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with fulvous hair ; the hinder calcaria rufous. The basal 

 five segments of the abdomen luteous ; the sixth and 

 seventh violet-black above, the others entirely so. 



Macrophya FOVEIFRONS, Sp. nov. 



Nigra ; ore, linea pronoti, scutello, postscutello, macu- 

 laque mesopleurali flavis ; pedibus fiavis ; ditnidio apicali 

 femorum posticorum apiceque tibiaruni posticarmn nigris ; 

 alis fulvo-hyalinis, stigmate fusco. ? . 



Long. 9-10 mm. 



Antennae short, black, almost bare, or with only a 

 microscopic pile ; the third joint distinctly longer than 

 the fourth. The head shining, impunctate ; the front and 

 vertex raised ; the former depressed in the middle ; the 

 sides of the depression wide ; the apex rounded and 

 deeply and roundly depressed ; there is a deep, narrow 

 furrow between the ocelli ; behind them is a yellow mark, 

 wider than broad, and slightly dilated behind. The 

 clypeus, labrum, base of mandibles and palpi, yellow ; the 

 apex of the clypeus deeply and roundly incised ; the sides 

 sharply triangular ; the apex of the labrum depressed. 

 Thorax shining, black ; the edge of the pronotum, a some- 

 what triangular mark on the lateral lobes of the meso- 

 notum opposite the apex of the middle lobe, the scutellum, 

 postscutellum, the apex of the median segment, the apex 

 of the propleurae in the middle, a large mark, longer than 

 broad and narrowed at the apex, in the middle of the 

 mesopleurae and one over the hinder coxae, yellow. 

 Mesonotum shining, covered with short, fuscous hair ; 

 and with large, distinctly separated, punctures. Scutellum 

 sparsely covered with long, pale hair ; postscutellum 

 coarsely punctured laterally ; the middle smooth and 

 roundly raised. Legs yellow; the coxae, except at the 

 apex, almost the apical half of the hinder femora, and 



