APR 22 1897 
KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY. 
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ro VL, JANUARY, 1807. Ndi kt, 
Diptera Brasiliana. 
BY Si Wie WL Lala Dae uN 
PART IV. 
Paramyia, gen. nov. 
Front broad, plane, bristly on the sides, the bristles extending near- 
ly to the antenna; two reclinate ocellar bristles present. Antennae 
short, the third joint broader than long, witha dorsal, finely pubes- 
cent arista. Face short, receding in profile, gently concave, the oral 
margin slightly protuberant; a vibrissal bristle present on each side, 
Cheeks narrow, with a row of short bristles on the inferior margin. 
Proboscis as long as the body; slender, with a hinge near the 
middle. Palpi elongate, projecting beyond the antennex; broad, 
flattened, with a few bristles near their tip. | Hyes round, bare. 
Mesonotum with prescutellar bristles, but no anterior centrodorsal 
Ones. Scutellum large, with four strong bristles, the median ones 
remote from each other. Abdomen oval, composed of five visible 
Segments, of which the fifth is the longest. Legs not elongate; 
Provided with short hair; all the tibiae without preapical bristle. 
First longitudinal vein of the wings very short, the auxiliary vein 
wholly rudimentary; the costa continues to the tip of the third longi- 
tudinal vein; anterior cross-vein situated near the base of the wing 
and before the tip of the first vein; posterior cross-vein wanting; 
second basal and the anal cells very small and indistinct, but com- 
plete; sixth vein imperceptible; second and third veins nearly par- 
allel, the former gently concave anteriorly; third and fourth veins 
gently divergent. 
This genus differs from Phytomyza in the extraordinarily develop- 
ed proboscis and palpi. 
(1) KAN. UNIV. QUAR., VOL. VI, NO. 1. JAN, 1897. SERIES A, 
