1913] Johnson — A Study of the Clusiodidce (Heteroneuridce) 99 



Heteromeringia latifrons Loew. 



Heteroneura latifrons Loew., Wien. Ent. Monatssch., IV, 82, 1860. 



Twelve specimens show the following distribution: Massachu- 

 setts — Auburndale, August 13, Weston, July 23, Chester, August 

 7; New Jersey — Delaware Water Gap, July 15; Pennsylvania — 

 Lake Ganoga, North Mt., August 29. 



Heteromeringia flaviseta, sp. nov. 



Female: Face, cheeks and lower half of the occiput whitish, front and upper 

 half of the occiput light yellow, antenna; and a space above their base, fulvous 

 yellow, arista blackish; frontal and vertical bristles yellowish. Thorax, scutellum, 

 and metanotum yellow, humerus, pleura and coxae white. Abdomen yellow, the 

 tip of the fourth, all of the fifth, and the dorsal portion of the sixth segment, 

 brownish black, tip of the last segment margined with white, ovipositor yellow. 

 Hal teres and legs yellowish white. Wings yellowish hyaline, apical third slightly 

 clouded, especially near the veins. Length 4 mm. 



Two specimens. Holotype, New Brunswick, N. J., May 28 (Dr. 

 J. B. Smith). Paratype, Ft. Lee, N. J. Types in the author's 

 Collection. 



Heteromeringia annulipes sp. nov. 



Face and cheeks white, lower part of the front and orbits yellow; upper part 

 of the front, the vertex and occiput black, palpi and antennae yellow, apical half 

 of the third joint and arista dark brown. Thorax, upper half of the pleura, scutel- 

 lum, metanotum, and abdomen, shining black; lower half of pleura, legs and hal- 

 teres yellowish white; tip of the posterior femora and tibiae annulated with dark 

 brown, ^ings hyaline, apical third, and a small area at the anterior cross-vein, 

 and end of the discal cell, slightly clouded with smoky black. Length 3 mm. 



One specimen, Murfreesboro, Hertford County, N. C, June 

 9, 1895. Type in the author's collection. This species resembles 

 Heteroneura flavipes Will., but the annuli on the posterior legs and 

 the apical clouding of the wing, which is entirely beyond the end 

 of the fifth longitudinal vein, readily distinguish the species. 



Heteromeringia nitida sp. nov. 



Male: Face yellowish, orbits whitish pruinose, cheeks shining black; front black, 

 opaque, vertex shining; antennae yellowish, tip of the third joint and arista dark 

 brown. Thorax dull black, pleura and abdomen shining black; legs yellow, the 

 anterior legs except the coxae and basal half of the femora, black, base and tip of 

 the posterior tibiae dark brown. Halteres white. Wings smoky, darker along 

 the anterior portion beyond the middle and near the cross veins. Length 3 mm. 



