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13. Ablabesmyia algens Coquillett 

 1902 T a 11 y p u s Coq. Proc. U. S. Nut. Mus. 2.5 :90 



Female. Yellow, three vittae on the mesouotmn ; the metano- 

 tiiiiii, .spots on the pleura, and the sternum, brownish black ; mouth 

 parts, apices of femora, and bases of tibiae brownish; mesonotum 

 grayish jtruinose, the vittae somewhat ])olished; wings covered 

 with hairs, hyaline, crossed at the middle by a faint brownish 

 band which extends from small crossvein half way to the wing 

 tip; Kj near its apex connected with R., by the oblique Ro ; cubitus 

 forks slightly before the crossvein; length I) mm. Popoft" Island, 

 Alaska. 



14. Ablabesmyia discolor Coquillett 

 1902 T a ny pus Coq. I'ror. r. S. Nat. Mus. 2.1:89 



Female. Yellowish brown ; antennae, sciitellum, large portion 

 of abdomen, legs excejjt aj)ices of femora and tibiae, also the 

 halteres, yellow; mesonotum grayish pruinose, most dense at the 

 humeri and in front of scutellum; wings Avhitish hyaline; two 

 crossbands and the apex largely brown; the first band is on a 

 line with the humeral crossvein. and along costa is broadly con- 

 nected with the second band, wliich is located at the snmll cross- 

 vein; behind the cubitus the second band is prolonged to meet 

 the brown at ajtex of wing; the latter begins a short distance 

 before the ai)ices of R, and of Cu,, and encloses a large hyaline 

 .sjiot in a])ex of cell M and cell Cu^, also two yellowish costal 

 spots; the brown along the costa comprises two spots of a darker 

 color than the renuiinder of the brown at the apex of the wing, 

 and between the first of these spots and the preceding brown 

 band is a large yellow costal si)ot; wings densely covered with 

 hairs, which are yellowish on ihe hyaline portions and broAvn 

 on the dark spots; Ri connected with R^ a short distance before 

 its tip by the oblique R.. Cubitus forks slightly before the cross- 

 vein. Length ?) mui. New Haui])shire. 



15. Ablabesmyia melanops Wied. (IMoig.) 



1818 Tally pus Meigen. Syst. Bescbr. 1:G.5, 18 



18.50 T a 11 y p u s Zett. Dipt. Soand. 9 : 3621 



ISO! T a 11 y pus Seliiner. Fauna Austr. 2 : 621 



1877 T a 11 y p u s Y. d. Wulp. Dipt. Neeii. p.306 



1757 T i p u 1 a ? a r u ii d i u e t i L. Fauna Suec. ed. II. p.4.'14 



1818 T a n y p u s :\Ieig. Syst. Bescli. 1 :66, 19 



1823 T a 11 y p u s b i p o 1 o v Fries. ^lonogr. Tanyp. Snee. 17, 12 



Pale reddish yellow, including the antennae, i)alpi, legs and 

 halteres; eyes black. Thorax with three reddish longitudinal 

 strii>es, the median one divided; the intermediate spaces and the 



