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conical process. Palpi; the first segment short, suboval, the second 

 a little longer, slender, the third suboval, broader than the second, 

 the fourth one-fourth longer than the third, rather broad; face yellow- 

 ish. Mesonotum pale reddish, the anterior, median and sublateral 

 posterior areas sHghtly darker. Abdomen yellowish red with 

 irregular, carmine markings. Wings hyaline, costa brown; halteres 

 yellowish transparent basally, fuscous apically. Legs Hght brown, 

 lighter ventrally, tarsi sHghtly darker; claws slender, strongly 

 curved. GenitaHa; terminal clasp segment swollen at the base, 

 tapering; ventral plate swollen at base, tapering to a deeply and 

 roundly emarginate apex, the lobes widely separated, acute; style 

 long, slender, tapering, broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 34. 



Itonida ruricola Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 413 (Cecidomyia) 

 This dark-brown male was taken June 15, 1906 on sedge, Carex, 

 at Nassau, N. Y. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae about twice the length of the 

 body, thickly haired, light brown, yellowish basally; fourteen seg- 

 ments, the fifth with stems three and four and one-half times their 

 diam-eters. Palpi; first segment subquadrate, the second with a 

 length over three times its diameter, the third as long as the second, 

 more slender, the fourth one-half longer than the third. Face fuscous 

 yellowish. Mesonotimi dark brown, the submedian lines yellowish. 

 Scutellum fuscous orange, postscutellum a Httle darker. Abdomen 

 dark brown, the terminal segments pale orange, sparsely yellow- 

 haired. Wings; costa Hght brown; halteres yellowish transparent, 

 fuscous apically. Legs pale straw; claws rather stout, strongly 

 curved, the pulvilH shorter. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, deeply and 

 triangularly incised, the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate long, 

 deeply and broadly emarginate, the slender lobes divergent; style 

 long, narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 293. 



Itonida apicalis Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 413 (Cecidomyia) 

 This dark-brown male was taken June 27, 1906 in a trap lantern 

 at Newport, N. Y. 



Male. Length i mm. Antennae twice as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, Hght brown, yeUowish basally; fourteen segments, 

 the fifth with stems each three and one-half times their diameter; 

 terminal segment, distal enlargement produced and with a long, 

 irregular, spindle-shaped appendage. Palpi; the first segment sub- 

 rectangular, swollen basally, the second over twice the length ot the 

 first stout, the third a little longer and more slender than the second, 

 the fourth longer and a little broader than the third; face yellowish. 

 Mesonotum dark brown, submedian Hnes yeUowish, distinct. Scu- 

 tellum fuscous, yellowish apically, postscutellum yellowish. Abdo- 



