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antennae dark brown. Thorax blackish-brown with two thin lines on the dorsum 

 reddish-yellow, shoulders light yellow, a stripe of the same colour proceeding from 

 thence to the root of the wings, edges of mesopleurae yellowish, the pleurae otherwise 

 dark brown, scutellum dark brown above, yellow on the sides, metanotum blackish, 

 halteres reddish-yellow. Abdomen blackish with the hind borders of the segments 

 a little lighter. Legs yellow with dark brown femora, fore tarsi in the male fringed 

 with rather long, fine hairs. Wings hyaline, the greater part of the second vein, 

 the tips of the 3rd and 4th and the posterior transverse vein broadly bordered with 

 fuscous. 



Hab. Kauai, one male and one female, 4000 ft., July 1S96. 



(19) Drosophila parva, sp. nov. 



t. Long. Corp. i^ mm. ; al. \\ mm. Front black, reddish-yellow immediately 

 behind the antennae, the orbits and vertical triangle dark cinereous ; face blackish with 

 a distinct keel ; antennae very short, reddish-yellow with the upper edges of the joints 

 somewhat darkened. Thorax dark cinereous, in the best-preserved specimen are traces 

 of three darker lines on the dorsum, scutellum and pleurae dark cinereous, metanotum 

 blackish, halteres pale yellow. Abdomen blackish-brown. Legs with the fore coxae 

 light yellow, the femora more or less brown, the tibiae yellow, with slight traces of 

 darker rings, the tarsi yellow with the terminal joint darkened. Wings hyaline with 

 both the transverse veins conspicuously infuscated, 2nd longitudinal vein distinctly 

 curved forwards at the tip, 3rd and 4th veins parallel, the last section of the latter twice 

 as long as the penultimate. 



Hab. Hawaii, Kilauea, two males, August 1896 ; one male, Kona, 4000 ft., 

 August 1892. 



(20) DrosopJiila s/iarpi, sp. nov. 



$, ?. Long. Corp. 4 — 5 mm. ; al. 4^ — 6 mm. Front reddish-brown with the 

 orbits and vertical triangle shining dark brown ; face yellowish to reddish-brown, 

 proboscis and palpi reddish-yellow ; antennae reddish-brown. Thorax reddish-yellow 

 to reddish-brown, scutellum reddish-yellow, sometimes with a blackish spot near the 

 base, pleurae, metanotum, and halteres reddish-yellow. Abdomen yellow with a dorsal 

 median line and the hinder halves of the segments blackish. Legs light- to reddish- 

 yellow. Wings tinged with light brown, posterior transverse vein slightly infuscated, 

 quite straight, two last sections of the 4th vein equal in length. 



Hab. Kauai, Koholuamano, two males and three females, April 1895. 



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