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pruinosity. Femora .and tibia? yellowish-brown or reddish-brown ; 

 tarsi yellow, the tip of each joint brown or black ; all the femora 

 on the upper side distally, and all the tibias on the outer side, 

 most conspicuous in the hind pair, with black bristles. Wings 

 nearly hyaline ; a rounded blackish spot back of the third vein at 

 its tip, and a smaller one nearly opposite on the fourth vein. 

 Length 3 mm. 



5. Ceratoporfon erinp]i(yrns, n. sp. (PI. IX., figs. 40, 

 tarsus ; 40a, antenna; M)h, palpus.) 



$ . Wings densely hairy ; the third vein scarcely distinguishable 

 from the first, and terminating before the middle of the wing; 

 metatarsi about one-half of the length of the following joint, 

 the last joint not elongate; pulvilli' hairy. Face, antenna? 

 and palpi brown or black ; second joint of the latter mnch 

 thickened, the third slender. Antenna? yellow, somewhat infuscated 

 distally. Mesonotum dark-broAvn or black, opaque, and with 

 abundant, light yellow hair ; scutellum like the mesonotum. 

 Halteres light yellow ; pleuraa yellowish-brown. Abdomen stout, 

 dark brown, the incisures narrowly yellowish ; clothed wdth light- 

 yello«' hair. Legs yellow, with abundant, rather long, yellow hair. 

 Wings hyaline beneath the dense, dark-coloured hair. Length 

 H-2 mm. 



Four specimens. 1000-1500 feet. 



6. Cendopogon proiy'inqniis, n. sp. (PI. IX., figs. 41, 

 tarsus ; 41a, wing.) 



$ . Wings hairy ; the third vein terminates about the middle 

 of the wing, and is indistinctly separated from the first vein ; 

 fourth vein with a prefurca, though indistinct ; first tarsal joint 

 about one-half of the length of the second joint, the last joint not 

 elongated ; pulvilli hairy. Head and antennae yellowy the latter 

 somewhat infuscated distally, the plumosity blackish-grey. 

 Second and third joints of the palpi enlarged. Metanotum opaque 

 brown, more yellow^sh near the middle in front ; rather thickly, 

 light-yellow, hairy. Abdomen slender, with abundant, and long, 

 yellow pile ; anterior segments yellow, with a broad black band, 

 which becomes successively broader till the last segments are 

 wholly black. L- gs yellow, with long yellow hair ; the tip of the 

 middle and hind femora, at least, and the pro.ximal end of their 

 tibiae blackish. Wings nearly hyaline beneath the rather abundant 

 hair. Length 21 mm. 



One specimen. 



