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one-half longer than the second, tapering slightly at each extremity, 

 the fourth nearly twice the length of the preceding, more compressed ; 

 face fuscous yellowish. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian 

 lines rather thickly clothed with yellowish hairs. Scutellum reddish 

 yellow, postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen a reddish brown, the 

 genitalia yellowish, fuscous distally. Wings hyaline, costa light 

 brown; halteres semitransparent basally and apically, fuscous yel- 

 lowish subapically. Legs a variable light fuscous yellowish, the tarsi 

 somewhat darker; claws long, slender, strongly curved, the pulvilli 

 a little shorter than the claws. 



Female. Length 3.5 mm. Antennae extending to the second 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, pale yellowish; 14 segments, 

 the fifth with a length about two and one-half times its diameter and 

 with four circumfili. Palpi; the first segment short, subquadrate, 

 the second more than twice the length of the preceding, the third a 

 little longer and more slender than the second, the fourth one-half 

 longer than the third, strongly flattened and somewhat dilated apic- 

 ally; face yellowish. Mesonotum a light fuscous orange, the sub- 

 median lines lighter. Scutellimi a pale yellow, postscutellum yellow- 

 ish. Abdomen a pale orange, the distal segm.ents lighter. Wings 

 hyaline, costa light brown; halteres whitish transparent basally and 

 apically, somewhat fuscous subapically. Legs a variable fuscous 

 yellowish, the tarsi darker; claws long, slender, strongly curved, 

 simple, the pulvilli a little shorter than the claws. Ovipositor short, 

 less than one-half the length of the abdomen. Type Cecid. 11 08. 



Cincticomia cormecta Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124:381 



This species was taken at WestviUe, Conn., 

 May 8, 1903, by Dr W. E. Britton, state 

 entomologist. A supplementary label on the 

 pin bears the statement. " Color of a red 

 mite." 



Female. Length 3.5 mm. Antennae extend- 

 ing to the second abdominal segment, sparsely 

 haired, fuscous yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth 

 with a short stem and a length three and 

 one-half times its diameter, two circumfili; 

 terminal segment distinctly reduced, the twelfth 

 with a length about one-half greater than its 

 diameter, the thirteenth and fourteenth each 

 irregularly subglobose. One antenna is peculiar 

 in having 15 segments. Palpi; the first seg- 

 ment short, stout, narrowly oval, the second 

 one-half longer, more slender, the third about 



Distal three anten- as long as the second, more slender, the fourth 



nal segments of fe- one-half longer than the third, slightly dilated ; 



male, enlarged (ori- face reddish yellow, eyes rather large, black. 



ginal) Mesonotum reddish brown, the submedian lines 



Fig. 38 Cincticor- 

 nia connect a. 



