176 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 



Anorostoma currani, new species. 



Male. Foremost fronto-orbital about one-third of the hind 

 one, no prosternal bristles, 4 dorso-centrals, two and a small 

 meso-pleural bristle. Entirely yellow, with a brownish tinge in 

 parts. Head and antennae yellow viteline; arista black; 

 pubescent. One thin vibrissae, a row of few hairs below, widely 

 separated from the mouth, two short bristles at the lower corner 

 of the mouth. Thorax with few scattered hairs, black. All 

 bristles and dorso-centrals about equal in length and rather 

 long, scutellum two pairs of bristles. Lower half of pleura more 

 opaque, light brown. Propleura one strong bristle, mesopleura 

 at about upper of posterior edge, two strong and one small bris- 

 tle, the rest bare. Sternopleura one strong and a thin bristle on 

 top hind corner, a sparse row of hairs (4) down the center. 

 The lower third all hair and bristles. Pteropleura has the pin 

 through. Abdomen, yellow (brownish), with scattered short 

 black hairs. Hypopygium covered with long hairs, distinctly 

 villose and as long as the apical abdominal bristles. Legs all 

 yellowish, fore femora tumescent, hind one much ventose, all 

 hairy and bristly ; mid femora below with a row of flexor bris- 

 tles. The tibiae and first tarsal joint below conspicuously long- 

 villose. Wings yellow hyaline, veins dark yellow, cross-veins 

 ■ clouded blackish, costal spines rather small. 



Monotype, Teulon, Manitoba, August 28, 1920. From the 

 collection of C. H. Curran, who has been kind enough to allow 

 me to keep the type. 



Leria serrata, variety nigricana, new variety. 



Similar to serrata, but the entire abdomen is an even dark 

 gray-black, appearing velvety opaque, each segment has a very 

 narrow apical margin of red-yellow. Thoratic dorsum smoky 

 gray, trivittate, darker, with a brownish tinge, one more or less 

 connected through the dorso-centrals, and one median, not 

 reaching the scutellum. [Five dorso-centrals on one side, 

 abnormal.] Legs red-yellow. 



Monotype, female, June 4, 1921 ; Cranbrook, British Colum- 

 bia (C. Garrett). 



