316 rnocKicDiNds of tiiI': nation ai. museum. 



hairs, tlid undor Hide, wit li siioit bliick ones. Iliiirs of Icjivs mixed yellow 

 and bhu'U, Mioh(» of tlu' front, and middle t'oxae white, the brisih's 

 ehii'lly hhu'lv. Winj^s hyaline, v«'ins bi-owii. Len{>th, l'.'> to 27 mm. 

 I<\)ni' males and four feniaies (No. <!r>7). 

 T,fpc.—No. .'{tKSL', 1 1 .S. N . M . 



LAPHKIA MITSUKUKII, new species. 



Maleand female: Hhu'k; Ihc piilvilli, and stenisoffhe halt(>reslar<;ely 

 yellow, bast's of tarsal daAvs leddisli. llaiis of inystax lij;hf yellow 

 mixed with a few black ones, tii(KS«^ of (lit' aiil«>nna<' mixed r«'d(lish and 

 black, of the froid and U|»|»er pait. of the oceipnt. bhick, on (Ik^ lower 

 part of th(< oeeipnt, of the elu^eks and on (he proboscis, reddish yellow 

 mixed with black, on (he palpi bhiek. Thorax polished, th(^ hairs lather 

 short, and s|>arse, black, on the fronf end an<l sid(>s mixeil with r(^d 

 <Iish-yell()W ones, thos*^ on tlu^ pleura <'hietly black; Heutidluin eovere<l 

 with rather short bla<'k hairs, and with nnmei-ons black and yellow 

 l>iiHtly hairs alon;: the marj;in. Abd<»men polished, the lirst, three se*;' 

 ments and base of the fourth sparsely covered with rather short bhu'k 

 hairs; remaindei- of abdomen densely e<)\ered with a.i)pressed brij^ht 

 red hairs, those of th(^ venter mixed bhudc and yellow. Hairs of the 

 le};s mixed black and reddish yi^llow. \Vinj;s hyaline, the veins usually 

 bordered with brown. Ijenj^th, 1!> to 25 mm. Five nnilca and three 

 fenialcH (No. 052). 



7'///><'.— No. ;i!)8.'i, TT.8.N.M. 



This lint^ species is rt^speet fully dedieate<l to Professor Mitsukuri, to 

 whom this Museum is largely indebted for the very valinible series of 

 insects of which the above sjn'crimens foi ni a small part. 



LAPHRIA DISPAR, new species. 

 » 

 Male and female: lllack; tlui halteres and ]>ulvilli yellow, base of 



tarsal claws redtlish. IMystax black, the face abovti it rather densely 



covered with depressed silvery white hairs; haira and bristles of the 



ant«'nnae, front and upper part of the occiput, chielly black; hairs of 



lower pjirt of occii)nt, cheeks, and proboscis, in the male white, in the 



femalci c.hietly black, those of the pali)i black. Thorax slij^litly polished, 



in the nnllt^ covered with (h^pressed whitish haiis interspersed with 



lonf^iM', subereet, black ones, in th(^ female with wholly black ones; haii's 



of l)leura white; the fan like row of bristly haira in front of the hallc^es 



in tlu^ male is black above, but chan^inj^' to white bel(>w, in the feniale 



wholly bla(d< ; scutellum in the nuile covered with depressed white hairs 



ami beaiinj;' 10 to 12 marjifinal yell()w bristles, in the femah^ the hairs 



and bristles are black. Abdomen si)inewinit polishe*!, tinj^ed with 



|)urple; in the male the lirat four sejifments covered with <l(^preased white 



bail's, the i'(Mnainder with s])arser black and white ones, in the female 



the entiri^ abdomen except the base ot the tirst sej^nient sparsely eov 



ered with short, depressed, bhick hairs, ilairs of legs mixed black and 



