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pruinosity. Femora and tibiae yellowish-brown or reddish-brown ; 

 tarsi yellow, the tip of each joint brown or black ; all the femora 

 on the upper side distally, and all the tibias on the outer side, 

 most conspicuous in the hind pair, with black bristles. Wings 

 nearly hyaline ; a rounded blackish spot back of the third vein at 

 its tip, and a smaller one nearly opposite on the fourth vein. 

 Length 3 mm. 



5. Ceratopogon eriopJwrus, n. sp. (PI. IX., figs. 40, 



tarsus ; 4Ua, antenna; 40b, palpus.) 



$ . Wings densely hairy ; the third vein scarcely distinguishable 

 from the first, and terminating before the middle of the wing ; 

 metatarsi about one-half of the length of the following joint, 

 the last joint not elongate ; pulvilli' hairy. Face, antennas 

 and palpi brown or black ; second joint of the latter much 

 thickened, the third slender. Antennae yellow, somewhat infuscated 

 distally. Mesonotum dark-brown or black, opaque, and with 

 abundant, light yellow hair ; scutellum like the mesonotum. 

 Halteres light yellow ; pleurae yellowish-brown. Abdomen stout, 

 dark brown, the incisures narrowly yellowish ; clothed wdth light- 

 yellow hair. Legs yellow, with abundant, rather long, yellow hair. 

 Wings hyaline beneath the dense, dark-coloured hair. Length 

 U-2 mm. 



Four specimens. 1000-1500 feet. 



6. Ceratopogon propinqn.vs, n. sp. (PL IX., figs. 41, 



tarsus ; 4lci, wing.) 



$ . Wings hairy ; the third vein terminates about the middle 

 of the wing, and is indistinctly separated from the first vein ; 

 fourth vein w^ith a prefurca, though indistinct ; first tarsal joint 

 about one-half of the length of the second joint, the last joint not 

 elongated ; pulvilli hairy. Head and antennae yellow, the latter 

 somewhat infuscated distally, the plumosity blackish-grey. 

 Second and third joints of the palpi enlarged. Metanotum opaque 

 brown, more yellow. sh near the middle in front ; rather thickly, 

 light-yellow, hairy. Abdomen slender, with abundant, and long, 

 yellow pile ; anterior segments yellow, with a broad black band, 

 which becomes successively broader till the last segments are 

 wholly black. L gs yellow, with long yellow hair ; the tip of the 

 middle and hind femora, at least, and the proximal end of their 

 tibiae blackish. Wings nearly hyaline beneath the rather abundant 

 hair. Length 2^ mm. 



One specimen. 



