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and lower half of the occiput whitish, ocellar triangle black, first 

 and second joints of the antennae yellow^ third brownish;, arista 

 brown and pubescent. Thorax and scutellum yellow, shining, with 

 fine bro-wTi hairs, one prominent dorso-central and four large mar- 

 ginal scutellar bristles. Abdomen yellow, third, fourth, and fifth 

 segments brown. Legs including the coxae light yellow, halteres 

 yellow. Wings hyaline, first veins but slightly clouded, tip of wing 

 and posterior cross-vein broadly clouded with brown. Length, male 

 4.5 mm., female, including ovipositor, 5 mm. 



Seven specimens. Holotype, Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. 10, 1920 

 (C. W. J.). Allotype, Northeast Harbor, Me., July 1, 1909 (Dr. 

 C. S. Minot), and two paratypes, Bar Harbor, Aug. 15, and Base 

 Station, Mt. Washington, N. H., Aug. 15, 1916 (C. W. J.), in 

 the collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Para- 

 types are also in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, Mrs. Slosson's and the author's collections. 



Palloptera jucunda Loew (Fig. 2). 



In addition to the type locality, Sitka^ Alaska, and the locali- 

 iies recorded by Melander, I have specimens before me from Parro- 

 quet Island, Labrador, July 21, 1887 (S. Henshaw), Mus. Comp. 

 Zool.; Midvale, Montana, Aug. 25 (C. E. Brown) ; Logan, Utah, 

 Sept. 1915 (H. B. Hagan). Cranbrook, B. C, Sept. 12 (C. 

 Garrett). 



Palloptera albertensis sp. nov. (Fig. 3). 



Front dark yellow, opaque, orbits, face and occiput light yel- 

 low, antennae yellow (third joint wanting). Thorax and scutel- 

 lum yellow, subshining, with macrochsetffi similar to P. jucunda. 

 Abdomen yellow, with a narrow black dorsal line expanding to- 

 ward the top, ovipositor brown, forming about two-fifths the length 

 of the entire abdomen. Legs and halteres yellow. Wings, near the 

 end of the first vein and base of the costal margin, yellowish. 

 Length, including the ovipostor, 7 mm. 



One specimen, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, collected by Mr. Owen 

 Bryant. 



The larger size, black dorsal line on the abdomen, and heavier 



