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Misgomyia obscura, n. sp. 



Black, including the halteres; head and thorax grayish-pruinose. 

 Wings hyaline, the stigma pale brown. Length nearly 3 mm. 



Virginia, opposite Plummers Island, Maryland. A female 

 specimen collected April 28, 1907, by Mr. W. L. McAtee. 



Type. — No. 11510, U. S. National Museum. 



Scatophaga cerea, n. sp. 



Yellow, the antennae and all bristles black, the broad frontal vitta 

 orange-yellow. Arista pubescent. Two bristles below each vibrissa, no 

 others along the oral margin; one propleural bristle, one sternopleural, 

 two or three mesopleural; sternopleura and mesopleura hairy, ptero- 

 pleura bare. Scutellum bears four bristles. Femora without bristles 

 except on the upper side; each tibia bears three or four besides those 

 at the apex. Wings grayish-hyaline, the cross-veins not clouded. 

 Length 4 mm. 



Orange Mts., New Jersey. A female specimen collected in 

 May by Mr. A. J. Weidt. 



Type. — No. 11511, U. S. National Museum. 



A male taken at the same time and place as the above female 

 differs only in having the cheeks, face, and front, except the 

 upper corners of the latter, black, and is evidently the opposite 

 sex of the same species. 



Omomyia hirsuta Coq. 



This genus and species was founded on male specimens only 

 (Can. Ent., March, 1907, page 76). The female is very dis- 

 similar to the male, so much so' that she would never be 

 suspected of belonging to the same species. Instead of being 

 very hairy she appears to be nearly glabrous, the hairs being 

 short and sparse ; the body is wholly black, the humeri being 

 sometimes yellow ; the scutellum is of the normal form, being 

 wider than long. In the males these characters are variable, 

 some of the smaller ones having the hairs almost as short and 

 sparse as in the female, while the scutellum has the same form 

 as in the female. The size is very variable in both sexes, the 

 length ranging all the way from slightly over 2 mm. to 5 mm. 

 Mr. H. S. Barber collected a fine series of this species at 

 Hesperia, in the eastern end of the Mojave desert, California, 

 Several pairs were captured in coitu. In both sexes the small 

 cross-vein is at two-thirds of the length of the discal cell. 



Rhagoletis grindeliae, n. sp. 



Distinguished by the wholly black scutellum and the markings on the 

 wings. Black, the front deep brown, the face, antennae, mouth parts. 



