1907] Earth, The Syrphid Fly, Condidea Lata Coq., in Wisconsin. 161 
This is the first American species to be discovered, and the 
second member of the genus. To judge from the diagnoses of 
Forster, Ashmead and Szephgeti, it is a typical representative of 
the genus. 
Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wis. 
June 10, 1907. 
BRIEFER ARTICLES. 
THE OCCURRENCE 01^ THE SYRrHID FLY, CONDIDEA LATA 
coo., IN WISCONSIN. 
It may be of interest to record the fact that a female speci- 
men of Condidea lata Coq. was collected from the flowers of the 
Sumach, Rhus glabra, at Cedar Lake, Washington Co., Wis- 
consin, July 15, 1907. A male was taken at the same place 
July 19. These were the only two specimens obtained by two 
collectors in ten days, although flies were very abundant on tl;ie 
plants during that time. A few days later, Mr. Henry L. Ward 
obtained a single specimen from Little Cedar Lake, in the same 
county. The species was first described by Coquillett from 
North Saugus, Mass., (Can. Ent., Vol. 39, p. 75, March, 1907) 
and later mentioned by Jones (Journ. N. Y. Entom. Soc, Vol. 15, 
P- 95/ Ji-^^^e, 1907) as occurring in several parts of Nebraska. 
The sudden appearance of this conspicuous fly in a place which 
has for years been collected over by entomologists is, therefore, 
of considerable interest. 
George P. Bartii. 
