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face dark reddish brown. Mesonotum very dark brown, the sub- 
median lines narrow, dark yellowish. Scutellum brown, reddish 
apically and laterally, postscutellum dark brown, reddish basally. 
Abdomen sparsely clothed with fine hairs, shining black. Hal- 
teres pale reddish, yellow basally, slightly fuscous apically. Legs 
a variable fuscous yellowish, distal tarsal segments darker. 
Taken May 28, 1906, by Prof. C. W. Johnson at Auburndale, 
Mass. 
Inne (Co G2, ING M5 Sie IMlniseuiil, 
Hormomyia palustris n. sp. 
Male. Length 7 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 
rather thickly clothed with fine hairs, pale yellowish, 25 to 27 
segments; face fuscous. Mesonotum brown with the broad sub- 
median lines and posterior median area yellowish. Scutellum 
pale yellowish, postscutellum yellowish, margined posteriorly 
with fuscous. Abdomen yellowish with the first four segments 
mostly pale yellowish transparent, the fifth, sixth and seventh 
segments dull orange, genitalia fuscous yellowish. Halteres 
pale yellowish white. Legs a nearly uniform pale yellowish. 
Taken May 20, 1907, in considerable numbers on a lake marsh 
at lithacay ING Yo obys Dia jlamess Go Needivann 
iyipes © i2o5seNeav otatenlVituseum, 
Dichrodiplosis multifila n. sp. 
Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 
thickly haired, fuscous brown, 14 segments. Mesonotum dark 
brown, the submedian lines indistinct. Scutellum dark reddish 
brown, postscutellum fuscous. Abdomen dark brown, the seg- 
ments sparsely margined posteriorly with coarse setae. Halteres 
fuscous yellowish. Coxae and base of femora pale yellowish, 
distal portion of femora, tibiae and tarsi a variable brown. 
Taken at Porto Rico by August Busck. 
ioe Cy Woes IN, 35 Stare IMlnsepim, gs 230) Ul, S, Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 
Dichrodiplosis quercina n. sp. 
Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae 4 longer than the body, 
thickly haired, light brown, 14 segments. Mesonotum dark 
brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum yellow- 
ish brown, postscutellum darker. Abdomen reddish brown, 
