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black vittae, which are continued over scutellum. Abdomen shining black, 

 anal segment rufous, whole abdomen clouded with silvery cinereous, giv- 

 ing the appearance of three broad, irregular, blackish vittae, interrupted 

 at the sutures; first two segments with a lateral pair and a median mar- 

 ginal pair of macrochsetae, third and anal with a marginal row. Legs 

 black, femora silvery cinereous, claws and pulvilli short. Wings slightly 

 grayish, nearly hyaline; tegulae whitish, halteres light brownish. Length 

 of body, 5 mm.; of wing, 4 mm. 



Described from one specimen; So. Florida (Robertson). 



Miltogramma decisa n. sp. 9 • — Eyes reddish brown; front brassy golden; 

 less than one-third width of head, the frontal vitta nearly obsolete in front; 

 two orbital bristles; face and cheeks pure silvery white; antennae pale 

 rufous, third joint one and a half times as long as second, arista blackish; 

 vibrissae distinct, decussate; proboscis black, palpi rufous (so far as can be 

 seen) ; occiput cinereous, short and sparsely bristly. Thorax cinereous, 

 silvery pollinose, with three narrow median vittas and a heavier outside 

 one; scutellum more or less cinereous. Abdomen shining black, first 

 segment on sides and second segment entirely, except triangle in middle, 

 rufous; bases of segments two to four silvery white pollinose; first seg- 

 ment without macrochaetae, second with a median marginal pair, third 

 with a lateral pair and a median marginal pair, and with a marginal row. 

 Legs black, front femora silvery on outside, claws and pulvilli very short. 

 Wings grayish hyaline, tegulae white, halteres brownish. Length of body, 

 4>^ mm.; of wing, 3>^ mm. 



Described from one specimen; So. Florida (Robertson). 



Anisia vandervolpi n. sp. cf (?).-^Eyes cinnamon brown; frontal vitta 

 velvet blackish brown; sides of front and orbital margins of occiput brassy 

 golden; two orbital bristles; face and cheeks silvery white; antennae ru- 

 fous, the third joint brownish distally and on front edge, arista brownish; 

 proboscis brownish, short, fleshy, labella large, pale tawny, palpi pale 

 tawny; occiput silvery, gray-hairy below. Thorax silvery white pollinose, 

 ' with four blackish vittae, the outer ones heavier and interrupted at suture, 

 humeri and pleurae silvery white ; scutellum silvery white pollinose. Ab- 

 domen black, more or less silvery white pollinose, but particularly so at 

 bases of segments and more broadly on vertex, terminal portion of anal 

 segment pale rufous; first two segments with a lateral macrochaetae and a 

 median marginal pair, the second segment with a median discal pair also; 

 third with a median discal pair, and a marginal row of about ten; anal 

 segment with a marginal and discal row of about eight, those in discal 

 row strongest. Legs black, coxae and distal inferior half of femora light 

 rufous, femora more or less silvery; claws and pulvilli short, pulvilli 

 whitish. Wings grayish hyaline, tegulae transparent like isinglass, halteres 

 yellow. Length of body, 6 mm. ; of wing, 5>^ mm. 



Described from one specimen ; Portland, Jamaica (C. W. 



Johnson). 



(To be continued.) 



