In the course of my studies of this interesting group of flies, some new species have been described which I wish to record at this time.

Sciara townesi sp. n.

Male. Length 3½ mm. Shiny in appearance.

Head black, palpi brownish. Antennae black, covered with silvery pubescence. Thorax black. Pteropleurite slightly lighter. Legs yellow, ventral surface of trochanters black. Fore tibia with one spur, meso and metathoracic tibia with two spurs. Prothoracic basitarsus shorter than tibia. Wing, length 3 mm. Costa extends about 4/5 distance from Rs to M1+2. Hypopygium (fig. I) brownish black.