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reddish brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown, the third vein uniting with the 

 margin at the apex of the wing. Halteres pale yellowish. Legs mostly a fuscoua 

 yellowish, the distal tarsal segments somewhat darker; claws rather stout, strongly 

 curved, the anterior unidentate, the pulvilli rudimentary. Genitalia; basal ela^ 

 segment stout, with a length only a little over twice its diameter; terminal clasp 

 segment short and relatively .stout; dorsal plate short, broad, deeply and triangu- 

 larly incised, the lobes narrowly rounded and sparsely setose; ventral plate moderately 

 long, broad, broadly rounded or slightly truncate distally and sparsely setose. 



Female. — Length 1 mm. Antennae reddish brown, the basal segments yellowish; 

 fourteen segments, the fifth with a stem one third the length of the cylindric basal 

 enlargement, which latter has a length about one half greater than its diameter, 

 is slightly swollen near, the middle, subbasal whorl sparse, a thick subapical band 

 of long, curved setse. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, with a length one fourth 

 greater than its width, the second irregularly suboval, the third one half longer than 

 the second, shghtly expanded distally, the fourth about as long as the third, more 

 slender. Face yellowish; eyes black. Mesonotum reddish brown, the submedian 

 lines indistinct, yellowish brown. Scutellum and postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen 

 reddish brown, the basal segment and the second segment laterally yellowish. 

 Wings hyaline, with violaceous reflections in certain lights. Halteres yellowish. 

 Coxaj and femora basally pale straw, the femora distally, tibia; and tarsi mostly 

 reddish brown; claws moderately stout, strongly curved, the anterior unidentate, 

 the pulvilli rudimentary. Ovipositor short, the terminal lobes narrowly oval, with 

 a length nearly twice the width. 



Reared by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell from the ovisac of Pulvinaria 

 urhicola taken on capsicum at Kingston, Jamaica, W. I. and labeled 

 Diplosis coccidarum Ckll. This is very different from what we 

 take to be the true Diplosis coccidarum Ckll., a species reared from 

 Dactylopius. Type C. 969. 



Mycodiplosis cucurbitae n. sp. Female. — Length 1 mm. Antennae Ught brown; 

 fourteen segments, the fifth with a stem one third the length of the cylindric basal 

 enlargement, which latter has a length two and one half times its diameter; subbasal 

 whorl sparse, subapical band sparse, the setae strongly curv^ed; terminal segment 

 produced, the basal enlargement with a length four times its diameter. Apically 

 there is a long, finger-like process, the latter swollen basally. Palpi; first segment 

 subquadrate, the second narrowly oval, with a length fully twice its diameter, the 

 third as long as the second and the fourth a little longer and more slender than the 

 third. Mesonotum yellowish brown, the .submedian lines, scutellum and post- 

 scutellum yellowish. Abdomen yellowish browTi, thickly haired. Wings hyaline, 

 costa Ught straw, the third vein uniting with the margin beyond the apex. Halteres 

 whitish transparent. Legs a variable yellowish brown, the distal tarsal segments 

 darker; claws very long, slender, evenly curved, the anterior and mid unidentate, 

 the tooth long and slender. Ovipositor short, the terminal lobes narrowly oval and 

 sparsely setose. 



Reared by the late C. V. Riley from orange larvae on a squash 

 having a curious rough, fulvous appearance. Loaned for study by 

 the U. S. Bureau of Entomology. Type C. 966a. 



Mycodiplosis sjnnosa n. sp. Mak. — Length .9 mm . Antennae light browTi; 

 fourteen segments, the fifth having the basal portion of the stem with a length twice 



