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Schroederella fuscopicea, new species 
Ficures 68, 69 
MALE AND FEMALE.—Front rusty brown; ocellar triangle and vertex 
ash gray; back of head becoming yellowish in lower half; antennal 
segments 1 and 2 reddish brown, the third segment dark brown, 
aristae dark brown or black, minutely pubescent; remainder of head 
brownish yellow; anterior fronto-orbital bristle % to %4 the height of 
the posterior bristle; front with setae on lower half; 1 pair of strong 
oral vibrissae, buccal setae in 1 or 2 irregular rows; subantennal 
erooves distinct. 
Thorax rather uniformly brownish black with an ash gray pollinos- 
ity; brownish areas at bases of dorsocentrals and along the median 
line sometimes giving the appearance of vittae; dorsocentrals 1+3; 
prescutellars present; scutellum with 2 pair of bristles and no setae; 
propleural bristle strong, often with an adjacent hair which may be 
almost bristlelike; mesopleuron bare except for several short setae in 
the anterior corner; sternopleuron with 2 strong bristles along posterior 
upper margin (rarely 3 such bristles), with several short setae anterior 
to the bristles; remainder of pleura bare; prosternal bristles absent. 
Legs reddish brown, somewhat darkened distally; forefemora 
darkened; middle tibia with about 3 strong and 3 or 4 weaker bristles 
ventrally and the usual dorsal preapical bristle. 
Wings tinged with brownish, but no distinct infuscations. 
Abdomen brownish black, with ash gray pollinosity; segments 2-5 
with bristles along dorsal posterior margins; scattered setae or hairs 
present on all segments. 
Surstylus of male terminalia with short spines evenly distributed 
along distal edge. 
Lenctu.—6.0-7.5 mm. 
Typrs.—Holotype (male) from Pullman, Wash., October 1952; 
allotype from same locality, 5 Oct. 1949, collected by C. C. Rosecrans. 
The holotype and allotype have been deposited in the U.S. National 
Museum (USNM 65445). Paratypes which have been deposited in 
the collection of the State College of Washington are: Pullman, 
Wash., 14 Oct. 1949, D. Perkins (1 male); Pullman, Wash., 15 Oct. 
1949, Rich Woodruff (1 male); Kamiak Butte, Pullman, Wash., 9 
Oct. 1953, O. B. Heck (1 male); Pullman, Wash., 11 Oct. 1928 (1 
female); Palouse, Wash., 16 Oct. 1949, L. R. Mewaldt (1 female) ; 
Chiwawa, Wash., 15 Oct. 1949, F. E. Newby (1 female). 
DistTRiBUTION.—Washington, Idaho, Indiana, Virginia; October— 
November. 
