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and bases of their metatarsi yellow ; pile of aiiteniuv, face and nppti part of 

 occiput largely black, that of palpi and lower part of occiput white. Proboscis 

 retractile, one-half as long as the palpi. liod) 'opaque, gray pollinose, tliora.x 

 marked with three faint brownish viit;e ; pile of thorax and scutellum nii.\eil black 

 and white, that on the pleura and abdomen wliite, on ape.x of abdomen largely 

 black. Miildle co.\a.> at their tips in front bearing a pencil of stifT black bristles, 

 equalling the co.xx- in length and curving backward at their tips ; himl coxie before 

 their apices in front produced forward in the form of a rounded knob ojie-half as 

 long as the diameter of the coxa. Wings grayish hyaline, stigma brown. 



9 — Differs from the (^ as follows : All tibi;c and tarsi black, halteres yellow. 

 Proboscis yellow, rigid, slightly longer than the palpi ; labium robust, retractile : 

 face bare ; bristles on middle cox;\; black and yellow, not forming pencils ; abdomen 

 shining except on the lirst segment. Length 6.5 to 7 mm. 



Washington (O. B. Johnson) and British Columbia (H. F. 

 Wickham). One male and seven females. 



Respectfully dedicated to I'rof. Johnson, who has succeeded 

 in uneartliiiig many interesting forms of Diptera in his locality. 



Symphoromyia cruenta, sp. nov. 



{J^ — IJlack, including the palpi and iiallcres, the pile also black or largely so- 

 Ileail and body opaque velvety, not gray iH)llinose excepting two vittiv anil the 

 the lateral margins of the thorax. Face pilose ; proboscis rigid, slender, one-lialf 

 longer than the palpi, labella slender. Hind coxce only slightly produced near the 

 apex in front, pile of middle coxitc not forming pencils. \Vings gray, lighter 

 toward the apex, stigma brown. 



'.;' — Differs from the t^ as follows: file on sides of face, on palpi, occiput, 

 abdomen and femora largely pale yellowish. Head and body brownish-gray 

 pollinose, not velvety, thorax marked with three broad, brownish-black vitta- 

 besides a triangular spot above each wing, the outer vitta; deeply emarginate near 

 the front-end of this spot. Labium slender, elongate, horny. Length 6 to 8 mm. 



Southern California. Si.vteen males and twenty-eight females, 

 in March and April. Both sexes were captured at the same time 



anil place. 



Symphoromyia trucis, sp. nov. 



'^ — Black, including the palpi and knob of halteres, only the \\h\x sometimes 

 yellowish. Pile of head and thorax largely black, that of the abdomen yellowish- 

 white. Face bare; proboscis retractile, scarcely one-half as long as the palpi. 

 Heatl and body opaque, gray pollinose, thorax marked with three lighter vitt;v. 

 Hind coxiv; produced near the apex in front in the form of a rounded knob; pile 

 of middle coxiv short, not forming pencils. Wings grayish, stigma brown, length 

 7 mm. 



Southern California. Three males, in March and April. 



