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Geomyzid.e. 



Diastata pulchra Loew. Gulfcrest. 

 Mumetopia occipitalis r^Ielander. Kushla, Gulfcrest. 

 Rhicnoessa albula Locw. This is apparently a seashore form. I have 

 collected it also at Key West, Fla. 



Drosoi'iiilid.^. 



Aulacigaster leucopeza ]\Ieigen. Kushla. 



Pseudophortica obesa (Drosophila obcsa Loew; Phortica hirtifrons 

 Johnson). Kushla, on persimmons. The genus Psciidoplwrtica 

 is a new one. The following are its characters. 



Pseudophortica new genus. 



Arista plumose. Three large orbitals; upper two reclinate, lower 

 proclinate and situated above middle of front. A pair of large 

 divergent ocellars; two pairs of verticals; a pair of small widely 

 separated convergent postverticals. Front covered with black hairs 

 except at vertex; broad, sides nearly parallel. Face with well- 

 developed carina; clypeus moderately large. A large vibrissa; and 

 a stout bristle on the lower occiput, just above the lower rear corner 

 of the head. Eyes nearly bare. 



Two dorsocentrals; one prescutellar ; acrostichal hairs in more 

 than ten irregular rows; one humeral; one presutural ; two noto- 

 pleurals; two supraalars ; two postalars; two pairs of scutellars, pos- 

 terior ones crossed; one small propleural ; two sternopleurals ; meso- 

 pleurae bare. 



Several apical bristles on each tibia, those on the second pair 

 larger; a few short stout apical bristles on each of the four basal 

 tarsal joints of the second and third pairs of legs. 



Costa twice broken, reaches tip of fourth vein, but is weak beyond 

 third. x-Yuxiliary vein rudimentary, but a shadow continues to dis- 

 tal costal break. Discal and second basal cells confluent. Third and 

 fourth veins slightly divergent at tips. Wing tip rounded. Anal cell 

 and anal vein present. 



Type and only species, Drosophila obesa Loew, 



I have examined the types of obcsa and of hirtifrons, and am cer- 

 tain of the synonymy. I have also seen specimens from Georgia, 

 Tennessee, and Virginia. 



