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Male. Length i mm. Antennae probably longer than the body, 

 thickly haired, yellowish brown; 14 segments, the fifth with stems 

 each four times the diameter. Palpi; the first segment subcylindric, 

 with a length over twice its diameter, the second nearly twice the 

 length of the first, rather broad, the third a little longer and more 

 slender than the second, the fourth as long and more slender than 

 the third. Mesonotum dark brown, the submedian lines indistinct. 

 Scutellum light olive, postscutellum dark brown. Abdomen pale 

 yellowish; genitalia reddish. Wings hyaline, costa light brown; hal- 

 teres semi transparent, fore and mid femora fuscous, tibiae and tarsi 

 and posterior legs light yellowish brown, the distal tarsal segments 

 light brown; claws long, stout, curved almost at right angles, the 

 pulvilli nearly one-third the length of the claws. Genitalia; basal 

 clasp segment long, a broadly triangular process at the internal 

 basal angle; terminal clasp segment as long as the basal clasp seg- 

 ment, slender; dorsal plate long, broad, deeply and narrowly incised, 

 the lobes broad, truncate; ventral plate broad, tapering, deeply and 

 triangularly incised, the lobes long, stout, subtruncate; style long, 

 rather stout. Type Cecid. 684. 



Mycodiplosis captiva Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 401 



The fuscous yellowish male was taken June 10, 1906 at Nassau, 

 N. Y. 



Male. Length 1 mm. Antennae fully 

 twice as long as the body, thickly haired, 

 light brown, the stems whitish; 14 seg- 

 ments, the fifth with stems each three 

 times its diameter. Palpi ; the first seg- 

 ment prolonged, strongly curved, slen- 

 der, the second narrowly lanceolate, the 

 length four times its diameter, the third 

 a little longer, more slender, the fourth 

 one-fourth longer than the third, a little 

 stouter; face pale yellowish. Mesono- 

 tum dark brown, submedian lines yel- 

 lowish, sparsely clothed with fine hairs. 

 Scutellum pale orange, postscutellum 

 fuscous orange. Abdomen fuscous yel- 

 low, rather thickly clothed with yellow- 

 ish hairs. Wings hyaline, costa reddish 

 brown; halteres whitish transparent. 

 Legs nearly uniform pale straw; claws 

 slender, strongly curved basally. Geni- 

 talia; basal clasp segment long, slender, 

 stout, a sub triangular lobe basally; ter- 

 minal clasp segment long, slightly swol- 

 len at the base; dorsal plate broad, deeply and narrowly incised, 

 the lobes broadly rounded; ventral plate very long, stout, tapering 



Fig. 81 Mycodiplosis 

 captiva, fifth and sixth 

 antennal segments of male 

 showing a complex deformity 

 (enlarged, original) 



