ieee 
bred October 7, 1886, from Harrisina americana. Type No. 
Solder Uiens ano nalsMNISCUM, «Fac. Si. 2 526 ors y2 harrisin@ i. Sp. 
7. Middle tibie ack bearing a single macrochieta on the front side 
near the middle, palpi, except sometimes the extreme apex 
ISTO 2 8S Ik ra ASRS eee ne ge ea Be fe 5. 
Middle tibive each bearing two or more macrochetie on the front side 
near the middie, fourth segment of abdomen black... ...-.-- 10, 
8, Third vein bearing a single bristle near its base: .......-....-.-- 9. 
Third vein bearing two bristles near its base; black, including the 
palpi; front of female slightly narrower than either eye, frontal 
bristles descending to base of third antennal joint, hairs of front 
rather long and abundant, cheeks one-eighth as wide as the 
eye height, vibrissie on a level with front edge of oral margin, 
ridges bristly on the lowest fifth, antennz almost as long as the 
face, the third joint from twice to three and one fourth times as 
long as the second, arista thickened on the basal two-fifths, the 
penultimate joint as broad as long; thorax gray pollinose, 
marked with four black vittwe, scutellum bearing four marginal 
pairs of macrochetie, that at the apex curving backward and 
nearly horizontal; abdomen shining, bases of last three seg- 
ments whitish pollinose, second and third segments bearing 
marginal macrochetie, the fourth covered except at base with 
much shorter ones than those on the third; wings hyaline, calyp- 
teres white; length, 5 mm. Tifton, Ga. Four female speci- 
mens collected October 1, 10, 15, and 17, by Mr. G. I. Pilate. 
Type No. 3612, U.S. National Museum...-...---- pilatet n. sp. 
9, Fourth segment of abdomen wholly or largely yellow, its pollen 
golden yellow; length, 7 to 10 mm. Virginia; Tifton, Ga.; 
Mississippi; Palestine, Tex.; Carbondale, Ill; Alameda County, 
Cal., and Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. (Ausser. Zwei. 
Insekten, Vol. IJ, p. 334; 1830: Tachina. Masicera protopareis 
Townsend, Journal Jamaica Institute, Vol. I, p. 70; 1892: from 
tMOLCOUVPEYSPECIMENS Ss fea =5 152 2 Se st 2c distincta Wied. 
Fourth segment largely or wholly black, its pollen gray; length, 6 
to 12 mm. District of Columbia; Carbondale, Il.; Kirkwood, 
Mo.; Georgia; Mississippi; St. Louis, Mo.; Baton Rouge, La., 
and Colorado. (Biol. Cent.-Amer., Diptera, Vol. II, p. 107; 
March, 1890: Masicera. Argyrophylax sp., Brauer and Bergen- 
CEPT EP SHUI O.) Oka ie eee ea eet inquinata v. d. W. 
10. Second and third segments of abdomen destitute of discal macro- 
(INS IED tt be Ee SEE oe ee ee es es ere Dar. 
Second and third segments bearing discal macrochete, apical pair 
on the scutellum almost vertical, scutellum and palpi black, 
third antennal joint nearly four times as long as the second, 
third vein bearing a single bristle at its base; length, 7 mm. 
Colorado. (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soe., Vol. XVII, p. 358; Novem- 
Deretolls“Masicera.)...- ..- SR eco ook ore nigrita Town. 
