NO. inC6. SYXOrSlS OF yEOTROPJCAL UMyOlilNAH—ALEXAyDER. 523 



orange-yellow, darker near the sternum and on the coxix?. Halteres 

 black, brown at the extreme bases. Legs: eoxsc yellowish-brown; 

 trochanters, femora, tibia; and tarsi jet blatk. 



Wings deep shinj'-black throughout. (See fig. 'iM.') 



Abdomen: deep orange throughout. 



Holotiipc. — Female, (\K>rnavaca, Mexico (D. L. Crawford, coll.). 



Ti/jH'. — In collection of Prof. C. F. Baker, Pomona College. 



GNOPHOMYIA SUBHYALINA, new species. 



Grayish-brown; legs unicolorous, except tarsi; wings subhy aline, 

 very pale brown \vith a hyaline cross-band. 



^falc. — Length, 4.S-6 mm; wing, 4.8-6.1 mm. 



Female. — Length, 5.2-7 mm; wing, 5-6.8 mm. 



Head: palpi and rostrum dark brown; anteimse, basal segments 

 yellowish-brown, flagellum medium brown, the segments covered 

 with a dense pale pubescense. Front, vertex and occiput gray, 

 tinged with brown* 



Thorax: pronotum: scutum grayish-brown; scutellum light yellow, 

 brightest laterally. Mesonotum: grayish-brown, without stripes; 

 pseudo-suture prominent, triangular, with a prolongation extendiiig 

 lateral to the caudal end of the prothoracic scutellum, dark brown 

 scutum grayish-brown, more yellowish on the sides nearest the 

 wing bases; scutellum and post-notum medium brown. Halteres 

 brownish - 3' ellow, knob pale. Legs: coxae and trochanters pale 

 yellow; femora, tibiaj and most of tarsal segments one and two 

 brown; remainder of the tarsi brownish-black. 



Wings: subhyaline, veins dark brown; wings very faintly tinged 

 with brown; a broad hJ^'lline band which crosses the wing distad 

 of the cord is broadest posteriorly; venation (see fig. 23). 



Abdomen: tergum dark brown; sternum lighter yellowish-brown. 



The paratypes are rather smaller, but undoubtedly belong to the 

 same species. 



Habitat. — Holotype. — Cacao, Trece Aguas, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala, 

 April 2 (Schwarz and Barber, coll.). Allotype. — Same place as the 

 type, April 20. Paratypes. — ^Male, Montserrat, Trinidad, West Lidies, 

 June, 1897 (Aug. Busck, coll.). Three males, seven females, Aguna, 

 Guatemala, Central ^imerica (G. Eisen, coll.). One female, Igarape 

 AsstJ, Parii, Brazil (H. S. Parish, coll.). 



Types. — In U. S. National Museum collection (No. 149.31). 



GNOPHOMYIA HIRSUTA, new species. 



Thorax light yellow with four stripes ; legs with dark tips to tlie 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi; wings hyaline with two conspicuous brown 

 bands. 



Female. — Length, 7 mm. ; wing, 6.6 mm. Head : rostnim and palpi 

 yellowish-brown; antennae, basal segments brownish-yellow, flagellum 



