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Type and three paratypes, Kushla, Alabama, April, 1915. 

 Also one specimen, Tifton, Ga., October, 1896. (Coll. A. L. 

 Melander). 



This species is most like D. prognatha, n. sp. which it resem- 

 bles in its few tibial bristles, in the presence of the pleural 

 stripe, etc. The third joint of the antennae is here small and 

 dark, while in D. prognatha it is large and yellow; and the 

 extraordinary wing vein indices of D. quadrata will serve to 

 distinguish it from most other species of the genus. 



Drosophila superba, n. sp. 



9 . Arista with eight branches above and four below. Antennas 

 brown, third joint dark. Front about one-third width of head, wider 

 above; yellow. Second orbital scarcely more than a hair. Only one 

 prominent oral bristle. Carina low and narrow, confined to upper part 

 of face. Face yellow. Cheeks yellow, their greatest width scarcely 

 one-sixth greatest diameter of eyes. Eyes sparsely clothed with very 

 short, fine, pale pile. 



Acrostichal hairs is about ten rows; no prescutellars ; a single pair 

 of dorsocentrals. Dorsum of thorax yellow, with two pairs of inter- 

 rupted brownish longitudinal stripes, the median pair broader than the 

 outer. vScutellum brownish yellow; pleurae yellow, with two longitudinal 

 dark reddish brown stripes. Legs yellow. Apical and preapical bristles 

 on first and second tibiae, preapicals on third. 



Abdomen dark brown, yellow at base. 



Wings brownish black, with four hyaline areas; one at the base; 

 one including the apical part of the costal cell and extending to the 

 anal cell; a band extending directly across the wing about its middle, 

 between the two cross veins ; a spot reaching from the middle of the first 

 posterior cell to the wing margin in the second posterior cell. Costal 

 index about 3.0; 4th vein index about 1.0; 5x index about 1.0; 4c index 

 about 0.7. 



Length body 3mm., wings 3Xnim. 



Type, Cacao, Trece Aguas, Alta Vera Paz, Gautemala 

 (Schwarz and Barber). U. S. N. M. collection. 



The color of the wings and pleurae and the single pair of 

 dorsocentrals will serve to distinguish this species. 



Drosophila projectans, n. sp. 



cf. Arista with five branches above and one below. Antennae 

 brown. Front one-third width of head, broader above, velvety black, 

 brownish ' below, with a silvery whitish reflection, small triangle and 

 orbits polished. Second orbital minute. Second oral bristle quite 

 small. Carina high, narrow; face brown. Clypeus prominent. Pro- 

 boscis and palpi pale yellow. Cheeks yellow, their greatest width 

 about one-sixth the greatest diameter of eyes. Eyes bare. 



