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Herbstia is not mentioned by Brauer and Bergenstamm: 
Penultimate joint of arista twice as long as broad, one-sixth as long 
as the last joint, legs black; black, the first two joints of anten- 
ne, palpi, apex of proboscis, of scutellum, and sides of the first 
two segments of abdomen, yellow; third joint of antenne brown; 
head at vibrissze as long as at base of antenne, front of female 
one and one-fifth times as wide as either eye, frontal bristles 
descending to base of third antennal joint, two pairs of orbital 
bristles, cheeks one-fifth as broad as the eye-height, vibrissze on 
a level with front edge of oral margin, ridges bristly on the low- 
est fourth, antennie nearly as long as the face, the third joint 
five times as long as the second, arista thickened on the basal 
three-fourths; thorax gray pollinose, marked with four black 
vittie; three postsutural and three sternopleural macrochete, 
scutellum bearing two long marginal pairs and a very short 
apical pair; abdomen subopaque gray pollinose, last three seg- 
ments bearing marginal macrochete; front tarsi slender: wings 
hyaline, third vein bristly halfway to small crossvein, hind 
crossvein midway between the small and the bend, calypteres 
white; length, 6 mm. New Bedford, Mass. A single female 
specimen, collected by Dr. Garry deN. Hough. Type No. 35435, 
WS; National Museum 5-32.) eek. eee atripes Nn. Sp. 
Penultimate joint of arista nearly one-half as long as the last joint, 
femora and tibiz yellow; frontal vitta, face and cheeks yellow, 
only one or two bristles above each vibrissa, third joint of anten- 
ne three times as long as the second, arista thickened on the 
basal two-thirds, thorax not distinctly vittate, scutellum bearing 
three long marginal pairs of macrochete, third vein bristly 
almost to the small crossvein; length 4 mm.; otherwise as in the 
above description of atripes. White Mountains, New Hamp- 
shire. Two female specimens collected by Mrs. A. T. Slosson 
and the late H. K. Morrison. Type No. 3544, U. 8. National 
Maseuin ie ss Sareea oc = pane ee eee flavipes n. sp. 
Genus ACTIA Desv. 
Actia Desvoidy, Essai sur les Myodaires, p. 85; 1830. 
Ceromya Desvoidy, loc. cit., p. 86. 
Gymnopareia Brauer and Bergenstamm, Zweif. Kais. Mus. Wien, IV, p. 103; 1889. 
This synonymy is according to Brauer and Bergenstamm.' Our two 
species have four postsutural and three sternopleural macrochete: 
First vein bristly on its apical third only, frontal vitta next the 
antenne twice as wide as either side of the front, abdomen and 
legs yellow; length 5 mm. From the type specimen. White 
Mountain, New Hampshire. (Journal N. Y. Ent. Soe., Vol. III, 
p. 50; June, 1895: Lasioneura. Gymnopareia sp., Brauer and 
Bergenstamm wniliitiyoine 2) ee ae ee eee palloris Coq. 
