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clothed with yellowish setae. 



Larva. Length 2 mm. pale yellowish, rather slender. Head 

 small, antennae long, tapering; breastbone bidentate, the shaft 

 slender. Skin smooth; posterior extremity broadly rounded. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae 

 extending to the fourth abdominal 

 segment, sparsely haired, fuscous 

 yellowish or dark brown, fourteen 

 segments, the fifth with a stem about 

 one-third the length of the basal en- 

 largement, which latter has a length 

 twice its diameter; terminal segment 

 with the enlarged part produced, tap- 

 ering, obtuse. Palpi; the first seg- 

 ment slightly subglobose, the second 

 greatly pnlarged, :pyriform, the third 

 slender, one-half longer than the Fig. 43 Phytophagavio- 

 second, slightly swollen at the basal licola; sixth antennal seg- 

 third, the fourth one-half longer than ment of male, enlarged (origi- 

 the third, more slender. Face and nal) 

 mouth-parts fuscous yellowish. Meso- 



notimi dark brown, almost black, the submedian lines sparsely 



Scutellum fuscous yellowish, postscu- 

 tellum dark brown mesi- 

 ally. Abdomen yellow- 

 ish or fuscous yellow- 

 ish, the segments marg- 

 ined posteriorly with 

 fuscous in darker indivi- 

 duals. Wings hyaline. 

 Fig. 44 Phytophaga v i o 1 i c o 1 a; male ^^sta dark brown the 

 palpus, enlarged (original) third vem beyond the 



apex, (Plate 17, figure 15) 

 halteres yellowish transparent; coxae, femora and tibiae mostly dark 

 brown, tarsi a variable fuscous yellow. Claws long, slender, evenly 

 curved. Genitalia; basal clasp segment short, stout; terminal clasp 

 segment short, stout; dorsal plate short, broad, broadly and triangu- 

 larly emarginate; ventral plate short, broad, deeply and roundly 

 emarginate. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, fuscous yellowish, fourteen 

 segments, the fifth with a stem one-third the length of the basal 

 enlargement; terminal segment hardly produced, obtusely rounded. 

 Palpi; the first segment short, stout, subquadrate, the second 

 one-half longer, somewhat enlarged, slightly swollen at the basal 

 third, the third rather long, slender, slightly rounded, the fourth 

 a little longer, somewhat flattened. Face and mouth -parts fuscous. 

 Color characters about as in the opposite sex. Ovipositor a pale 

 salmon, probably longer than the body, the terminal lobes long, 

 slender, acutely rounded. 



