NEW NORTH AMERICAN MYCETOPHILIDÆ

Extract

Platyura lurida, n. sp ♀. Head and antennæ black, first two joints of the latter and the mouth parts somewhat yellowish. Thorax, pleura, scutellum, abdomen and legs, pale yellow, the tarsi toward the apex brownish-yellow, the thorax marked with three reddish-yellow vittæ. Wings hyaline, slightly tinged with yellowish toward the costa, otherwise unmarked; tip of auxiliary vein nearly twice the length of the humeral cross-vein beyond the base of the third; sub-costal cross-vein nearly three times the length of the humeral beyond the latter; anterior branch of the third vein oblique, ending its own length beyond the tip of the first; sixth vein reaches the wing margin. Length, 6 mm. Washington. A single specicmen from Prof. O. B. Johnson.