128 C. H. TYLER TOWNS END. 



Sipliophyto floridensis n. sp. J (?). — Eyes light brown, frontal vitta 

 brownisti orange : sides of front silvery, darker in some lights; face and cheeks 

 silvery-white; front pair of ocellar bristles strongest, directed strongly outward 

 and a little forward ; antennfe and arista black, first two antennal joints reddish 

 brown, second joint bristly on front edge: proboscis dark brown, palpi light 

 yellow; occiput cinereous, with some gray hairs below and a fringe of black 

 hairs on orbital margin. Thorax silvery, with four narrow dark vittpe, which 

 become obsolete near suture; scutellum blackish, more or less silvery. Abdomen 

 shining black, bases of segments two to four narrowly silvery-white; first and 

 second segments with a lateral maerochfeta, third with a lateral pair and a me- 

 dian marginal pair, anal with a marginal row of eight or more macrochsetae. 

 Legs black, femora and tibire somewhat bristly; pul villi small, whitish. Wings 

 grayish hyaline, tegulse nearly white, halteres light brownish. Length of body 

 fully 4 mm. ; of wing slightly more than 3 mm. 



Descril)ed from one specimen ; So. Florida (Chas. Robertson). 



iiiipliophyto neomexicaiiiis n. sp. 9- — Eyes brown, frontal vitta 

 brownish yellow, about one-third width of front; sides of front, face and cheeks 

 silvery; anterior pair of ocellar bristles but little stronger than posterior pair, 

 directed forward and outward, posterior pair also directed forward; antennaj 

 brown, first two joints brownish rufous; arista brownish, slightly geniculate, 

 second joint elongate; proboscis blackish, palpi pale yellowish; occiput cinere- 

 ous, sparsely black hairy. Thorax silvery cinereous, with two narrow dark 

 vittse, which disappear near suture ; scutellum silvery cinereous. Abdomen 

 shining black, bases of segments two to four narrowly silvery-white; second 

 segment with a lateral raacrochfeta, third with a lateral pair and a median mar- 

 ginal pair, anal with a marginal i-ow of six or more. Legs blackish, femora 

 slightly silvery on outside, especially front ones; pulvilli very small, whitisjh. 

 Wings grayish hyaline, very pale tawny at base; tegulfe pearl-white, halteres 

 pale yellowish. Length of body 4 mm. ; of wing 3.5 mm. 



Described from one specimen ; Las Cruces, N. Mex., Sept. 21st. 



COROIVIMYIA n. gen. 



Small species ; belongs in Phytoime. Head rectangular in pro- 

 file ; front and face ( 9 ) about equal width, a little narrowed at 

 vertex, where the front occupies nearly three-sevenths width of head, 

 while the face occupies one-half width of head ; frontal bristles de- 

 scending below base of third antennal joint, not very stout, rather 

 sparse ; the two vertical bristles strongest and directed backward, 

 three next bristles on each side directed backward, rest more or less 

 forward ; apparently only one orbital bristle in female, which is 

 directed forward. Face perpendicular, epistoma quite prominent ; 

 facial depression occupying about five-sixths of facial width, nearly 

 equal width above and I)elow, shallow ; facial ridges entirely bare, 

 except two or three minute bristles immediately above vibrissas, but 



