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sparse yellowish hairs. Abdomen pale fuscous yellowish, terminal 
segment and ovipositor dark brown or black. Wings hyaline, costa 
pale straw, subcosta uniting with the margin at the basal third; 
halteres yellowish transparent. Legs a nearly uniform pale straw 

Fig. 54 Apex of abdomen showing ovipositor of Monardia toxi- 
codendron, enlarged. (Original) 
yellow ; claws slender, strongly curved, simple. On the venter of 
the eighth abdominal segment, a pair of irregular, trumpet-shaped, 
fuscous organs. Ovipositor short, triarticulate, terminal lobe sub- 
oval. Type Cecid. 122. 
Monardia alexanderi n. sp. 
This species was taken by Mr C. P. Alexander on Sport island, 
Sacandaga river, N. Y., July 25, 1909. 
Female. Length .75 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 
abdomen, sparsely haired, deep red; 12 segments, the fifth with a 
length one-quarter greater than its diameter, the eleventh and 
twelfth segments narrowly fused, the latter somewhat reduced. 
Palpi probably quadriarticulate, the penultimate narrowly oval, 
with a length three times its width, the terminal segment one-half 
longer. Mesonotum dull black. Scutellum and postscutellum ap- 
parently concolorous. Abdomen fuscous yellowish. Costa pale 
straw, subcosta uniting therewith near the basal half. Halteres 
whitish transparent. Legs mostly pale straw, the tarsi variably 
tinged with reddish, the distal segments darker; claws strongly 
curved, slightly swollen subapically; pulvilli as long as the claws; 
ventral glands globose. Ovipositor short; terminal segment nar- 
rowly oval, with a length three times its width. Type Cecid. 137 
