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the 4 remaining joints. Wings grayish hyaline with centra^ 

 spot and a preapical spot which reaches from apex, of Rs to 

 proximad of tip of Ri, transversely not quite reaching Mi 

 (Fig. 207). Halteres yellow. Ithaca, N. Y. ! 



Female. A single specimen from Price Co., Wis. (W.M.W.) 

 differs in having the dorsum of the thorax and base of the 

 abdomen paler brown. 



37. Mycetophila exiista n. sp. 



Male. Length 3 mm. Plead and antennae brown, palpi, 

 scape and base of flagellum yellow. Thorax brown, humeri 

 yellow. Abdomen dark brown, hypopygium (Fig. 89). Coxa: 

 and legs yellow, tarsi darker, fore metatarsus about .8 as long 

 as the tibia ; middle tibiae each with 2 setae on flexor surface; 

 hind tibiae each with 2 ranges of setae on extensor surface. 

 Wings grayish hyaline with central spot and an elongate brown 

 diffuse preapical spot longitudinal in posterior extending from 

 tip of Rs to proximad of tip of Ri; apical third of wing grayish 

 with an oval hyaline spot below Rs (Fig. 208). Halteres yel- 

 low. Mass., June; Id., (J.M.A.) Sept., Cal. ! (J.C.B.) May, 

 Nov. 



This species is very similar to Mycothcra fcnestrata in wing 

 markings. 



38. Mycetophila jugata n. sp. 

 Male. Length 3 mm. Head and antennae grayish brown, 

 palpi, scape and base of first flagellar joint reddish yellow. 

 Thorax reddish yellow, the 3 wide vittae of mesonotum, the 

 pleura, and metanotum dark reddish brown, hairs yellow, setae 

 black. Abdomen flark brown, hairs yellow, appressed, 

 hypopygium (Fig. 90). Coxae and legs yellow, tips of hind 

 femora blackish, tarsi dusky; fore metatarsus about .8 as long 

 as the tibia ; middle tibiae each with 2 setae on flexor surface, 

 hind tibiae each with 2 ranges of setae on extensor surface* 

 blind metatarsus subequal in length to the 4 following joints 

 taken together. Wings grayish hyaline wnth a large brown 

 central spot, a large paler cloud opposite this behind the cubitus, 

 a ])roapical fascia which extends from the costa to the hind 

 margin of the wing where it is paler, constricted in the middle 

 (Fig. 200). Halteres yellow. Felton, Calif. (J.C.B.). 



