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dddd Fifth antennal segment having the basal portion of the stem 

 with a length one-fourth greater than its diameter 

 e Abdomen dark brown, the distal enlargement of the fifth 

 antennal segment strongly constricted and with a length 



twice its diameter p a c k a r d i Felt C. a29i 7a 



cc Ventral plate broadly truncate 



d Dorsal plate narrowly incised, the lobes rather broad; abdomen 



brownish orange aurata Felt, C. 212 



dd Dorsal plate narrowly incised, the lobes narrow and narrowly 



rounded; abdomen dark brown silvana Felt, C. 255 



ccc Ventral plate broadly rounded 



d Basal clasp segment slender, the ventral plate moderately 



broad, with stout setae at the lateral angles 



acarivora Felt, C. 847 

 dd Basal clasp segment stout, the ventral plate broadly rounded or 



sul^truncate and uniformly setose apically 



coccidivora Felt, C. 969 

 cccc Ventral plate narrowly rounded 



d Basal clasp segment slender; terminal lobes of female sparsely 



subspinose; reared from Pulvinaria 



p u 1 V i n a r i a e Felt, C. a2233 



Mycodiplosis reducta Felt 



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



The male was taken July 5, 1906 on hard pine, Pin us rigida, 

 at Karner, N. Y. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae as long as 

 the body, thickly haired, hght brown, yellowish 

 basally ; 1 4 segments, the fifth with stems each one 

 and one-half times their diameters; terminal seg- 

 ment, distal enlargement constricted at the basal 

 third and apically with a stout knoblike appendage. 

 Palpi; the first segment short, subquadrate, the 

 second with a length one-half greater than its 

 diameter, the third a little shorter than the second, 

 more slender, the fourth one-fourth longer than 

 the third, more slender. Face fuscous yellowish. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines indis- 

 tinct. Scutellum deep red, postscutellum yel- 

 lowish red. Abdomen pale yellowish, the basal 

 segments fuscous; terminal segment deep orange. 

 Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres pale 

 yellowish. Legs dark brown; claws stout, evenly 

 curved. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, a 

 broadly triangular lobe at the basal third; terminal clasp segment 

 slender, swollen basally; dorsal plate broad, short, broadly and tri- 

 angularly emarginate ; ventral plate long, broad, slightly emarginate ; 

 ■st34e long, slender. Type Cecid. 479. (See plate 8, fig. 7) 



Fig. 76 My- 

 codip losis 

 reducta, fifth 

 antennal segment 

 of male (enlarged , 

 original) 



