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48, p. 181. A rather small, light colored species, abdomen marked 

 with rows of black spots. In nature it resembles somewhat a species 

 of Sarcophagidae. Several specimens captured in insectary. It has 

 been taken by sweeping grass and from foliage near the ground. A 

 series of 17 specimens show a great variation in size, the smallest 

 measuring 3.5 and the largest 6 mm. in length. In some specimens 

 the sides of the face are bare, in others distinctly hairy. 



Metopia leucocephala Rossi. This is another small species, but 

 more conspicuous with its silvery white shining face. A series of 37 

 specimens taken in May and June. Several specimens taken from 

 bare ground, more common on low foliage. There is no published 

 breeding record for this country, according to Dr. Aldrich, Ann. Ent. 

 Soc. Amer., March, 1915, Vol. 8, No. i, p. 83. Ranges in size from 4 to 

 7.5 mm. Previously recorded from Kennedy, Texas, by Coquillett, 

 Revis. Tachin. N. A. 1897, p. 127. 



Myiophasia aenea Wiedemann. A medium large, shiny black 

 species, not abundant. More common in late summer and fall. Adults 

 collected largely from bitter weed, Heleniiim tenuifolium Nutt. Col- 

 lecting dates range from March to October. Species vary from 6 to 

 9 mm. in length. 



Neopales doryphorae Riley, This species is abundant in the 

 spring and summer. Adults collected from a large number of flowers 

 and especially from foliage near the ground. A moderately large 

 species nearly uniform in size ranging from 6 to 8 mm. in length. 

 Collected also in Knox County, Texas, May, 1919, 



A new genus, Doryphorophaga, for the reception of this 

 species, was proposed by Dr. C. H. T. Townsend, Proc. Ent. 

 Soc. Wash., Vol. 14, p. 164. W. R. Walton has already 

 pointed out, in Proc. U. S. N. M., Vol. 48, 1914, p. 183, sev- 

 eral reasons why he thinks the species should be retained in 

 the genus Neopales. Mr. Walton's statement: "The eyes are 

 thickly hairy in the male as a rule, those of the female being 

 so nearly bare in some cases as to require the utmost care in 

 order to see the hairs at all," has been found to be correct in 

 specimens examined. He further states that "the intermediate 

 segm.ents of the abdomen seldom bear discal macrochaetae 

 in either sex, and are almost invariably absent in the female." 

 Examination of 144 specimens shows this statement to be 

 correct only in part. Out of 36 females examined 6 had discal 

 macrochaetae on the second and third abdominal segments, 



