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white pollinose, thus the spots in question are more or less con¬ 
cealed. Facial concavity beneath the antennae not very pro¬ 
nounced, facial tubercle small, round and shining black. Antenna 
brown, third segment somewhat elongate, light brown with the 
arista of the same color. Thorax brown, with very short, sparse 
light colored tomentum. Wing nearly uniform pale yellowish, 
first posterior cell closed, petiole short; second vein abruptly 
curved at apex meeting the costa at nearly a right angle. All 
the legs colored alike, each femur dark brown to apex; apex of 
femur, whole tibia and first three or four tarsal segments pale, 
last one or two tarsal segments darker usually. Abdomen 
uniform shining brown with very short sparse, light colored 
tomentum. 
Female: Like the male in color. Facial concavity beneath the 
antennas not very pronounced; luteous spots adjacent to the 
cheeks more conspicuous than in the male. 
Specimens from Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio and from 
Southern Pines, North Carolina, (Manee). Previously reported 
from Texas and North Carolina. 
Myiolepta transversa n. sp. Rather small, mostly black 
in ground color, anterior part of thorax with two transverse 
golden bands interrupted at the middle. Fourth abdominal 
segment and sides of the third with dense golden tomentum. 
Wings somewhat fumose. Length 7 millimeters. 
Female: Eyes rather widely separated, front narrowed above, 
front and face with a rather thin layer of golden pollen, cheeks 
and middle of face shining black, antennae brown, third segment 
oblong, longer than the other two segments combined, arista 
very near the base and of the same color of the segment that 
bears it. Thorax black, before with two narrow, golden transverse 
markings interrupted at the middle and a golden transverse 
spot before the scutellum, pleurae with sparse white hair, femora 
dark brown or nearly black, tibiae lighter, especially at bases, 
middle and hind tarsi pale brown, front tarsi nearly black, wings 
slightly fumose, first posterior cell closed, the petiole about as 
long as the anterior cross-vein, second vein abruptly curved at 
apex, meeting the costa at nearly a right angle. Abdomen 
black in ground color, fourth segment and sides of third with 
golden vestiturc. 
Type female taken at Puerto Cortez, Honduras, March 23, 
1905.’ 
This species is somewhat intermediate between the genera 
Myiolepta and Syritta. The concavity beneath the bases of 
the antennas is very short, and extending from this concavity to 
the oral margin is a prominent broadly arched carina, a character 
which does not exactly agree with either genus. The hind femur 
is larger than those of the outer legs, but otherwise agrees with 
