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dark brown, the submedian lines rather sparsely haired. Scutellum 
dark brown with a few apical setae, postscutellum and abdomen 
dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa pale reddish brown. Legs a 
nearly uniform dark fuscous straw; claws long, slender, strongly 
curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate 
short, broad, deeply and triangularly emarginate, the lobes widely 
separated, broadly rounded, subacute; ventral plate short, stout, the 
basal half contracted, broadly and roundly emarginate, the lobes 
widely separated, slender, obtuse; style stout, tapering. Type 
Cecid. 1214. j 
Itonida antennata Felt 
1908 Felt, E.P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 414 (Cecidomyia) 
This reddish brown male was taken May 21, r906 at Albany, N. Y. 
Male. Length 1.25mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 
thickly haired, yellowish brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with 
stems one-half and one and one-half times their diameters; terminal 
segment, distal enlargement produced, the appendage subconical, 
obtuse. Palpi; first segment short, stout, swollen distally, the 
second narrowly oval, the third as long as the second, more slender, 
the fourth one-half longer than the second, slightly dilated. Face 
yellowish brown. Mesonotum dark brown, the yellowish submedian 
lines with pale setae, posterior median area yellowish. Scutellum 
yellowish apically, postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen reddish 
brown, darker basally. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres 
yellowish transparent. Coxae straw yellow, tinged with red. Legs 
mostly dark brown, lighter ventrally; claws stout, strongly curved. 
Genitalia; dorsal plate broad, deeply and roundly emarginate, the 
lobes widely separated, irregularly rounded; ventral plate broad, 
long, deeply and broadly emarginate, the lobes short, widely sep- 
arated, broadly rounded; style broad at base, broadly rounded. 
Type Cecid. 69. : 
Itonida flavoscuta Felt 
1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 137; separate, p. 41 
(Cecidomyia) . 
1908 ————— _N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 415 (Cecidomyia) 
This dark-brown male was taken May 21, 1906 at Albany, N. Y. 
Male. Length .7z mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 
haired, dark brown; fourteen segments (fig. 36), the fifth with stems 
one-fourth and one and one-half times their diameters ; terminal 
segment, distal enlargement produced, subconical. Palpi; first seg- 
ment subquadrate, the second stout, the third one-fourth longer 
than the second and the fourth one-third longer than the third. 
Face reddish brown. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines 
with pale setae. Scutellum yellowish, setose apically; postscutellum 
yellowish. Abdomen dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa light 
brown. Halteres yellowish transparent. Legs yellowish trans- 
parent, tinged with reddish at the extremities of femora, tibiae and 
