l62 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I91O. 



gradually becoming fainter toward the tip and seemingly join- 

 ing the costa ; cell R-^ over twice as long as wide ; petiole of the 

 media about twice as long as the small cell ; cubitus forks slight- 

 ly distad of base of the R-M crossvein, the latter rather long 

 and much curved. Halteres yellow. Kingston, R. I. Col- 

 lected in August by Professor John Barlow. 



A specimen from the Valley of the Black Mts., N. C, col- 

 lected by Mr. Wm. Beutenmuller in July, and a specimen from 

 Knoxville; Tenn., differ only in lacking the bar over the base 

 of the coxae and in having thorax a little more deeply yellow. 



5. Necsmplieria indiilgens n. sp. 



Female. Length 5 mm. Head yellow ; palpi, ocellar spot 

 and setae black ; flagellum of antennae infuscated, intermediate 

 joints about as long as wide, second joint of scape with a long 

 slender black seta on dorsal surface. Thorax wholly yellow, 

 mesonotum with 5 longitudinal lines of small black setae be- 

 sides the irregular lateral lines of longer setae which extend to 

 base of wing, humeri with a number, scutellum with 2 long 

 setje. Abdomen yellow, dorsum of second, third and fifth seg- 

 ments with large dark brov/n subtriangular spot ; ovipositor yel- 

 low. Legs yellow ; fore metatarsus about 0.85 times as long as 

 the fore tibia; middle and hind tibiae with short black setae 

 arranged in several longitudinal rows of 8 or 10 setae in each ; 

 claws each with 2 basal teeth. Wings (fig. 99) hyaline, a brown 

 spot covering the small cell and the R-M crossvein but not 

 reaching the fork of the cubitus, a larger faint cloud posterior 

 to Cuo and a subapical fascia from the tip of R^ to the anterior 

 branch of the cubitus, but leaving the tips of the costa, Ri^^ and 

 the media clear ; veins yellowish brown ; subcosta reaches the 

 costa slightly distad of the tip of the cell R^ ; the subcostal 

 crossvein on the middle of the small cell which is but little longer 

 than wide; petiole of the media is about half as long as CUo ; 

 the cubitus forks slightly proximad of the base of the cross- 

 vein ; anal vein long but not reaching the margin. Halteres 

 yellow. Taken in July at Montreal, Canada. 



Male. Two specimens from Ithaca, N. Y., have indications 

 of four ferruginous thoracic stripes, but are otherwise similar. 

 The hypopygium is as shown in figure 128. 



A specimen from Black Mts., N. C, taken by Mr. Beuten- 

 muller, is similar to the Ithaca specimen but the subcostal cross- 

 vein is placed at the apex of the cell R^. 



