180 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
slender, the fourth fully twice the length of the preceding, slightly 
enlarged at the distal third; face fuscous. Mesonotum. black, 
sparsely and irregularly clothed with short, yellowish hairs. Scutel- 
lum reddish brown, postscutellum very dark brown. Abdomen 
sparsely clothed with fine, yellowish hairs, dark reddish brown, 
the incisures pale fuscous yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa light 
brown, subcosta uniting with the margin near the middle. Halt- 
eres pale orange basally, pale yellowish distally. Legs a nearly . 
uniform dark brown; claws long, slender, strongly curved, denticu- 
late, the pulvilli longer than the claws. Ovipositor short, triarticu- 
late, the third segment suborbicular. Type Cecid. a1457. 
Prionellus graminea Felt 
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(Campylomyza) 
1908 ——_—_——— N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 315 (Campylomyza) 
This dark brown male was swept from grass etc. at Karner, 
Nee pile, BiOoo: 
Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae two-thirds the length of the 
body, sparsely haired, dark brown; 14 segments, fifth with a stem 
one-fourth the length of the subglobular enlargement; terminal 
segment subglobular, acute apically. Palpi; the first segment, sub- 

Fig. 48 Palpus of Prionellus graminea, 
enlarged. (Original) 
quadrate, slightly enlarged distally, second and third subequal, the 
latter a trifle longer, the fourth one-half longer than the third. 
Head and thorax black or dark brown. Abdomen dark brown, 
pleurae and incisures yellowish brown. Wings hyaline, slightly 
fuscous, tinted with reddish basally, costa dark brown, subcosta 
uniting with the margin at the distal third; halteres semitrans- 
parent. Legs yellowish transparent or reddish; claws stout, strongly 
curved, pectinate. Genitalia; basal clasp segment short, stout, trun- 
cate; terminal clasp segment short, stout, broadly rounded. Dorsal 
and ventral plates indistinct. Harpes very broad, slightly expanded, 
deeply emarginate and with the internal angles produced. Style 
short, broad, tapering, narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 5. 
