3o8 Maine: agricuIvTuraIv e;xperiment station. 1911. 



5. Cordyla neglect a n. sp. 

 Male. Length 2.5 mm. Coloring as in the foregoing (C 

 recens) but humeri only indistinctly yellow; venation and 

 hypopygium as figured (Figs. 228, 119). Antennse 24-10 

 jointed. Felton, Cal. (J.C.B.) May. A defective female speci- 

 men from Los Angeles, Cal., may belong here also. 



6. Cordyla sp. 

 Female. Length 3 mm. Fuscous; the base of the antennse, 

 last 2 palpi joints, coxae, femora, tibiae and halteres yellow j 

 tibial spurs and tarsi brown ; venter and incisures dusky yellow ; 

 wings grayish hyaline, costal cell dusky yellow. Antennas 

 2+9 jointed. Dubois, Wyo., 7000 ft. (W.M.W.), Sept. 



7. Cordyla sp. 

 Female. Like C. volucris but antennae 2-I-9 jointed. Orono, 

 Me. ; Washington, D. C. October and December. The Maine 

 specimen was bred from a fungus (CoUybia sp?). 



21. Genus Brachypesa Winnertz. 

 Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. XIIL 806. 1863. 

 Front broad, ocelli 3, laterals contiguous to eye margin, the 

 middle one small; second palpal joint slightly swollen, the 

 antennfe rather short, the flagellar joints closely sessile, annular. 

 Abdomen constricted at the base, compressed ; hypopygium of 

 the male small. Legs stout, femora all broad, flattened ; tibiae 

 strong, somewhat enlarged at the ends, with long spurs and 

 moderately long lateral setae ; posterior basal seta of hind coxa 

 present. Subcosta short, ending in Ri; costa not produced 

 beyond Rs; the fork of the media under or proximad of the 

 base of Rs ; fork of cubitus far proximad of the proximal end 

 of the crossvein ; anal fold strong, anal vein short and delicate 

 (Fig. 229). . 



Brachypesa hisignata Winnertz. 



Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. XIIL 807. 1863. 



Male. Length 5 mm. Robust. Antennas shorter than the 



thorax, brown, 2 or 3 basal joints yellow; palpi, proboscis and 



face yellow, front and vertex dark brown, pruinose; with yel- 



