106 PROCEEDIXGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxv. 



PARADMONTIA, new genus. 



Near Admontia^ but the tirst vein bristly, tirst posterior cell closed 

 far from the wing margin, etc. Head unusuall.v short, nearl}^ twice 

 as high as long, slightly shorter at vibrissas than at base of antennie, 

 ocellar bristles proclinate, frontals descending to apex of second 

 antennal joint, sides of face each about one-sixth as wide as the 

 unusually large facial depression, bearing two row^s of macrochjvttv, 

 vi])riss{i? widely separated, inserted on a level with anterior edge of 

 oral margin, ridges bristly on lowest fourth, antennae of male as long- 

 as face, the third joint about eight times as long as the second, in the 

 female about two-thirds as long as the face, the third joint three times 

 as long as the second, arista bare, in the male thickened on the basal 

 four-fifths, the penultimate joint twice as long as wide, in the female 

 thickened on the basal three-fifths; the penultimate joint one and one- 

 half times as long as wide, eyes sparsely hairy, cheeks as wide as the 

 eye height, proboscis short and rol)ust, palpi clavate; first vein bristly 

 on the basal half, the third bristly nearly to the small crossvein, third 

 vein ending close to the extreme tip of wing, first posterior cell closed, 

 its petiole three-fourths as long as the hind crossvein, the latter nearer 

 to small crossvein than to bend of fourth vein, this bend somewhat 

 angular and sometimes wdth a short stump of a vein. Type, the fol- 

 lowing species: 



PARADMONTIA BREVIS, new species. 



Black, the palpi yellow; vertex about twice as wide as either eye, 

 three pairs of orbital bristles; mesonotum light gray pruinose and 

 marked with four black vittte, three pairs of postsutural dorsocentral 

 bristles, two sternopleurals, scutellum bearing three marginal pairs, 

 the third pair diverging; abdomen very short and broad, bases of last 

 three segments gray pruinose, the bristles very short, a marginal pair 

 on the second and third segments, the fourth almost wholly covered; 

 hind tibia> not ciliate, front pul villi of male rather short, front tarsi 

 of female dilated, the pulvilli very short; wings hyaline, calypteres 

 whitish; length, 3 mm. A specimen of each sex collected by Mrs. 

 Annie T. Slosson. 



Ilahltat. — Biscayne Bay, Florida. 



Type.—Q^^i. No. 6203. U.S.N.M. 



NE^RA LONGICORNIS, new species. 



Black, the base of the third antennal joint and the palpi yellow; 

 vertex twice as wide as either eye, two pairs of orbital l^ristles, fron- 

 tals descending to the arista, facial ridges only slightly arcuate, bristly 

 almost to the lowest frontals, facial depression excessively brjoad, sides 

 of face very narrow, antennae almost as long as face, the third joint six 



