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5. Cordyla iicglccta n. sp. 

 Male. Length 2.5 mm. Coloring as in the foregoing (C. 

 recens) but humeri only indistinctly yellow; venation and 

 hypopygium as figured (Figs. 228, 119). Antennae 2+10 

 jointed. Felton, Cal. (J.C.B.) May. A defective female speci- 

 men from Los Angeles, Cal., may belong here also. 



6. Cordyla sp. 

 Female. Length 3 mm. Fuscous ; the base of the antennae, 

 last 2 palpi joints, coxze, femora, tibiae and halteres yellow; 

 tibial spurs and tarsi brown; venter and incisures dusky yellow; 

 wings grayish hyaline, costal cell dusky yellow. Antennae 

 2+9 jointed. Dubois, Wyo., 7000 ft. (W.M.W.), Sept. 



7. Cordyla sp. 

 Female. Like C. volucris but antennae 2-|-9 jointed. Orono, 

 Me. ; Washington, D. C. October and December. The Maine 

 specimen was bred from a fungus (Collybia sp?). 



21. Genus Brachypeza Winnertz. ^_ 

 Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. XIIL 806. 1863. 

 Front broad, ocelli 3, laterals contiguous to eye margin, the 

 middle one small; second palpal joint slightly swollen, the 

 antennae rather short, the flagellar joints closely sessile, annular. 

 xA.bdomen constricted at the base, compressed ; hypopygium of 

 the male, small. Legs stout, femora all broad, flattened ; tibiae 

 strong, somewhat enlarged at the ends, with long spurs and 

 moderately long lateral setae ; posterior basal seta of hind coxa 

 present. Subcosta short, ending in Ri ; costa not produced 

 beyond Rs ; the fork of the media under or proximad of the 

 base of Rs ; fork of cubitus far proximad of the proximal end 

 of the crossvein ; anal fold strong, anal vein short and delicate 

 (Fig. 229). 



Erachypcaa bisignata Winnertz. 



Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. XIIL 807. 1863. 



Male. Length 5 mm. Robust. Antennae shorter than the 



thorax, brown, 2 or 3 basal joints yellow ; palpi, proboscis and 



face yellow, front and vertex dark brown, pruinose; with yel- 



