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Callimyia velutina sp. no v. 



cf . Face dull grayish black, antennae black. Thorax, scutel- 

 lum and abdomen deep velvety black, pleura grayish black. Legs 

 black, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi brown, posterior tibiae 

 and metatarsi somewhat enlarged (Fig. 3). Halteres fulvous, 

 stems brown. Wings hyaline. Length, 4 mm. 



This species was collected by the writer along the Mt. Wash- 

 ington carriage road between 2,500 and 3,500 feet, also on the 

 Raymond Path at similar elevations, July 6 to 8, 1914, and July 

 24 to 28, 1915; at Bretton Woods, N. H., June 28, 1913, and at 

 Chester, Mass., August 5, 1914. A specimen was also received 

 from Mr. M. C. VanDuzee, collected at Brule Lake, Ontario, 

 August 3, 1911. The Chester specimen measures 3.25 mm. and 

 the Ontario specimen, which is about the same size, has the abdo- 

 men somewhat shiny, probably owing to its having become damp 

 or greasy. 



Holotype (Mt. Washington, July 24) and four paratypes in the 

 collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. One para- 

 type in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, one in the collection 

 of Mr. VanDuzee and one in the author's collection. 



Callimyia proxima sp. nov. 



9 . Front and face black grayish pruinose, antennae black. 

 Thorax and scutellum black, humeri, a large spot in front of the 

 scutellum and the metanotum grayish pruinose. Abdomen, 

 posterior half of the fifth and all of the second segment except a 

 narrow dorsal line, yellow, the remaining segments black, a large 

 spot on the sides of the second, third, fourth, and all of the sixth 

 segment pearl gray. Halteres yellow. Legs including the coxae 

 yellow, tips of the anterior and middle tarsi and posterior femora 

 and the entire posterior tibiae and tarsi black. Wings hyaline. 

 Length, 3 mm. 



Two specimens collected on the Mt. Washington carriage road 

 between the two and three mile post, elevation about 3,000 feet, 

 July 16, 1915. 



That this may prove to be the female of C. velutina is possible, 

 but the bright yellow segments of the abdomen and the legs, which 

 in C. venusta, a closely related species, are the same in both sexes^ 

 seems to preclude the placing of the two together. 



