INSKCUTOR INSCITI.^ MKNSTRUUS 16B 



Front produced, face very receding. Frontal profile as long 

 as facial ; oral nearly two-thirds of facial and almost in perfect 

 arcuate form from facial. Epistoma very narrow, not quite 

 as long as wide, warped. Arista short, bare, thickened to a 

 little short of tip. Parafacialia narrow, bare. Apical cell 

 closed before tip of wing. Abdomen short-oval, arched ; 

 macrochsetcT reduced to hairs or bristly hairs. 



Neonyctia, new genus. 



Genotype, Neonyctia ciliata, new species. 



Belongs in Melanophora group. Eyes bare. Antennae in- 

 serted below eye middle. Arista long-pubescent or very short- 

 plumose to tip. Frontals stopping at base of antennae. Ocellars 

 present. Apical cell open just before tip. Third vein bristled 

 only at base. Hind crossvein about in middle between small 

 crossvein and cubitus. No median discals on intermediate ab- 

 dominal segments. 



Neonyctia ciliata, new species. 



Length, 3.75 to 5 mm. Seven females, Lawrence, Kansas ; 

 one female, North Carolina. Determined by Coquillett as 

 "Chaetona ciliata Wulp." 



Brown, silvery pollinose. Antennae and frontalia rufous- 

 brown. Palpi fulvous, smoky apically. Two narrow inner 

 and two heavy outer thoracic vittae. Abdomen silvery on bases 

 of last three segments. Tegulae white. Wings nearly clear. 



Eophyto, new genus. 



Genotype, Eophyto ceylanica, new species. 



Belongs in Mclanophora group. Vibrissae short, but decus- 

 sate. Eyes bare. Arista hairlike, bare, thickened only at base. 

 Frontals diverging one bristle below base of antennae. Para- 

 facialia narrow. One proclinate and two reclinate orbitals in 

 female. No ocellars. Female with only one vertical. Four or 

 five facio-orbitals in row from frontals to vibrissal level. Two 

 sternopleurals. Preacrostichals very short but longer than the 

 microchaetae. Costal spine strong. Apical cell long-petiolate, 

 the petiole longer than hind crossvein ; latter nearer to small 



