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tainly), about three-fourths the length of the body, sparsely haired, dark 

 brown ; sixteen and possibly eighteen segments, the fifth with a stem 

 about three-fourths the length of the basal enlargement, the latter with 

 a length about twice its diameter, and a sparse subbasal whorl of short, 

 stout setae, and a median whorl of much longer, curved setae; terminal 

 segment compound, produced, with a length over three times its diam- 

 eter, a distinct constriction near the distal third and a short, broadly 

 triangular process apically. Palpi : first segment short, irregularly 

 quadrate, the second smaller than the first, the third a little longer than 

 llu- second, somewhat swollen distally, and the fourth one-half longer 

 than the third, more slender. 



Mesonotum dark brown, the sub-median lines sparsely haired ; scu- 

 tellum and postscutellum dark brown, sparsely haired, reddish brown; 

 the distal segments distinctly swollen: genitalia dark brown; wings 

 hyaline, sub-costa uniting with the margin at the basal half, the third 

 vein just before the apex of the wing, the fifth at the basal third, its 

 branch near the basal half; halteres reddish brown, pale yellow basally ; 

 legs a nearly uniform dark brown ; claws moderately long, slender, 

 strongly curved, minutely unidentate ; the pulvilli nearly as long as the 

 claws. 



Genitalia : basal clasp segment moderately long, stout ; terminal clasp 

 segment as long as the basal clasp segment, rather stout ; dorsal plate 

 long, deeply and triangularly emarginate, the lobes broadly rounded ; 

 ventral plate rather long, somewhat deeply and narrowly emarginate, 

 the lobes broadly rounded ; style rather long, stout, narrowly rounded 



apically. 



$ . Length 2.5 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the abdomen, 

 sparsely haired, very dark brown; 17 subsessile segments, the fifth with 

 a length nearly twice its diameter, the subbasal whorl of setae rather 

 short, weak ; the suhapical whorl somewhat long ; terminal segment pro- 

 duced, with a length about four times its diameter and terminating in 

 a somewhat slender, irregular apex. Palpi: first segment short, irregu- 

 lar, the second quadrate, with a length about one-half greater than its 

 width, the third nearh twice the length of the second, more slender, 

 distinctly enlarged apically, the fourth twice the length of the second 

 and more slender. 



Mr onotum very dark brown: scutellum, postscutellum and abdomen 

 dark reddish brown, the last almost black at its extremity (really the 

 basal segment of the ovipositor), the tip of the ovipositor honey yellow; 

 uings hyaline; c<>sta dark brown, the third vein uniting with the margin 

 a little before the apex of the wing, the fifth at the basal fourth, its 

 branch near the basal half; halteres reddisli brown, yellowish basally 

 and apically; leu- a nearly uniform dark brown; the claws rather long, 

 moderately heavy, strongly curved, finely though distinctly unidentate; 

 the pulvilli as long as the clawv 



Ovipositor when extended probably about as long as the abdomen, the 



