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short, bidentate. vSkin finely sbagreened. The body tapers pos- 

 teriorly to a narrowly rounded, nearly unarmed posterior extremity. 

 Male. Length 2.25 mm. Antennae about three-fourths the 

 length of the body, sparsely haired, yellowish; fourteen binodose 

 segments, the fifth with stems one and one-half times their 

 diameters respectively; distal enlargement subcylindric, with a 

 length about one-fourth greater than its diameter, terminal segment 

 reduced, narrowly oval. Palpi; first segment short, stout, sub- 

 quadrate, the second slender, with a length at least four times its 

 diameter, the third as long as the second, the fourth longer than the 



Fig. 9 Caryom5ria arcuaria: a, third antennal segment of male, only two setae 

 sketched in; b, a portion of the distal part in section showing the invaginated or 

 concealed stem; c, Caryae: fifth antennal segment of female (enlarged, original) 



third, dilated. Mesonotum fuscous yellowish, the submedian lines 

 sparsely haired. Scutellimi reddish orange, postscutellum fuscotis 

 yellowish. Abdomen deep reddish orange, the segments sparsely 

 setose posteriorly. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. Halteres 

 yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Coxae and legs a variable 

 fuscous yellowish, the tarsi somewhat darker; claws long, slender, 

 evenly curved, the pul villi longer than the claws. Genitalia; basal 

 clasp segment short, stout; terminal clasp segment long, stout; 

 dorsal plate short, broadly and roundly emarginate, the lobes trun- 

 cate; ventral plate long, broad, subtruncate. 



Female. Length 3 mm. Antennae extending to the second 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, pale yellowish; fourteen sessile, 

 cylindric segments, the fifth (fig. gc) with a length three times its 

 diameter; subbasal whorl thick, double, subapical whorl sparse, 

 single; low circumfila at the basal half and apically, anastomosing 

 irregularly; terminal segment slightly reduced, narrowly rounded. 

 Face fuscous yellowish. Palpi; first segment short, stout, the second 

 with a length five times its diameter, rather narrow, the third stout, 

 with a length two and one-half times its diameter, the fourth one- 

 half longer, somewhat dilated. Mesonottmi dark brown, the sub- 

 median lines thickly haired. Scutellum yellowish, pale reddish and 



