138 Psyche [October 
discal pair, three pairs of long marginals and a weak pair of cruciate 
apical macrochaetee. Legs black, front pulvilli in male about as 
long as the last tarsal joint. Middle tibiz each bearing a single 
strong bristle on the outer front side near the middle, hind tibiz 
pectinate with a row of bristles of unequal length. 
Abdomen bearing discal and marginal macrochaete. Apical 
cell open, ending in costa a little before the extreme wing tip. 
Hind cross-vein nearer to bend of the fourth longitudinal than to 
the small cross-vein, the third longitudinal vein bearing two or 
three bristly hairs at its base. Wings except lower margins, usu- 
ally wholly smoky tinged, or sub-hyaline. Tegul usually yel- 
lowish white, with a blending smoky tinge in males. 
Described from three males and seven females. One taken by 
the author at Melrose, Mass., the remainder taken by Mr. C. W. 
Johnson at Glen House, N. H., Orr’s Island, Me., Chester and 
Auburndale, Mass., and Middletown, Conn. 
Holotype (male) and allotype (female) in collection of the 
Boston, Society of Natural History. 
Pilatea ruficornis sp. nov. 
Differs from the preceding species, as follows: Length 12 mm. 
Black, gray pollinose species. 
Parafrontals and sides of face rich golden yellow pollinose. 
Frontal vitta opaque velvety brown, at middle wider than either 
side of front. Antennz except apical portion of the third joint 
yellow, arista thickened on the basal third. Facial ridges bristly 
on the lowest fifth. Dorso-central four, sternopleurals three. 
Middle tibiz each bearing two strong macrochaetz on the outer 
front side near the middle. Wings sub-hyaline, veins brown, the 
third longitudinal vein bearing two bristles at its base. Tegule _ 
milky white, bordered with yellow around the edges. 
Described from a female specimen taken by Mr. 8. A. Shaw, 
at Hampton, N. H., July 25, 1903. Holotype placed in the col- 
lection of the Boston Society of Natural History. 
The two species above described are evidently congeneric with 
Coquillett’s Masicera celer' recently designated the genotype of 
Pilatea Towns. 
1Rev. N. Amer. Tach., 1897, p. 114. 
2Ent. News., Vol. xxvii, p. 178. 
