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number and more nearly apical. Leg's reddish yellow, tarsi brown- 

 ish, hind tibiae brownish, and sometimes the femora less so. Tibiae 

 of female all reddish or yellowish. Wings distinctly yellow along 

 narrow front border, the submarginal cell clear. Tegulae slightly 

 tinged with yellowish, mostly on borders. 



Type.— Cat. No. 10,903. U. S. N. M. (Mississippi, H. E. Weed). 



It is possible that further study will show the distinctness of some 

 of the above specimen-. 



PARAFISCHERIA, gen. nov. 



This genus is proposed for the type of Demotions venatoris Co- 

 quillett, which is not a Demotions. (Latter genus has the epistoma 

 not at all produced, and furthermore has a short and fleshy pro- 

 boscis.) The present genus approaches both D emotions, Rhino- 

 tachina, and Fischeria, but agrees with neither, though it is clearly 

 more closely related to the latter, as shown by its produced epistoma. 



There are orbital bristles in the male, all the claws of the male are 

 short, and the epistoma is strongly produced noselike (as in Fisch- 

 eria); second aristal joint is short but distinct, and arista is short- 

 pubescent ; macrochaetae discal and marginal, though only weak 

 discal ones (if any) are present on third abdominal segment. The 

 proboscis is elongate and horny (also as in Fischeria) , the portion 

 below geniculation equal to head height ( also equal to lower margin 

 of head). Cheeks wide, fully one-half of eye height, hind crossvein 

 nearer to bend of fourth vein than to small crossvein. Washington 

 State (O. B. Johnson). 



NEOFISCHERIA, gen. nov. 



This genus is founded on the specimen from Philadelphia. Pa., 

 mentioned on page 120 of Mr. Coquillett's "Revision" as Demotions 

 venatoris. It is related to ParaHscheria, from which it differs as 

 follows : 



Male: Discal macrochaetae well developed on last three abdominal 

 segments, consisting of a transverse discal row on last segment and 

 a single discal pair on intermediate segments; basal segment with a 

 lateral marginal, but no median marginal ; next segment with both ; 

 last two segments with a marginal, row. Hind crossvein nearly in 

 middle between small crossvein and bend of fourth vein; no orbital 

 (middle fronto-orbital) bristles in male, and male claws elongate. 

 Cheeks about one-third eye height, proboscis elongate. Front tarsi 

 (male) much longer than front tibiae. Type, the following species: 



