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condition of the abdomen is not so evident as in the male. Male 

 hypopygium with the ninth tergite deeply notched medially, the 

 adjacent lobes evenly rounded, setigerous; dorsal pleural hook moder- 

 ately long, at the tip suddenly narrowed into a slender point; ventral 

 pleural appendage large, fleshy, the proximal basal portion produced 

 into a fleshy lobe that bears two erect chitinized spines on its caudal 

 face. 



Habitat: Japan. 



Holotype, cf , Meguro, Tokio, April 1, 1919 (R. Takahashi). 



Allotopotype, 9 , March 31, 1919. 



Paratopotypes, 6 cr' 9 's, March 25-May 26, 1919. 



Dicranomyia basifusca sp. n. 



Antennae black throughout; thorax gray, the praescutum with an 

 indistinct median brown stripe; wings pale gray, the stigma and a 

 rounded spot at the base, brown; Sc ending a little beyond the origin 

 of Rs, cell 1st Mo closed. 



Female — Length, 4.8 mm.; wing, 6.4 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brownish black. Antennas black through- 

 out, the basal flagellar segments short-oval, the terminal segments a 

 little more elongated. Head gray, the front more tawny. 



Mesonotum dull gray, the praescutum more brownish medially 

 to form an indistinct dorsal stripe; scutellum and postnotuin hghter 

 gray. Pleura dark gray. Halteres yellow, the knobs dark brown. 

 Legs with the coxae brownish yellow, darker basally; trochanters dull 

 yellow; femora dull brownish yellow, darkened toward the apices, the 

 extreme tips pale; tibiee yellowish brown, the tips narrowly darker 

 brown; tarsi dark brown. Wings with a faint grayish tinge, the stigma 

 short-oval, bro^vn; a conspicuous rounded brown spot at the arculus; 

 origin of Rs and the cord very indistinctly seamed with darker. Vena- 

 tion: Sci ending slightly beyond, Sc2 exactly opposite, the origin of Rs; 

 Rs angulated to almost square at origin; cell 1st M^ long, closed, about 

 equal in length to the veins issuing from it; basal deflection of Cm at 

 the fork oi M. 



Abdomen dark brown. Ovipositor reddish; the tergal valves very 

 slender. 



Habitat: Japan. 



Holotype, 9 , Meguro, Tokio, April 10, 1919 (R. Takahashi). 



Dicranomyia atripleura sp. n. 



Head light grey; mesonotum brownish grey, the praescutum with 

 three pale brown stripes ; thoracic pleura with a dark brown longitudinal 

 stripe; legs pale brown; wings greyish subhyaline, stigma rounded, 

 brown; Sc short, cell 1st M2 closed, about twice as long as vein_Cwi 

 beyond it. 



