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jTirst annual Report 



EPHYDRIDAE 



Notiphila quadrisestosa Thorns. 



Allotrichoma litoralis n. sp. 



(Figure 92) 



A very small flark gray fly. Third joint of antennae hairy, and 

 with a dorsal pectinate arista. The femora are quite stout. Eyes 

 reddish. Halteres whitish. Front very broad and gray pruinose. 

 The thorax with many reclinate spines. Lateral facial spines long. 

 Proboscis large and fleshy. Two pairs of vertical bristles and two 

 pair of ocellar bristles, one pair of the latter very small. The upper 

 half of the eye is hairy. There are two metapleural spines, two 

 sternopleurals, and one mesopleural spine. The wing is very simple, 

 the basal cells small and not clear. The wings are smoky-hyaline. 

 Length 1.25 mm. 



A number of specimens taken at Laguna on the edge of the small 

 brackish lagoon not far from the ocean, usually consorting with 

 Linioshia. Allotrichoma ultdominalis is reported from West Indies 

 and Brazil. 



Figure 92. A, Allotrichoma littoralis n. sp. B, Face of Allotrichoma 



