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dark brown, the submedian lines rather sparsely haired. Scutellum 

 dark brown with a few apical setae, postscutellum and abdomen 

 dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa pale reddish brown. Legs a 

 nearly uniform dark fuscous straw; claws long, slender, strongly 

 curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate 

 short, broad, deeply and triangularly emarginate, the lobes widely 

 separated, broadly rounded, subacute; ventral plate short, stout, the 

 basal half contracted, broadly and roundly emarginate, the lobes 

 widely separated, slender, obtuse; style stout, tapering. Type 

 Cecid. 12 14. 



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Itonida antennata Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 414 (Cecidomyia) 



This reddish brown male was taken May 21. 1906 at Albany, N. Y. 



Male. Length 1.25 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, yellowish brown; fourteen segments, the fifth with 

 stems one-half and one and one-half times their diameters; terminal 

 segment, distal enlargement produced, the appendage subcorneal, 

 obtuse. Palpi; first segment short, stout, swollen distally, the 

 second narrowly oval, the third as long as the second, more slender, 

 the fourth one-half longer than the second, slightly dilated. Face 

 yellowish brown. Mesonottmi dark brown, the yellowish submedian 

 lines with pale setae, posterior median area yellowish. Scutellum 

 yellowish apically, postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen reddish 

 brown, darker basally. Wings hyaline, costa light brown. Halteres 

 yellowish transparent. Coxae straw yellow, tinged with red. Legs 

 mostly dark brown, lighter ventrally; claws stout, strongly curved. 

 Genitalia; dorsal plate broad, deeply and roundly emarginate, the 

 lobes widely separated, irregularly rounded; ventral plate broad, 

 long, deeply and broadly emarginate, the lobes short, widely sep- 

 arated, broadly rounded; style broad at base, broadly rounded. 

 Type Cecid. 69. 



Itonida flavoscuta Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 137; separate, p. 41 

 (Cecidomyia) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 415 (Cecidomyia) 



This dark-brown male was taken May 21, 1906 at Albany, N. Y. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae longer than the body, thickly 

 haired, dark brown; fotuteen segments (fig. 36), the fifth with stems 

 one-fourth and one and one-half times their diameters; terminal 

 segment, distal enlargement produced, subcorneal. Palpi; first seg- 

 ment subquadrate, the second stout, the third one-fourth longer 

 than the second and the fourth one-third longer than the third. 

 Face reddish brown. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines 

 with pale setae. Scutellimi yellowish, setose apically; postscutelltmi 

 yellowish. Abdomen dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa light 

 brown. Halteres yellowish transparent. Legs yellowish ^ trans- 

 parent, tinged with reddish at the extremities of femora, tibiae and 



