No.iuc. nin'onr on .imwnf.se Dii'TKitA—cih^i'ii.i.KTr. ;5*U 



the middle of the dorsmii, the second iind third ench with a maigiiial 

 row, the fourth bearing? scattered ones on its ])o8terior half. Femora 

 bliU'k, the ai)i('es, tibi;ie, and tarsi yellowish, front pulvilli almost iis 

 long as tlie last tarsal joint. Wings hyaline, the veins as far as the 

 small erossvein, with the exception of the penultiunite section of the 

 fifth, bordered with i)ah' yellowish, third vein bearing fonr bristles 

 near ils base, veins elsewhere bare. (Jalypteres gray. 



Lcngtli, IS mm. A single specimen (No. T.'JS). 



T,/p(',—'So. 4()(K{, II.S.N.M. 



ECHINOMYIA MICADO Kirby. 



Erhinomiiia mirado Kikhy, Ann. Miiji. Nat. Hist., ISSl. p. 1.^)7. 

 I^Meven specimens (No. 737). This species was originally desciibed 

 from Kobe, Japan. 



MERIANIA PUPARUM Fabricius. 



Mi(8ca piipariiin l''AitiM(;nis, Kntoiii. Syst., 17!tl, IV, p. ',VH\. 



F<mr male specimens (No. 744), agreeing well with I'inropean si)eci- 

 mens in the H. S. National Musenm. 



STURMIA ATROPIVORA Desvoidy. 



Sturmia alro})ivitra |)k,s\ oidy, Khhiu Myod., IH'M), ]t. 171. 



Five nniles and six fenuiles (No. 7.'i()). This species was also origi- 

 nally des(;ribed from Europe. 



PARAPHANIA BEELZEBUL Wiedemann. 



Tachina beelzebid Wikdicmann, Aiis. Zwcil'. Ins., l!S30, II, p. .^01. 

 Tachuin imhraHHiiH VVam<ICH, List. Dipt. Ins., 1819, Pt. I, \*. 7H1. 



Two si)ecimeu8 (No. 740). The species was originally described fr<»m 

 Java, and Walker's specimens came from Hongkong, China. 



HYPOSTENA SIGNIFERA, new species. 



Male: Hlack, opaqnci, the pruiiiosity gray and black, calypteres white, 

 wings hyaline, l^ront at narrowest point one fourth as wide as either 

 eye, the sides yellowisli-giay i)rninose, except on the lower part, which, 

 with the face, cheeks, and lower part of the occiput next the eyes, 

 is light-gray pruinose, an opaijue dark brown streak near middles of 

 each clu^eU; frontal bristles d<\scen<ling below middle of second anten 

 nal Joint, no orbital bristles; antennae fourlilths as long as the face, 

 the third Joint two and one-hall" times as long as the second, arista 

 thickened on its basal lifth, tin; penultimate Joint shorter than long; 

 prolios(!is less than half as long as height of head, robust, the labella 

 very large; cheeks scarcely one-twelfth as wide as the eye height. 

 Thorax yellowish-giay pruinose, a large sjjot in the middle of the front 

 end and a broad (ascia near the middle, velvet-black, the spot in front 



