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segment, basal portion of the stem with a length one-half greater 

 than its diameter, the distal enlargement subcylindric, with a length 

 about three times its diameter and apically a long, fusiform append- 

 age. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, irregular, the second 

 narrowly oval, with a length about twice its diameter, the third 

 one-half longer, more slender, the fourth about as long as the third; 

 face straw color. Mesonotum a dirty brown; the submedian lines 

 hardly apparent. Scutellum and postscutellum concolorous with the 

 mesonotum. Abdomen grayish brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark 

 brown; halteres dark basally, lighter apically. Coxae fuscous, the 

 base of femora fuscous, the distal portion of femora, the anterior 

 and mid tibiae and base of the hind tibiae are brown, the tip of the 

 latter fuscous, the anterior and mid tarsi black, first segment of 

 hind tarsi yellowish orange tipped with black, the base of the second 

 segment yellowish orange, the remainder of the third segment and 

 the fourth and fifth fuscous; claws long, stout, strongly curved, the 

 pulvilli about as long as the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate short, 

 broad, deeply and roundly emarginate, the lobes irregularly rounded. 

 Type Cecid. ai65ob. 



Contarinia viatica Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 393 

 This species was taken at Albany, N. Y., on clover, Trifolium 

 r e p e n s , June 9, 1906. 



Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae as long as the body, sparsely 

 haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems one and 

 one-fourth and two times their diameters respectively; terminal 

 segment, basal enlargement subglobular, a very short stem separating 

 it from the distal enlargement, which latter is ovoid. Palpi; the 

 first segment much reduced, the second subquadrate, the third a little 

 more prolonged, ovate, the fourth one-fourth longer than the second, 

 fusiform; face dark. Mesonotum dark brown with fine lines of pale 

 hairs. Scutellum and postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen reddish 

 brown, genitalia darker. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown; halteres 

 yellowish transparent at the base, reddish fuscous apically. Coxae 

 dark brown, femora and tibiae yellowish brown, tarsi a little darker 

 and with a reddish shade ; claws rather slender, evenly curved, those 

 of the middle leg with a rather conspicuous rounded process basally. 

 Genitalia; dorsal plate broad, broadly and triangularly emarginate, 

 the lobes broadly rounded. Type Cecid. 105a. (See plate 6, fig. 2) 



Contarinia sorghicola Coq. 



1898 Coquillett, D. W. U. S. Dept. Agric, Div. Ent. Bui. 18, n. s- 

 p. 81-82 (Diplosis) 



1908 Ball, C. R. Science, 27:114-15 (Diplosis) 



1908 Bur. Plant. Indust. Cir. 13 



1908 Piper (? C. V.). Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc, 10:109 (Diplosis) 



