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genitalia lighter, the segments rather thickly margined pos- 

 teriorly with brown setae. Halteres pale yellowish. Legs light 

 straw. 



Bred April 6, 1893. from leaves designated as English laurel, 

 probably Quercus, taken at Augusta, Ga. 



Type C. 1006, N. Y. State Museum, # 5493 U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Arthrocnodax apiphila n. sp. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae ^ longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, fuscous straw, basal segment and face yellowish, 

 14 segments. Mesonotum yellowish or reddish brown, the sub- 

 median lines indistinct. Scutellum yellowish or orange yellow, 

 postscutellum yellow or orange yellowish. Abdomen yellowish or 

 deep carmine. Genitalia fuscous yellowish. Halteres pale orange. 

 Coxae and femora basally pale yellowish, the femora distally and 

 tibiae light straw, tarsi light brown, the distal segments darker. 



Bred October 8, 1907, by Burton N. Gates, expert in apiculture, 

 Washington, D. C., from small larvae which appeared to be feed- 

 ing in mite infested m.aterial and excrement of old bee comlxs 

 received from California. 



Type C. ai775, N. Y. State Museum. 



Mycodiplosis corylifolia n. sp. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae about as long as the body, 

 rather thickly haired, light brown, the basal segments yellowish, 

 14 segments. Thorax and abdomen a nearly uniform pale yel- 

 lowish, the scutellum and base of the abdomen a little darker; 

 genitalia whitish transparent. Coxae and base of femora mostly 

 yellowish transparent, the distal portion of femora and tibiae 

 pale yellowish, the tarsi fuscous straw, the distal segments 

 darker. 



Female. Length 1.75 mm. Antennae as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, pale straw, 14 segments. Thorax and abdomen 

 a very pale lemon-yellow. Halteres yellowish transparent. Legs 

 yellowish transparent basally, the tarsi a very pale yellowish straw. 



Bred July 23, 1907, from a fuzzy wrinkled fold gall at the 

 base of hazel leaves taken at West Nyack, N. Y. 



Type C. ai543b, N. Y. State Museum. 



