38 Psyche [April 
these may prove to be wanting in some specimens when the species 
is better known. 
Diaphorus inornatus sp. nov. 
Male: Length, 2.5-3 mm. Face a little longer than wide, sil- 
very; front green with the pollen of the face extending onto the _ 
lower portion a little; palpi yellowish white, blackish at base, 
rather large; lateral and lower orbital cilia white, abundant; an- 
tenn black, third joint small with a short point near the center of 
the tip; arista apical. Thorax green, slightly dulled with gray 
pollen; pleurze more blackish. Abdomen green with gray pollen 
along the sides; hypopygium small, its appendages concealed, the 
bristles at tip small but distinct in some specimens, in others 
scarcely noticeable. Coxe black; femora dark green; tips of 
femora, fore trochanters, tibiz and base of fore and middle tarsi 
yellow; tips of hind tibie, hind tarsi and fore and middle tarsi from 
the tip of the first joint infuscated; pulvilli of fore tarsi scarcely 
enlarged. Tegule, their cilia and the halteres whitish. Wings 
nearly hyaline; veins black; yellow at the extreme root of the 
wings; first vein reaching about one half the distance to the tip of 
the second. 
Described from three males from California. Two were taken 
at Alpine, San Diego Co., April 10, and one taken at Fresno, May 6. 
Diaphorus vulsus sp. nov. 
Male: Length, 3 mm. Face a little narrower than the front, 
slightly wider below, covered with silvery white pollen; palpi 
white; front green with considerable white pollen; antenne black, 
third joint somewhat triangular, pointed, scarcely as long as the 
width of the base; arista apical; lateral and inferior orbital cilia 
white, those above the eyes black. Thorax and abdomen metallic 
green with grayish white pollen, which is thickest on the pleure, 
metanotum and sides of thorax and abdomen; incisures of the abdo- 
men very narrowly yellowish; venter yellowish brown at base; 
hypopygium concealed, its appendages very small, bristles at tip 
small. Fore cox and all the legs yellow; hind femora very slightly 
brownish above at tip; tarsi brownish almost from their base, 
black at tip; pulvilli of fore tarsi large white, those of middle and 
hind tarsi small; fore tarsi with minute pale hairs and black bristles ; 
