Vohinic I. February, i8(j&. Number 5 



ZOOLOGICAL BULLETIN. 



A NEW GENUS OF DOLICHOPODIDAE FROM 



FLORIDA. 



WILLIAM MORTON WHEELER. 



Drepanomyia^ gen. nov. 



LARGE species, dull metallic green, overlaid with white dust. 

 Proboscis swollen, projecting; palpi large; face very broad in 

 the male, not reaching to the lower corner of the eyes, its 

 lower portion somewhat swollen. Eyes covered with very dis- 

 tinct white pubescence. First antennal joint hairy above, sec- 

 ond subglobular, third rather long with a ventral projection 

 and apically inserted arista. The latter is two-jointed, short, 

 thick, and covered with .scarcely perceptible pubescence. Tho- 

 racic dorsum evenly arched, without acrostichal and dorsal 

 bristles; prescutellar region convex. Along the edges of the 

 thoracic dorsum, between the humerus and the insertion of the 

 wing, there are three macrochaetae. Scutellum with six bris- 

 tles along its posterior edge, the innermost pair longest, the 

 outermost shortest. Abdomen of male with six visible seg- 

 ments and a rudiment of a seventh on the left side overlapping 

 the swollen hood-shaped base of the partially imbedded hypo- 

 pygium. The venter of the fourth segment is somewhat dilated 

 posteriorly for the reception of the hypopygial appendages. 

 Legs rather bristly; tarsi with somewhat dilated pulvilli in the 

 male. Fore femora thickened towards their bases. First 

 tarsal joint of the hind legs nearly as long as the four succeed- 

 ing joints taken together, without bristles on its upper surface. 



1 From Sp^wavov, a sickle, and /uina, fly. 



