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Paraspiniphora pennsylvanica n. sp. 



Male and female. — Black, shining. Knee joints yellowish. Halteres 

 yellow. Wings slightly browned. 



Frons glossy, distinctly broader than long, the surface with numer- 

 ous short hairs; first and second rows of (4) bristles almost straight; 

 one pair of post-antennals present ; male antennae enlarged, third 

 joint about half as large as eye; female antennae slightly enlarged, 

 third joint about one-third the size of eye; arista bare, its length 

 about equal to 1^/2 times the width of frons; palpi and proboscis in 

 both sexes normal, the former moderately bristled ; one very long, 

 downwardly directed bristle on cheek in both sexes. 



Mesonotum with i pair of dorso-centrals ; basal pair of scutellar 

 bristles much weaker than apical pair in both sexes. 



Abdomen almost bare ; male hypopygium with numerous hairs. 



Fore tibia with 3-4 serial bristles on dorsal surface from base to 

 apex; mid tibia with 3 antero-dorsal bristles, 2 on basal half and one 

 near apex, and 4-5 on almost the dorsal surface from base to apex ; 

 hind tibia with generally 10 bristles, 5 on the dorsal and 5 on the 

 antero-dorsal surfaces, arranged in pairs, besides the apical spurs ; 

 no ventral bristles present on either of the posterior pairs to tibia. 



Costa to middle of wing; first division about i 1-3 times as long 

 as 2 plus 3, 3 half as long as 2; fourth vein slightly bent at base, 

 leaving just beyond fork of third and ending almost in fore margin 

 of wing owing to its gradual forward inclination ; one strong bristle 

 present on base of third vein ; costal fringe close and fine, equal in 

 length to about twice the diameter of costal vein. Length 3-4 mm. 



Holotype : 5 , Swarthmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 

 March 30, 1905 (E. T. Cresson, Jr.). Type No. 6055. 



Paratvpes: i male and i female saine data. 



Resembles spinosissima Strobl, and spinidosa Malloch. but 

 differs in chaetotaxy from both. 



Aphiochaeta submanicata n. sp. 



Male.— YeWow, slightly shining. Frons brown, surface with grayish 

 polHnosity; antennae brownish yellow, arista brown; palpi clear 

 yellow. Mesonotum reddish yellow on disk; pleurae yellow, with a 

 large blackish patch below wing base; postnotum black-brown. Ab- 

 domen black-brown on dorsum; basal segment yellowish at base; 

 each segment with but slight indications of a pale posterior margin; 

 anal protuberance and hypopygium yellow. Legs yellow, mid coxa 

 with a black streak on posterior surface; apices of hind femora 

 blackened. Wings clear; veins brownish, very distinct except at 

 apices of thin veins. Halteres clear yellow. 



