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ment; terminal segment produced, the basal portion of the stem with 

 a length four times its diameter, the distal enlargement fusiform, with 

 a length nearly three times its diameter and apically with a long, fin- 

 ger-like process. Palpi : first segment short, subquadrate, the second 

 narrowly oval, with a length about twice its diameter, the third one-half 

 longer than the second, more slender, the fourth a little longer and 

 more slender than the third. Mesonotum reddish brown, the sub- 

 median lines yellowish. Scutellum and postscutellum fuscous yellow- 

 ish. Abdomen mostly fuscous yellowish. Wings hyaline or nearly so. 

 Halteres yellowish transparent, fuscous apically. Legs mostly dark 

 brown, the basal third of the tibiae, especially those of the posterior 

 legs, yellowish ; claws long, slender, evenly curved, the pulvilli a little 

 shorter than the claws. Genitalia : basal clasp segment rather long, 

 stout; terminal clasp segment stout, tapering; dorsal plate rather long, 

 deeply and roundly emarginate, the lobes diverging, sparsely rounded ; 

 ventral plate deeply and triangularly incised, the lobes diverging, taper- 

 ing, both sparsely setose ; style short, tapering, acute. 



Female. Length I mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, rather 

 thickly haired, dark brown ; 14 segments, the fifth with a stem one- 

 quarter the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter has 

 a length 2 r / 2 times its diameter ; subbasal whorl sparse, subapical band 

 rather long, the setae long and strongly curved; terminal segment 

 produced, with a length four times its diameter and apically with a 

 rather stout process, having a length fully twice its diameter. Palpi : 

 first segment subquadrate, the second narrowly oval, with a length 

 twice its diameter, the third a little longer and more slender than the 

 second, the fourth longer and more slender than the third. Mesonotum 

 reddish brown, the submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum reddish 

 brown, postscutellum probably darker. Abdomen dark brown. Wings 

 subhyaline, with rather distinct fuscous spots on costa and at the 

 posterior margin near the basal third, at the distal fifth on the third 

 vein and on the posterior branch of the fifth, some specimens showing 

 a rather indistinct fuscous band near the distal fifth of the wing. Ovi- 

 positor, when extended, distinctly longer than the body; terminal lobes 

 very slender, with a length five times the diameter and sparsely setose. 



Larva. Length 1.5 mm., yellowish white, rather stout. Head small; 

 antennae short, stout ; breast-bone with a subquadrate head, bidentate ; 

 the short, obliquely truncate, blunt teeth widely separated, yellowish 

 brown, the remainder of this structure semi-transparent, the shaft be- 

 ing slender. Skin nearly smooth, posterior extremity broadly rounded. 



Type. Cecid a2i35 and 32090, N. Y. State Museum. 



