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line of about from 6-8 discal cilia leading proximo-caudad 

 from the apex of the stigmal vein. Caudal wings normal, 

 moderately broad and with four longitudinal lines of discal 

 cilia, the blade not slender and obtusely pointed. Legs nor- 

 mal, slender, the tibial spurs single, moderate in length, 

 slender but not as long by far as any of the tarsal joints 

 taken singly ; tarsi with claws, visible in ventral aspect. 

 Fore wings with a slight substigmal cloud and fumated 

 proximad. Ovipositor not exserted though the sheaths dis- 

 tinctly so, as described. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Type. — Zaga latipennis species nova, described beyond. 



A genus closely resembling Chaetostricha Haliday but the 

 antennae have a 4-jointed club, the abdomen is longer and 

 more pointed, the funicle and ring-joint are absent and the 

 discal ciliation of the fore wings is less dense, not crowded 

 especially less in the caudal wings than in that genus. The 

 genus is easily distinguished from Lathromeris through the 

 fore wings which are more broad, the peculiarly distinct 

 lines of discal ciliation, the venation, the short marginal 

 fringes of the fore wing and the antennas. The type species 

 is described herewith. 



Zaga latipennis species nova. 



Normal position. 



Female. -Length, 1.2 mm. ; moderately large for the family, easily 

 visible to the naked eye. General color lemon-yellow, the abdomen 

 darker, banded with black, the sides of the thorax mottled with dusky, 

 the coxae and legs dusky, excepting the articulations, the distal ends 

 of the tibiae and the proximal two tarsal joints all of which are pallid. 

 Eyes garnet. Wings hyaline but the fore wings with a slight cloud 

 proximad under the venation, and which is bounded distad by the 

 short oblique line of discal cilia leading back from the stigmal vein. 

 Venation dusky. Antennse yellowish. 



Fore wings with about 18 longitudinal lines of discal cilia, ail of 

 the lines distinct and clear cut excepting at the apex, where additional 

 cilia occur obscuring the distal ends of the lines ; the discal ciliation 

 extends but slightly caudad of the stigmal vein, a few of the central 

 lines terminating under the marginal vein in the center of the wing 

 blade ; the oblique line of cilia running proximo-caudad from the 

 stigmal vein originates along the distal side of the apex of that vein. 



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