108 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Vol. XX. 



Numerous specimens were taken at Ocean Beach, across Biscayne 

 Bay from Miami, Florida, Nov. 9 to 22. 1908, on the flowers and 

 foHage of the dwarfed Ernodca littoralis growing in sand near the 

 beacli. The genus has been described, with the Peruvian species 

 mcridionalis as type. The external adult characters of the present 

 species will be given later. This genus is the first and only form with 

 a Voria-Mke venation to show a flattened macrotype egg. which is evi- 

 dently deposited on the host. The egg is pearly-white, flattened- 

 subovate, and of much smaller size than the ordinary flattened macro- 

 type eggs. The chorion is neither reticulate nor furnished with 

 operculum. A marked peculiarity of this genus is noted in the 

 description of the reproductive system of P. mcridionalis in Contr. 

 Th. Kno'vl. Muse. Flies. The uterovagina is of ordinary size but more 

 or less chitinized so as to exhibit much the appearance of a swollen 

 spermatheca. It is furthermore normally telescoped within the base 

 or proximal end of the very long tubular and chitinous ovipositor, 

 and the ducts of the spermathecae and tubular glands are very elongate 

 to allow of this position of the uterovagina, since both the sperma- 

 thecse and the tubular glands themselves remain outside. 



The fly looks like a very small Voria. 



Type, TD738 (fly, slide of uterovagina and eggs). 



Described from TD736, 737, 738, 749. 921, 932, 1085, 1087, 

 1088, etc. 



Phasiopsis floridana, new genus and new species. 



TD651— Ann. E. S. Am., Vol. IV, p. 131. 



Numerous specimens taken by Mrs. Townsend and myself at 

 Miami, Fla., Nov. 4 to 29, 1908. Most of the specimens were collected 

 en herbage and flowers along the Biscayne Bay front, but the species 

 was also taken on flowers of Euthamia some miles north of Miami. 

 Seems to be intermediate between the Ectophasiinse and Exoris'ani. 

 The fly possesses well-developed macrochaetx and is probably to be 

 classed with the Exoristini, but its habitus suggests Phasiid affinities 

 and its egg-characters strongly approach those of Trichopoda and 

 other Ectophasiinae. Its external adult characters will be pointed out 

 later. The eggs are flattened macrotype, but of much less than the 

 ordinary size. They are light to dark brown in color while still in the 

 ovarioles, and occur in two small clusters marking the ovaries and 



