1913] Melander — A Synopsis of the Sapromyzidae 75 



Minettia fumipennis sp. nov. 



cf . Length 5 mm. A stout and large species easily recognized by its strongly in- 

 fumated wings. Very close to flaveola Coquillett, differing only in the dark wings, 

 more protuberant center of the face and shorter plumosity of the arista. In flaveola 

 the hairs of the upper side of the arista are as long as the depth of the third antennal 

 joint and also conspicuously longer than the hairs below. In fumipennis the hairs 

 of both sides of the arista are of the same length and are less than one-half the depth 

 of the third antenna! joint, i. e. short-plumose. The infuscation of the wings is 

 strongest in front: along the hind border the wings are subhyaline. Chsetotaxy 

 and structure as in flaveola. Color testaceous. 



One specimen in Professor Aldrich's collection, taken near 

 Stanford University, California, 31 October, 1905. 



Sapromyza Cyclops sp. nov. 



9 • Length 4 mm. Testaceous yellow throughout, except a shining black spot 

 in center of front, and outer one-half of third antennal joint black. Front one- 

 third broader than long, shining; ocellar bristles strong and closely approximate 

 behind the front ocellus; cheeks two-thirds the eye-height; face flat, the central 

 part sericeous. Third antennal joint nearly twice as long as the width in front of 

 the arista, its upper edge concave so that the upper apical corner is rounded-rec- 

 tangular; arista microscopically pubescent. Thorax lightly yellow-tomentose, four 

 postsutural dorsocentrals, the rows diverging posteriorly so as to meet a moderately- 

 sized intraalar bristle; six rows of scattered acrostichals; two sternopleurals. The 

 abdomen of the dried specimen is somewhat brownish, lightly pollinose, the last 

 segment shining. Femora with the usual bristles of moderate size. Wings hyaline, 

 with yellowish tinge, veins yellow, the posterior cross-vein darker; anterior cross- 

 vein a little beyond the middle of the discal cell, opposite the end of the first vein; 

 penultimate section of the fourth vein four-fifths as long as the ultimate, last section 

 of fifth vein one-half the length of the posterior cross vein. 



The distinguishing characteristics of this species are the yellow 

 color, black-spotted front, black-tipped antennas with excised 

 antennal joint and nearly bare arista, and clear wings. 



One specimen collected by Dr. W. M. Wheeler at Dinwiddie 

 Creek, Wyoming, September 5, 1895. 



Sapromyza monticola sp. nov. (fig. 13) 



cf 9 • Length 3.5 mm. Entirely testaceous, except the tip of the antennae. 



Front about one-fourth broader than long, fine-hairy in front, shining, a line 

 connecting the front-orbital bristles would meet the base of the antenna; ocellar 

 bristles spaced apart the width of the front ocellus just behind which they are 

 located, the lesser ocellar bristles minute; face receding, but the clypeus prominent, 



