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Fig. 23 Por- 

 ricondyla 

 porrecta; 

 fifth antennal 



Porricondyla porrecta Felt 

 1912 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 20: 105 

 A female was taken on the window of a forest hut 

 at Davidson's River, N. C, September 26, 1906. 



Porricondyla dietzii Felt 

 1912 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 20: 105 

 This species was taken Jtine4, 19 10 at Hazelton, Pa., 

 by Dr W. C. Dietz. It is closely allied to P. por- 

 recta from which it is easily separated by the black 

 mesonotum and the perceptibly shorter terminal seg- 

 ments of the antennae and palpi. 



Porricondyla dorsata Felt 



1912 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 20: 238 



The midge was taken by Mr D. B. Young at Dug segment of fe- 

 mountain in the Adirondacks August 8, 19 12. It is / • ' ,-. 

 easily separated from other American species of Porri- 

 condyla, having 12 antennal segments, by the longer stem of the 

 fifth segment. 



Porricondyla tuckeri Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 416 



This female was taken by Mr E. S. Tucker in August at Lawrence, 

 Kan., at an elevation of 900 feet. A closely allied female (C. 949) 

 was taken at Las Vegas, N. M., August 14th by Mr H. S. Barber. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 thickly haired, dark brown; 13 segments, the fifth with a stem one- 

 fourth the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter 

 has a length about three and one-half times its diameter; terminal 

 segment slightly reduced, tapering to a subacute apex. Palpi; 

 first segment somewhat irregular, with a length four times its 

 diameter, the second a little longer, dilated, the third longer than 

 the second, the fourth about one-half longer than the third. 

 Mesonotiun fuscous j^ellowish, somewhat lighter laterally, he 

 submedian lines broad, indistinct, 3'ellowish. Scutellum fuscous 

 yellowish, postscutelhun concolorous. Abdomen rather thickly 

 clothed -u-ith long hairs, fuscous yellowish, the dorstun of the first 

 to fourth segments dark brown; genitalia ochreous. Wings hj^aline, 

 costa light browm. Halteres yellowish transparent basally, fuscous 

 yellomsh apically. Coxae and base of femora mostly yellowish, 

 the distal part of femora and tibiae mostly dark brown, the tarsi 

 yelloAvish white; claws strongly curved, unidentate, the ptdvilli 

 as long as the claws. 0^dpositor short, with a small, lanceolate 

 lobe. Type Cecid. 1255. 



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