To KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY. 
ent anterioriy, and on either side contiguous with the eyes; on the 
outer side of the two lower bristles a large round spot, all deep 
brown. The front at the vertex is as broad as its length; proclinate 
ocellar bristles small. Lace, cheeks, proboscis and palpi light yel- 
low. Face on the sides lightly silvery pollinose. Cheeks and oc- 
ciput with black hairs. Antenne light reddish yellow, the third 
joint about three times as long as wide; arista black, moderately 
long plumose. Thorax yellow, the mesonotum and scutellum light 
reddish yellow. Scutellum plane. Abdomen yellow or brownish 
yellow, the second and following segments each with a narrow pos- 
terior black band. Legs yellow; the distal end of all the tibie and 
the tarsi (except the middle metatarsi) brown. Wings luteous hy- 
aline; the costal, marginal, the anterior part of the submarginal 
from in front of the cross-vein, and its distal part wholly, the dis- 
tal part of the first posterior, extending into the second posterior 
ceJl, broad clouds on the cross-veins and a narrower cloud on the 
fifth vein dark brown; first longitudinal vein very short, terminating 
about opposite the middle of the first section of the third vein; pen- 
ultimate section of the fourth vein about two-thirds of the length 
of the ultimate section. Length ,6-6% mm. 
Two specimens, Piedra Blanco, Brazil. 
Sapromyza picrula, n. sp. 
Male, female. Head opaque light yellow. Front with the sides 
parallel, a little more than a third of the width of the head; a 
rounded brown spot on either side at the insertion of the lower bris- 
tle, apparently the lower one of an obsolete stripe. Proclinate 
ocellar bristles strong. First two joints of the antenne blackish; 
third joint light reddish yellow, more than three times as long as 
wide; arista black, moderate long plumose. Face at the middle of 
each lateral depression with a brown spot, connected by a slender 
line with a median spot above the oral margin, forming a U or V 
shaped figure. Proboscis and palpi black. Mesonotum light 
ochraceous yellow, with two, narrow, median stripes or slender 
spots, and, on each side with a number of spots, all light brownish 
or reddish. <A single bristle on each side in front of the a prescu- 
tellar row. Scutellum plane, with a large black spot on each later- 
al margin. Abdomen yellow, with three series of large black spots, 
the middle ones forming astripe; in some specimens the abdomen 
appears to have an irregular black band on the anterior part of each 
segment. Legs deep brown; the base of the front and middle tib- 
iz, the middle tibie, save the distal end, and the first one or two 
joints of the four posterior tarsi light yellow. Wings smoky 
