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  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  thickly 
  specked 
  with 
  fuscous; 
  anterior 
  veins 
  black, 
  the 
  others 
  a 
  smutty 
  

   yellow. 
  Knobs 
  of 
  halteres 
  fuscous, 
  pedicel 
  yellowish. 
  Coxae 
  and 
  legs 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  lo 
  black, 
  the 
  anterior 
  coxae 
  sometimes 
  lighter 
  ; 
  tibial 
  spurs 
  

   yellow. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  head 
  and 
  thorax; 
  the 
  two 
  enlarged 
  basal 
  

   segments 
  globose 
  ; 
  3d 
  to 
  15th 
  segments 
  nearly 
  cylindrical, 
  about 
  twice 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  thick; 
  terminal 
  segment 
  subconical. 
  Palpi; 
  basal 
  segment 
  

   short; 
  second 
  irregular, 
  rounded 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  third 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   second, 
  subrectangular 
  in 
  outline 
  ; 
  terminal 
  segment 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  second, 
  

   slender; 
  both 
  large 
  and 
  small 
  setae 
  exceptionally 
  stout 
  and 
  numerous; 
  

   smaller, 
  verticillately 
  arranged. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  with 
  scattering 
  setae. 
  Wings: 
  subcosta 
  (ist 
  longitudinal) 
  

   short; 
  first 
  branch 
  of 
  radius 
  (2d 
  longitudinal) 
  joined 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  

   branch 
  (3d 
  longitudinal) 
  about 
  midway 
  of 
  its 
  length 
  by 
  the 
  short 
  

   cross-vein 
  and 
  uniting 
  with 
  costa 
  at 
  the 
  outer 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  just 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  fork 
  of 
  media 
  (4th 
  and 
  5th 
  longitudinals); 
  second 
  branch 
  of 
  

   media 
  (5th 
  longitudinal) 
  nearer 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  than 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  branch 
  of 
  radius; 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  branches 
  of 
  

   cubitus 
  (6th 
  and 
  7th 
  longitudinals) 
  along 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  

   greater 
  than 
  that 
  between 
  the 
  second 
  branch 
  of 
  media 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  

   branch 
  of 
  cubitus 
  (PI. 
  VI, 
  figs. 
  8, 
  9). 
  Fore 
  coxa 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  either 
  femur 
  or 
  tibia 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  one-fourth 
  longer 
  than 
  tibia 
  ; 
  

   first 
  tarsal 
  segment 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  remaining 
  four; 
  femur 
  and 
  tibia 
  

   of 
  middle 
  pair 
  longer, 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  still 
  longer, 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  legs; 
  first 
  segment 
  of 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  segments, 
  while 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  is 
  longer. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  sparsely 
  clothed 
  with 
  fine 
  setae. 
  The 
  distended 
  abdomen 
  of 
  

   the 
  female 
  enlarges 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  or 
  fourth 
  segment, 
  and 
  then 
  tapers 
  

   gradually 
  to 
  the 
  slender 
  ovipositor,^ 
  terminal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  genital 
  

   plates 
  oval. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  nearly 
  cylindrical 
  abdomen 
  which 
  is 
  

   vested 
  with 
  stouter 
  setae. 
  The 
  basal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  enlarged 
  terminal 
  

   segment 
  is 
  unusually 
  stout 
  and 
  the 
  claspers 
  are 
  comparatively 
  weak 
  and 
  

   irregular. 
  Tips 
  of 
  the 
  claspers 
  terminated 
  by 
  a 
  stout 
  recurved 
  spine 
  and 
  

   by 
  numerous 
  straight 
  bristles 
  on 
  its 
  inner 
  margin. 
  

  

  Length: 
  male, 
  body 
  4.4 
  mm., 
  wing 
  3.7 
  mm.; 
  female, 
  body 
  5.6 
  mm., 
  

   wing 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Males 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  were 
  reared 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Smith 
  from 
  decaying 
  

  

  "blackberry 
  roots. 
  They 
  resemble 
  Sciara 
  ochrolabis 
  Loew 
  closely, 
  but 
  

  

  differ 
  from 
  the 
  types 
  in 
  the 
  antennae 
  being 
  barely 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  

  

  and 
  thorax, 
  while 
  in 
  ochrolabis 
  they 
  are 
  longer. 
  The 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  antennae 
  in 
  Loew's 
  species 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  insect 
  

  

  under 
  discussion. 
  It 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  terminal 
  abdominal 
  

  

  segments 
  are 
  more 
  hairy 
  and 
  the 
  claspers 
  more 
  triangular 
  than 
  in 
  

  

  ochrolabis. 
  

  

  SciARi 
  FULvicAUDA 
  u. 
  sp. 
  Face 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  vertex 
  dark 
  ochreous 
  ; 
  

   scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  yellow, 
  flagellum 
  dark 
  ochreous 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  dense 
  

   whitish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  palpi 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  dorsum 
  of 
  thorax 
  yellowish 
  to 
  rufous, 
  

   the 
  scutellum 
  of 
  the 
  metathorax 
  with 
  variable 
  dark 
  stripes, 
  in 
  some 
  

  

  