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fuscous brown. Abdomen nearly naked, dark carmine; terminal seg- 
ment somewhat fuscous. Ovipositor dark yellowish. Wings hyaline 
costa yellowish brown, the third vein just beyond the apex. Hal- 
teres dull orange basally, yellowish carmine apically. Coxae fuscous 
apically. Legs mostly light fuscous yellowish, the fifth tarsal seg- 
ment and claws fuscous, the latter stout, evenly curved, the pulvilli 
as long as the claws. Ovipositor short, the terminal lobes stout and 
tapering to a narrowly rounded apex. 
Male. Length 2mm. Antennae as long as the body, sparsely haired, 
reddish brown, dark brown basally; fourteen segments, the fifth with 
stems twice and one and one-half times their diameters: terminal 
segment, distal enlargement reduced, broadly oval. Palpi; the first 
segment subquadrate, the second twice the length of the first, stout, 
narrowly rounded distally. Face dark brown. Mesonotum very 
dark brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum dark 
brown, postscutellum reddish brown. Abdomen dark reddish 
brown, the segments sparsely haired posteriorly. Pleurae and 
genitalia dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark red, the third 
vein at the apex. Halteres a variable reddish and reddish brown. 
Coxae dark brown; femora and tibiae light reddish brown, tarsi 
darker; claws long, slender, evenly curved, the pulvilli three-fourths 
the length of the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout; 
terminal clasp segment stout, swollen near the distal fourth; dorsal 
plate short, broad, broadly and triangularly emarginate; ventral 
plate long, broad, roundly and slightly emarginate, the lobes short, 
narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. a1758. 
Trishormomyia modesia Felt 
1913 Felt, E.P. Psyche, 20:145 (Hormomyia) 
This species was taken at Auburndale, Mass., May 22d by Prof. 
C. W. Johnson of Boston, and at New Haven, Conn., June 30, 1905 
by B. H. Walden. 
Female. Length 4 mm. Antennae sparsely haired, fuscous yel- 
lowish; fourteen segments, the fifth cylindric, with a length two and 
one-half times its diameter; there are low circumfila near the basal 
third, the middle and apically; terminal segment slightly produced, 
with a distinct knob. Palpi; first segment short, second with a 
length three times its diameter, the third a little longer, tapering. 
Mesonotum smooth, reddish brown, the yellowish, submedian lines 
narrow. Scutellum pale yellowish, postscutellum yellowish, dark 
brown basally. Abdomen a nearly uniform shining dark brown; 
venter concolorous; ovipositor pale orange. Wings hyaline; halteres 
yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Coxae, femora and tibiae mostly 
a light fuscous yellowish, tarsi fuscous yellowish or dark brown; 
claws stout, evenly curved, the pulvilli about one-third the length 
of the claws. Ovipositor short, the lobes broad, tapering, broadly 
rounded. Type Cecid. 1346. 
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