﻿Sept. 1895.] COQUILLETT. New TaCHINID/E. 105 



Paraphyto, gen. nov. 



Frontal bristles descending to insertion of antenn:?e, anterior ocellar bristles di- 

 rected forward; antennae two-thirds as long as the face, the third joint one and one- 

 third times as long as the second ; arista short pubescent, the penultimate joint not 

 longer than broad ; face in profile strongly concave, sides bare, each at the narrowest 

 point almost half as wide as the median depression ; ridges strongly arcuate, diverg- 

 ing below ; vibrissas widely separated, inserted half the length of the second anten- 

 nal joint above the oral margin, a few short bristles above each ; cheeks tive-sixths as 

 broad as the eye-height, covered with bristly hairs ; head at insertion of the vibrissa 

 slightly longer than at base of antennae ; eyes bare ; proboscis rigid, rather slender, 

 the portion beyond the basal articulation nearly as long as height of head, labella 

 soft, of medium size ; palpi well developed, clavate. Abdomen oblong, as broad as 

 the thorax. Third vein bristly over half-way to the small crossvein, the others bare, 

 apical cell open, ending midway between the second vein and the extreme tip of 

 wing, bend of fourth vein almost rectangular, destitute of an appendage, hind cross- 

 vein at four-fifths of distance between the small and the bend, its posterior end nearer 

 to the wing-margin than to the small crossvein. Type, the following species : 



Paraphyto chittendeni, sp. nov. 



^ — Black, the second antennal joint and palpi yellow, abdomen, except a 

 vitta on the first three segments, brownish red. Front at vertex as wide as either 

 €ye, with the face silvery pollinose, no orbital bristles. Thorax gray poUinose, 

 marked with three black vittte ; three postsutural and two sternopleural macrochfetie, 

 scutellum bearing three long marginal pairs. Abdomen thinly gray pollinose ; first 

 two segments destitute of dorsal macrochcetre, the other two each with a marginal 

 row; hypopygium consisting of three segments. Femora unusually robust, more 

 than twice as thick as the tibia;, middle and hind tibire distinctly arcuated, the latter 

 not ciliate outwardly, under side of femora and inner side of middle and hind tibia; 

 toward their tips rather densely long black pilose ; pulvilli as long as the last tarsal 

 joint. Wings hyaline, tinged with yellow basally and along the costa. Length 

 II mm. 



Ithaca, N. Y. A single specimen from Mr. F. H. Chittenden, 

 after whom I take pleasure in naming this interesting species. 



Myiobia thecata, sp. nov. 



$ — Front at vertex -almost half as wide as either eye, yellowish gray pol- 

 linose, the vitta brownish black ; frontal bristles descending to basal fourth of the 

 second antennal joint, four in each row directed backward ; no orbital bristles ; 

 antennas four-fifths as long as the face, yellow, apex of the third joint brown, this 

 joint almost twice as long as the second ; arista thickened on the basal fifth, short 

 hairy, some of the hairs slightly longer than its greatest diameter; sides of face bare, 

 a single bristle above each vibrissa ; cheeks one-tenth as broad as the eye-height ; 

 proboscis slender, rigid, yellow except at base, the portion beyond the basal articula- 

 tion three-fifths as long as height of head, its basal fourth enclosed in a large white 

 membraneous sheath ; labella rather large ; palpi yellow, slender, slightly longer 



