160 First Annual Report 
EPHYDRIDAE 
Notiphila quadrisestosa Thoms. 
Allotrichoma litoralis n. sp. 
(Figure 92) 
A very small dark gray fly. Third joint of antenne hairy, and 
with a dorsal pectinate arista. The femora are quite stout. Eyes 
reddish. Halteres whitish. Front very broad and gray pruinose. 
The thorax with many reclinate spines. Lateral facial spines long. 
Proboscis large and fleshy. Two pairs of vertical bristles and two 
pair of ocellar bristles, one pair of the latter very small. The upper 
half of the eye is hairy. There are two metapleural spines, two 
sternopleurals, and one mesopleural spine. The wing is very simple, 
the basal cells small and not clear. The wings are smoky-hyaline. 
Length 1.25 mm. 
A number of specimens taken at Laguna on the edge of the small 
brackish lagoon not far from the ocean, usually consorting with 
Limosina. Allotrichoma abdominalis is reported from West Indies 
and Brazil. 
Figure 92. A, Allotrichoma littoralis n. sp. B, Face of Allotrichoma 
