REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQI/ I79 



has a length thrice its diameter and sparse subbasal and subapical 

 whorls of stout setae; terminal scoriient having the basal enlargement 

 with a length four times its diameter, apically a long appendage, 

 swollen basally. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second stout, 

 with a length "three times its diameter, the third a little longer than 

 the second, the fourth one-half longer and more slender than the 

 third. Mesonotum light brown, the submedian lines yellowish. 

 Scutellum and postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen pale yellowish. 

 Ovipositor short, the lobes narrowly oval. Other characters prac- 

 tically as in the male. 



Clinodiplosis araneosa Felt 



1912 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc Jour., 20: 154 



This species attracted notice on account of its frequenting spider 

 webs at Cabin John, Md. 



Clinodiplosis examinis Felt 



191 3 Felt, E. P. Can. Ent., 45:306 



Midges belonging to this species were present by hundreds if not 

 thousands upon a screen door or hanging from cobwebs attached 

 thereto at Nassau, Jmie 19, 19 13 and may possibly prey upon plant 

 lice. 



MYCODiPLOSis Riibs. 



1895 Rubsaamen, E. H. Ent. Nachricht, 21 : 186; genus erected 



1896 Kieffer, J. J. Wein. Ent. Zeit., 15:92, 95 



1897 — — — — — - Synopse d. Cecidomyies d'Europe et d'Algerie, p. 28 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 400 



1910 Rubsaamen, E. H. Zeitsch. Wissenschaft. InsektenbioL, 15:289 



191 1 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 19:54 

 1913 Kieffer, J. J. Gen. Insect., fasc. 152, p. 241 



This genus was originally erected by Rubsaamen for the reception 

 of certain adults reared from mycophagous larvae, the type being 

 Diplosis coniophaga Winn. It may be recognized by 

 the regular whorls of hairs and the unidentate claws on the anterior 

 and occasionally on the mid pair of legs, those of the posterior legs 

 being simple. The genitalia are not greatly enlarged and the ovi- 

 positor not remarkable for any peculiar structure. Examples of a 

 species of Mycodiplosis received from Rubsaamen and reared by 

 him from Senecio, have the anterior claws unidentate, the mid and 

 posterior pair simple. The terminal clasp segment in the male is 

 long, slender, the dorsal plate deeply and triangularly incised and 

 the lobes broadly rounded apically. 



The genus comprises a large number of small, yellowish or light 

 brown forms presenting very much the same general appearance 



