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arista short, not as long as width of frons, its second joint swollen and 
elongated; cheek half as high as eye; vibrissa short; palpi large, slender, 
slightly bristly. Dorsum of thorax rather densely short haired, with a 
more or less distinct depression between vitte; scutellum with eight mar- 
ginal bristles; sternopleura with hairs on the greater part of its surface. 
Abdomen stout; male hypopygium small. Legs normal; mid tibize with 
short apical bristle. Distance from humeral vein to apex of first as long 
as next section of costa; third vein ending before tip of wing, fourth 
ending in apex, these veins slightly convergent before apices then diverg- 
ing; last section of fifth vein 2%4-3 times as long as penultimate section 
of fourth; inner cross vein proximad of apex of first. 
Length, 2-2.5 mm. 
Type locality, Meredosia, Ill., August 19 and 22, 1917. Paratypes, Bluffs, 
Ill, August 19, 1917; Dubois, Ill., August 9, 1917. 
Stenoscinis gen. nov.—Generic characters: Closely related to Botanobia 
(Oscinis auct.), differing in having the ocellar bristles directed forward, 
cheeks very much reduced, linear, not produced anteriorly; frontal tri- 
angle very large, extending the whole length of frons, obtuse anteriorly, 
anal angle of wing absent, body long and slender; hind tibize with distinct 
sensory area. Genotype, Oscinis longipes Loew. 
HOMOCORYPHUS MALIVOLANS SCUDD. IN TEXAS. 
IBS Jag ING (Gayoiiaic. eitue, Gir Jin, UI. S. Dien, aNerene, 
The above species has been recorded from Florida, North Caro- 
lina and Virginia. Now Mr. J. D. Mitchell sends a female taken 
by himself at Victoria, Texas, on July 22, 1917. This is an ex- 
tension of many miles westward of the known habitat of this 
interesting insect. This Texan specimen is a long-winged indi- 
vidual and shows no characters differing from a macropterous 
female taken in company with the ordinary short-winged form at 
Tappahannock, Virginia, on July 14, 1915, by Dr. Henry Fox 
and by him deposited in the National Museum. I believe the 
dimorphism of this species has not been recorded hitherfore. 
Dr. Fox makes no mention of the matter in his report on his Vir- 
ginian collections,* though noting the total number of both sexes 
taken and furnishing certain biological information concerning 
* Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. LII, pp. 199-234 (1017). 
