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THE

Habitat.-Medicine-Hal,. efq"rl",- Canada. One
rp""i_"ocollected by Mr. J. R. Malloch. fype'Cat. No. 1b212,C.-S.lf*.frA,very closelyresembles.This speciesin generalappearance,
Neolarrapruinosa,but in aairition to'the g"n"ri.'aitiir""I"r"
differsalsoin the dark,tegula, the carinaon tti" p.opod"u.n-.oo."-Ju"J"*"",'"t".
elevate.d,the appressea
p,iue.ce"c"P' aigilans,and-p. naius are botii-im;lr;;;;ilL"li-"i""ri"g1fi " rigili'."i.i"r"ategulaeand with the app.ressed
pube..e"cecoveringabclomen;
P'.uigilansalsohasthe c;;i;;"t-n"pr"i"deum indicatedat baseonly, the process
on metanotumonly i"ai."t"J,^Ll;:'--"'* -' ""Perdita canad,ensis,ney species._Female. Length
9 mm. _ Head blue-green,tfroiiU"-"otum green, pleure aboutgreen;.clypeusand labrum black, the.former fiitf, pripfi.f, bluetiig..,
smooth,with a few fine p-uncturesand producedu"i;ilJ;f"u'iin"connecting the lower ends of eyes fuliy one_third tt
l*sihofthe distancebetweeneyes at ro*"t e"a";1"." *itrr""i "-i"i"i.
anten_nadark, scapewith a narrow yellow line, apical*'urii"g*flagellum reddish 6eneath;, p"U"r"e""6 -;i h";J-;;i';t;,j;"i;"s,"ferect, strongly
ochraceous;collar with-'t*.- ,-.rr.tinged_withyellowspots;tuberclesdark; wingsmilky white;
fryufi"", atstigm-aand costal v-ein light br;;;l---ht.t recurrent""i". vein inter-"stitial or almost so;Jegsdirk, anterio, krr"", and ashort narrow
stripe on anterior tibii yellow,;pu-ul..*"eouter -ir.t""Uao_on
greyish, on inner sioe ollraceous, on tarsi redtisfr; side oi legs
minal segmentwith a sma'yello*.io.ri ;;;"h;id^;;bg-""iJz_f
with.yellow.bands, the endi oi *triirt-*" turned ciualaor-s"gments.S-5; band on seconds.egr_nent
diiated i;G"itr;*ti"iirr"
posterior margin is diagonal;"n""ar-o" segments
2_B notchedp-osterior=931!martln:: emarginate.
'"i'gi";aplcalpygiJi"*-n;;a;-;p""*iir, tr,.

Hat, Alberta, Canada. Two females__ Habitat.-Medicinecollected by Mr. J. R. Malloch. fypetat.
No.-iSZte, U.S.N.il,f.
,_ -, ^.Tli: ...!ecies,belongs^to . the..group wi rh al.bipennis Cresson,
racrcxpennxs
Swenk an9 Cockerell, and pallidi,peinis Granicher;it differs from all of.them in the dark fice and other,r".-r.i'g.;albip ennis and pallidip ennis have the fi rst recuii""i^
Dy the second submarginal cell and the py-gidium rounded""i"'i"c'ei?eaapicallyl:
albipennis.h.as the cly-peusproduced h;Al:t h;ii-;r;;;h;[';;;"aensxs;pat'txdl,pennl,shas it produced about as much ; lacteibennis
nas tne crypeus produced about as in albipenni,s the firstrec-urrent
veln recerved by thesubmarginal cell and the pygidium^sgco_ndemarglnate at apex. ofthe value of this last character i -a- ar
present doubtful.

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Nbw spEtrsiloF FUR'eiJMyra'(TrpaLIh,E).

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BY CHAS. P. ALEXANDER, ITHACAT N. Y.

(Continued,from piie 341.).Furcomyialibertoides,sp. n,: ,..). ,.
:,.
Closest'altied to liberta O. S. of the Eastern U. S,, but differs as{ollows: The prcscutalstripesare not cleariyde6nid, the middle'oithe
dorsum beingpuffusedwith bright brown I tergumof abdomeubrownish,
not arectangular,
not clear grayI wings rvith the stigma c.:nspicuous,.
narrow seem to-cross-veinr. Hyp.opygiumfrom above-see frg, S,).
its inner
fleshy.,The pleuralpiecetriangular,the ventralapicalappendage
margin produced into a point which is directed cephaladI two ,shbrt
spines a-bout equal in size, projecting caudad on the middle ofrather short,gently
this appendage;dorsal arm, or apical ,appendage,curved. Venation,fig. l.
Lengt habout6. 5- 7. 5m m , ; wing, S. 7- '8. Sm m .
' ' .
Holotype.-;f . l\{arin Co., Cal.; Ir{arch z3i t897',
Paratypes.-iJ s 5, With the type.
' The material is part of the Wheelercollection; one piratype ru
author'scoilection.
:' '-Fut'cbntyiasinillima, ip. n.
Yellowishthorax,with 4 dark brownmedianstripe; halteresvery long.
6. 8 m m .
J. - Lengt h about5. 5 m m . ; wing,aver age,t , - Lengt h about5 8 m m . l. wing,aver age,i. 4 m _m .
Head: rostrumand palpi.darkbrown. Antenne.,first segmentdark
brown, thrcklygray pruinose,remainingsegmentsdark brorvnishblack.
Front, vertexand occiputbrown,thickly gray.pruinose,producinga gray.effect.
Thorax: cervicalscleritesdark, almost black ; pronotunr light dull
yellow,dark brown along the dorsal median l[ne. Mesonotumbrightbrownishyellow,becominggrayish ou the sides; a broad dark brown
medianstripeconiinuedfrom the pronotum,endingjus! beforethe sutureI
lateral stripes indistinct,grayish brown, beginningbehind the pseudo.
suture,continuedacrossthe sutureand suffusingthe lobesof t[e scuturnI
medir n line of t he scut umand t he scut ellump"aleryelt owishr vhit e;postnotumbrownI metanotumligirt' yeltow. Pleure light yellow, Llecominggravishtorvardthe rnetapleurre.Halteresvery long, extrenrebase
yel lor vish,r e; t . dar k br own. . Legs: coxr and t r ochant er syelt owish;
femora yellorv becoming sonewlrat darker apically; tibie and tarsi
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yellowishbrown. Wings subhyaline
I no stigmal spot; veins yellowish
brown. Vena.tion: (Seefrg. n.) Sc ending beforeorigin of Rs, Sc, far.
beforetip so that sc, is long, somewhatshorter than Rs basaldefleciion;of Cu, beforethe fork of M.
Abdomen:tergumyellowishbrown,apices of the scleritesnarrowrv
palerI sternumlight yellow.
i
Holotype.-J.
Totonicipan,Guatemala. (Dr. G. Eisen.)Allotype.- p. Antigua,Guatemala. (Dr. G. Eisen.)Paratypes.-r r d s, 8 i s. euichi (July, tgoz) Antigua and;
Totonicipan(July, rgoz) I Guatemala.
Typesin U. S. Nat. Mus, col[. (No. r5,r34.) paratypesin author'scollection.
Resembles
lartice/s Doane(Ent. News,Jan,,,og, p. 7), from northwesternU. S, but headis more gray, abdomen much lighter coloured
and the thoracicstripesdifferent.
Furcotnyia andicola, sp, n,Head gray ; thoraxbrownishyellow; wingswith scantybrown marks.
f , , - L e n g th ,8 .r m m .; w i n g , rr.2 m m,I .-Head : rostrum and palpi dark brown, Antenne, basal segments brown, flagellarsegmentsvery dark brown. Front, vertex andocciputgray.
Thorax: pronotumdull yellow,the dorsumindistinctlysufftrsed
withbrown' Mesonotumdull brownishyellow,a broad brown medianstripre
and shorter,less distinct lateral onesj scutum reddish brown,suffusedwith darkerbrownI scutellumand postnotumbrown,with a grayishbrown
bloom. Pleurredark brown. Halteres,stemgreenishat base,darkening
to browu at the tip. Legs: coxm greenish,femora brownishyeriow,thetip cleareryellow; tibie light brown,darkenedat tip ; tarsibrown. \vings
subhyaline,
veinsbrown,C, Sc and R, moreyellowishI a large,rectangu_lar brown stigma, which is continuedback over the fork of Rs as aroundedspot j narrowbrown seamson the cord and outer end of cell rst
Mr. Venation (see fig, h.): Sc ending just beyond origin of Rs ScoI
removedfrom the tip so that Sc, is rather rDorethan haif as long as Rs;
Rs about one and one-halfthe length of the deflectionof Rr,u; basaldeflectionof Cu, beforethe fork of M.
.. Abdomen: tergum and sternumbrown, the apicesof the sclerires
yeilowish. It is probablethat, in iife, the insectis quite greenish.
Holotype,- i . San Antonio, Bolivia. (Receivedfiom staudingerBang-Haas.)

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Type in author'scollection'
grayandagi.., rnostcloselywirhi.hattaPhil', which has the thorax
znd RtRtandvery,litr:rent,threeblackspotsirl cellsrst
the witig-pattertr
Rtrconyia htsigniltca, sP.n.
Head brownishgrayI thorexreddishbrown,drrker medially'leg' f em ur ' 5 9 m m ';Q.- Lengt h, 8. 5 m m . ; wing, 9'6 m m '; f or etibia, 7 3 mm'
and ant ennmdar k br own' Fr ont ' ver t ex
'Q , - Head: r ost r um palpi
and occiputbrownishgraY'prescutumreddish
Thorax: pronotumyellowishbrown' Mesonotum,
yellowish'on thepaler'
browu, darkest brown mediallyon prescutumI
to yellow on thebrightening
humeral angles; pleurrebrownishyellow,
the base' Legsatbrighter
brown,
sternum, Halteres long, slendrlr,
brown I
yellowish
femorayellowishI
long, slender; coxE and trochantersbarelystigmabrown;
lightveins
hyaline,Wings
tibie and tarsibrorvn'
Scn'
short'
Sci'):
frg'(seeVenation
pale'very
indicated,rectangular,thethanlongermuch
notshort,
Rsof
Sc1
tipthe;quite removedfrom
fork of I\{'
ieflection of Rr*r; basaldeflectionof Cu, far beforethe
lighter brorvnr
Abdomen:tergumdark brorvnon the basal segments'on the apicalsegments; sternumlight brown'
fromStaudinger-Bang-Haas)
Hoiotype,- i ' Iquico,Peru' (Received
Type in author'scollection'
has aThis species cat)not be referred to patlida Macq ' wl.rich
anappendiofcharacter
thistriangularcell rst M, which bears a spur,
cul ate cellalsosepar at inge/ quiiet t sisBlanch. Tlr eot her specieswit h'
are quite differenb
unspotted wirtgs,ilaaida Phil' and chlorotica Phil"i nr" .tr, r p. "i- . or of whichar ebef or em er andwillber edescr ibedina'later paPer.
FurcomYiaargcntina, sP' n'line'
Head grayI thoraxgray,darkeron dorso'medianfem
ur '6 m m '; t ibia'
leg,
foremm';Q . - Lengt h, 8 m r n. l wing, 8 9mm't
ibia'm m ';7'7? n)m . ; hind leg,f em ur ,7. rbrown' Antenne dark brown;?.-Head : rostrumand palpi darkvertex and occiput
grayish pollinose; segmentsstrbmoniliform' Front'gray.
pollen' MesoThorax: pronotum brownish gray, the gray being
medianstripe;brown'
broad'
indistinct,
anwithnctumi prescutumgray,pollen'Pleuraepalc
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gray po:linose. Halteres short, stem dull yellorv,knob brown. Legs :dull yellowI femorasimilar,ratherdarkenedtowardboxa and trochantersr he r ip; t ib i e a n d ta rs il i g rrt b ro w n . W i n g; hyal i ne,vei ns dark brorvtr,c ons pic uo u ss; ti g m a i n d i s ti n c t, b ro w n i sh. V enati on(see fi g. k.) : S ceudsoppositethe origin of ltl ; Scnfar retractedso that Scr is ainro;t asof R r* r1
long as t he s ti g ma ;R s o n l y a l i ttl e l o n g er than the defl ecti on
atof
theforkofM.
basaldeflection Cu,
Abdonren:tergttmdull brown; sternumyellowishbrown.
N e u q u e nA
, rg e n ti n a,r9o7. (D r. A dol f Lenol .)Holot y p e .- i .
collection.
author'sinType,give r irl
Differsfrom the hithertodescribedspeciesby the characterstnder insignifca. From insignifca it differs in its wing venation,colortrof v eins ,an d b o d y to n e .
? Furconryia futttosa, sP,.n'Wirgs infumed,with darker'clouds.'
i . - l, e n g th a b o u t5 .5 mm I w i n g ,6 .3 nrm.
I .-Head : rostrumand palpi drrk brown. Antennredark brownish
black. Front, vertexand occiputbrownish,with a grayishpubescence'
Thorax : pronotum dark brorvn. Mesonoturnlight brown, thepoitnotum darker. Pleuraedark brown. Halteres dark brown,base of
the stearlight coloured. Legs: coxe and trochantersdark brown, rcstof legsbroken, Wingsinfumedwith brown,darkerbrown cloudsarrarrged, asf ollows : A t o ri g i no f R s , a t:ti p o f S c ,at ti p of R ,, al ong cordI nrcst.of veir.rsand tip,of wing cloudedwith dark brown. Venation (seefig.
Sc long,Sc, endirtgslightll beforethe fork of Rs, Sc, at its tit) ; Rlt.)'r I
bendsdown nearits end and touchesRo*r,obliteratingthe cross-veitr
basaldeflectionof Cu, beyon{ the fork of M.
A m a tu k , B ri ti s h G ui ana; Jul y r4' I9rr. (F,8.
Holot yp e .-t.
Lut z )
Type in AmericanMuseumof Natural History.
'This insect is closely allied to Limnobia insularisWill, (Dipt. St.
V inc ent , T ra n s . En t. S o c , L o n d , 1 8 9 6 , P.e87, pl . ro, fi g;58),but thewing hasquite a differenrpattern,cell rst M, lesselongated,besaldeflection-ofCu, fartherdistad,etc l'he trvo speciesare certainlyas closeto'Furcoat.ltiaa; they are to Linno,bia, bfi seem to reptesent a peculiar
groupu'hichueedsfurtherstudy with more material.
N[n.Eprva,noP. VeN DuzuE,of Buffrlo;leavesearlyin Decemberfor:a four.monthslvacationin California. His temperrry 4dfres; l'ill be
S r n Diego ,C a l i f.