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PSYCHE. 



[July 1S92. 



agrees in every respect with Dr. Loew's 

 description but with slight, if it can be 

 called any, facial swelling. Osten 

 Sacken in his Catalogue gives Illinois 

 as .the habitat of this species. The 

 present may be a new species but it is 

 best to wait until other specimens are 

 received before any special description 

 is given. 



Leptis mystacea Macq. Bemis and 

 Jefferson, N. H., eastern Massachusetts, 

 Norwich, Conn. 



Leptis punctipennis Say. North 

 Conway, Nashua. Osten Sacken states 

 that this is common in the northern 

 states, but it has not proved so in my 

 collecting grounds. 



Atherix variegata Walk. A single 

 specimen from Jefferson collected in 

 1883. 



Family Bombylidae. 



This family is better represented than 

 the former, especially in the number of 

 specimens. In his Catalogue Baron 

 Osten Sacken gives the White Moun- 

 tains and Maine as the habitat of Exo- 

 prosopa dorcadion O. S. in New Eng- 

 land ; I place the species in this list but 

 as yet I have not received it from New 

 Hampshire. 



Exoprosopa dorcadion O. S. 



Exoprosopa fascipennis Say. North 

 Conway ; and I have it from Connecti- 

 cut. 



Exoprosopa fasciata Macq. Jeffer- 

 son, Bemis, Nashua ; rather rare near 

 Boston, Mass. 



Anthrax lateralis Say. Single speci- 

 men near Bemis. 



Anthrax nigricauda Loew. Jef- 

 ferson ; only a single specimen ; have 

 never found it before in New England. 



Argyramoeba analis Say. Jefferson, 

 N. H., Massachusetts, New Jersey, and 

 in the collection of Mr. J. A. Wright a 

 specimen labelled " North Carolina " 

 received from Mr. Morrison. 



Argyramoeba plato Wied. " W. 

 Mt " ? I have a specimen marked "W. 

 Mt." lately received with other species 

 in exchange ; it is possible this means 

 ''Western Montana" but I am led to be- 

 lieve that it is from the White Mountains. 



Argyramoeba simson Fab. Single 

 specimen from the western foothills of 

 the White Mountains. 



Bo7nbylius fratellns Wied. North 

 Conway. 



Bombylius pygmaeus Fab. Jefferson. 



Bombylius varias Fab. A single 

 specimen much damaged, obtained near 

 North Conway, I take to be this species, 

 but the identification is not positive. 

 Another species of this genus collected 

 near Jefferson is still unidentified ; it is 

 closely allied to B. atriceps Loew, 

 but much smaller. 



Systropus macer Loew. Upper Bart- 

 lett. 



Epibates fumestus O. S. In his 

 Catalogue of American Diptera Osten 

 Sacken gives the White Mountains as 

 the habitat of this species. I have as 

 yet never seen a specimen, and it is 

 probably very rare. 



Some species of this family were very 

 common but it was quite another thing 

 to catch them, they being approached 

 with difficulty, seemingly more active 

 than their brothers in the Bay state. 



