HELEOMYZID FLIES NORTH OF MEXICO—GILL 567 
Acantholeria moscowa Garrett 
Figure 65 
Acantholeria moscowa Garrett, 1925a, p. 3—Czerny, 1930, p. 446. 
This species conforms to the generic description given above, but it 
should be added that the dorsocentral bristles arise from definite 
brownish spots and the mesonotal setae may arise from small dark 
spots. The legs are slightly (if at all) darkened distally. 
The males of this species are easily recognized by the presence of a 
row of about 12 to 20 stout spines along the posteroventral side of the 
hind femur. There is also a row of about eight spine-like shorter hairs 
along the anteroventral side of the hind femur. The hind tibia has a 
distinct swelling on the ventral side near the middle, but no distinct 
knob. 
This species is represented by Type 125 in the Garrett collection. 
DistrinuTiIon.—The only specimens which I have seen are from © 
Moscow Mountain, Idaho. Collection dates are late August and 
early September. Some of the specimens were collected by J. M. 
Aldrich in a mine tunnel at 4,500 feet. 
Remarks.—Mr. C.B.D. Garrett has provided me with some in- 
teresting information about the publication of the paper in which this 
species was described. The paper was privately published, and Mr. 
Garrett did not have an opportunity to see proof before the final 
printing. The description of A. moscowa, new species, followed that of 
Eccoptomera callipus, new species, and the printer inadvertently omitted 
the line which should have read “Acantholeria moscowa n. sp.’’? Thus 
the species name did not appear in the original copies and several of 
these were distributed before the omission was noted. Garrett then 
had the name Acantholeria moscowa, new species, printed in the 
appropriate place in the remaining copies of the publication. 
This situation could result in some disagreement as to the validity 
of Garrett’s species, but no one else has since described it and the 
question of priority does not exist. The name applied by Garrett is, 
consequently, being used here, with the consent and sanction of that 
author. 
Acantholeria cineraria (Loew) 
FIGURE 64 
Blepharoptera cineraria Loew, 1859, p. 67; 1862b, p. 128. 
Leria chaetomera Rondani, 1867, p. 127. 
Leria barbigera Mik, 1869, p. 31. 
[?]Leria cineraria (Loew), Aldrich and Darlington, 1908, p. 85. 
Acantholeria cineraria (Loew), Czerny, 1924, p. 108; 1927a, p. 37. 
This species is perhaps paler in coloration than the others of the 
genus. ‘Tbe thorax is grayish above, becoming pale yellowish gray on 
