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J'^an Duzec — The Genus Asyndeius 



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Third antenna! joint notched on the upjjer side, the arista in- 

 serted just above and before this notch; fore tilna^ with a row 

 of rather long slender bristles the whole length (Fig. G) 



johnsoni sp. nov. 



10. Fore tibiae with long bristle-like hairs on the whole upper sur- 



face; third antennal joint twice as long as wide; second 

 joint extending to near the middle of the third above, at 



which point the third is attached 11 



Fore tibite with only short hairs; third antennal joint ])ut 

 little longer than wide (Fig. i) cornidiis sp. nov. 



11. Second antennal joint ending in sharp point at tip of which the 



third joint is attached; upper edge of third joint concave 



harbeckii VanDuzee 

 Second joint ending in a rounded projection near the middle of 

 the third joint; third joint nearly straight above 



sijnt(>7-moides Wheeler 



Asyndetus cornutus sp. nov. 

 Male: Length, 2-2. i2 mm. Face wide, co\ered with white pollen 

 which extends a little above the base of the antenna^; front wider 

 than the face, green, shining; 

 orbital cilia pale below with a few 

 longer hairs near the oral margin ; 

 antennse (Fig. 1) black, third 

 joint somewhat lozenge-shaped 

 with a rounded point at the upper 

 corner, a little longer than wide, 

 arista inserted on the upper edge 

 near the base of the third joint. 

 Thorax green, shining, with only 

 slight traces of pollen; pleuri^e 

 more black. Abdomen green, ])e- 

 coming more coppery toward the 

 tip, bristles at tip very small; 

 hypopygium concealed. Coxiie 



and femora black; fore and middle tibiae yellowish, but sometimes 

 rather dark, with short hairs and without or with scarcely per- 

 ceptible bristles; hind tibia" and tarsi and fore and middle tarsi 

 from the tip of the first joint black. Tegula% their cilia and 



Fig. 1. Auteniije of Asyndetus. 1, 

 A. cornuiiis, sp. nov.; 2, A.fexanus s^. 

 nov.; 3, A. nigripes sp. nov.; 4, A. 

 latus sp. nov.; 5, A. candatus sp, nov.; 

 6, A. johnsoni sp. nov. 



