54 JouRNAi. New York Ent. Soc. [Voi. ii. 



Males. 

 Face hairy. 



Proboscis rigid, porrect; body velvet-black, two vittae and 



lateral margins of thorax gray poliinose . cruenta, sp. n. 



Proboscis soft, retrattcd. 



Hody gray poliinose, pile of palpi whitish . johnsoni, sp. n. 



Uody not gray poliinose, pile of palpi black . pachyceras ll'il/. 

 Face bare, proboscis soft, retracted. 



Pile of palpi, occiput and thorax largely whitish, body opaque, 

 gray poliinose, proboscis five-sixths as long as the 

 palpi fera, sp. n. 



Pile of palpi, occiput and thorax largely black, proboscis less 

 than one-half as long as the palpi. 

 Body opaque, gra\- poliinose, pile of abdomen largely 



whitish trucis, sp. n. 



Body shining, nearly destitute of gray pollen, pile of 



abdomen largely black ..... pullata, sp. n. 



Symphoromyia modesta, sp. nov. 



■::^ — Black, the following parts brownish-yellow : first antennal joint, palpi, 

 proboscis except the labium, halteres, sixlh and following abdominal segments, 

 and the legs excepting apices of tarsi ; head and body opaque, gray poliinose, 

 thorax marked with three blackish villa; besides a triangular spot above each wing; 

 pile of head antl its members largely black, that on lower part of occiput yellowish- 

 white ; pile of thorax, scutellum, dorsum of abdomen posteriorly, and of the legs 

 largely black, that on each end of pleura and on base and sides of abdomen largely 

 yellowish-white : proboscis rigid, shorter than the palpi, labium retractile, very 

 robust ; hind coxa.' slightly produced forward near the apex, middle coxae destitute 

 of a pencil of bristles ; wings grayish hyaline, stigma pale brown. Length 7 mm. 



California. Three specimens, in May. 



Symphoromyia limata, sp. nov. 



V -- Head black, opaciue, gray poliinose ; antenna\ palpi^ and proboscis 

 except the labium, brownish-yellow ; pile of front, antennre and palpi largely 

 black, that of occiput yellowish-white. Thorax and scutellum black, opaque, gray 

 poliinose, the pile largely black ; thorax marked with three dark brown vittte, the 

 outer ones bordered internally with light gray ; pile in front of halteres yellowish- 

 white. Abdomen black, shining, not poliinose, the fifth and following segments 

 brownish-yellow ; pile of first segment and sides of the second yellowish-white, 

 that on rest of abdomen largely black. Legs black, the underside and apex of 

 femora, tibia and base of tarsi sometimes yellowish. Knob of halteres black ; hind 

 coxa: slightly produced forward near the apex, middle co.xa: destitute of a pencil 

 of bristles. Wings grayish-hyaline, stigma grayish-brown. Length 7 to 10 mm. 

 Southern California. Twenty females, in June. 



Symphoromyia johnsoni, sp. nov. 



(5 — iJlack, including the j-alpi and halteres, only the front and middle tibia- 



