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of long, curved setae; circumfila apparently absent, the loth (fig. yb) 

 to the 14th segments cylindric, the tenth with smooth stem two- 

 thirds the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter 

 has a length three times its diameter and sparse whorls of hair sub- 

 basally and near the distal third; terminal segment stout, tapering, 

 a short, stout appendage distally. Palpi; the first segment short, 

 stout, slightly swollen distally, the second one-half longer, a little 

 stouter, the third longer and more slender than the second, the 

 fourth one-fourth longer and more slender than the third; face pale 

 yellowish. Mesonotum brown, the submedian lines indistinct. 

 Scutellum yellowish with a few long setae, postscutellum yellowish. 

 Abdomen pale yellowish, the segments margined posteriorly with 



Fig. 7 Prodiplosis floricola: a, fifth and b, tenth antennal seg- 

 ments of male, only a few setae sketched in (enlarged, original) 



long hairs. Wings hyaline, costa light straw, subcosta uniting with 

 the margin near the basal third, the third vein well beyond the 

 apex, the fifth at the distal third, its branch near the basal third; 

 halteres pale yellowish. Coxae, femora and tibiae pale yellowish, 

 tarsi brownish gray, the segments paler basally; claws long, slender, 

 slightly ctu*ved, simple, the pulvilli shorter than the claws. Geni- 

 talia; basal clasp segment short, stout, roundly truncate; terminal 

 clasp segment stout, swollen at the base, tapering, an apical spur; 

 dorsal plate short, stout, deeply and narrowly incised, the lobes 

 long, slender, tapering, irregularly angulate; ventral plate long, 

 broad, the sides parallel, broadly and roundly emarginate, the lobes 

 irregularly rounded. Harpes apparently very long, slender, irregu- 

 larly curved, greatly dilated at the base, strongly curved, near the 

 middle, tapering, obtuse; style long, slender, strongly curved. Type 

 Cecid. ai68i. 



Prodiplosis fitchii Felt 



1912 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jotir., 5:288-89 



This midge was labeled by Dr Asa Fitch as having been reared 

 from shrunken grains of wheat. 



