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Cordilura adrogans new species. . 



$. Black; frons anteriorly, apex of second antennal joint, halteres, 

 palpi, fore tibiae, tawny; face and cheeks white. Wings brownish, 

 more inteilse along costa and at apex ; veins black. Mesonotum and 

 abdomen shining; frons, occiput, pleura, and metanotum, more or less 

 hoary. 



Frons .25 as broad as head, slightly convex ; orbits converging ; 

 occiput moderately convex. Oral margin with long bristles. Third 

 antennal joint with sharp apical angle; arista plumose basally. Pile 

 of ventral surfaces pale. Dorsocentrals 2:3, and 2 humerals, very 

 strong. Apical bristles of scutellum small and cruciate; lateral ones 

 strong. Abdomen cylindrical with lateral marginal bristles strong ; 

 lobes of fifth ventral acute apically, short pilose. Hypopygium large. 

 Femora stout; all tibial bristles well developed; hind tibiae with 3-4 

 post, extensors. Penult, section of vein 4 about .6 as long as ult. ; 

 veins 3-4 curving and parallel. Length — 6 mm. 



Type. — £ ; Mesa Grande, Sonoma County, California, June, 

 1908 (P. C. Baumberger), [A. N. S. No. 6179]. 



Parallelomma nudicornis new species. 



$. Black; head except occiput above, ocellar spot, frontal orbits, 

 pleura except an elongate spot beneath wings, and legs, yellow. Shin- 

 ing except frontalia and face. Wings hyaline. 



Slender species with nearly spherical head. Frons .3 width of head ; 

 orbits parallel. Third antennal joint 1.5 as long as second, with round- 

 ed apex; arista micro-pubescent. All bristles weak; only one d. c. 

 near posterior margin, and one weak humeral. Scutellum with minute 

 approximate apical, and strong lateral, bristles. Second abdominal 

 segment with long lateral marginal bristles ; segments 3-5 with long 

 bristles only at lateral apical margins. Fifth ventral lobes very small. 

 Bristles of legs very weak; no post, extensors on hind tibiae. Anterior 

 c. v. at middle of discal. Long 3.5 mm. 



Type. — $ ; Berkeley Hills, Alameda County, California, 

 March 22, 1908 (E. T. Cresson, Jr.), [A. N. S. No. 6181]. 



I hardly think this can be inermis Lw., which was described 

 from New Hampshire, although I have seen a specimen of 

 uitdiconiis from British Columbia. 



Parallelomma dimidiata new species. 



$ . Pale yellow ; ocellar spot, occiput above, mesonotum including 

 upper half of humeri and of notopleura, scutellum, metanotum and 

 abdomen except hypopygium, shining black. Metanotum and pleura 

 with more or less hoary reflections. Bristles black; most pile pale, but 



