Diptera of St. Vincent {West Indies). 263 



SciorHiLA. 

 Meigen, Syst. Besclir., i., 245, 1818. 



1. Sciophila dllida, n. sp. (PL VIIL, fig. 17, wing.) 



$. Reddish yellow ; abdomen brown. Length 3 mm. 



Antenna; about as long as the head and thorax together, some- 

 what compressed ; light brown, the basal joints yellow. Front and 

 face brown or brownish-yellow, palpi brown. Thorax, coxas and 

 femora reddish or luteous yellow; mesonotum brownish-yellow, 

 with black hair and bristles. Abdomen brown or yellowish-brown, 

 with black hairs. Tibiae brown ; tarsi blackish ; front metatarsi a 

 trifle shorter than their tibi« ; hind tarsi scarcely longer than the 

 tibia3. Wings tinged with brownish ; the costal vein terminates at 

 the tip of the third vein ; first submarginal cell very short ; fur- 

 cation of the fifth vein very nearly opposite the origin of the third 

 vein. 



Two specimens. 



Phthinia. 

 Winnertz, Pilzmiicken, 143 (779), ISGo. 



1. Phthinia fmudulenta, n. sp. (PL VIIL, fig. 18, wing.) 



^ . Brown or blackish and luteous ; wings hairy ; the auxiliary, 

 first and third veins with distinct, short, bristly hairs. Length 

 2|-3 mm. 



Antennte brown or blackish, the basal joints somewhat yellowish ; 

 the joints of the flagellum closely set together, somewhat com- 

 pressed. Front and face black or brownish-black. Mesonotum 

 reddish-brown, shining, with black hair ; pleuras and coxae yellow. 

 Abdomen reddish-brown or blackish, black at the tip ; venter 

 yellow. Legs yellow, the tarsi brownish, becoming black at the 

 tip ; spurs of tibia3 stout ; hind tibife with two rows of spiues ; 

 front metatarsi distinctly shorter than their tibia; ; hind tarsi 

 longer than their tibite. Wings tinged with blackish, due to the 

 easily perceptible pubescence. 



Two specimens. 



