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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 NOTHOMYIA VIRIDIS Hine 



VOL. 86 



Male, Faxon mills, Trujillo Alto, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 6, 

 1934 (Anderson). No. 5283. Compared with paratype specimens. 

 This species was described from a large series from Cedar Point, 

 Sandusky, Ohio, and has not since been recorded in literature. 



NOTHOMYIA PARVICORNIS, new species 



Figure 71, a 



Readily distinguished from described species by the small size and 

 bright yellow color of the annulated portion of the flagellum of the 

 antenna. 



Figure 71. — a, yothomyia parvicornis, new species, lateral view of head ; ft, Cyphomyia 

 planifrons, new species, lateral view of head; c, Macromeracis longicornis (Philippi), 

 wing. 



Male. — Head greenish black. Face but little projecting forward, 

 rather strongly produced downward, however, and rounded below; 

 the face, front, and occiput clothed with dense pile, which, however, 

 does not conceal the ground color ; this pile is for the most part gray 

 but is yellowish on the lower part of the face; in length it approxi- 

 mately equals the first antennal segment, but is somewhat longer on 

 the lower part of the face and on the occiput below the neck. A tuft 



