132 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 



Volncella kincaidiin. sp. cf. — Black, the scutellum dark fulvous, halteres 

 brownish. Eyes black pilose, that on the lower part reddish; front, 

 cheeks and occiput reddish pilose, that on the face black ; face on upper 

 two-thirds straight, the lower third much retreating and concave ; upper 

 two-thirds of face in the middle gray poUinose, the remaining surface sub- 

 shining; proboscis much shorter than either front femur. Thorax sub- 

 opaque, reddish pilose, its posterior half and a broad stripe on upper edge 

 of pleura black pilose; scutellum convex, rounded behind, destitute of a 

 transverse impression and of bristles, its pile mixed yellowish and black. 

 Abdomen opague velvety, with the exception of the base of the third 

 segment and the whole of the two following, which are shining excepting 

 an indistinct subopaque fascia beyond the middle of the fourth; pile of 

 abdomen reddish yellow; hmd femora more slender than the others, hind 

 tibiae arcuate; pile of hind femora and on bases of the others reddish 

 yellow, that toward the apices of the latter largely black; hind tibiae quite 

 densely ciliate on the inner and outer sides with rather short hairs, those 

 on the inner side the longest, being slightly longer than the transverse 

 diameter of the tibia. Wings hyaline, apex of subcostal cell brown, a 

 brown fascia extends from base of submarginal cell to posterior end of 

 cross-vein at apex of second basal cell; a brown cloud on the small cross- 

 vein; marginal cell open; calypteres yellowish. 



9. — Same is the ^f with these exceptions: Face not poUinose, except- 

 ing on the sides, its pile yellowish: front subshining, at its middle is a 

 transverse impression extending from eye to eye and more densely punc, 

 tured than the remaining surface; pile of thorax, pleura, scutellum- 

 abdomen and legs yellow. Length 12-14 mm. 



Olympia, Washington. A single male and female collected by- 

 Mr. Trevor Kincaid, after whom it gives me pleasure to name this 

 interesting species. 



OBITUARY. 



Hans Dakikl Johan Wallengren, the well-known entomologist, 

 died Oct. 24, 1894, at Farhult, Sweden, aged 72 years. 



Entomological News for March, was mailed March i, 1895. 



