48 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., 18 
gray posteriorly; last section of fourth vein nearly straight, approach- 
ing the third almost from the cross-vein, but not forming an angle 
where it bends forward, its tip near the tip of the third vein, and 
far before the apex of the wing: last section of fifth vein about two 
and a half times the length of the cross-vein. 
Described from one male taken at Beaver Creek, Montana, 
in August, by S. J. Hunter, at an elevation of 6300 feet. 
This species and also P. flavicornis sp. noy. described in 
this paper have the venation something like that of a Mede- 
terus, but the other characters are those of a Paraclius. 
Type in the Kansas University collection. 
Paraclius flavicornis sp. nov. 
¢@—Length 3.2 mm. Face silvery white, very narrow below; front 
pale green with thick white pollen; lower orbital cilia pale; antennae 
yellow, third joint not much darker at tip, rather small; arista black 
with short pubescence. 
Thorax pale green, dulled with white pollen. 
Abdomen brighter green with white pollen on the sides and with 
black hairs; hypopygium black with green reflections, yellow on the 
side next to the venter for its whole length; lamellae small, yellowish 
white with a few yellowish and a few black hairs at tips. 
Coxae and legs yellow; fore coxae with a row of black bristles at 
tip; middle and hind coxae each with a black bristle on outer sur- 
face: middle and hind femora with a preapical bristle; fore and middle 
tarsi scarcely darker at tip; tip of hind tibiae and hind tarsi brown. 
Tegulae, their cilia and the halteres pale yellow Wings grayish 
hyaline; veins yellowish brown, yellow at the root of the wings; 
costa darker; fourth vein with a slight bend before the middle of 
its last section; third and fourth veins nearly parallel towards their 
tips; fourth vein ending a little distance before the tip of the wing; 
last section of the fifth vein four or five times as long as ihe cross- 
vein. 
9—Length 3-4 mm. Face a little wider than in the male, cilia of 
the tegulae black; otherwise as in the male. 
Described from two males and two females, taken at Bill 
William’s Fork, Arizona, August and September, by F. H. 
Snow. 
Type in the Kansas University collection. 
Hydrophorus curvipes sp. nov. (Fig. 2). 
@—Length 3.5 mm., of wing 4 mm. Face broad, bright metallic 
green with scarcely a trace of brown pollen; front dark brown, opaque; 
