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77 Middle femora of male shortened, dark at \asc. their tibise and 



tarsi very much elongated . 78 



Middle femora normal 79 



78 Middle Ursi with the last three joinu much flattened. - (N. Y.) 



noveboracensis n. sp. 

 Middle tarsi plain. (Eastern States.) /Ui^'< Loew 



79 Abdomen yellow at base above, thorax coppery or golden 00 the 



sides of the dorsum. (East U. S.. W. I.) twrirpohw Loew 



Abdomen not pale at base, thorax green, more binisb-grcen along 

 the frmit. (Cuba) casttu Loew 



80 Fore femora with slender erect bristles below. (U. S.) 



temer Loew 

 Fore femora without such bristles 81 



81 Hind margin of the pleurx yellow 9» 



Hind margin of the plenne greca. (Ifex.) mcjriMmu Aid. 



83 Abdomen with basal yellow band, remainder green. (U. S.) 



mmfatciahu Say 



Abdomen with the Krcater fort of the firtt four segments yellow. 



(U. S.) rotnndiceps Aid. 



Sctapot dinidiataa Loew. 

 I have seen seven males of this >; « ic t- m .\rizona. The 



ti!)iap were more brown than yellow, especially the hind ones: 



the hyaline tip to the wing is not 

 over one-third the length of the 

 wing, reaching just to the forking 

 of the fourth vein ( Fig. i ) ; the 



»-«»«'• of being bordered with black, as 



Loew states; the outer appendages of the hypopygium are 

 ]M>inte«l 1 " and are of a blackish color with rather long 

 hairs i»ii ; r edges. These differences are probably only 



individual. 



Sciapua banksU n. sp. 



Face with white hairs; antennc. cilia of the tegafae and mkldle and 

 hind coxx blade; fore coxar and all the legs yellow; fifth joint of fore 

 and middle tarsi white ; wings hyaline. Length 4 mm. 



$ . Face and front mcullic green with yellowish brown pollen 

 which does not conceal the ground color; face with slender white hairs; 

 .mtcnnc blade; arista about two-thirds as long as the width of the 

 head. 



Thorax and abdomen metallic green, in some individuals more bine 

 green, except the posterior half of the abdomen, which is golden green; 



