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ment, the latter with a thick whorl of long, slender setae near 

 the middle ; terminal segment reduced. Palpi ; first segment nar- 

 rowly oval, with a length two and 

 one-half times its diameter, the 

 second to fourth subequal, sparsely 

 setose and with numerous transverse 

 rows of short, stout spines. Head 

 and thorax probably dark brown. 

 Abdomen light brown. Wings hya- 

 line. Halteres pale yellowish, the 

 legs a variable yellowish brown ; 

 claws stout, strongly curved, the pul- 

 villi rudimentary. Type in U. S. 

 National Museum. 



Catocha slossonae Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. 

 Bui. 124, p. 309 



This form, received through the 

 Fig. 18 Fifth antenna! segment courtesy of the United States Na- 



lar^d\°Odo-!nan'^^^°''^^'^''" ^^^^^^^ Museum, was taken by Mrs 

 igma • Slosson at Franconia, N. H. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae as long as the body, sparsely 

 clothed with long hairs ; 16 segments ; the fourth with a smooth stem 

 about as long as the subcylindric basal enlargement ; near the middle 

 a crenulate whorl of long, slender setae, apically several circular or- 

 ifices and long, trilimbate processes. Palpi ; the first segment presum- 

 ably short, stout, subrectangular, the second rather stout, with a 

 length about two and one-half 

 times its diameter, the third stout, 

 subrectangular and with a length 

 about three-fourths greater than 

 its diameter, the fourth tapering 

 distally, a little longer and more 

 slender than the third. Alesono- 

 tum shining dark brown, the sub- 

 median lines very sparsely 

 haired. Scutellum reddish 

 brown, postscutellum a little 

 darker. Abdomen dark brown, 

 the genitalia fuscous yellowish. 

 Wings hyaline, costa light brown. 

 Halteres yellowish transparent, 

 slightly fuscous apically. Legs 

 rather long, stout, the concavity finely denticulate, the pulvilli longer 

 than the claws. Type Cecid. 931. 



Fig. 19 Palpus of Catocha 

 slossonae, enlarged. (Orig- 

 inal) 



light fuscous yellowish ; claws 



