96 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I912. 



half of the length of the tarsi and a little longer than the 

 metatarsi ; hind tibicC with 2 rows of spines on the outer side : 

 middle tibiae with spines on the inner side ; hind meiatarsi nearU 

 as long as the following joints together. Wings tinged with 

 brownish. "St. Vincent Isl." 



Mr. William R. Thompson who kindly examined the co-type 

 ( ?) specimens in the St. Vincent collection at Cornell Univer 



sity writes " The specimen bearing the label has one seta 



on the flexor surface of the middle tibia The second 



specimen placed beside the first has the tarsus of the first leg 

 practically equal to (only very slightly longer than) the tibia 

 of that leg; it has 2 set?e on the flexor side of the middle tibia " 



'''^18. MycetopJiila vitrea Coquillett. 



Length 2.5 mm. Black, the face, mouth parts, bases of 

 antennae, halteres and legs, yellow, apices of tarsi brown. Bod> 

 polished, the hairs yellowish, bristles black. Middle tibiae each 

 bearing a very long and a short bristle on the inner side. Wing 

 hyaline, tinged with yellowish and gray along the costa, cubitus 

 forks opposite the crossvein. "N. J., B. C." 



This species and M .■ anoniala resemble Ep'cypfa in genera', 

 appearance and in venation. 



19. Myccfophila anomala n. sp. 

 ]\Iale and female. Length 3 mm. Head, thorax and^ abdo- 

 men brownish black, shining, venter sometimes narrowly yel- 

 lowish. Scape, palpi, coxae, legs, halteres and hypopygium 

 (Fig. yy^ yellow; flagellum, tips of hind femora and tarsi 

 brownish ; tibiae each with 2 set?e on flexor surface. Wings 

 grayish yellow hyaline; fork of cubitus proximad of the bas2 

 of the crossvein (Fig. 199). Halteres yellow. Price Co., Wis. 

 (W.M.W.) August.'ri^ 



20. MycetopJiila inclpicits WilWstun. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. London. 264. 1896. 

 Female. Length 2.5 mm. Antennae about as long as tn^ 

 thorax, yellow; brownish toward the end; front and face yel- 

 low. Mesonotum yellowish-red. Abdomen reddish-yellow : 

 each segment broadly brown on its posterior part. Legs, in- 

 cluding the coxae light yellow; front tibia? about 1-3 of th? 



