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pair of macrochete, second and third segments of abdomen 
destitute of discal macrocheetie, venter destitute of short black 
SPUMES Sas Pee Sites ae sis ee ee Ce ee 4, 
With only three sternopleural macrochiete, scutellum black, front 
pulvilli of male slightly longer than the last tarsal joint.... 2. 
2. Third joint of antenne of male five, in the female four, times as long 
as the second, front of male three-fourths, in the female one and 
one-fifth times, as wide as either eye; abdomen black, narrow 
bases of last three segments gray pollinose, second and third 
segments destitute of discal macrochete, middle tibize each 
bearing a single one on the front side near the middle; length, 
5mm. Eastboro, Conn., and Tifton, Ga. (Insecta Saundersiana, 
Vol. L, pe 200s 1656: Machinin see: eae Ao eee ancilla Walk. 
Third joint of antennee in both sexes two and one-half times as long 
as the second, front in the male one-half, in the female three- 
fourths, as broad as either eye, three postsutural macrochete, 
scutellum bearing three pairs of long marginal ones, destitute 
of a short apieal pair, second and third segments of abdomen in 
the male bearing discal macrochiete, wanting in the female, 
venter of these segments in the female thickly studded with 
short: black Spmes:=-".-c.2.-6- 45. Seg nae Se 3. 
3. Abdomen in both sexes yellowish except a dorsal vitta, a fascia on 
the third segment, which sometimes covers it, and the base 
of the fourth, which are black; length,6 to9 mm. ‘Tifton, Ga., 
and Jacksonville and Lake Worth, Fla. (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phila., p. 310; September, 1895: Achawtoneura.)...rubentis Coq. 
Abdomen of male black, a spot on each side of first three seg- 
ments and the narrow apex of the fourth, yellow; in the female 
black, the narrow apex of the fourth segment yeilow; length, 
7to8.5 mm. Southern California and Allende, Mexico. From 
the type specimen. (Insect Life, Vol. I, p. 332; May, 1889: 
Tachina | Masicera|. Prospherysa comosa van der Wulp, Biologia 
= Cent -Amer., Diptera, Vol. I], p.119; May, 1890.) ..armigera Coq. 
4. Second segment of abdomen destitute of a marginal pair of macro- 
cheetie or else the sides of the third segment largely or wholly 
yellows. 2 222 ait Daseeien ce aters oe = one a aie ee ee 6. 
Second segment bearing a marginal pair of stout macrochete, abdo- 
men black, at most with a yellow spot on each side of the second 
segment, third joint of antenne of male from five and one-half 
to seven, in the female from three to four and one-half, times as 
lone as tlie SecOmd. 2.2: iG eeioe ot Ais oe ee D. 
5. Front in the male one and one-half, in the female one and three- 
fourths, times as wide as either eye, front pulvilli of male three- 
fourths as long as the last tarsal joint; length, 6 to 9 mm. 
Michigan; Missouri; Texas; California, and Pullman, Wash. 
(In Seudder’s Butterflies of New England, Vol. III, p. 1923; 
