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uncommon in New York, resembles specularis Coq. but differs 

 in having the mesonotum opaque and sparsely beset with yellow 

 hairs. 



Ceratopogon eques n. sp. 



Female. Head, with face, proboscis, palpi and antennae wholly 

 fuscous ; hairs of the head yellowish ; those of the antennae grayish 

 white; eyes widely separated, cut out around base of antennae, the 

 latter with basal joints moniliform, first joint enlarged, two to 

 eight shorter than wide, closely sessile, ninth about as long as wide, 

 tenth to thirteenth spindle-shaped, from twice to thrice as long as 

 wide, thirteenth and fourteenth wider than the preceding, four- 

 teenth especially considerably enlarged, its apex with a tiny papilla 

 Avhich is but little longer than wide. Facets of the eyes large. 

 Thorax including pleura, sternum, anrl mctanotum fuscous, sub- 

 opaque, the scutelhim concolcred or but little lighter. Hairs of 

 the dorsum pale yellow, a few longer ones over the fore coxae and 

 the setae of the scutellum for the most part black. Abdomen fus- 

 cous, subopaque, the hairs paler, except a few long black setae near 

 base. 



Legs pale yellow, the apical tarsal joints a little darker ; coxae 

 fuscous; hind metatarsus over twice as long as the following joint; 

 fourth tarsal joint slightly shorter than the fifth; empodium brush- 

 like, as long as the claws. Wings covered with grayish hairs, no 

 pale stigma on the costa, the hairs on the posterior margin of 

 moderate length. The radius ends but little beyond the middle of 

 the wing, the anterior branch of this vein ends in the costa about 

 as far proxim,ad from end of the posterior branch as the length of 

 the sm.all cell, which is nearly obliterated ; media with short indis- 

 tinct petiole; cubitus forks at about the mid length of the wing; 

 veins fuscous. Halteres cream-white. Length ^/^ mm. 



This little fly was taken by Professor Needham in numbers from 

 the wings of Meleoma at Old Forge, N. Y., in the summer of 

 1905. 



Ceratopcgon peregrinus n. sp. 



Female. Fuscous. Head with the antennae, palpi and the 

 proboscis fuscous; eyes contiguous; antennal hairs yellowish, the 

 structure of the antennae as in C . eques, but the apical papilla 

 over twice as long as wide. Thorax and abdomen wholly fuscous, 

 with 3^ellowish pollen and brown hairs ; thorax subshining, abdomen 

 opaque, pollen of the latter not conspicuous. Legs sordidly yellow 

 to yellowish brown, hind metatarsus about three times as long as 



