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Male. Length 7 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 
thickly haired, pale yellowish; twenty-five to twenty-seven seg- 
ments, the fifth with the basal stem very short, the distal as long 
as the diameter; terminal segment reduced, narrowly oval. Palpi; 
the first segment short, stout, irregular, with a length three times its 
diameter, the second one-half longer than the first, more slender. 
Face fuscous. Mesonotum brown with broad submedian lines, and 
a posterior yellowish median area. Scutellum pale yellowish, post- 
scutellum yellowish margined posteriorly with fuscous. Abdomen 
yellowish with the first four segments mostly pale yellowish trans- 
parent, the fifth, sixth and seventh dull orange. Genitalia fuscous 
yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa light brown, the third vein just 
beyond the apex. Halteres pale yellowish white. Legs long, slender, 
pale yellowish; claws long, stout, evenly curved, the pulvilli nearly 
one-half the length of the claws. Genitalia; basal and terminal 
clasp segments short, stout; dorsal plate short, broad, broadly and 
slightly emarginate, the lobes obliquely truncate; ventral plate long, 
stout, broadly rounded. Harpes stout, divergent, broadly rounded. ~ 
Described from alcoholic specimens. Type Cecid. 1205. 
Hormomyia needhami Felt 
1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 110, p. 160 
1908 ————— N.Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 387 
This species was captured by Dr James G. Needham at Lake 
Forest, Ill., June 6, 1906. 
Male. Length 6mm. Antennae extending to the fourth abdom- 
inal segment, very long, finely haired, pale fuscous yellowish, the 
stems semitransparent; twenty-six segments, the fifth with stems 
one-half and one and one-half times their diameters respectively; 
terminal segment reduced, short, broadly rounded, thick and irreg- 
ular circumfila. Palpi, the first segment short, stout, with a length 
about one-half greater than its diameter, the distal segment twice 
the length of the first; face fuscous. Mesonotum yellowish, the 
anterior and lateral margins bordered by fuscous, the latter slightly 
produced on the median line. Scutellum and postscutellum pale 
yellowish, the latter dark brown posteriorly. Abdomen fuscous 
yellowish, sparsely clothed with fine hairs. Wings hyaline, costa 
light brown, the third vein just before the apex; halteres fuscous 
yellowish. Legs a variable fuscous yellowish; claws rather long, 
stout, slightly curved, pulvilli short, about one-half the length of 
the claws. Genitalia (pl. 18, fig. 1); basal clasp segment short, 
stout a roundly triangular lobe at the basal third; terminal clasp 
segment long, stout; dorsal plate short, broadly and triangularly 
emarginate, the lobes broadly triangular; ventral plate long, broad, 
deeply and triangularly emarginate, the lobes subtriangular. Type 
Cecid. 788. 
