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tinct on middle; wings grayish, eosta to middle, first division as long as next two 

 together, third one-fourth as long as second, fringe as long as fork of third vein, 

 fourth vein leaving at beyond fork, slightly bent at base and ending slightly re- 

 curved at in front of wing tip; halteres yellow. Length 2mm. 

 Type; Cat. No. 15324 U. S. National Museum. 



One male in National Museum, District of Columbia, Oct. 19th, 

 1912, (R. C. Shannon) . Very similar to projecta Becker from which 

 the unswollen fore tarsus separates it. 



Aphiochaeta subciliata sp. nov. 



Male and female: Black; frons glossy, about one-third longer than broad in male, 

 slightly less in female; lower post-antennal bristles about one-half as large as upper 

 pair in both sexes, center pair of bristles in first row much below outer pair and 

 slightly below upper post-antennals, nearer center of frons than outer pair which 

 are close to eye-margins; antennae black, third joint normal in size, arista about 

 one- third longer than length of frons, almost bare; palpi pale yellow, of normal 

 size, moderately black-bristled, mesonotum shining, pleurae glossy black, meso- 

 pleurae with numerous short bristles and one long, backwardly directed one which 

 reaches to base of halter; scutellum with two bristles; abdomen shining black, first 

 segment shorter than second, second to fourth slightly decreasing in length, fifth and 

 sixth elongated; surfaces of all segments with short hairs; male anal protuberance 

 yellow, hypopygium small, but slightly exposed; legs black, fore coxae and femora 

 yellow, fore tibiae and tarsi, mid coxae, trochanters and tarsi, and extreme bases of 

 hind tibiae brownish; hind femora flattened, hind tibial setulae distinct and rather 

 widely placed (9-10); wings narrow, slightly infuscated, especially along veins, 

 costa slightly short of middle in male, to middle in female, first division equal to 

 next two, third division one-third as long as second, fourth vein bent at base, running 

 slightly upward to distinctly in front of wing tip and slightly recurved at apex; fringe 

 short and closely placed; halteres yellow, stalk darker. Length 1-2 mm. 



Type: Cat. No. 15325 U. S. National Museum. 



Locality: Two males, and 11 females, Washington, District of 

 Columbia, October, 6-29, 1912, one female, Livingston Heights, 

 Virginia, October 29, 1912 (R. C. Shannon). 



This species may be mistaken in at least the male sex for ciliata, 

 Zetterstedt but the costal divisions are different, and in the female 

 of ciliata the fourth abdominal segment is very much shortened, 

 being only one-third as long as the third. 



