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face dark reddish brown. Mesonotum very dark brown, the sub- 

 median Hnes narrow, dark yellowish. Scutellum brown, reddish 

 apically and laterally, postscutellum dark brown, reddish basally. 

 Abdomen sparsely clothed with fine hairs, shining black. Hal- 

 teres pale reddish, yellow basally, slightly fuscous apically. Legs 

 a variable fuscou.<5 yellowish, distal tarsal segments darker. 



Taken May 28, 1906, by Prof. C. W. Johnson at Auburndale, 

 Mass. 



Type C. 821, N. Y. State Museum. 



Hormomyia palustris n. sp. 



Male. Length 7 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 rather thickly clothed with fine hairs, pale yellowish, 25 to 27 

 segments; face fuscous. Mesonotum brown with the broad sub- 

 median lines and posterior median area yellowish. Scutellum 

 pale yellowish, postscutellum yellowish, margined posteriorly 

 with fuscous. Abdomen yellowish with the first four segments 

 mostly pale yellowish transparent, the fifth, sixth and seventh 

 segments dull orange, genitalia fuscous yellowish. Halteres 

 pale yellowish white. Legs a nearly uniform pale yellowish. 



Taken May 20, 1907, in considerable numbers on a lake marsh 

 at Ithaca, N. Y. by Dr James G. Needham. 



Type C. 1205, N. Y. State Museum. 



Dichrodiplosis multifila n. sp. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 

 thickly haired, fuscous brown, 14 segments. Mesonotum dark 

 brown, the submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum dark reddish 

 browm, postscutellum fuscous. Abdomen dark brown, the seg- 

 ments sparsely margined posteriorly with coarse setae. Halteres 

 fuscous yellowish. Coxae and base of femora pale yellowish, 

 distal portion of femora, tibiae and tarsi a variable brown. 



Taken at Porto Rico by August Busck. 



Type C. 1024, N. Y. State Museum, ^ 339 U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Dichrodiplosis quercina n. sp. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae yl longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, light brown, 14 segments. Mesonotum dark 

 brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum yellow- 

 ish brown, postscutellum darker. Abdomen reddish brown, 



