98 DIPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Note. The description has been translated literally, although it is not 

 very clear, and the figure, without description, given in the Dipteres Exo- 

 tiques, does not seem to agree with it. 0. S. 



12. T. quadrifasciata MACQ. (Dipt. Exot. II, 3, 226, 7. Tab. XXX, 

 f. 8. 1; Tephritis.) Long. corp. 0.24. 



Head, proboscis and antennso ferruginous ; antennal bristle 

 tomentose ; thorax brown, with a whitish down anteriorly. Abdo- 

 men brown, with brownish incisures ; legs testaceous ; wings 

 brownish fulvous with four hyaline oblique bands, reaching the 

 posterior border ; the third of them touches at the same time the 

 anterior border. The spaces between the hyaline bands are ful- 

 vous, margined with brown. 



Hob. Georgia. 



13. T. nigriventris MACQ. 9. (Dipt. Exot. Suppl. V, 124; Uro- 

 phora.*) Testacea ; abdomine nigro ; alis fuscis, margine externo'duabus 

 maculis, interno una macula, disco duobus punctis limpidis. Long, 

 corp. 0.25. 



Proboscis, palpi, face, front and antennae testaceous ; thorax 

 testaceous ; its dorsum brownish with a slight whitish down. Ab- 

 domen black, shining ; legs fulvous, the last joints of the tarsi 

 brown; poisers yellowish-white; wings brown; two hyaline, tri- 

 angular spots about the middle of the anterior border ; interval 

 between these two spots yellow ; a similar spot on the posterior 

 border, nearer to the tip ; two small, oblong spots, likewise hya- 

 line, about the middle of the disk ; neuration normal. 



Hob. Baltimore. 



14. T. "beauvoisii ROB. DESV. (Myodaires, etc., p. 760. Prionella.) 

 Length 0.32. 



Antennae and front yellowish; face whitish; thorax brownish- 

 gray on the back, pale fulvous on the sides ; abdomen whitish, 

 annulated with reddish-black, with the last segment reddish ; legs 

 pale fulvous ; wings hyaline with four reddish-brown fascia?. 



This species was contained in Palisot de Beauvois's collection, 

 and probably comes from the United States. 



