ceropalinae: tribe minageniini 



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(near Vienna), Va., Aug. 22, 1948, K. V, Krombein (Krombein). 

 9, Skjdine Drive, Va., Aug. 4, 1945, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 

 9 (type of congrua), West Virginia (Philadelphia). 



This species belongs to the Alleghenian fauna and is the most 

 northern in distribution of the Nearctic species. 



2. Minagenia major, new species 



Male: Forewing 7.8 mm. long; second to fifth sternite with a few 

 suberect longer hairs that are about 2.5 as long as the ordinary cloth- 

 ing hairs; subgenital plate oblanceolate with a rounded apical point, 

 the edges somewhat curled upward ; squama sublinear, with a pointed 

 apex and with a fringe of long oblique bristles which is more copious 

 on the outer side than on the inner. 



Black. Cl}T)eus, labrum, mandible except at the base and apex, 

 palpi except basally, underside of scape, collar of pronotum, front 

 coxa except above, front trochanter except basally, front tibia, basal 

 four segments of front tarsus, all tibial spurs, and underside of middle 

 coxa, stramineous; tegula brown; middle and hind femora and lateral 



Figure 133. — Locality for Minagenia major. 



blotches on first two abdominal segments rufous, the femora some- 

 what infuscate basally; middle tibia fulvous, infuscate behind; wings 

 subhy aline. 



Female: Forewing 8.0 m.m. long; sensillae beginning at apical 0.2 

 of second flagellar segment; subgenital plate ventrally with a longi- 

 tudinal band of suberect, stout, abruptly pointed hahs of uniform 

 length and about 0.4 as long as and much stouter than some scat- 

 tered long hairs. 



Black. Labrum and apical part of mandible reddish brown; 

 palpi and front tibia and tarsus dark brown; apices of front and 

 middle femora tinged with rufous; hind femur rufous, its basal 0.3 



