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yellowish brown. Abdomen rather thickly haired, purplish brown, 

 the genitalia yellowish. Wings hyaline, the third vein uniting with 

 the margin well beyond the apex; halteres yellowish bas'ally, yellowish 

 brown apically ; anterior coxae dark brown, the mid and hind coxae 

 yellowish brown; legs a nearly uniform yellowish brown, the hind 

 tarsal segments yellowish straw; claws moderately stout, strongly 

 curved, simple, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia : basal clasp 

 segment moderately stout and unusually long, the length being nearly 

 three times the greater diameter and with an obtuse internal lobe near 

 the basal half ; terminal clasp segment stout, slightly curved and with 

 a length about thrice its diameter ; dorsal plate nearly divided, the lobes 

 long and tapering to a narrowly rounded apex; ventral plate long, 

 broad, constricted near the distal third and broadly rounded apically ; 

 style long, slender. 



2 . Length 3 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, sparsely 

 haired, light brown ; 14 subcylindrical segments, the fifth with a stem 

 one-fifth the length of the subcylindrical basal enlargement, which 

 latter has a length five times its diameter, a distinct constriction near 

 the basal third, whorls of long, stout setae basally and subapically and 

 short-looped, circumfili near the basal third and apically, the latter con- 

 nected by a longitudinal filum ; terminal segment reduced, tapering 

 slightly distally, with a length about four times its diameter and apically 

 a short, stout, subfusiform appendage. Palpi : first segment broadly 

 oval, the second a little longer, more slender, and the third more than 

 twice the length of the second and more slender. Mesonotum dark 

 reddish brown to dark brown, the submedian lines almost naked. Scu- 

 tellum and postscutellum yellowish brown, the abdomen sparsely haired, 

 reddish brown, the segments narrowly margined posteriorly with yel- 

 lowish brown, the eighth and ninth mostly yellowish brown. Wings 

 hyaline ; halteres mostly yellowish brown. Coxae yellowish brown, 

 the legs mostly a chestnut brown ; claws more slender than in the 

 male. Ovipositor short, stout, the lobes broad, with a length about 

 twice the diameter and tapering slightly to a narrowly rounded apex. 

 Other characters practically as in the opposite sex. 



Exuviae. Length 5.5 mm., mostly light yellowish brown; antennal 

 horns long, narrowly conical; antennal cases extending to the base of 

 the abdomen, the wing cases to the second abdominal segment and the 

 leg cases of the first, second and third pairs extending to the third, 

 fourth and fifth abdominal segments, respectively; the dorsum of 

 each abdominal segment with a transverse, irregular row of stout, 

 cbitinous, unidentate spines, the anterior ones approximately half the 

 size of the posterior series. 



Type Cecid. aj/77. 



