Ill 
bred October 7, 1880, from Harrisina americana. Type Xo. 
.'3611, U. S. National Museum harrisince n. sp. 
7. Middle tibia* each bearing a .single inacrochaeta on the front side 
near the middle, palpi, except sometimes the extreme apex. 
black 8. 
Middle tibiae each bearing two or more macrochaetae on the front side 
near the middle, fourth segment of abdomen black 10. 
8. Third vein bearing a single bristle near its base 9. 
Third vein bearing two bristles near its base; black, including the 
palpi: front of female slightly narrower than either eye, frontal 
bristles descending to base of third an ten nal joint, hairs of front 
rather long and abundant, cheeks one-eighth as wide as the 
eye height, vibrissa- on a level with front edge of oral margin, 
ridges bristly on the lowest fifth, antennae almost as long as the 
face, the third joint from twice to three and one fourth times as 
long as the second, arista thickened on the basal two-fifths, the 
penultimate joint as broad as long; thorax gray pollinose, 
marked with four black vittae, seutellum bearing four marginal 
pairs of macrochaetae, that at the apex curving backward and 
nearly horizontal: abdomen shining, bases of last three seg- 
ments whitish pollinose. second and third segments bearing 
marginal macrochaetae, the fourth covered except at base with 
much shorter ones than those on the third : wings hyaline, calyp- 
teres white; length. 5 mm. Tifton, Ga. Four female speci- 
mens collected October 1, L0, 15, and 17, by Mr. G. II. Pilate. 
Type Xo. 3612, V. S. National Museum pilatei n. sp. 
9. Fourth segment of abdomen wholly or largely yellow, its pollen 
golden yellow; length. 7 to 10 mm. Virginia; Tifton. Ga.; 
Mississippi; Palestine, Tex.; Carbondale, 111.; Alameda County, 
Cal.. and Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. (Ausser. Zwei. 
Insekten, Vol. il, p. ;334: 1830: Tachina. Masicera protogarcis 
Townsend, Journal Jamaica Institute, Vol. I, p. 70; 1892: from 
two cotype specimens. ) distincta Wied. 
Fourth segment largely or wholly black, its pollen gray; length, 
to 12 mm. District of Columbia; Carbondale, 111.; Kirkwood, 
Mo.; Georgia: Mississippi; St. Louis. Mo.: Baton Rouge, La., 
and Colorado. (Biol. Cent.-Amer.. Diptera. Vol. II, p. 107; 
March, 1800: Masicera. Argyrophylax sp..Braner and Bergen- 
stamm in lift. | inquinata v. d. W. 
10. Second and third segments of abdomen destitute of diseal macro- 
chaetae 11. 
Second and third segments bearing diseal macrochaetae, apical pair 
on the scutellum almost vertical, seutellum and palpi black, 
third antennal joint nearly four times as long as the second, 
third vein bearing a single bristle at its base: length. 7 mm. 
Colorado. (Trans. Amer. Fnt. Soc. Vol. XVIII. p. 358; Novem- 
ber, 1891 : Masicera. i nigrita Town. 
