﻿HELEID 
  MIDGES, 
  GENUS 
  STILOBEZZIA 
  — 
  ^WIRTH 
  85 
  

  

  plumes 
  of 
  antennae 
  dark. 
  Genitalia 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  bulbous. 
  Ninth 
  

   sternite 
  reduced, 
  the 
  posterior 
  membrane 
  spiculate; 
  ninth 
  tergite 
  

   large, 
  convex, 
  apex 
  rounded 
  with 
  low, 
  rounded, 
  setigerous, 
  apicolateral 
  

   lobes. 
  Basistyle 
  short 
  and 
  very 
  broad, 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long; 
  

   dististyle 
  about 
  1.2 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  basistyle, 
  extreme 
  base 
  bulbous, 
  

   distal 
  portion 
  very 
  slender, 
  irregularly 
  bent 
  inward, 
  with 
  blunt 
  apex 
  

   slightly 
  bent 
  outward. 
  Aedeagus 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  slender, 
  nearly 
  

   straight, 
  barlike 
  sclerites. 
  Parameres 
  with 
  reduced 
  basal 
  scleroti- 
  

   zation, 
  stems 
  slender 
  and 
  slightly 
  crooked, 
  apices 
  greatly 
  expanded 
  in 
  

   a 
  rounded 
  lobe. 
  

  

  Type.—USNM 
  5483, 
  9, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  Riverton. 
  

  

  Material 
  examined. 
  — 
  New 
  Jersey: 
  Riverton, 
  June 
  16, 
  Johnson 
  

   (type). 
  

  

  Maryland: 
  Cabin 
  John, 
  May 
  26, 
  1943, 
  Cortes 
  and 
  Townes, 
  2 
  cf 
  cf 
  ; 
  

   Glen 
  Echo, 
  June 
  30, 
  1929, 
  Bridwell, 
  1 
  cf 
  . 
  

  

  Florida: 
  Leesburg, 
  Lake 
  County, 
  Aug. 
  7, 
  1949, 
  Braddock, 
  1 
  9. 
  

  

  Texas: 
  Kirbyville, 
  May 
  20, 
  1908, 
  Tucker, 
  Icf. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  S. 
  glauca 
  Macfie 
  from 
  Brazil 
  and 
  the 
  southeastern 
  

   United 
  States 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  viridis, 
  but 
  has 
  the 
  antennae 
  and 
  

   wings 
  infuscated, 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  dark, 
  and 
  lacks 
  the 
  apical 
  black 
  

   markings 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  femur. 
  

  

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  M. 
  

  

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  49-94. 
  

  

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  0. 
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  1934. 
  New 
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