1914] Johnson—Some New and Interesting Species of Sapromyza 21 
Six specimens. Holotype and allotype, Mt. Everett, Mass., 
June 27, and paratypes, Mt. Everett and BashBish Falls, Berk- 
shire Co., Mass., June 28, 1912 (C. W. Johnson and J. A. Cush- 
man), in the collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. 
Sapromyza melanderi sp. nov. PI. 3, figs. 4, 5, 6. 
Male: Front and antennz bright yellow, the face and occiput light yellow, 
arista pubescent, black, base yellow. Thorax dark yellow, with three dorso-centrals, 
scutellum yellow with four marginal bristles. Abdomen dark yellow. Halteres 
and legs light yellow, posterior tarsi whitish, tip of the metatarsus black and broad- 
ened, the following joint as broad as it is long, black with the basal third- 
white, the next joint only slightly broadened apically and these joints are each 
armed with two longer, curved black bristles as in S. ornatipes, but less flattened 
at the ends. Wings hyaline with the cloudings less distinct than in the preceding 
species, the costal clouded area being often obsolete beyond both the anterior 
cross-vein and the end of the second vein, and the band extending to the posterior 
cross-vein interrupted. Length, 3 mm. 
The female resembles the male except that the posterior tarsi are simple, the 
tips of the metatarsi and the outer half of the following joints black. 
Eight specimens. Holotype and allotype, Providence, Mass.. 
June 24, Paratypes, Eastham, June 27 and, Barnstable, Mass., 
July 5, 1904 (C. W. Johnson); Nantucket, July 4, 1906 (J. A, 
Cushman) and Aug. 7 and 15 (H. T. Fernald). 
Sapromyza compedita Loew. PI. 3, figs. 7, 8, 9. 
A common and widely distributed species. The second joints 
only of the posterior tarsi black and as broad as they are long. 
The clouding of the wing is confined to the apical portion above 
the posterior cross-vein, with only a small clouding at the anterior 
cross-vein. 
Sapromyza houghii Coquillett. Pl. 3, figs. 10, 11. 
The posterior tarsi are similar to those of S. compedita except 
that the second joints are slightly smaller. The clouding on the 
wing however is closer to that of of S. melandert. 
I have collected and received this species from the following 
localities:—Blue Hills, June 16, Eastham, June 27, Edgartown, 
June 28 and Horse Neck Beach, Mass., July 30 (C. W. Johnson) ; 
Sharon, Mass., Aug. 3 (J. A. Cushman); Kingston, Aug. (John 
Barlow); West Thompson, Conn., July 12 (H. L. Viereck); Wash- 
