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Genitalia yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa light brown; halteres 

 yellowish transparent basally, whitish apically. Legs a nearly 

 uniform dark straw color; claws rather long, stout, curved at nearly 

 right angles, pulvilli short, about one-third the length of the claws. 

 Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout, a lobe at the internal 

 basal angle; terminal clasp segment long, stout; dorsal plate long, 

 broad, narrowly and triangularly emarginate, the lobes roundly 

 truncate ; ventral plate long, stout, tapering, broadly and triangularly 

 emarginate, the lobes short, stout, subacute; style long, slender. 

 Type Cecid. 204. 



Mycodiplosis variabilis Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 402 



This fuscous yellowish male was taken July 24, 1906 at Nassau, 



N. Y. 



Male. Length 1.2 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, fuscous yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 

 two and one-half and three times their diameters respectively; 

 terminal segment, the distal enlargement subcylindric, with a length 

 about three times its diameter, apically a stout, fingerlike process. 

 Palpi; the first segment short, stout, the second narrowly oval, with 

 a length three times its diameter, the third as long as the second, 

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

 third. Mesonotum light brown, the submedian lines pale yellowish. 

 Scutellum light brown, slightly darker apically, postscutellum fus- 

 cous yellowish. Abdomen sparsely clothed with coarse setae, a 

 variable fuscous yellowish; genitalia lighter. Wings hyaline, costa 

 light brown; halteres yellowish transparent. Legs a nearly uniform 

 light brown, the articulations variably tinged with carmine; claws 

 long, slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli about one-third the 

 length of the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, slender; 

 terminal clasp segment long, slender; dorsal plate short, broad, 

 deeply and narrowly incised, the lobes rather broad, obliquely 

 truncate; ventral plate broad, tapering, broadly and rather deeply 

 emarginate, the lobes short, narrowly rounded; style long, slender. 

 Type Cecid. 652. 



Mycodiplosis modesta Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 402 



The fuscous brown male was taken June 14, igo6 at Nassau, N. Y. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae twice as long as the body, 

 rather thickly haired, dark brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 

 one and one-half and two times their diameters, respectively. Palpi ; 

 the first segment subquadrate, irregular, the second fully twice the 

 length of the first, rather stout, the third about as long as the sec- 

 ond, more slender, the fourth one-third longer than the third; face 

 dull yellowish. Mesonotum reddish brown with a small, median, 

 oval, reddish yellow area posteriorly. Scutellum reddish yellow 



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