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macroolisetse ; abdomen reddish brown, somewhat i^olished; wings gray- 

 ish, the costal margin to a little beyond the third vein smoky brown, 

 darkest in apex of the marginal cell, both cross veins clouded with 

 brown; the costal vein extends to the apex of the fourth vein; legs and 

 halteres pale yellow. Length,! to 1.2 mm. One male and four females 

 collected at Bayamon, Mayaguez, and Aguadilla in January, and Arroyo 

 and Vieques Island in February. Also, a single specimen collected at 

 Motzorongo, Mexico, in January, 1892, by Prof. Herbert Osborn. 

 Ttjpe.— Gat. No. 4381, U.S.N.M. 



DROSOPHILA FUNEBRIS Fallen. 



Eleven specimens, captured at Bayamon, Mayaguez, and TJtuado in 

 January. A European species, which also occurs over the greater 

 portion of the United States. 



DROSOPHILA VITTATA Coquillett. 



A single specimen, captured at Arroyo in February. The type 

 locality of this species is Charlotte Harbor, Florida. 



DROSOPHILA FUSCA, new species. 



Brown, the halteres and legs, including the coxse, yellow; front 

 slightly ijolished, destitute of short hairs, not pruinose, two pairs of 

 orbital bristles, one placed in front of the other; body noticeably 

 polished, not pruinose, two i)airs of dorsocentral macrochsetae, the short 

 bristly hairs between theui not disposed in rows; wings hyaline, apex 

 of second vein nearly twice as far from the apex of the first as from 

 that of the third vein ; last section of the fourth vein almost twice as 

 long as the preceding section; last section of fifth vein two-thirds as 

 long as the penultimate section of the fourth; costal vein prolonged to 

 the apex of the fourth vein. Length, 1 mm. A single specimen, col- 

 lected at Utuado in January. 



Type.—Gskt. No. 4382, U.S.N.M. 



Family GEOMYZID^. 



ANTHOMYZA NIGRIMANA, new species. 



Frontal triangle ])olished black, reaching almost to the lower end of 

 the front and tilling the space between the frontal orbits, the latter, on 

 the upper portion to the single pair of fronto-orbital bristles, polished 

 black, remainder of front opaque, brown, the lower corners yellow; face 

 less than one-fourth as broad as the front at its middle, yellow; first 

 two joints of antennas brownish yellow, the third yellowish white, arista 

 brown, greatly thickened at the base, rather densely and long plumose; 

 proboscis yellow, palpi brown, occiput and body ijolished black; legs, 

 including the coxa?, yellow, the front tibi;y and first three joints of their 



