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specimens frequently have ah indistinct dark midhne on the front 

 and the hyaUne areas of the wing may be so brownish as to resemble 

 obscuripennis superficially. One specimen from Mexico has ar 

 indistinct T-pattern on the front. 



Range: United States: Massachusetts to Florida, west to Wash' 

 ington and California. Mexico: Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Jalisco. 



Physoconops (Physoconops) nigrimanus (Bigot) 



Conops nigrimanus Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 6, vol. 7, p. 38, 1887. 

 Conops striatifrons Krober, Arch. Naturg., vol. 81, Abt. a. Heft 5, p. 132, 1915. 

 Conops limuva Brimley, Ent. News, vol. 38, p. 235, 1927, 



This distinctive species is related to fronto. I have not seen anj; 

 specimens from west of the Atlantic Coast States. 



Range: New Jersey to Florida (Gainesville), west to Nebraska! 

 and Texas. 



Physoconops {Physoconops) peruvianus, new species 



Description: Female: Length 9 mm. Vertex reddish, Ocellai 

 swelling black, front yellow with distinct black T-pattern. Fact 

 and cheeks yellow, Orbitals and facial grooves yellow pollinose. 

 Occiput blacldsh above, yellow below. Postorbitals yellow polHnose, 

 Antennae black. Segment 2 is 2}^ times segment 1. Segment 2 

 somewhat longer than segment 1. Proboscis black, yellow in thf 

 center, 1% times head height. Thorax black, faint gold pollinos6[ 

 spot medial to the humeri. Legs black, golden polUnose at the coxae, 

 yellowish at base of tibiae. Claws (except tips) and pulvilli yellow. 

 Wing with pattern extending to third vein, yellowish in costal, 

 subcostal, and distal marginal cells. Remainder of wing hyaline 

 except stripe along fifth and sixth veins, Calypters yellow, halters 

 yellow with tips reddish brown. Abdomen black, golden pollinose 

 distal margins on segments 1 and 5. Yellow band at base of segment 

 8, remainder of abdomen yellow pollinose. Theca black, moderately 

 long but thin. 



Type: Holotype, female (author's collection), Pucallpa, Peru, 

 Feb. 1, 1951, J. M. Schunke. 



Remarks: This species is similar to angustifrons, but has the black 

 T-front of abruptus. It is therefore close to nigrimanus, differing 

 mainly in having black instead of reddish legs, but there is a wide, 

 interruption in range, 



Physoconops (Physoconops) angustifrons (Williston) 



Conops angustifrons Williston, Kansas Univ. Quart., vol. 1, No. 1, p. 44, 1892. 

 Physoconops pulvillatus Eymelt, Senckenbergiana, vol. 25, p. 54, 1942. 



