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rather distinct, near the middle of each a transverse row of long, 

 slender, conical processes, each bearing a long, stout seta; the 

 posterior extremity obtuse, with a series of setaceous tubercles. 



Mycodiplosis coccidivora Felt 



191 1 Felt, E. P. Econom. Ent. Jour., 4:549-50 



The species closely resembles the Diplosis coccidarum 

 Ckll. to which it has been referred.^ It was reared by Prof. T. D. A. 

 Cockerell from the ovisac of Pulvinaria urbicola taken 

 on Capsicum at Kingston, Jamaica, W. I., and labeled in the collec- 

 tions of the United States National Museum as Diplosis 

 coccidarum Ckll. See the note relating to this in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Entomological Society of London, volrune 41, page 

 161. An examination of the male shows it to be very different 

 from what we take to be the true Diplosis coccidarum 

 Ckll., a species reared from Dactylopius. Though the specimens 

 were mutilated, we deemed it advisable to refer the species pro- 

 visionally to this genus and characterize it, if for no other reason 

 than to avoid further confusion. This form is allied to M . a c a r i - 

 v o r a Felt, from which it is readily distinguished by the much 

 stouter genitalia. 



? Mycodiplosis cincta n. sp. 



This strongly marked midge was taken July 11, 1909 on low vege- 

 tation near water at Johnstown, N. Y., by C. P. Alexander. 



Female. Length 1.75 mm. Antennae about as long as the body* 

 rather thickly haired, grayish black, the stems whitish; 14 segments* 

 the fourth with a stem one-third the length of the subcylindric basal 

 enlargement, which latter has a length three times its diameter and 

 is slightly expanded apically. Palpi; the first segment broadly 

 rounded, subquadrate, the second with a length fully three times its 

 diameter, the third and fourth each one-half longer, more slender. 

 Mesonotum, scutellum and postscutellum pale yellowish white. 

 Abdomen deep carmine, fuscous basally, yellowish apically. Wings 

 subhyaline, a nearly uniform light fuscous, the basal third of costa 

 yellowish white, the third vein joining the margin well beyond the 

 apex. Halteres whitish transparent. Coxae yellowish transparent. 

 Legs grayish black, the distal fourth of femora, the basal two-thirds 

 of tibiae, the first, the basal two-thirds of the second and third, and 

 most of the fourth tarsal segments white; claws stout, strongly 

 curved, the pulvilli about one-half the length of the claws. Ovi- 

 positor stout, nearly as long as the abdomen, the terminal lobes 

 slender, narrowly oval. Type Cecid. 1362. 



1 Coquillelt, D. W. U. vS. Nat. Mus. Proc, 22:249-50. 1900. 



