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Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae missing. Palpi ; first segment 

 quadrate, the second with a length over twice its diameter, the third 

 as long as the second, more slender, the fourth one-third longer 

 than the third, fusiform. 'Abdomen fuscous yellowish ; claws ap- 

 parently simple or very minutely dentate, the pulvilli longer than 

 the claws ; ovipositor stout, as long as the body, the seventh abdom- 

 inal segment somewhat swollen and thus suggestive of Cystiphora, 

 the apex of the ovipositor strongly chitinized, blade-like and tapering 

 to an acute apex. Type Cecid. a2573. 



