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reddish brown. Wings hyaline, costa light bro^vn. Halteres 

 yellowish transparent. Legs yellowish brown, the tarsi lighter. 

 Ovipositor about half the length of the abdomen, the terminal lobe 

 narrowly oval. Type Cecid. 953. 



Dirhiza canadensis Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 420 



A female was captured in Canada in May 1894. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, pale yellowish; 24 segments, the fifth with a stem 

 one-fourth the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which 

 latter has a length three times its diameter ; terminal segment slightly 

 produced and tapering from the distal fourth to a subacute apex. 

 Palpi; the first segment rectangular, with a length three times its 

 diameter, the second one-half longer, somewhat dilated, the third 

 about twice the length of the second, slender, the fourth as long as 

 the third, more slender. Mesonotum yellowish brown. Scutellum 

 and postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen yellowish orange. Wings 

 hyaline (Plate 4, figure 8), costa yellowish brown. Halteres 

 yellowish transparent. Legs pale yellowish. Ovipositor indistinct 

 in the preparation, presumably nearly as long as the abdomen. 

 Type Cecid. 952. 



Dirhiza multiarticulata Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 420 

 The pale yellowish female was taken by Mr E. G. Love at Pal- 

 isades, N. Y., in July. 



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

 very hairy, light brown, basally yellowish; 26 segments, the first 

 obconic, the second flattened basally, subglobose, the third with 

 the basal portion greatly produced, the fifth with a stem one-third 

 the length of the subcylindric basal enlargement, which latter is 

 slightly constricted near the middle and with a length three times 

 its diameter; terminal segment prolonged, more than twice the 

 length of the preceding, tapering to an obtuse apex, thickly setose. 

 Palpi; the first segment prolonged, subrectangular, the second 

 stouter, fully one-half longer, the third more slender, nearly twice 

 the length of the preceding and the fourth more slender and one- 

 half longer than the third. Mesonotum pale reddish orange, the 

 submedian lines and posterior median area pale yellow. Scutellrun 

 whitish yellow, postscutellum light yellow. Abdomen pale yellow. 

 Wings hyaline, costa pale whitish. Halteres pale yellowish white, 

 legs a pale fuscous yellowish, distal tarsal segments slightly lighter; 

 claws rather stout, slightly curved, simple, pul villi as long as the 

 claws. Ovipositor missing. Type Cecid. 831. 



