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nearly straight and uniting with the margin a little beyond the apex 

 of the wing, there being a distinct break at this point, the fifth vein 

 joining the posterior margin at the distal third, its branch near the 

 basal half. Halteres fuscous. 



Legs mostly dark brown, the 2nd to the 4th tarsal segments with long, 

 fuscous hairs, the 5th yellowish or whitish, the claws moderately long, 

 stout, fuscous, simple, the pulvilli rudimentary. 



Ovipositor short, stout, the distal portion greatly reduced, its basal 

 part with a length about equal to its diameter and tapering distally to 

 a rather slender spine nearly as long as the basal part. At the base of 

 the distal portion of the ovipositor, there is a pair of thickly setose, 

 triangular plates, partly separated by a triangular incision. 

 Porricondyla pennulae n. sp. 



This peculiar male in general appearances suggests Colpodia 

 Winn., rather than the genus to which it is assigned, because 

 the cross vein is parallel with subcosta. It is also remarkable 

 for the greatly produced terminal clasp segments. The speci- 

 men was collected by Professor C. W. Johnson, April 12, 1919, 

 at St. Augustine, Florida. Type Cecid. 1802, in the New York- 

 State Museum. 



$ . Length, 1.5 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, sparsely 

 haired, dark brown, the stems whitish, 15 segments, the 5th with a stem 

 twice the length of the cylindrical basal enlargement, which latter has 

 a length one-half greater than its diameter. Terminal segment reduced, 

 with a length nearly two and one-half times its diameter, the stem rudi- 

 mentary. Palpi probably quadriarticulate, though this is not clearly 

 demonstrable in the preparation. First segment with a length over 

 three times its diameter, the second one-half longer, slender, the third 

 with a length more than twice the second, and what appears to be the 

 fourth a little shorter than the third (the last two may be fused). 



Afesonotum brownish yellow. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, postscu- 

 tellum darker, abdomen yellowish brown. Genitalia fuscous yellowish. 



Wings hyaline, with a length four times the width, the cross vein 

 nearly parallel with costa, the fifth vein forked. Halteres fuscous yel- 

 lowish, fuscous subapically. 



Coxae pale yellowish, legs a variable straw. Claws rather slender, 

 strongly curved, unidentate, the pulvilli as long as the claws. 



Genitalia: basal clasp segment very short, and exceptionally broad, 

 the length being about three-fourths the diameter. Terminal clasp 

 segment longer than the basal clasp segment, irregularly curved, finger- 

 like. Dorsal plate short, broad, triangularly emarginate, the lobes 

 broadly rounded and thickly setose. Ventral plate short, broad, deci>lv 

 and triangularly emarginate. The lobes rather broadly rounded and 

 thickly setose. Harpes represented by chitinous hooks. 



