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Faratissa, n. gen. Notiphiliiue. — Second joint of antennae covered 

 with very short, stout bristles, and vvitli a longer one, directed forward, at 

 the upper angle of the inner side, arista with long pectinations on the 

 upper side ; two pairs of vertical bristles, an ocellar pair situated slightly 

 lower than the two upper ocelli, a second pair placed a little lower than 

 the lowest ocellus, also a third pair nearly midway between these and the 

 lower edge of the front, the three pairs directed forward ; four pairs of 

 fronto orbitals, placed in a row along each eye, the upper pair the 

 smallest, the two upper pairs directed outward, the others forward ; face 

 slightly projecting forward at the oral margin, in profile gently concave, 

 bearing two macrochsetiE near each lower corner, several stout bristles 

 along the lateral oral margin, cheeks scarcely one-seventh as broad as 

 height of eyes. Thorax bearing two pairs of dorso-centrals, one intra-alar, 



three supra-alar, one prfesutural, one humeral, two notopleural, two 

 mesopleural and one sternopleural macrochtetae ; short, bristly hairs of 

 mesonotum numerous and arranged in quite regular rows, two of which are 

 between the dorso-centrals ; scutellum covered with short, bristly hairs 

 and bearing three pairs of macrochaetpe, the intermediate pair less than 

 half as long as the anterior pair. Abdomen composed of five segments 

 in the male, six in the female. Tibife destitute of long bristles. Venation 

 normal, costa reaching apex of fourth vein, apex of second vein slightly 

 beyond middle between first and third veins, penultimate section of 

 fourth vein two-thirds as long as the last section. Type Drosophila 

 pollinosa, Williston, from St. Vincent, West Indies ; three specimens 

 were taken by Mrs. A. T. Slosson, at Biscayne Bay, Florida. 



Ephydra austrina, n. sp. c5 $ • — Front in the middle polished 

 bronze green, very thinly brownish pruinose, sparsely covered with short 

 bristly hairs and with a pair of stout macrochaetee a short distance above 

 the antennre ; an oval depression below the lowest ocellus, sides of front 

 opaque brown pruinose, the narrow orbits gray, two fronto-orbitals each 

 side ; face near the upper edge green, polished, thinly grayish pruinose, 

 remainder of face opaque brownish gray pruinose, the macrochpette fring- 

 ing the anterior oral margin few and rather short ; antennas black, the third 

 joint destitute of a long lateral hair; proboscis grayish black, the apex 

 yellowish, palpi brown ; body green, mesonotum polished, thinly brown 

 pruinose, five pairs of dorso-centrals, pleura greenish gray pruinose, a 

 brown spot near the centre ; abdomen subopaque, thinly gray pruinose ; 

 second, third and fourth segments in the male subequal in length, each 

 slightly shorter than the fifth ; femora green, tibiae greenish brown, all 

 thinly gray pruinose, knees yellowish, tarsi brown, not enlarged in either 

 sex ; wings hyaline ; halteres yellow ; length 4 to 5.5 mm. Georgiana, 

 Florida. Nine specimens, collected by Mr. William Wittfeld. Type 

 No. 4299, U, S. Nat. Museum, 



