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sparse whorl of long, slender, curved setae, the loops of the basal 

 circumfiltim scarcely extending to the middle of this enlargement, 

 those of the distal hardly beyond its apex; terminal segment (fig. 20b) 

 with the basal enlargement subglobular, separated from the pro- 

 longed distal swelling by a short, slender stem, the latter with the 

 basal two-thirds cylindric, slightly constricted at the distal third, 

 the terminal portion slender, subconical. Palpi (fig. 20c); the first 

 segment broadly and irregularly oval, the second a little longer, 

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

 and the fourth a little longer than the third; face yellowish brown, 

 eyes large, black. Mesonotum a variable reddish brown, lighter 

 posteriorly, submedian lines yellowish. Scutellum yellowish, post- 

 scutelltmi and abdomen pale yellowish brown. Wings hyaline, 

 costa light brown, the third vein joins the margin well beyond the 

 apex; halteres yellowish transparent basally, fuscous apically. Legs 

 pale brown, tarsi slightly darker; claws slender, very strongly bent, 

 almost forming a right angle, simple. Genitalia; basal clasp seg- 

 ment stout, slightly produced at the internal basal third, excavated 

 at the distal third; terminal clasp segment stout, tapering, a heavy 

 apical spur; dorsal plate broad, deeply and roundly emarginate, the 

 lobes with a greatly prolonged latero-posterior process, curving 

 therefrom to a minor submedian process, the angles with long, stout 

 setae; ventral plate slender, deeply and roundly emarginate, the 

 lobes slender. Harpes long, slender, apparently consisting of two 

 slender, chitinous processes extending along the slender lobes of the 

 ventral plate. Type Cecid. 132. 



Hyperdiplosis coffeae Felt 



1911 Felt, E. P. Ent. News, 22:305 



The midge was reared February 3, 191 1 by W. H. Patterson, St 

 Vincent, W. I., from the fruits of the Liberian coffee tree, C o f f e a 

 li b e r i c a. It is tentatively referred to this genus, although the 

 claws are less strongly bent, and the circumfila are more produced 

 than in other species placed in this group. 



Hj^erdiplosis fungicola Felt 



191 1 Felt, E. P. Econ. Ent. Jour., 4:552-53 



This delicate, yellowish species was reared in August 1897 from 

 larvae on the outside of a nearly rotten, fungus affected nectarine 

 received at the bureau of entomology from Mrs R. B. Tenney, 

 Washington, D. C. It is closely allied to H. 1 o b a t a Felt 

 from which it is most easily separated by colorational characters. 



Larva. Length 1.5 mm, moderately stout, tapering anteriorly, 

 pale yellowish. Head moderate, tapering, broadly rounded distally. 

 Antennae stout, with a length three times the diameter; breastbone 

 wanting. Skin coarsely shagreened, each segment laterally with a 

 stout seta near the middle; posterior extremity subtruncate, with 



