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Didactylomyia maculata n. sp. 



This pale orange species was taken in a trap lantern at Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y., June 28, 1906. The same species or a closely allied 

 form was also taken in a trap lantern at Newport, N. Y., July 11, 

 1906. 



Female. Length i mm. Antennae about two-thirds the length 

 of the body, sparsely haired, slaty brown, yellowish basally; 14 

 segments, the fifth with a stem one-fourth the 

 length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which 

 latter has a length thrice its diameter ; terminal 

 segment produced, with a length fully four 

 times its diameter and a long, slender, slightly 

 capitate process apically. Palpi; first segment 

 rectangular, with a length four times its di- 

 ameter, the second a little longer than the first, 

 the third about as long as the second, the 

 fourth one-half longer than the third. Face 

 orange yellow, the mouth parts produced, with 

 a length fully half the width of the head. 

 Mesonotum a light orange yellow. Scutellum 

 pale yellowish, postscutellum and abdomen 



pale orange yellowish, slightly darker basally Fig. 12 D i d a c t y - 

 and apically. Wings whitish, subhyaline, lomyia maculata. 

 shghtly fuscous at the apical fourth, there ^ifth antennal ssgment 

 . 9 -^ 1 .-^ii-j 1 J of female, enlarged 



bemg an oval spot just behmd costa and 



another on the third vein; costa yellowish, the crossvein joining 

 subcosta near its basal half, the latter uniting with costa at 

 the basal third, the third vein well beyond the apex. Halteres pale 

 yellowish. Coxae pale yellowish, the anterior and mid legs a nearly 



Fig. 13 Didactylomyia maculata. Female palpus, enlarged, (original) 



uniform brownish black, the posterior legs with the tibiae and tarsi 

 pale yellowish, annulate with fuscous distally; tarsi brownish black; 

 claws slender, evenly curved; the pul villi nearly as long as the claws. 

 Ovipositor short, the lobes biarticulate, the distal segment narrowly 

 oval. Type Cecid. 415. 



Didactylomyia capitata Felt 



1913 Felt, E. P. Psyche, 20:174 



The peculiar male was taken by Mr Owen Bryant in August 1907, 

 either at North Adams, Mass., or on Greylock mountain. It is 

 closely allied to D. longimana Felt. 



