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fused segments. Palpi; the first segment suboval, the second one- 

 fourth longer than the first, the third about one- third longer than 

 the second, the fourth one-third longer than the third, each more 

 slender than the preceding. Mesonotum dark brown. Scutellum 

 reddish brown, postscutellum a little lighter. Abdomen nearly 

 uniform dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa reddish. Halteres 

 yellowish transparent. Legs pale yellowish brown, tarsi a little 

 darker; claws stout, uniformly curved. Genitalia; dorsal plate 

 broad, deeply and roundly emarginate, the lobes acutely rounded. 

 Type Cecid. 95, 99, 100. 



Cincticornia rhoina Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 110:123 (separate p. 26), (Oligo- 

 trophus) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124:381 



This species was taken at Albany, N. Y., June i, 1906 while 

 sweeping sumac, Rhus. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae a little 

 longer than the body, sparsely haired, light 

 brown; 13 segments, the fifth with a length 

 two and one-half times its diameter and five 

 or six circumfili; the thirteenth and fourteenth 

 segments closely fused. Palpi; first segment 

 subquadrate, the second one-half longer than 

 the first, the third longer than the second and 

 the fourth one-half longer than the third. 

 Mesonotimi dark brown. Scutellum light brown 

 with sparse apical setae, postscutellum yellow- 

 ish brown. Abdomen a somewhat variable 

 yellowish brown, the anterior four segments 

 irregularly marked near the median line with 

 dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa reddish Fig. 34 Cincti- 

 brown. Halteres yellowish transparent. Legs co'rni a rhoina, 

 pale yellowish brown, tarsi darker; claws stout, 

 rather strongly curved, the pul villi shorter 

 than the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate broad, 

 tapering, deeply and triangularly emarginate. 

 Type Cecid. 94. 



male, distal an- 

 tennal segments, 

 enlarged (original) 



Cincticornia comifolia Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 110:124 (separate p. 28), (Oligo- 

 trophus) 



This yellowish species was taken on flowering dogwood, C o r n u s 

 f 1 o r i d a, at Albany, N. Y., May 18, 1906. 



Female. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae extending to the third 

 abdominal segment, reddish brown, sparsely haired; 13 segments, 

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