1927] 
New Species of Scatophagidce 
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of the second joint narrowly margined with light yellow, palpi 
light yellow. Thorax and abdomen black, dark grayish pollinose. 
Legs yellow, the front and middle femora with a black stripe on 
the posterior side, on the middle femora confined to the outer 
half, base of the middle and posterior coxae, and the middle and 
posterior coxae, and the middle and posterior tarsi black, the 
front tarsi yellow the fifth joint black. Halteres and wings 
yellow, Length 6 mm. 
One female, Colorado, in the author's collection. This 
species closely resembles Cordylura vittipes Loew and may be 
confused with that species unless the generic characters are 
closely studied. The New Mexican record for C. vittipes may 
refer to this species. 
Orthacheta hirtipes sp. nov. 
Face and cheeks white, front yellow, the upper third brown- 
ish black, orbits gray the lower part white, six orbital bristles, 
vertex and occiput black, grayish pollinose, antennae black, outer 
half of the second joint yellowish, palpi light yellow, hairs black. 
Thorax and abdomen black, grayish pollinose, upper part of the 
genitalia dark brown, the ventral genital armature black. Legs 
yellow, the posterior tarsi brown, the fifth joint of all the tarsi 
black, the hairs on the legs longer than in the other species, hairs on 
all the coxse black. Halteres yellow, wings yellow, hyaliue, veins 
brown. Length 6 mm. 
On male, Mt. Washington carriage road, 2500 ft., June 14, 
1916, (C. W. J.). Type in the collection of Boston Society of 
Natural History. 
Orthacheta cornu ta (Loew) 
Cordylura cornuta Loew, Cent. Ill, 48, 1863. 
This species has been taken at the following places in New 
England. Bar Harbor, Me., June 13; Framingham, Sherborn, 
Auburndale and Arlington, Mass. May 16 to June 18. 
