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than one half of the others. The dorsal surface is brown with 

 pale yellow incisures. The brown coloring is darkest anteriorly, 

 gradually becoming paler cau- 

 dad, so that the posterior mar- 

 gin of the segment is almost 

 as light in color as the incisure. 

 This is particularly true with 

 segments 3, 4 and 5. On seg- 

 ments 6, 7 and 8 the brown 

 color is almost wanting except- 

 ing a triangular lateral spot 

 which is prolonged caudad in a 

 fine line. The outline of this 

 spot, however, is not distinct, 

 but is blended in with the color 

 of the dorsum. A pair of very 

 small pale yellow spots with a 

 narrow brown border are more 



or less distinctly visible on each Fig. 107 Leaflike appendages of theEuro- 

 j- mi., -I ' peaii Sayomyia plumicornis 



segment. The hypopygium con- 

 sists of two Jointed hooks, is pale brown in color, nearly as long 

 as an abdominal segment . . . Venter and the legs are pale 



Fig-. 108 Labrum of the European S. plumi- 

 cornis 



yellow, the last two or three tarsal joints slightly infascated. 

 Legs and abdomen densely but delicately haired; wings yellow- 



