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Male. Length 7 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 thickly haired, pale yellowish; twenty-five to twenty-seven seg- 

 ments, the fifth with the basal stem very short, the distal as long 

 as the diameter; terminal segment reduced, narrowly oval. Palpi; 

 the first segment short, stout, irregular, with a length three times its 

 diameter, the second one-half longer than the first, more slender. 

 Face fuscous. Mesonotimi brown with broad submedian lines, and 

 a posterior yellowish median area. Scutellum pale yellowish, post- 

 scutellimi yellowish margined posteriorly with fuscous. Abdomen 

 yellowish with the first four segments mostly pale yellowish trans- 

 parent, the fifth, sixth and seventh dull orange. Genitalia fuscous 

 yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa light brown, the third vein just 

 beyond the apex. Halteres pale yellowish white. Legs long, slender, 

 pale yellowish; claws long, stout, evenly curved, the pul villi nearly 

 one-half the length of the claws. Genitalia; basal and terminal 

 clasp segments short, stout; dorsal plate short, broad, broadly and 

 slightly emarginate, the lobes obliquely truncate; ventral plate long, 

 stout, broadly rounded. Harpes stout, divergent, broadly rounded. 

 Described from alcoholic specimens. Type Cecid. 1205. 



Hormomyia needhami Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 160 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui, 124, p. 387 



This species was captured by Dr James G. Needham at Lake 

 Forest, 111., June 6, 1906. 



Male. Length 6 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth abdom- 

 inal segment, very long, finely haired, pale fuscous yellowish, the 

 stems semitransparent ; twenty-six segments, the fifth with stems 

 one-half and one and one-half times their diameters respectively; 

 terminal segment reduced, short, broadly rounded, thick and irreg- 

 ular circumfila. Palpi, the first segment short, stout, with a length 

 about one-half greater than its diameter, the distal segment twice 

 the length of the first; face fuscous. Mesonotum yellowish, the 

 anterior and lateral margins bordered by fuscous, the latter slightly 

 produced on the median line. Scutellum and postscutellum pale 

 yellowish, the latter dark brown posteriorly. Abdomen fuscous 

 yellowish, sparsely clothed with fine hairs. Wings hyaline, costa 

 light brown, the third vein just before the apex; halteres fuscous 

 yellowish. Legs a variable fuscous yellowish; claws rather long, 

 stout, slightly curved, pulvilli short, about one-half the length of 

 the claws. Genitalia (pi. 18, fig. i); basal clasp segment short, 

 stout a roundly triangular lobe at the basal third; terminal clasp 

 segment long, stout; dorsal plate short, broadly and triangularly 

 emarginate, the lobes broadly triangular; ventral plate long, broad, 

 deeply and triangularly emarginate, the lobes subtriangular. Type 

 Cecid. 788. 



