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Mouthparts yellowish ; palpi dark brown. Antennae dark 

 brown. Head dark brown. 



Mesonotum shiny dark brown, only the median area of the 

 scutum, and the scutellum paler. Pleura pale brown. Hal- 

 teres dark brown, the base of the stem paler. Legs with tha 

 coxae and trochanters pale brown ; femora pale brown, the 

 tips narrowly (i mm.) creamy-white; tibiae brown, the ex- 

 treme bases creamy, the tips passing into whitish (i. 5-1.7 

 mm.); tarsi pale brown throughout; fore femora with a 

 series of about five long bristles near the base. Wings with 

 a strong dusky grey tinge, the costal and subcostal cells more 

 brownish ; stigma elongate oval, dark brown ; wing-tip slightly 

 inf uscated ; veins dark brown. Venation : Sc^ not far from 

 the tip of Sc-^, the distance between Sco and r being a little 

 less than the tip of R^ beyond r; 2nd A almost straight be- 

 yond the base. 



Abdomen dark brown, the sternites and hypopygium a 

 little paler. , 



Habitat. — Samoa. 



Holotype, J", Apia, June-July, 1913 (R. W. Doane) ; Allotopo- 

 type, ?; Paratopotypes, 10 c^'s (R. W. Doane) ; i ^, July, 1902 

 (V. L. Kellogg). 



Trentepohlia (Mongoma) pacifica sp. n. 



Female. — Length about 6.8 mm. ; wing, 6.2 mm. ; fore leg, 

 femur, 9.4 mm. ; tibia, 9.5 mm. 



Similar to T. (M.) samocjisis but much smaller; mesono- 

 tum light reddish yellow; legs pale brown, the tips of the 

 femora rather broadly (1.5 mm.) pure white; tibiae brown, 

 the extreme base and the broad tips (2 mm.) white; tarsi 

 pure white, only the distal segments brownish ; wings nearly 

 hyaline, including the costal cell; stigma pale brown: Sc^^ 

 much closer to the tip oi Sc, ; basal deflection of Cn^ a short 

 distance before the fork of M. 

 Habita't. — Samoa. 



Holotype, 5, Apia, June-July, 1913 (R. W. Doane) ; Paratopo- 

 type, 5- 



Styringomyia didyma Grimshaw. 



Tahiti, August, 1908 (R. W. Doane) ; a few J' 5. 



