; length, 10 to 14 mm. Toronto, Canada; White Moun- 

 tains, New Hampshire ; Allegheny, Pa. ; Ithaca, X. Y. ; northern 

 Illinois; Missouri; Georgia; Texas; Denver, Colo., and Santa 

 Cruz, Lake, Calaveras and Los Angeles counties, Cal. (Aus- 

 sereuroptiische Zweif. Insekten, Vol. II, p. 290; 1830: Taehina. 

 Echinomyia anali,s Macquart, Dipteres Exotiques, Suppl. I, i). 

 144; 1846. Taehina anaxias Walker, List of Dipterous Insects, 

 Part IV, p. 720; 1849. Eehinomyia filipalpis Rondani, Arch- 

 ivio Zool. TAnat. e Fisiologia, Vol. Ill, p. 15 ; 1865. Echinomyia 



' Diptorologite ItalicfB Prodromus, Vol. I, p. 63; 1856. 

 2 Zweif. Kais. Miis. Wicn, VII, p. 613; 1894. 

 3Zweif. Kais. Mus. Wien, VII, p. 613; 1894 



