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3. D. gultata, Haliday, Ent. Mag. London, Vol. r, p. 161 [1833] (Lejíosceles); Europe. 
Walker, List. Dipt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 3, p. 5o4 [1849] (Ardoptera) ; Ins. 
Brit. Vol. r, p. 104 [1851] (4vdoftera) ; Loew, Wien. Ent. Monatschr. 
Vol. 2, p. 8 [1858] (Ardoptera) ; Strobl, Mitteil. Nat. Ver. Steiermark. 
Graz, Vol. 29, p. 99 [1893] (Ardoftera) ; Wien. Ent. Zeit. Vol. 18, 
p- 77 [1899] (Avdojtera) ; Lundbeck, Dipt. Dan. Vol. 3, p.241 (1910). 
oblongo-guttata, Dale, Hist. of Glenville's Wootton, p. 264 [1878] (Ardoptera). 
var. exoleta, Haliday, Ent. Mag. London, Vol. 1, p. 161 [1833] (Leptosceles). England. 
var. zigrohalterata, Strobl, Glasnik Zem. Mus. Bosn. Herceg. Sarajevo, Vol. ro, C. Europe. 
P- 399 [1898] (Ardoptera) ; Wiss. Mitteil. Bosn. Herceg. Sarajevo, Vol. 7, 
; p. 561 [1900] (4rdoptera). 
4. D. irrorata, Fallen, Empid. Suec. p. 13 [1815] (Tachydromia); Meigen, Europe, North America. 
Syst. Beschr. Vol. 3, p. 66, pl. 23, f. 11 [1822] (Hemerodromia) ; 
Macquart, Dipt. N. France, Vol. 3, p. 106, pl. 3, f. 2 [1827] (Avdof- 
era); Haliday, Ent. Mag. London, Vol. r, p. 161 [1833](Leftosceles) ; 
Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt. Vol. r. p. 358, pl. 8, f. 3 [1834] (Ardof- 
tera); Zetterstedt, Fauna Ins. Lappon. p. 544 [1838] (Hemerodromia) ; 
Blanchard, Hist. Nat. Ins. Vol. 3, p. 583 [1840] (Ardoptera) ; Loew, 
Bemerk. Posen. Gegend Art. Zweifl. Gatt. 1840, p. 22, pl. 1, f. 31; 
Isis, Vol. 7, p. 551, f. 31 (1840); Zetterstedt, Dipt. Scand. Vol. r, 
p. 324, 1 [1842] (A7doftera) ; Boitard, Man. Ent. Vol. 3, p. 325 [1843] 
(Ardoplera); Walker, List Dipt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 3, p. 504 [1849] 
(Ardoptera); Zetterstedt, Dipt. Scand. Vol. 8, p. 3or2 [1849] (A47dop- 
tera); Scholz, Zeitschr. Ent. Breslau, Vol. 5 (19), p. 59 [1851] 
(Ardoptera); Loew, Wien. Ent. Monatschr. Vol. 2 [1858] ( Ardoftera); 
Bonsdorff, Finl. tvàv. Ins. Dipt. Vol. rz, p. 155 [186r] (Avdoftera); 
Schiner, Fauna Dipt. Austr. Vol. r, p. 85 [1862] ( Avdoftera) ; Strobl, 
Mitteil. Nat. Ver. Steiermark, Graz, Vol. 29, p. 98 [1892] ( Ardoftera); 
Melander, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. Vol. 28, p. 239 [1902 ](Avdoftera); 
Czizek, Jahrb. Mehr. Landesmus. Klagenfurt, Vol. 7, p. 166 [1907] 
(Avrdoftera) ; Lundbeck, Dipt. Dan. Vol. 3, p. 239, f, 104, 105(1910); 
Wahlgren, Ent. Tidskr. Vol. 31, p. 85 (1910); l'rey, Acta Soc. Sc. 
Fenn. Helsingfors, Vol. 37 (3), p. 65(1913). — PI. 8, Fig 24. 
anomala, Scholz, Zeitschr. Ent. Breslau, Vol. 5, p. 59 [1851] (A4»doptera). 
maculata, Macquart, Mém. Soc. Sc. Lille, 1823, p. 147, 165 (1823). 
5. D. ocellata, Costa, Ann. Sc. Napoli, Vol. t, p. 76 [1854](Ardoptera); Wien. C. & S. Europe. 
Ent. Monatschr. Vol. 3, p. 64 [1859] (A7doftera); Verrall, Ent. Mag. 
London, Vol. 48, p. 26 [1912] ( Ardoptera). 
novemguttata, Strobl, Mitteil. Nat. Ver. Steiermark, Graz, Vol. 29, p 98 [1892] 
(Ardoptera); Wien. Ent. Zeit. Vol. 18, p. 77 [1899] (Adoptera) ; Frey, 
Acta Soc. Sc. Fenn. Helsingfors, Vol. 31, p. 6 (1908) ; ibidem, Vol. 37 (3), 
p. 65 (1913). 
oculata, Loew, Wien. Ent Monatschr. Vol. 2, p. 7 [1858] (Ardoftera) 
var. albohalterata, Strobl, Glasnik Zem. Mus. Bosn. Herceg. Sarajevo, Vol. 10, C. Europe 
p- 399 [1898] (47doftera) ; Wiss. Mitteil. Bosn. Herceg. Sarajevo, Vol.7, . 
p. 561 [1900] (Ardoptera). 
6. D. septemnotata, Brunetti, Rec. Indian Mus. Vol. 9, p. 35 (1913); Fauna W. Himalayas. 
Brit. India Dipt. Vol. z, p. 371, pl. 4, f. 19-21 (1920). 
7. D. sparsa, Becker, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Vol. 83, p. 122 (1914). E. Africa. 
occipitals erect; face cinereous, cheeks small, mouth-parts scarcely protruding. Dorsum very lightly dusted, a faint gray 
median stripe visible on the front portion, pleurz largely shining but with a more or less evident cinereous horizontal stripe; 
metapleural hairs abundant; abdomen shining. Legs including the coxe pale fuscous, the last tarsal joints darker, the 
coxeapically with longer hairs. Wings infumated, with round white spots as follows : one in third submarginal, the fourth 
and the fifth posterior cells, two in the first submarginal, the discal and the second posterior cells, three in the second 
submarginal cell, five in the marginal and first posterior cells, the spots of the first submarginal cell largest, second vein 
sinuous, submarginal cells of equal extent on the costa, last two sections of the fourth vein equal, of the fifth vein, 3 : 1, no 
anal vein, the anal cell not extending as far as the second basal, marginal cilia twice as long as the anterior crossvein. 
Seven specimens; Bellingham and Mount Constitution, Washington, May to August. 
