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conical process. Palpi; the first segment short, suboval, the second 
a little longer, slender, the third suboval, broader than the second, 
the fourth one-fourth longer than the third, rather broad; face yellow- 
ish. Mesonotum pale reddish, the anterior, median and sublateral 
posterior areas slightly darker. Abdomen yellowish red with 
irregular, carmine markings. Wings hyaline, costa brown; halteres 
yellowish transparent basally, fuscous apically. Legs light brown, 
lighter ventrally, tarsi slightly darker; claws slender, strongly 
curved. Genitalia; terminal clasp segment swollen at the base, 
tapering; ventral plate swollen at base, tapering to a deeply and 
roundly emarginate apex, the lobes widely separated, acute; style 
long, slender, tapering, broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 34. 
Itonida ruricola Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 413 (Cecidomyia) 
This dark-brown male was taken June 15, 1906 on sedge, Carex, 
at Nassau, N. Y. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae about twice the length of the 
body, thickly haired, light brown, yellowish basally; fourteen seg- 
ments, the fifth with stems three and four and one-half times their 
diameters. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second with a 
length over three times its diameter, the third as long as the second, 
more slender, the fourth one-half longer than the third. Face fuscous 
yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines yellowish. 
Scutellum fuscous orange, postscutellum a little darker. Abdomen 
dark brown, the terminal segments pale orange, sparsely yellow- 
haired. Wings; costa light brown; halteres yellowish transparent, 
fuscous apically. Legs pale straw; claws rather stout, strongly 
curved, the pulvilli shorter. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, deeply and 
triangularly incised, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate long, 
deeply and broadly emarginate, the slender lobes divergent; style 
long, narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 293. 
Itonida apicalis Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 413 (Cecidomyia) 
This dark-brown male was taken June 27, 1906 in a trap lantern 
at Newport, N. Y. 
Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae twice as long as the body, 
sparsely haired, light brown, yellowish basally; fourteen segments, 
the fifth with stems each three and one-half times their diameter; 
terminal segment, distal enlargement produced and with a long, 
irregular, spindle-shaped appendage. Palpi; the first segment sub- 
rectangular, swollen basally, the second over twice the length of the 
first, stout, the third a little longer and more slender than the second, 
the fourth longer and a little broader than the third; face yellowish. 
Mesonotum dark brown, submedian lines yellowish, distinct. Scu- 
tellum fuscous, yellowish apically, postscutellum yellowish. Abdo- 
