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latter has a length about one-half greater than its diameter; term- 

 inal segment produced, narrowly oval. Palpi ; the first segment 

 elongate, slender, slightly expanded distally, the second a little 

 longer, stouter, the third as long as the second, more slender, the 

 fourth one-half longer and more slender than the third. Mesonotum 

 dark brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum dark 

 reddish brown with a few coarse setae apically, postscutellum and 

 abdomen dark brown. Wings (pi. 6, fig. 3) hyaline, costa dark 

 brown. Halteres fuscous subapically, whitish apically. Legs a 

 nearly uniform dark brown ; claws very long, slender, strongly 

 curved, the pulvilli much shorter than the claws. Genitalia; basal 

 clasp segment long ; terminal clasp segment swollen at the base, 

 tapering ; dorsal plate long, broad, deeply and triangularly incised ; 

 ventral plate long, narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. 1225. 



Dasyneura pudorosa Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 344 

 This species was taken at Nassau, N. Y., June 14, 1906 in gen- 

 eral collecting. 



Male. Length .75 mm. Antennae probably about as long as the 

 body, thickly fine haired, dark brown ; 14 segments, the fifth with 

 a stem about three-fourths the length of the basal enlargement; 

 terminal segment reduced, suboval, narrowly rounded. Palpi ; the 

 first segment rather slender, subquadrate, second a little longer, 

 stouter, tapering slightly distally, the third a little longer, more 

 slender, narrowly rounded, the fourth one-half longer and more 

 slender than the third. Mesonotum nearly uniform dark brown. 

 Scutellum dark brown, yellowish apically, postscutellum yellowish 

 brown. Abdomen dark reddish brown, the terminal segments pale 

 yellowish. Genitalia fuscous yellowish. Wings hyaline, costa dark 

 brown ; halteres yellowish transparent. Coxae and basal portion 

 of femora whitish or whitish transparent, other parts of legs dark 

 brown ; claws long, slender, evenly curved. Genitalia ; basal clasp 

 segment long, slender ; terminal clasp segment short, stout ; dorsal 

 plate broad, deeply and triangularly incised ; ventral plate narrow, 

 broadly rounded. Harpes stout, heavily chitinized basally, a series 

 of stout subapical teeth, the terminal portion slender. Type Cecid. 

 279. 



Dasyneura simulator Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 344 

 This species with a dark brown abdomen was taken on a window 

 at Nassau, N. Y., July 3 and 21, 1906. 



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

 thickly haired, dark brown; 14 segments, the fifth with a stem 

 three- fourths the length of the basal enlargement, which latter has 

 a length only one- fourth greater than its diameter and is thickly 



