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d Basal and distal enlargement of the flagellate antennal seg- 

 ments globose and cylindrical, respectively; harpes forming 

 a spinose, chitinous tube surrounding the style; ovipositor 

 short, its lobes lanceolate A s t r o d i p 1 o s i s Felt 



Fig. 10 E r o - 

 somyia man- 

 giferae, fifth 

 antennal seg- 

 ment of male (en- 

 larged, original) 



Fig. II Erosomyia mangiferae ovipositor and 

 tip of abdomen of female (enlarged, original) 



Fig 12. Erosomyia mangiferae, 

 palpus of male (enlarged, original) 



Fig. 13 Erosomyia man- 

 giferae, side view of claw of 

 female (enlarged, original) 



Group Bifili 



EROSOMYIA Felt 



1911 Felt, E. p. X. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 19:49 

 1913 Kieffer, J. J. Gen. Insect., fasc. 152, p. 172 



The broad wings and the somewhat produced anal angle in 

 connection with the short basal portion of the stem in the flagellate 

 antennal segments of the male indicate a relationship to Lobop- 

 teromyia Felt from which it is easily separated by the distinctly 

 toothed anterior claws. Type E. mangiferae Felt. 



