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uncommon in New York, resembles specularis Coq. but differs 
in having the mesonotum opaque and sparsely beset with yellow 
hairs. 
Ceratopogon eques n. sp. 
Female. Head, with face, proboscis, palpi and antennae wholly 
fuscous; hairs of the head yellowish; those of the antennae grayish 
white; eyes widely separated, cut out around base of antennae, the 
ea, 
latter with basal joints moniliform, first joint enlarged, two to — 
eight shorter than wide, closely sessile, ninth about as long as wide, 
tenth to thirteenth spindle-shaped, from twice to thrice as long as 
wide, thirteenth and fourteenth wider than the preceding, four- 
teenth especially considerably enlarged, its apex with a tiny papilla 
which is but little longer than wide. Facets of the eyes large. 
Thorax including pleura, sternum, and metanotum fuscous, sub- 
opaque, the scutellum concolored or but little lighter. Hairs of 
the dorsum pale yellow, a few longer ones over the fore coxae and 
the setae of the scutellum for the most part black. Abdomen fus- 
cous, subopaque, the hairs paler, except a few long black setae near 
base. 
Legs pale yellow, the apical tarsal joints a little darker; coxae 
fuscous; hind metatarsus over twice as long as the following joint; 
fourth tarsal joint slightly shorter than the fifth; empodium brush- 
like, as long as the claws. Wings covered with grayish hairs, no 
pale stigma on the costa, the hairs on the posterior margin of 
moderate length. The radius ends but little beyond the middle of 
the wing, the anterior branch of this vein ends in the costa about 
as far proximad from end of the posterior branch as the length of 
the small cell, which is nearly obliterated; media with short indis- 
tinct petiole; cubitus forks at about the mid length of the wing; 
veins fuscous. Halteres créam-white. Length 34 mm. 
This little fly was taken by Professor Needham in numbers from 
the wings of Meleoma at Old Forge, N. Y., in the summer of 
1905. . 
Ceratopegon peregrinus n. sp. 
Female. Fuscous. Head with the antennae, palpi and the 
proboscis fuscous; eyes contiguous; antennal hairs yellowish, the 
structure of the antennae as in C. eques, but the apical papilla 
over twice as long as wide. Thorax and abdomen wholly fuscous, 
with yellowish pollen and brown hairs; thorax subshining, abdomen 
opaque, pollen of the latter not conspicuous. Legs sordidly yellow 
to yellowish brown, hind metatarsus about three times as long as 
