38 Proceeding)^ of the Biological Socletg of Washington. 
type: ^Tay K), 1807, same locality and collector. Ty])e and paratype; 
Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. 
Lonchaea winnemanae sp. nov. 
(Fig. 18.) 
Mate . — ((lossy blackisli-blne. Frons black, snbopacjue, tlie upper ])or- 
tion of tbe orbits, to just below tlie orbital bristle, polished blackisli-blne. 
.\ntennae l)lack, tbe base of third joint on inner surface brown black; 
face slightly grayish [tollino.se; i)roboscis and ])alpi black. Ilalteres 
black. Scinamae white, fringe concolorons. Legs shining l)lack; tarsi 
yellow, last three joints l)lackened. Wings ck^ar, veins yellowish brown, 
fifth vein most distinct. 
Frons about one-fonrtb the luaid width, slightly converging to liinnle, 
snrfac(‘ with distinct hairs, those on the lateral margins more than half 
as long as width of frons; face retreating slightly, not keeled; ant(mna(‘ 
elongated the third joint reaching epistome, tapering slightly on apical 
halt, al)ont o times as long as broad at broadest part; arista hnt little 
swollen at ))ase, tapering, almost hare, cheek small, marginal hairs h(‘- 
coming longin' anteriorly, the longest one setntose, npcnrved, above the 
longest one there are several weaker hairs, palpi normal, short haired, 
mesonotnm with the discal hairs long and nnmerons; bristling as in 
pot'Ua Say; mesoplenra with the same bristles as in polild hnt the snrfaci* 
hairs longer. Abdoimm short and broad, ovate, in type the hnnidth 
slightly exceeding the length; surface hairc'd as in polila. Legs hairy; 
hind femora with a row of bristles on the antero-ventral surface, which 
are very short, hair-like, and closely placed to middle, and froin that 
point represented l)y about (i bristles, the hrst of which is about the 
length of the femoral diameter, the third one becoming suddenly longer 
and stronger, about \}4 times as long as diameter of femur, and the other 
three tapering to the apical one which is suhequal in length with the 
hrst. Wmation almost identical with that of polita. Ixmgth, 4.5 mm. 
Localit;/. — Viry:inia shore of the Potomac Fiver near Plummers Island, 
.Maryland, .April 18, PIO!) (ML ]j. McAtee). 
Attoifipe. — .Mgomiuin, Illiiiois, ^lay 2;’), 1895 (W. Nason). 
Lonchaea nudifemorata s]n nov. 
(Fig. 19.) 
.17afe.—Glossy blue-black, the abdomen less distinctly bluish than the 
thorax. Frons opacjne black, orbits to just below the orbital bristle, and 
ocellar triangle blue-black, glossy; base of third antennal joint on the 
inner side yellowish, otherwise the antennae are black; ])alpi and 
proboscis black, the latter brownish at apex. Pleurae glossy, metallic 
blue-black on central portions, brown black above coxae and posteriorly. 
Legs shining, black; tarsi yellow, apical 2. joints of fore ])air, and apical 
2 joints of middle and hind pairs browned. Sciuamae whitish yellow, 
fringe concolorons. Ilalteres (mtirely black. Wings clear, veins yel¬ 
lowish brown. 
