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out New England. Generally distributed, sometimes very com- 

 mon locally. Most numerous in spring and fall months. 



127. Hancock's Pygmy Locust, Acrydium hancocki Morse. 

 Known from Randolph, N. H., and northern Maine, in July and 

 August. Taken on damp spots on roadsides and in fields. 



128. Obscure Pygmy Locust, Acrydium arenosum angustum 



Hancock. 



Widely distributed and common locally from eastern Maine and 

 northern Vermont southward. Found in the same haunts as the 

 Ornate Pygmy Locust. 



129. Hooded Pygmy Locust, Paratettix cucullatus Burmeister. 



Common, even abundant locally, in Connecticut in late August. 

 Lives as far north as Alstead, N. H., in the Connecticut valley, 

 and is recorded by Scudder from the vicinity of Boston. It fre- 

 quents the shores of ponds and streams, resting on sand, mud, or 

 stones. 



130. Sedge Pygmy Locust, Tettigidea lateralis parvipennis Harris. 

 Wet, sedgy meadows, springy runs, etc., throughout New Eng- 

 land, in every month of the season. Common, sometimes plenti- 

 ful, especially on sandy loam. 



NOTES ON SOUTH AFRICAN PHORIDCE (DIPTERA). 



By Charles T. Brues, 

 Bussey Institution, Harvard University. 



Dr. L. Peringuey of the South African Museum at Cape Town, 

 recently sent me several specimens of Phoridae belonging to the 

 Museum collections, one of which is of considerable interest.^ 

 This is the female of the genus Conoprosopa which proves to be 

 almost completely wingless and very highly modified. There is 

 also a very distinct species of Paraspiniphora which is here de- 

 scribed. 



1 Owing to the conditions brought about by the war and the impossibility of publishing the 

 Annals of the South African Museum at the present time, Dr. Peringuey has kindly given me 

 permission to have this short note published in an American journal. 



